subject: Business Development Latin America Provides Many Opportunities [print this page] Although the opportunities are there, you should know about the culture where you are considering investing before you begin. If not and, even more so if you have no cultural ties to the country, you may want to find a native partner to assist you. Even if you have no plans on living in the country, you need to take the time to understand it.
Latin America is full of stories of people from other countries trying to start a business there and losing everything. Sometimes this is because they do not have a native person working with them. Sometimes it is because they chose the wrong native person or company to work with.
Therefore, it is important to take time to research the market and to meet business people there. It is not the type of place where you can travel for a couple of weeks and get everything worked out. You need to have the patience to develop your business properly.
First, it is going to take time to decide where to start your business. Then, it is going to take time to find the right people to work with. And then, you are going to have to deal with the government bureaucracy in getting it all set up. You are not in your own country so you need to respect that things will be done differently than you are used to.
Even so, business development Latin America can be quite profitable. Building the foundations that you need there, however, can take longer than you are used to in other regions. Despite that, it can be a worthwhile and rewarding enterprise.
