There’s a post I’ve wanted to write for some time (actually a lot of posts), but the day-to-day hustle has succeeded in keeping me from writing (how’s that for a lame excuse?). It has to do with what I see happening in a number of Latin American countries (e.g., Brazil, Mexico, etc.), but have direct experience with here in Colombia. Basically, the Colombia I’m experiencing at this moment is quite different from the Colombia of only five years ago. One of these differences, which is very trivial to some, is the fact that this past Sunday I had a plethora of choices of where to watch the Super Bowl compared to several years ago (that’s how justify attaching such a far out picture to this post).
I recall the frustration I felt several years ago trying to find a place to watch the Super Bowl (the what?). Nine out of ten people I would ask had no idea what this was. Granted, this is quite an ethnocentric view of the world on my part given the comparative popularity of soccer and cricket in the world. Nonetheless, it speaks to something that I’ve been noticing more and more: this and other countries like it are accelerating their connection to the world.
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Después de liderar cinco semestres del Founder Institute en Colombia, ya puedo ver que este abril comenzaremos un gran semestre del Founder Institute en Bogota. La razón que digo esto es que anoche tuvimos un evento en las oficinas de Microsoft Colombia con una presentación contundente por parte de Brian Reale, CEO de ProcessMaker. Brian ha construido un startup con mas ochenta empleados en Colombia y Bolivia con ventas de su producto de software en todo el mundo y nos compartió su trayectoria de ser empleado a ser emprendedor.
