Cost Government South America 
Steve Blank
JANUARY 4, 2011
Chile has decided that it wants to be an innovation hub in South America. The country is dead serious in all levels of government and universities about making this happen. Instead it felt like the government – through CORFO - was doing most of the risk capital investing. This isn’t some small-time effort.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 18, 2019
Act II was “revenge of the luddites” in which some local governments banned them and some annoyed citizens stole them or broke them. They are no longer remarkable in Santa Monica or Venice or in many cities in America, Europe or South America. The key is being able to dial back variable costs during these period.
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Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 8, 2011
Some companies look at this as a “cost of doing business,” but it can easily cost you your reputation and your business. For our subsidiary, in one of the key countries of South America, these internal regulations dramatically complicated the task of obtaining various permissions from local authorities.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 4, 2011
I invested in a company whose goal is to bring low-cost computing to inner-city schools in America. I know we have a budget deficit and as an economic conservative I believe in smaller government. But in America nobody ever asked me where my dad came from. Still, I’m proud to live in America. Why bother?
online.wsj.com
SEPTEMBER 23, 2012
Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. Firms Miss Out on Jobs Push A new federal program that lets states give companies financial incentives for hiring jobless people hasnt gained traction, illustrating the complications of government attempts to tackle unemployment.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 10, 2010
Most of you probably will not remember the “ Lockheed Bribery Scandals ,” in which the company was accused of paying bribes to foreign governments in order to secure aircraft and equipment orders. Generally the cost for each such transaction was nominal, i.e. less than $ 200.
The Next Web
DECEMBER 30, 2013
Politically, Denver’s local government has championed social causes, including increased gun control, LGBT rights and programs for the homeless. Denver residents enjoy a significantly lower cost of living; housing costs are half that of the SF Bay Area while utilities, food, transportation and healthcare are 15 to 25 percent less.
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