Last November, Costa Rica joined the global movement to unleash startups by celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW). The response surprised its local champions. Costa Rica´s host, Yo Emprendedor, managed to get strong support from 28 key partners from across the private, public, NGO and education sectors—including the Ministry of the Economy, the largest media group in the country and angel investors.
Students responded enthusiastically to the campaign, judging by the wide participation in GEW events. The National Business Plan Competition Yo Emprendedor, for instance, brought to light 200 startup projects for everything from specialty foods to innovative wind turbines. This means something in a country where tradition dictates that university graduates should get a ‘real’ job with either an established, national company or with one of the many multinational corporations that came to Costa Rica for its educated workforce and proximity to the United States.
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