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Volunteering in Costa Rica

David Cohen

We just returned from a week in the Orisi Valley of Costa Rica. two hours on the connection then on to San Jose, Costa Rica. Luggage came quickly, super easy customs, took 5 minutes. Delaney noticed the American music and said her first impressions were that Costa Rica was very high tech and familiar.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Incubators Are Reaching Out To 1M/1M

ReadWriteStart

Next, Douglas Villalobos from Costa Rica pitched GeoInvenio, a mobile application development platform. Douglas has identified about 50 software companies in Costa Rica that may be willing to develop apps on top of the GeoInvenio platform. GeoInvenio.

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How To Start A Medical Tourism Business

YoungUpstarts

Another important function of the medical tourism facilitator, besides functioning as a liaison between the patient and medical personnel, is to find an affordable package for the customer that includes costs related to travel expenses, medical bills, lodging costs, and so on. Costa Rica: Cosmetic surgery. Turkey: Eye surgery.

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How to Build a Boss Brand [Part I]

Up and Running

This has included serving both sole practitioners and multi-million and billion-dollar brands in multiple industries—retail, consulting, energy, and education, to name a few. Pick a name. I’ve seen several successful companies that have changed names along the way—even Nike use to be called something else!

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3 Brands To Inspire Your Next Social Contest!

Brandanew

The contest was simple and nudged their followers to tell them why their friend represented real beauty by simply filling in their friend’s name, and two things that made them feel they are beautiful. Vans Custom Culture. For example, they ran their Sweet 15 Sweepstakes to celebrate 15 years of being in the business. Inspired?

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How to Start a Travel Agency

Up and Running

Find out who the major players are that you’ll be competing against, determine who your ideal customer is, and define what they want. How do you want your customers to feel when they visit your website, view your advertising, or use your services? Why should customers use your services, rather than just book a trip themselves?

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Ten Things I Will Never Have to Do Again

Software By Rob

In other words, I’d rather spend my time writing code, talking to customers, and marketing my products than managing employees who would do that work for me. If I go back to Costa Rica I will likely be off the grid for a week or two and I won’t worry about it while I’m gone. Chris #15 Sean Tierney on 10.05.10