Reading Reflection Week #4

Nothing really was much of a surprise to me in this chapter as I have either read or heard about most everything in it. However, I was not aware of the Start-up Chile program and was interested in its concept. What I did see in reading this portion is the opportunity for someone to become a somewhat of a liaison officer between the 14 different countries and Chile as the article mentioned one problem was a language barrier. If you could come up with a solution to this issue, you would be in high demand.  

I am familiar with company structures but had never heard of the L3C. I was confused as to why other states besides the few mentioned have not passed legislation to permit this type of business entity, even though it has national applicability.

My first question I might ask the author is if he thinks if it would be more feasible to go work in a global job before trying to embark on a global entrepreneurial venture. I ask for one reason because there is so much uncertainty in a foreign market and it would seem to make sense to understand culture and social norms before throwing caution to the wind and possibly failing. Next, I would like to ask how one would go about thinking of entering the global marketplace in light of the unstable world in which we live. Moving to foreign country today is not as safe or stable as we might want before taking the plunge and moving to some foreign land.

I can’t say I saw anything about this chapter about which I thought the author was wrong. I am not an entrepreneur expert, however, what might have been more productive is having some, or more, pros/cons of becoming a global entrepreneur. Entrepreneur’s are already dreamers so it might be good to present both sides of the coin.