Colombia, new land of innovation and entrepreneurs?

Colombia, new land of innovation and entrepreneurs?

Many of you have heard about Colombian coffee and Juan Valdez, but Colombian entrepreneurship? That is a different story. However,  the Colombian government has created and articulated several agencies and institutes to promote innovation, and has started multiple entrepreneurship initiatives in the last couple of years. There is actually a state program named “Locomotive of Innovation,” and it has named biotechnology as one of its main components.  Read more

3 years in Bogota; a 3-path strategy

3 years in Bogota; a 3-path strategy

It has been three-and-a-half years since I moved to Bogota as a faculty member at University of los Andes. I remember that when I first started here, almost everybody said my ideas about fabricating microsystems and electronics for biochemical applications were sci-fi, and that there was little hope about their feasibility. Nowadays, we are a successful research team at the microelectronics research center (CMUA) called biomicrosystems, and one of the pioneer groups focused on innovation and entrepreneurship in Colombia.  Read more