E-RESIDENCY IN ESTONIA Estonia has opened up its digital borders to Singaporeans in 2016. “E-Residency” allows entrepreneurs to start companies in Estonia and run them from abroad, without paying taxes there. Bringing a government service beyond the country’s borders by
SOUTH AMERICA’S INNOVATION HUB: ‘CHILECON VALLEY’
taking it online, will this start a trend of offering government as a service remotely?
FROM “MOST DANGEROUS” TO “MOST CREATIVE”: A TALE OF COLOMBIA’S RECREATION When asked where Facebook’s first international town-hall meeting was held, chances are Bogota, Colombia, is not the first city that comes to mind. Mark Zuckerberg hand-picked the city for its growing entrepreneurial culture. Colombia’s emphasis on diversifying its economy
Known for its copper production, Chile
and foreign direct investment, along with
is looking to make a name for itself in a
a growing middle class, have made the
new export: innovation. The government-
country increasingly attractive for business.
led Start-Up Chile initiative provides
Combined with the country’s young,
capital, including a visa, for international
thriving sprit of creativity, it is a rising South
entrepreneurs. Three years after founding
American haven for innovators.
the program in 2010, Chile earned the second spot on WIPO’s Global Innovation Index for the region.
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