35 years shaping the businesses of tomorrow together

Diario Financiero | Mining in Chile is compelled to continue innovating for its transformation. The reason is straightforward: it produces one-third of the world’s copper and holds the same proportion of the planet’s reserves. With a projected production of 5.78 million tons for 2022, any alteration would have significant national and global ramifications. The industry faces […]

The venture capital industry in Chile invested US$ 63 million in 2019, US$ 160 million in 2020, and so far in 2021, investment has multiplied again, surpassing US$ 400 million, not including the investments received by the two new Chilean unicorns, Cornershop and NotCo.  Undoubtedly, the pandemic is related to this trend of increasing investments […]

El Mercurio | The five leading companies in market capitalization in the US are Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet (Google), and Facebook. All of them were funded with entrepreneurial capital (VC: Venture Capital). Each was conceived to create value appreciated by consumers worldwide and grew exponentially on a global scale. Amazon was founded in 1994. Within […]

In recent years, a dangerous discourse has been gaining ground, “demonizing” those who venture and legitimately earn the much-maligned “profit.” This discourse completely disregards the phenomenon of value creation. Perhaps this concept is the least understood. Creating value means developing something useful for which someone is willing to pay. In the collective imagination, there is […]

By Iván Vera, founder of INNSPIRAL In 2011, Eric Yuan left his vice presidency at Cisco Webex and founded Zoom Video, a startup aimed at popularizing the use of underutilized online video conferencing. Zoom was launched to the market in September 2012. Yuan’s vision for telecommuting began to yield results quickly. He reached 1 million […]

In the latest report of the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2020, Chile landed in the 54th position out of 130 countries. Nine years ago, we were at 38. Our consolation prize: being number 1 in the region. We still hold that position, but Mexico trails behind by one spot and Costa Rica by two. We […]

Leading in the current context seems to be complex. Uncertainty has become a recurring concept in our everyday language, and businesses are constantly reinventing themselves to adapt to a changing reality. Innovation, increasingly necessary, will only be successful if there are conscious leaders and useful tools to guide creative processes. This document provides an integrated […]

By Arturo Herrera, partner In a 1974 interview, Arthur C. Clarke, the British writer and scientist, author of “2001: A Space Odyssey,” perfectly described the emergence of the personal computer and the internet and their impact on our lives: “It will make it possible for us to live anywhere in the world and still do […]

Today, surely after many years, Earth is the happiest on its day.  Lately, we’ve repeatedly heard and said the phrase “the world after this pandemic will not be the same,” but it definitely depends on us to transform it into a better world. We have witnessed positive changes in our natural environment, and we have […]

A couple of days ago, the DILAB of the Catholic University of Chile and its FabIDI invited us to take part in a significant Design-Engineering Initiative.  What’s it all about? Creating 3D-printed supports for the medical face shields being used in hospitals during the COVID-19 crisis.  As INNSPIRAL, we didn’t want to miss out on […]

Today, there are hundreds of millions of people worldwide under mandatory quarantine. Above all, we must prioritize the health of ourselves, our families, our employees, and our fellow citizens. However, as business leaders, we also must safeguard the survival of our companies and the jobs of our employees. This time, we find ourselves fully immersed […]

Over the past 30 years, Chile has established itself as a global leader in numerous products and categories. We’ve gone from exporting $7 billion to $70 billion annually with an economy that’s fully open to the world. The data doesn’t lie—Chile is faring much better across all human development indicators than before. We’ve become an […]

Visionary Start At the INNmeeting hosted by INNSPIRAL, Fernando Fischmann, a biochemist and entrepreneur, delved into the origins of his iconic project, San Alfonso del Mar. Motivated by a tragedy on the beaches of Algarrobo, where a mother and her two children tragically drowned, Fischmann set out to create a safe and family-friendly resort.  Challenges and […]