1. Dear
Friends: 2011 is ending , all the staff of
When
the Center for Entrepreneurship
Development at the Universidad Icesi
presents you a very warm Christmas
greeting , wishes you and your
organization a successful 2012 and
shares with you some of the main
achievements obtained by the Center
in 2011

2. -Successful completion of the XXI Latin American
Congress on Entrepreneurship in Cali.
-Publication of the three volumes of the
Collection "Desarrollo, Innovación y Cultura
Empresarial(DICE)", which are available at:
http://bibliotecadigital.icesi.edu.co
-Coordination and general orientation of the
GEM Caribbean s research team , covering :
Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago and Barbados. It is
expected that in 2012 we will integrate :
Haiti, Guyana, Surinam, St.
Vincent, Antigua, and St. Lucia.

3. -Participation in the research GEM Colombia
2011 and publication of Colombia 2010 GEM
Report.
-Integration to the Ibero-American
Network of SME s.
-Design of the foundations of an
entrepreneurial development public
policy for the Valle del Cauca .
-OffiHotel, a company founded by a former
Icesi s student (Juan Carlos Galvez) won
the first prize as the most innovative SME
in the services sector in our state.

4. -Summer Camp "Vive tu reto empresarial a la
velocidad del tren" with a total of 28
participants.
-Participation in the Directive Board s
meetings of: International Council for Small
Business ICSB, World Association for Small
and Medium Size Enterprises
-Business Development Program for
(WUSME), Fundaempresa.
Coomeva Foundation s entrepreneurial
staff(16 members).
-Week of the” Young Entrepreneur of
Cali”, with a total of 48 participants.

5. -Entrepreneurship Seminar for University
students with an attendance of 36 students.
-48 groups of regular undergraduate courses
with a total of 1084 students.
-1 group of postgraduate courses
with a total of 33 students.
-Active participation in the Regional
Network of Entrepreneurship.
-Implementation of four "Competencias
Empresariales" on the issues: Bakery
Products, Products and / or services for
soccer fans, Disability, Luxury markets.

6. -Development of the program "Promotion of
Provincial Productive Enterprise" for 26
Ecuadorian provincial planning officials.s
-Several visiting professors and NGO
directives from Latin and North America and
Europe were visiting us to know about our
developments.
-The Business Fair “ExpoIcesi” had 41
business stands.
-Design and execution of two seminars on
"Outdoor Training" for students of Business
Administration.

7. -Support to several underrepresented and
social organizations through the
undergraduate students participating in the
"Competencia of the different research
-Development Empresarial".
projects : GEM Colombia 2011, GEM
Caribbean 2011, 1984-2004 Alumni
Longitudinal Analysis, Creative Industry
Entrepreneurs, Social Entrepreneurs in the
Caribbean, The dynamic determinants of
SME s in developing economies : a
comparison between metropolitan and local
areas in Colombia, Factors that facilitate
access to financial resources to new
businesses, Strategies to build trust in
young entrepreneurs, Analysis of

8. -Support for operation of the
entrepreneur alumni Network (REDE).
-Development of the seminar "New
Trends in Entrepreneurial Education."
-Active presence at
meetings, conferences, seminars, courses
in : Africa and Puerto Montt
(Chile), Guayaquil and Salinas
(Ecuador), Stockholm (Sweden) , Cairo
(Egypt), Lima (Peru), Washington and
Michigan (USA), Bridgetown
(Barbados), Kingston
(Jamaica), Bogota, Yopal, Florence, Cartage
na and Barranquilla (Colombia).

9. -Entrepreneurship Training Program for
University professors at University of Lagos
in Puerto Montt and Osorno.
-Conducted two sessions of the
exhibition "Entrepreneurs world :
entrepreneurial perspectives from a
creative viewpoint."

10. Publication: "Entrepreneurial
drive", "Analysis of practitioners in their own
business and family business", "Factors that
facilitate access to financial resources to
new businesses", "Create and transform
the world : it s your responsibility"," Doctoral
education in the area of ​family businesses
"," Father-daughter succession issues in the
Colombian family business context "," The
engagement between the needs of
education and industry and community "," EI
model, a new concept in linking potential
successors to family businesses ","
Entrepreneurial intentions of Universidad

11. ” The alliance: collaborating between
programmed education and industry ","
Competences based entrepreneurial
education”, " An intersection between the
type of entrepreneurial team and the family
business model”, " Entrepreneurship
development program for women
afrocolombian displaced by political and
economical violence ", "Unusual features of
innovation in entrepreneurship".

12. -The Propyme Department conducted the
following activities:
*Diploma in Export Management the Bakery
network, with 28 participating companies.
* Development and completion of the
project "Business Networking for Export" in
the areas of: Auto Parts, Egg
Industry, Tourism and Metallurgical
industry, in cooperation with
PROEXPORT, with total of 37 participating
companies.

13. *Development and completion of the
Agribusiness sector program in cooperation
with PROEXPORT with 13 participating
companies.
*Completion of the 1st version, with 20
participating companies and the start of the
2nd version of the program “Vida, Mundo y
Empresa”
* Consulting services to nine SME s.

14. -The Alaya Center conducted the
following activities:
*Programs in Cali and Bogota to promote
the operation and funding of the Alaya
Centers with the cooperation of officials of
the SBDC at the Universityentrepreneurs in
* Advice to more than 150 of Texas at San
Antonio. and 60 in business improvement.
start-ups
*Training to 43 entrepreneurs in the
program "Management Development for
micro and small companies"; and more
than 30 entrepreneurs in the program
“Business Plan”, both of them in association
with Bancoldex.

15. *Advice and support services to
121, emerging and established
entrepreneurs, through their own programs
the programs in agreement with “Bancoldex”.
*Participation of 21 companies in the special
programs of: Media Strategy and
Advertising Campaigns, Corporate
Identity, Strategic Analysis and Accounting
*Business training for 2200 micro, small
in Colombianentrepreneurs in
and medium environment.
Buga, Buenaventura, Cali, Cartago, Palmira
, Pasto, Popayan, Tulua and Tumaco in the
framework of “Bancoldex” program “
aProgresar “.

16. *Program "Acompañamiento a
estudiantes" with a total of 67 students.
*Carlos Ramirez with his project Bio360
and Rodolfo Hidalgo with his project on
renewable fuels , were finalist in the 2011
Ventures, thanks to support from the Alaya
center.
*Obtaining the quality certification for the
consultancy services that Alaya Center
provides

17. -The Start Up Coffee developed the
following programs:
*Support for students and entrepreneurs in
various contests and calls, with the
following results: 3 finalists and 1 winner in
Ventures 2011, a finalist in TIC s
Americas, a finalist in the second round of
investment “Descubra Futuro”, 1 selected
in the “Colciencias” 523 financing round , 1
* Advisory services, consulting and
finalist Banco Santander, 5 projects
mentoring to the “Fondo Emprender” .
submitted in the for a total of 25 dynamic
entrepreneurs supported.

18. *Four (4) sessions of "Tomando cafe con
....", 2 events "More Profitability", 2
accompanying processes of micro-credit
financing, Three angel investors
approached our entrepreneurs and there is
a very good opportunity for one of them,.
*Professor Andrés Felipe Otero, with his
company Fair Services received financial
support from the national contest
“Descubra Futuro” . This will be the first
spin-off process at the University Center.

19. For those who want more information
about our activities, we invite you to visit
our newsletter at www.icesi.edu.co/ cdee
/ innovando and review the numbers 44
and 45 (This one will be available in late
We hope that in 2012 we can
December).
develop joint activities to fulfill
our common goals.
We wish you happiness and many successes.
Alejandra ,Alba Tatiana, Álvaro Rafael, Ana
Carolina, Andrés Felipe, Bibiana, Carlos
Fernando, Carolina, Catalina, Claudia, Diana
Carolina, John David, Javier, Juan Carlos, Karen, Luis
Fernando, Luis Miguel, Luz Angela, Maria del
Pilar, Maria Jimena, Melquicedec, Monica, Paola
Andrea, Rodrigo, Sandra, Vilma Lucia, Zaskia
Marcela.