Hop on the Google Developer Bus Bogota
Some good friends of mine, David Cifuentes and Francisco Solsona, are involved with a great initiative which will be underway in a few days: Google Developer Bus Bogota. There are a number of reasons this would be a great event for top designers, developers, etc. to attend (no matter what city you’re in). One of these is the ability to test out an idea you have for a great app that leverages the Google platform. Another is to show what Colombian developers are capable of accomplishing in a short time.
More importantly, Google will be giving the winners (up to four team members) a trip to Silicon Valley. Since I lived in Silicon Valley (Cupertino and Santa Cruz) for five years, I know first hand what a vibrant startup atmosphere there is there. Because of this, I am passionate about taking startup founders to meet with my contacts there (have done this on several occasions). I feel this is important in order to instill a similar culture in any startup (wherever they are based) where execution and thinking big are the norm.