Two years after the Law to Strengthen Entrepreneurship came into force in Guatemala, only 40 companies have been registered under the figure of Entrepreneurship Companies, a situation that is partly explained by the lack of incentives provided by the legal framework.
On January 29, the Law to Strengthen Entrepreneurship came into force, which includes creating training centers and facilitating access to credit for small businessmen.
Guatemalan authorities reported that with the entry into force of the Law, will incorporate entrepreneurship in primary and secondary education, in addition to creating a new figure called Entrepreneurship Society, among other actions.
34 thousand new companies started operations in 2016, recording an 8% increase over 2015.
The sector in which the most Operating Notices were recorded is retail and tourism, which includes restaurants, bars, beauty salons and supermarkets, among others.
Anpanama.com reports that "...According to the statistics, from January 1 to March 22, 8,267 Operating Notices were issued with an invested capital of US $459 million, less than in 2016 when 8,923 were issued generating US $826 million."
Amcham is calling on entrepreneurs to take part in a mission to the largest American innovation park from May 9th to 12th.
The American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Amcham) is organizing a mission of businessmen and Panamanian officials to the Silicon Valley Business Park, in California, from 9th to 12th of May.
Amcham's president, Aristides Chiriatti, informed Panamaamerica.com.pa that "...
In an attempt to reduce costs and improve the use of resources devoted to the subject, a bill proposes integrating into a single institution the organizations dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship.
The aim of the bill is for the current bodies DIGEPYME, INAPYME, PRONAMYPE, FODEMIPYME, PROPYME and CONICIT to be integrated into a single entity and a with single fund to maximize resources, reduce paperwork and costs.
The practical sharing economy is keeping pace with digital communications and logistics systems finely tuned to all size markets.
And this realization already extends beyond using Airbnb to rent an apartment for vacation or a using Uber to make a journey. If you need a drill for a couple of hours to hang new curtains, why buy it if it is something which afterwards you will only use occasionally? Rent it.
The mere announcement of the arrival in Costa Rica of the private transport network has already generated projects that result in benefits for consumers.
EDITORIAL
Competition is always good, and its actual existence in any market produces better use of available resources, bringing benefits for society in terms of better products and services and reducing costs.
On July 8, entrepreneurs and executives will be meeting to discuss the creation of customer-focused business strategies and operational management in companies.
From a statement issued by the Panamanian Association of Business Executives (APEDE):
On 8 July, the Second Business Forum of the Panamanian Association of Business Executives (APEDE) will take place, where top executives and owners of companies of national and international presence will meet to discuss their perspectives and experiences in development of Successful Businesses that Transcend.
A bill is proposing that new small businesses pay no income tax in the first year of operation, pay 25% of the total amount in the second year and 50% in the third year.
According to the text, during the first year of activity, this kind of new small businesses should not be taxed. For the second year, the obligation changes to 25% of the total amount of income and then increase to 50% in the third year of operation.
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.
"The box inside which we are locked assumes that all we are doing everything well and that the environment which we are interacting with will not change."
Every day there are more examples of businesses that refute what seems to be real and incontrovertible, in order to generate new ways of doing things to make money.
Alvaro Cedeno's article in Nacion.com is an excellent analysis of using disruptive change as a key to innovation and entrepreneurship:
The best way to generate entrepreneurship and innovation is not bringing people together in boring classrooms led by public officials who will never be entrepreneurs or innovative themselves, but by leaving space in the market for those who do have the courage and skills to be so.
Analysis of the overall growth of Uber, an international company that connects its customers to a transport network using software for mobile phones, is the basis for the development of a concept which states that the greater the freedom of competition is, the better products and services will be for consumers, and the greater economic development.
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.
The State's role is not to teach entrepreneurs how to do things, but to remove obstacles so that they can create wealth.
Editorial
It is remarkable how the role of the State has been misrepresented, especially in some countries in the region. The primary functions of governments are being carried out at half measures or not being done at all: the insecurity of people and goods is increasing, justice is neither swift nor effective, health and education services are only for those who can afford them, and public infrastructure is a far cry from the taxes that correspond to paying for it.
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'. "
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,...
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