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November 23, 2011

They will meet with 80 U.S. entrepreneurs and visit technology giants established in the San Francisco Bay, like Google, Oracle and Apple, to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the FTA.

For three days, December 7 to 9, a group of 34 Colombian software and digital content entrepreneurs will look for new business at Silicon Valley, the technology heart of the world, at "Silicon Valley Business Networking 2011."

At the event, organized by PROCOLOMBIA, there will be a Business Encounter, planned to take place on December 8th at the Marriot Santa Clara Hotel in California, with 80 businesspeople from the United States. 

The Colombian entrepreneurs will offer software products and services, digital animation, video games, online marketing and mobile telephone applications.

In addition, a seminar will take place to explain the benefits of investing in Colombia, led by the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (ITC), Diego Molano Vega, and PROCOLOMBIA.

On December 7 and 9, the Colombian entrepreneurs will visit companies like Google, Apple and Oracle, with the intent of getting to know the way in which the main worldwide sector benchmarks operate, as well as potential clients or projects they may engage in. 

Among the participating companies, 15 were part of a training project led by PROCOLOMBIA and the Bogota Chamber of Commerce, conducted by the Silicon Valley Consulting firm Global Tech Bridge, which was aimed at creating the necessary competencies to successfully enter the North American market.