Being part of Startup Chile took my ADHD to a whole new level.:)
This is my third week here. I am enjoying the Startup Chile program and Santiago a LOT! While working on my startup project, I am also involved with many entrepreneurship activities. As some of you might have already known, beside working on my business idea, I am planning the first, large scale startup conference in South America which could take place as soon as June next year.
My calendar is always full. I am very glad to be here, right now, when Chile is growing rapidly and will soon be a fully developed country in the foreseeable future. Many of us Startup Chile participants have this common goal of helping Chile to max out its potential - by instilling entrepreneurial spirit to Chilean one event at a time. We want to witness it and be part this social change.
I am impressed by the fact that many of us SUPers have very interesting background that can contribute a great deal to the community. Chile is a culturally homogenous society, but Startup Chile is not. I love the multi-cultural aspect of the program because I believe diversity brings invaluable thought leadership and innovative approaches to any society. And we are a passionate and motivated group of crowd that is trying to make things happen.
Life in Chile is not always easy, especially with the language barrier, but Startup Chile now pays for our Spanish lessons so I have no excuse to not learn it. Supermarket products are quite processed and prices of imports are outrageously high. I don't always find the variety and quality of produce like those in California. Well, at the very least, avocados here are super good and it's hard to find a Chilean dish without it.
Juggling between my core project, the conference planning, my graduate program, and many other activities in Chile take my attention deficit disorder to a new level. But, I enjoy every single bit of it.:)
