Roger Schoch
Meeting other people who are enthusiastic about learning and teaching about entrepreneurship was really refreshing. Entrepreneurship is a hto topic in the United States and I think it gets fatiguing to hear about Silicon Valley or Google or Apple. It was nice to know there are more people and cities such as Santiago who have young professionals who care about subjects like this and want to grow a knowledge bank for the betterment of the future in Chile.
Talking to the professors and US Embassy representative in my group, I learned there are a lot of bright engineers and technical experts who have great ideas for the market. Even though they have these great ideas, they get lost in translation with bureaucracy, politics, paper work, but most of all, fear of failure. Chileans are brought up to be good workers to get a good traditional job and many who graduate from college have never had the teaching or experience to be entrepreneurs, and most of all, fail.
Our group decided the students need more outlets and chances to learn how to be an entrepreneur before they graduate if Chile wants to see more success with start up companies and business ventures. The translation from ideas to business and spreading the knowledge of how to do this from experienced professionals, professors, and people will be huge moving forward.
Meeting other people who are enthusiastic about learning and teaching about entrepreneurship was really refreshing. Entrepreneurship is a hto topic in the United States and I think it gets fatiguing to hear about Silicon Valley or Google or Apple. It was nice to know there are more people and cities such as Santiago who have young professionals who care about subjects like this and want to grow a knowledge bank for the betterment of the future in Chile.
Talking to the professors and US Embassy representative in my group, I learned there are a lot of bright engineers and technical experts who have great ideas for the market. Even though they have these great ideas, they get lost in translation with bureaucracy, politics, paper work, but most of all, fear of failure. Chileans are brought up to be good workers to get a good traditional job and many who graduate from college have never had the teaching or experience to be entrepreneurs, and most of all, fail.
Our group decided the students need more outlets and chances to learn how to be an entrepreneur before they graduate if Chile wants to see more success with start up companies and business ventures. The translation from ideas to business and spreading the knowledge of how to do this from experienced professionals, professors, and people will be huge moving forward.