Kimberly Rosales explains what it means to be an entrepreneur

Kimberly Rosales is clear that being an entrepreneur is an extremely complicated challenge and that is why to achieve the desired success, you must have certain fundamental characteristics.


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Although there is no secret recipe for entrepreneurship since each person is different, there are some characteristics that identify the entrepreneurial spirit. An entrepreneur is a person who identifies an opportunity and organizes the necessary resources to put it into action. Kimberly Rosales uses her experience as an entrepreneur to explain what it takes to start a business and lead it to success.


Successful entrepreneurs have many traits in common with others; they are confident and optimistic, disciplined and self-starters. They are open to new ideas that cross their path.


According to Rosales, there are some defining characteristics. For example, confidence is one of them. It is the hallmark of the entrepreneur. “Not all of us are born with self-confidence, but that doesn’t mean we are not capable of developing it. Many men and women believe in the sense of faith in themselves and the ability to overcome great challenges with daily work, and the self-confidence to see results and gain the respect of others,” assures the expert.


Passion on their part is the most important trait of a successful entrepreneur. They truly love their work. They are willing to put in any amount of overtime just to make the business succeed because there is an enjoyment in their business that goes beyond money. Whether they are passionate about the tasks or activities, they perform on a daily basis, the area or field in which they work, or simply the act of starting or building businesses, a common quality in successful entrepreneurs is the passion with which they do things.


Another quality often found in successful entrepreneurs is business acumen. They have the ability to spot business opportunities that others cannot see, and the ability to differentiate true opportunities from mere business possibilities. Entrepreneurship requires the ability to spot an opportunity that no one else has.


“Tolerance for uncertainty is also of utmost importance,” says Rosales. “Take risks, tolerate uncertainty, and contemplate the possibility of failure. They know that every business opportunity carries risk no matter how much analysis or planning is done, so when faced with an opportunity, they try to minimize as much risk as possible, and then act despite the risk that may still exist.”


Successful entrepreneurs recognize that they are always learning and can learn from everyone daily. To be unwilling to listen and learn is to deny yourself many opportunities. There is no doubt that the ability to learn is tied to the ability to adapt.


Perseverance is too common to see people with many illusions and projects at the beginning but who gradually abandon them and leave them halfway. Successful entrepreneurs have enough perseverance to overcome any obstacle or unforeseen event that may appear along the way, keep going no matter what, and not give up until they have exhausted all possibilities.


Sense of opportunity. The entrepreneur identifies the needs, problems, and tendencies of the people around him and tries to conceive alternatives of satisfaction or solution according to the case.


Optimism is a positive point of view about their surroundings and makes entrepreneurs measure failures in their right dimension and be able to learn lessons from each one. In addition, it allows them to nourish themselves in the good moments to set more ambitious goals.


Finally, there is networking and teambuilding. The first is about forming external contact networks, for which it is essential to know how to communicate and socialize. The second concerns internal networks, i.e., the formation of good working teams: the entrepreneur surrounds himself with like-minded people who share the same passion for his idea, who share a vision of the future, and who can complement his knowledge.


About Kimberly Rosales


Kimberly Rosales is an entrepreneur and tech aficionado who, early on, understood the full capabilities cryptocurrency could offer. She founded ChainMyne, a FINTRAC-registered company, in 2020 as a means to offer an easier method for accessing digital currency, as well as to empower cryptocurrency holders. While the majority of her time is occupied by ensuring her business ventures constantly run smoothly, when she does have some free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and exploring new locations.

Ann Marie Puig discusses the role organizational development has in business success

Ann Marie Puig, a business consultant and expert in global business operations, offers insight into the importance of proper organization development for business success.


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We are becoming more aware of the fact that our world is highly globalized and that there is constant improvement. From a business perspective, this factor encourages organizations to become more competitive and stay on the cutting edge of technology. The human factor is also a key strategic component for achieving organizational development. Ann Marie Puig, a global business consultant, has identified some factors that influence the behavior and performance and can help you make plans to create an organizational climate conducive to your success.


Organizations are currently facing many problems, such as low productivity, motivation, staff turnover, communication issues, and a poor work culture. Organizational Development (OD), a series of plans and strategies for a company’s improvement, is a way to make sure that the human element is at the center.


These must be supported by tools, practices, as well as objectives. These will balance quality of life and sense of belonging. They will also help align the goals of the company with the collaborators in order to improve their productivity. It’s about increasing the performance and growth of the company.


Woo says that organizational development is a practice that pays attention to professional and personal relationships. Puig explains, “How they develop in different contexts and what factors are beneficial or detrimental to the organizational structure.” OD refers to a series of phases that include selection and recruitment, preliminary diagnosis, treatment, assessment, intervention, evaluation and follow-up.


To determine the problem, the preliminary diagnosis involves assessing the situation through interviews or surveys. It is important to have the right tools in order for employees to give honest feedback. HR managers need to develop a strategy and ask the right questions to help them draw conclusions and make improvements.


All employees should be involved in organizational development. Giving employees constant, sincere feedback is one way to build a relationship. A good idea is to have weekly one-on-one meetings between employees and employers. You can also help develop your talents by having the tools to conduct performance evaluations.


You can optimize this by using human resource software that allows for surveys. It is useful to gather doubts, opinions, and understand workers’ needs. It allows employees to quickly express their opinions and solve problems objectively and quickly.


Puig adds, “To achieve organizational development, it is essential to continuously monitor the functioning of different departments within a company.” It is also important to evaluate each employee’s job performance.


This can be done by conducting a thorough performance evaluation that identifies their strengths and weaknesses in the workplace. This will help you to identify the skills that you can use to advance and what you can do with a training management program.


The company should be able to make adjustments to avoid any further problems based on the feedback received from customers or employees. It is important to act on the information to avoid negative effects on work and results.


A document information manager is necessary in order to complete each stage. Human resources software allows you to conduct surveys, assess labor performance, and manage all corporate documents (contracts, payroll, etc.) in a secure, private, and organized manner. It is much easier to find information quickly in the document repository, and to make a quality decision based on past analysis.


About Ann Marie Puig


Ann Marie Puig is a business consultancy expert. She is bilingual in Spanish and English and provides reliable and expert business consultancy services based on years of experience. She is extremely knowledgeable in current technology, eCommerce and a variety of industries. As a result, her clients are able to trust her to offer a more personal service. When she’s not active consulting for a business, she dedicates her time to her family and her community.

JD Duarte highlights the rising position of Latin America for startups and new business

Entrepreneur and business specialist JD Duarte highlights how Latin America is increasingly becoming a center for global startups and new businesses as global commerce changes.


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Innovation is one of the motors that drive Latin America. In a context of uncertainty and changes, the region is managing to consolidate itself as an ideal territory for the development of projects linked to entrepreneurship and technological advances. FinTechs and unicorns are springing up to provide jobs, sustainability and business opportunities to many parts of the region. JD Duarte, an entrepreneur and business expert from Costa Rica, explains how Latin America is taking a leading role in new businesses.


The investment figures of the startup ecosystem in Latin America in 2021, as well as the forecasts for 2022 and the medium term, are outstanding. According to a recent report, Latin American startups received funding of $19.5 billion, a record figure.


There were 18 unicorns in the region last year. These are defined as startups that, before going public, reach a value of $1 billion. FinTechs captured 39% of that investment, about $6 billion. Almost half of the unicorns belong to this sector.


Startups in the eCommerce sector attracted 20% of the invested capital, about $3.9 billion, while the edtech sector, a combination of education and artificial intelligence, multiplied by six its 2020 collection figures. In total, around 1,500 edtech companies emerged in the region.


Investment figures for 2021 set a historic milestone. The 2022 forecasts are far from those figures, with a drop of more than $2 billion in the second quarter. However, despite the cut, experts paint an optimistic picture for the short and medium term.


Explains Duarte, “Two difficult years are coming globally, but the capital will be available to Latin America and its entrepreneurs. In five or 10 years, the growth in investment that we have been observing will continue, which has been 30% to 40% year-on-year.”


The opportunity is enormous. This is because there are big problems that are still pending and are the fertile ground where entrepreneurs and venture capital are planting.


Startups also generate added value for the entire region. Having neighbors that attract more investment or with a greater number of startups benefits those of us who are close. Good ideas are contagious, markets are expanding and investors’ eyes are on the region, and that makes Latin America more competitive.


There are six Latin American cities that act as drivers of this movement. The first is Sao Paulo, Brazil, which is home to 12 unicorns. It has a large domestic market and great access to capital.


Mexico City, Mexico, stands out for its FinTech ecosystem, although its jewel belongs to eCommerce. The top position belongs to Kavak, the largest unicorn in Latin America, with a valuation of $8.7 billion.


Buenos Aires, Argentina, attracted 67% of the country’s investment in startups in 2021. More importantly, investment in the first half of 2021, $210 million, was 400% higher than in the same period of 2020, when it was $41.5 million.


Santiago de Chile, Chile, had about $3 billion in 2021, earning it the nickname Chilecon Valley. Bogotá, Colombia investments soared 200% between 2019 and 2021. Rapid digitalization and the support of large entities were key to this growth. In addition, the support of large entities and cooperation between startups in Montevideo, Uruguay, create a climate of constant and solid growth.


With regard to the FinTech universe, the Dominican Republic is one of the main protagonists of its takeoff in recent years. Thus, the growth in the number of companies in the country is 129% between 2017 and the end of 2021, the highest in the entire region. At the end of last year, the country had 55 startups in this sector, more than 2% of the total in Latin America.


About Jose Daniel Duarte


JD Duarte is originally from Heredia, Costa Rica. He has been an entrepreneur and business owner for more than 20 years, and divides his time between his existing operations and researching new possibilities in which to invest. When he’s not dedicating time to his businesses, he spends time with his supporting wife and two children.

Jorge Zu�iga Blanco explains what it takes to be an entrepreneur in Latin America

Leading business specialist and entrepreneur Jorge Zuñiga Blanco explores the different facets of becoming a successful entrepreneur in the Latin American ecosystem.


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In the last decade, we saw how Latin American talent gained greater relevance in the world of technology business. So much so that the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the region was positioned as one of the maximum references in innovation and development. In fact, Latin American technology companies represent 3.8% of the region’s GDP, and the number of companies valued at $1 billion is close to doubling year on year. Jorge Zuñiga Blanco, a lifelong entrepreneur and business expert, provides insight into what it takes to be an entrepreneur in the evolving Latin American market.


With different business strategies, Latin American technology startups – that is, those companies that are still in their infancy – are strong in their markets. They generate value for society and create jobs, economic opportunities and new solutions for the recent needs of hundreds of thousands of people.


In order to succeed, there are several considerations entrepreneurs need to keep in mind. The first is to recognize that there is everything to build. You start from a white canvas, so understanding the business model in depth is essential for the creation and execution of the indicated actions.


At the same time that we learn, we are educators: assuming that the rest of the areas and leaders understand the work of the communicator is a mistake. We must share our knowledge and the importance of reputation for the development or purpose of a brand. Simply put, don’t underestimate the positive impact communication can have on all areas of the business.


Identify the mission. Explains Zuñiga, “People don’t buy what you do. Instead, they buy why you do it. You must show what you believe.”


In every startup, there is a mission – which goes above commercial plans – and a purpose – that explains why we do what we do, the engine that moves us day by day. The work of the communicator is to put it on paper, make it a reality, and, even more, enhance it. If the purpose is present in each message, it will undoubtedly be much more inspiring for the audience.


Reputation is built over the long term. Everything we do for the company speaks of who we are. From our area, we can contribute to the business from innumerable aspects: either to generate trust or credibility, attract talent or financing.


Therefore, in each communication strategy outlined, the stage of the company must be taken into account. We do not communicate the same when the startup goes through an investment round as when it launches a particular product or service.


Change is the only constant. On the entrepreneurial path, adaptability and agility become indispensable soft skills. Plans are going to change permanently and it’s natural that happens. To accompany the business, the communicator must be flexible, continuously reinvent himself and priorities, make friends with the vortex and take risks.


Lastly, the success of a startup enhances the ecosystem. Each communication achievement is a contribution to the positioning of Latin American entrepreneurial talent. And, in the medium term, this translates into more opportunities for the sector and progress in the region.


About Jorge Zuñiga Blanco


Jorge Zuñiga Blanco is a leading eCommerce expert who has provided his services to growing organizations throughout the world. He has a diverse background of industries to his credit, giving him the ability to relate and contribute to business owners in a variety of markets. He has more than 20 years in the eCommerce industry and, for the past nine, has dedicated his expertise and knowledge to helping executives and managers develop their businesses.

Versasec and Entrust Partnership Creates “One-Stop Shopping” Experience for Credential Management with Integrated PKI

 Versasec, the leading provider of state-of-the-art, highly secure identity and access management software, today announced that they are expanding their partnership with Entrust, a global leader in trusted payments, identities and digital infrastructure, to deliver a “one-stop shopping” experience for credential management integrated with a secure public key infrastructure (PKI) solution.

Identity and authentication of users and devices for organizations, in any sector, has become a crucial component in today’s cybersecurity space. Versasec and Entrust are extending their technology partnership, established in 2014, to empower customers to easily deploy Versasec credential management when implementing Entrust PKI. Customers can purchase the Versasec credential management system from Entrust and receive a “one-stop-shop” experience.

“This is significant and exciting news for our customers and for both of our companies,” said Joakim Thorén, CEO of Versasec. “Our distribution agreement makes Entrust a ‘one-stop-shop’ for our joint customers, who can now secure the PKI solutions they want more easily and quickly by working with one trusted vendor,” said Joakim Thorén, CEO of Versasec. “Together, we provide world-class PKI security, providing customers of any size with the ability to deploy strong authentication in multiple ecosystems.”

“Our partnership with Versasec is a natural one that further enhances our extensive PKI and authentication portfolio. In the mix of user authenticators a customer needs from Entrust, this partnership delivers a comprehensive and end-to-end smart card solution. The combination of technologies with Entrust’s cloud, on premise and hybrid service models delivers the high assurance, scalability and flexible lifecycle management needs that are demanded here,” said Robert Hann, VP of the Digital Security Center of Excellence at Entrust.

The distribution partnership offers a variety of customer benefits:

– Lower risk implementation: The joint solution is pre-integrated reducing time and costs

– Scale: Ability to scale to any size, from day one

– Standards: The solutions encompass industry standard protocols, like SCEP, EST and CMPv2 to centralize management of devices and credentials

– Standard credential types such as PIV and PIV-I with additional flexibility to accommodate custom credential types

– Unified system: The solutions combine certificate operations and reporting into an organization’s existing business practices

– Trusted Registration Authority (RA): Fully integrated registration authority with Entrust PKI portfolio.

About Versasec

Versasec, an established global leader in Identity and Access Management, provides highly secure, powerful systems for end-to-end credential orchestration. In an increasingly connected world with growing numbers of remote workers, cyber threats, and legacy authenticators, Versasec serves as a cornerstone in every enterprise security implementation to build a zero-trust architecture. Trusted by organizations and corporations worldwide, Versasec serves the public and private sectors in government, defense, manufacturing, healthcare, financial services, and more. Versasec is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Follow Versasec on LinkedIn (@versasec), Twitter (@versasec), and Facebook (@versasec).

About Entrust

Entrust keeps the world moving safely by enabling trusted experiences for identities, payments, and digital infrastructure. We offer an unmatched breadth of solutions that are critical to enabling trust for multi-cloud deployments, mobile identities, hybrid work, machine identity, electronic signatures, encryption and more. With more than 2,800 colleagues, a network of global partners, and customers in over 150 countries, it’s no wonder the world’s most entrusted organizations trust us. For more information, visit www.entrust.com.

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