At Fort Galt: an entrepreneur community based on hope and inspiration
Dateline: Valdivia, Chile As the first trace of daylight creeps over the Andes mountains, the southern city of Valdivia, split by a peaceful freshwater river, starts to show signs of life. Standing on the rooftop of the Hotel Dreams, you can see snow-capped Villarrica...
Tips for dealing with the locals when doing business in Chile
Dateline: Santiago, Chile Whether you are closing a multimillion dollar deal, renting an apartment, hiring an employee or selling your services, any business is built on the most simple of interactions between individuals. And because individuals, traditions and...
Colombians embody 4 traits of world’s best workers
Dateline: Santiago, Chile Startups are made from people. It is teams that build products — and sell them. Ideas don’t build or sell anything. Yet many entrepreneurs mistakenly focus their attention on their product, their marketing, or their sales strategy...
Weather and wine: 2 reasons to live in Chile
Dateline: Santiago, Chile When deciding to expatriate, the list of factors can become daunting. A few people might be able to throw a dart at the map, pick up their things and go anywhere, even expecting the possibility of repeating the process again. But for those...
Five excuses not to move abroad, and how to overcome them
Dateline: Acapulco, Mexico Tra il dire e il fare c’e de mezzo il mare. (Between the saying and the doing is the span of the sea.) -Italian Proverb Most people want to do something with their life that has meaning, and yet many who are liberty-minded get trapped into a...
Lessons learned from the world’s most libertarian university
Dateline: Guatemala City, Guatemala The past few days I had the pleasure of being on the campus of Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala, and it was unlike any university I have ever visited. The university was founded in 1971 by Manuel Ayau, who was...