Chile Attracts EntrepreneursMonday, January 17, 2011 Chile offers $ 40 thousand to entrepreneurs to live six months in Chile, raising capital, hiring people, creating and doing business. The Chilean government announced the 2011 version of the Start-Up Chile program, which in 2010 created 25 groups of entrepreneurs, generating specific results already constituting companies with international impact. Less Paperwork to Start a Business in El SalvadorMonday, April 23, 2012 The Government of El Salvador has announced an initiative called "MiEmpresa.gob.sv" which from next May will reduced from five to one the number of forms required for filing and commencement of operations of a company. A press release from the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador reads: Opening a Business in GuatemalaMonday, February 27, 2012 The website http://guatemala.eregulations.org/ has been created to publicise legal requirements, streamline the time it takes to register a company and encourage formal employment. "Today it takes at least 19 different interactions with 6 different public institutions in order to formalize a business (in other countries it requires only 10), 500,000 new businesses open in Guatemala and only 5 percent are formally registered", reports Elperiodico.com.gt. 20,638 New Companies in PanamaMonday, June 29, 2009 Most of the companies that were registered through the Panamá Emprende system are in the services and retail sectors. During the last 12 months, 67.7% of the new companies were established in the capitol, 10.6% in Chiriqui, and 21.6% were from throughout the rest of the provinces. Banesco looking to expandTuesday, September 16, 2008 The bank is planning to start operations in Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic in the first quarter of 2009. According to Alberto De Armas, executive president of the Venezuelan bank, they would offer banking services in both countries to meet the needs of consumers in those markets. Take the Entrepreneurship TestFriday, February 19, 2010 Should you join the millions of people every year who take the plunge and start their first ventures? Daniel Isenberg, in an article in Harvard Business Review, tells us: “I've learned in my own years as an entrepreneur — and now an entrepreneurship professor — that there is a gut level ‘fit’ for people who are potential entrepreneurs”. It's a good time to start a businessFriday, February 13, 2009 Here's what happens in bad times — disruption. Disruption means things change. When things change, there are opportunities. And entrepreneurs seize opportunities — that's what makes them entrepreneurs. When times are bad for the economy, it can be a great time to start a business. Increase in Business Registrations in PanamaThursday, September 20, 2012 In the first five months of 2012, 4.271 new company registrations were received. A press release from the Ministry of Economy and Finance in Panama reads: Procedures for Business Registration StreamlinedWednesday, May 23, 2012 The Ministry of Economy in Guatemala has presented "Ventanilla Ágil Plus" (Agile Counter Plus), which will reduce the time for registering a business. From a press release from the Ministry of Economy of Guatemala (Mineco): 10,300 New SMEs in PanamaWednesday, August 11, 2010 In the first seven months of the year 10,292 new micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) were registered, 126% more than in 2009. Records held by the Panamanian MSME Authority (AMPyME in Spanish) show that most of the new companies were in the exports, services and agriculture sectors. Economic Recovery: Far Away On The HorizonWednesday, January 13, 2021 Because of the fall in economic activity and the restrictions imposed to contain the spread of covid-19, businessmen in Costa Rica and Panama predict that the process of economic recovery will not be completed in the near future. In this crisis scenario generated by the covid-19 outbreak, the Costa Rican economy does not show clear signs of recovery, since during November 2020 the Monthly Index of Economic Activity reported a year-on-year fall of 6.2%, a decline similar to that reported in October, when it was 6.3%. Construction: Changes in Market RulesMonday, January 11, 2021 Because projects that were planned prior to the pandemic are expected to be developed in Guatemala in 2021 and 2022, developers will need to assess whether they need to rethink them, as some market conditions have changed in this new reality. Because of the pandemic resulting from the covid-19 outbreak in the country, several projects were delayed or not implemented during 2020. In some cases, it was not possible to begin work because from March to August of last year, the government imposed severe restrictions on the movement of people and on some productive activities. Extremely Easy to Open a Business in PanamaTuesday, April 17, 2012 A Notice of Operations is the only process required in order to start up a commercial or industrial activity in the territory of the Republic of Panama. During the first quarter of this year the Panamanian system recorded 7,396 such notices, which is about 404 less than in the same period in 2011. But exceeded the 7,043 notices during the first quarter of 2010. Guatemala: Company Registration Up 15%Wednesday, June 5, 2019 From January to April of this year, the number of mercantile companies registered totaled 13,975, 15% more than the number reported in the same period in 2018. Data from the Mercantile Registry (RM) specify that between the first four months of 2018 and the same period of 2019, 1,783 more companies were registered in the country, going from 12,192 to 13,975. Trade Growth in PanamaFriday, August 31, 2012 As a result of the economic dynamism, there is a constant arrival or creation of companies offering products and services to the Panamanian market. La Chorrera, Arraiján, San Miguelito and Panama City are the areas where announcement of start of operations are being made, the basic procedure for starting a business. |
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