While the ambition of being a state employee grows, in the last two years the number of start up enterprises or early-stage companies fell by 35%.
The decrease was observed in all types of enterprises, both those in initial stages, when wages had been paid for less than three months, as well as those in the gestation phase, in which companies have paid salaries to employees for more than three months.
To be successful you need a good idea to accompany an indispensable ability and entrepreneurial drive.
A report entitled "Entrepreneurship in Latin America: A Lot of Companies and Little Innovation," prepared by the World Bank (WB), reports that in the region one in three workers are self-employed or a small employer. However, most of them rarely hire workers and remain small, even after decades of operation.
Nine of the most prominent success stories of innovation and entrepreneurship registered in the country in recent years have been showcased.
In 2012, BodyGuard Box, won first place in the sixth edition of the National Award for Business Innovation." This is a company that sells software which allows people to avoid accidents in areas where loads are handled and was developed by a Panamanian university student," reports Capital.com.pa.
Traditional education punishes errors with bad grades, when in fact the essence of entrepreneurship and innovation is all about trial and error.
Andres Leon, manager of entrepreneurship at the business accelerator in Ciudad del Saber, knows that the first step is to break through the paradigms. And he is the right age to do it: 23.
Alfonso Acosta's article in Prensa.com, reviews the basic concepts that Andres Leon preaches as a consultant in entrepreneurship:
Employers are placing more and more value on employees ability to get involved and to take the initiative to do things independently, using innovative ideas.
Being an entrepreneur does not necessarily mean being the founder of a new businesses, but can also mean having an innovative attitude to finding solutions to problems and the habit of transforming challenges into opportunities. And that is something that can be done from inside companies.
Nonconformists are those who believe, against all reason, that things can be done differently and better. These are the brightest entrepreneurs.
They are of crazy ideas. Often misunderstood by their social environment and even businesses, which are usually conservative and risk averse.
They are those who dream unreasonable and unworkable projects and are willing to pursue those dreams with such determination that often become a reality.
It will award the best mobile applications in the following categories: ecology, productivity, improving the quality of life and entertainment.
Good ideas are a dime a dozen, or so the saying goes. But now a single good idea could be worth a million dollars (USD). Nokia has announced a million dollar venture challenge to encourage innovators to create a mobile product or service that raises the standard of living or enhances the lives of those in growth economies. The Growth Economy Venture Challenge is part of Nokia's global Calling All Innovators competition announced on January 7 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
U.S. universities are exporting entrepreneurship and innovation know-how to Latin America.
In a world dominated by change, Latin American companies must solve their lack of entrepreneurship culture and innovation strategies, to avoid being left behind by global competition.
John Trapani is the director of A.B. Freeman School of Business, from the University of Tulane.
The list of reasons for this serious absence begins with the culture of salaried employees, which is instilled at home and in educational institutions.
In Latin America, the general idea is that the success of a young person is his/her school grades, then how soon he/she graduates from the university and, ultimately, how fast he/she gets a good job. It is not customary for personal goals transmitted through family values to be related to being an entrepreneur.
In El Salvador, PROinnova has the global network franchise that helps link entrepreneurs with venture capital investors.
First Tuesday operates in 18 countries by promoting the emergence of new companies, especially supporting them in their initial stages, with emphasis on innovative projects.
PROinnova is a program of the Salvadoran Foundation for Economic and Social Development (FUSADES), aimed at strengthening the SME sector with funding from the IDB.
Recognized Brazilian company of backhoe loaders, telescopic, articulated and other types of cranes looking for companies interested in representing the brand and distributing their machinery in Central America and Mexico. The company manufactures and sells telescopic,...