Companies with teams dedicated to innovation, organizational structures that allow for agile decision making and that quickly migrated to teleworking, are those that have best adapted to the new commercial reality.
The pandemic brought about a scenario of changes in the business models, the companies had to apply radical changes in an accelerated way in order to successfully face the challenges represented by the changes in people's habits.
The feeling of owning your company can not be understood "until you finally experience it: an exquisite satisfaction, seasoned with spicy uncertainty, dressed in the joy of vertigo."
A young businesswoman puts on paper her journey of running her own company, with the conviction of one who knows she has found her way in life.
'...I start the day unexpectedly with a tingling in my hands or an unanswered question.
Companies recognize how important managing a growing international and mobile workforce is for the future of their businesses, but they do not know how to do it.
Companies do not have an appropriate strategy to deal with the transformation that is happening the way of working in the world -from the convergence of five generations to operations spread across the planet- which will lead to a crisis in management, attraction and retention of talent, concludes the Workforce 2020 study, prepared by Oxford Economics and SAP.
In order to solve problems entrepreneurs are seeking new ways of behaving, while most managers use logical thinking, directly related to established processes.
An article in Nacion.com reports that "... A research team of neuroscientists and academics from business schools in Italy and Switzerland have used an fMRI to capture images of the brains of entrepreneurs and managers who performed a task consisting in the search for alternative approaches to solve a problem, something scholars call 'exploration'. "
If a business owner is not able to solve problems he goes bankrupt and has no income, whereas government workers continue to get a salary, later a pension... and always sleep through the night...
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The President of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, now days away from the end of her term, criticized "...unions and employers for opposing key works in the province of Limón."
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.
When companies from different countries come together to develop large-scale projects, the work will inevitably be affected by conflicts generated by cultural differences.
In today's world it is not strange that the punctuality of the English or the precision of the Swiss is a surprise to a Latin American.
These cultural differences are also reflected in the working methods of companies who join up in order to develop projects where often a lack of agreement or communication problems delay the progress of projects .
Most Costa Ricans think it is better to make a living as a freelancer or as a government official.
In Costa Rica only two out of ten people plan to be entrepreneurs in the next two years.
This was revealed by a survey on entrepreneurship by Unimer, in which 1,200 adults were consulted. The main motivation given by the respondents was the increase in revenue and personal improvement.
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:
The XIII National Private Enterprise Conference 2013 will be held on April 29, and will focus on the role of businesses and the investment climate.
The event will be held at the Sheraton Hotel Presidente from 1:30 pm. The current role of Salvadoran businesses will be discussed as well as prospects for improving the investment climate and socio-economic development of the country.
The Youth Entrepreneurship program in partnership with Junior Achievement is taking shape with the formation of 74 companies by young entrepreneurs.
Over twenty years, the program has trained and supported more than 38,556 young technicians. Today, it demonstrates results with the formation of 74 companies and 16 others that are in process.
The chairman of the program, which is run by the Nicaraguan Development Institute (Inde) said, "Our dream was to grow opportunities for young people through a program of personal and business growth and development."
Cultural diversity enhances the productivity of enterprises, especially in innovation and problem solving, because it encourages lateral thinking.
Cultural diversity is not a source of conflict, but rather should be seen as an extraordinary source of opportunities for any productive organization. "Today, in order to survive and be successful, organizations must deliver results on time and at minimal cost, directing their efforts toward the needs and demands of customers, both local and external. Achieving this involves promoting the use of flexible technologies, operational schemes using teamwork and workers who perform multiple functions.
Heads of state and business leaders will seek to join efforts for the development of Latin America and the Caribbean at a Business Summit, which will precede the Sixth Summit of the Americas.
Executives of large companies operating in Latin America and the Caribbean will meet April 13–14 with heads of state and government to discuss prospects for economic development in the region.
"Entrepreneurship is not a job, or even a calling, but a thirst."
Successful entrepreneurs - those creatures that we are all now viewing as essential to save the world economy from its troubles - come from different countries, societies, cultural backgrounds and business sectors. There is no single or particular stereotype, however, these individuals have several things in common.
True entrepreneurs are like the pirates of the seventeenth century, for whom the possibility of making a fortune was the excuse for adventure.
The risks of the sea pirates were very high. The chances of drowning, hanging or pierced by a sword, were much higher than those of becoming rich. There is no doubt that living with 100 other pirates in a small boat should not be very comfortable, even for the captain.
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