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Federico Pilurzu: From Surf Lover to Innovative Entrepreneur
Federico Pilurzu is a young entrepreneur who from age 11 moved from Italy to Costa Rica, where he developed his career as a professional surfer, which brought him great sporting achievements, establishing himself as one of the best in...
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Human Capital, Technology, and Marketing Are the Strengths of the Costa Rican Companies
A study applied to 231 companies by researchers, Juan Carlos Leiva and Ronald Mora of the Technological Institute of Costa Rica (TEC), and Esteban Lafuente (UPC Barcelona Tech), estimated that in Costa Rica their level of competitiveness barely exceeds...
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Bracelet Company Founded in Costa Rica Was Sold for US$ 130 Million
About 9 years ago, a couple of recently graduated friends from California, USA, came to surf in Costa Rica. Once here, they liked the bracelets sold on our country's beaches. That gave them the idea of founding the company...
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New Tourist Business Options with North American Entrepreneurs Were Recently Opened in San Carlos
For a couple of weeks, 10 representatives of buying companies from the United States, Canada, and Mexico were touring the country to expand their portfolio of products and services.The Costa Rican Association of Tourism Professionals (ACOPROT), held the...
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The Most Modern Wholesale Market in Central America Starts Operations in Costa Rica
The President of the Republic, Carlos Alvarado, announced last July 24th, 2019, the start of operations of the 1st stage of the Regional Wholesale Market Chorotega, in which some 6,500 people who are producing in Guanacaste and Upala will...
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6 Ways to Make Your Business Greener
All businesses, large or small, should be making important steps towards being more environmentally-friendly –and this should continue to your personal life, too. Anything you can do to make a difference should be done, especially within business premises where...
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30 Micro-Companies Improved Their Competitiveness in the Entrepreneurial Market
Improving aspects that may deteriorate the quality and productivity of small and micro-scale enterprises (SMEs), as well as optimizing processes that may affect the quality and productivity of companies, and ensuring compliance with technical and regulatory standards of products...
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Costa Rican Coffee Exported to Europe Will Have a Green Label
It is a label similar to the nutritional labels that come in edible products. It will detail the water footprint (amount of water that was required to produce it), the carbon footprint (amount of equivalent CO2 emissions); as well...
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Costa Rican Producers Met with Organic Authorities of the United States
An official delegation of the National Organic Program of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA-NOP) met with representatives of the National Chamber of Organic Producers and Exporters (Canapro) to learn about the experiences of national producers in this...
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Costa Rican Family Company Develops Organic Chlorine in Tablets
From a molecule different from that of regular chlorine, a family of Alajuelan entrepreneurs, whose parents are chemists by profession, managed to develop organic chlorine in effervescent tablets in contact with water.It does not fade colored clothes, it is...
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Stopping Ageism in Costa Rica
The concept of ageism was coined in 1969 by Dr. Robert Butler, an American gerontologist and the first director...