@Dominik:
As far as I can judge it, the innovation culture is definitely different here. On the one side, there is much less available infrastructure, less financial resources and less available networking events than in Switzerland.
On the other side, the innovation organization of the government, CORFO (www.corfo.cl), supports projects with funding (unlike CH) and support for knowledge. However, this support is affiliated with a high degree of bureaucracy, and therefore the interaction with CORFO is not always uncomplicated.
In terms of a blog, I will ask my co-workers as soon as I’m in the office again, so far I am still in quarantine with A(H1N1), for two days more…

@Andi:
Sounds great and very interesting, what have you been doing in Santiago? What was your impression of Santiago? Have you been to Chilenazo for some awesome meat and Pisco? I would be really interested to get in touch with Bill. Maybe we could get in touch by e-mail? mine is: daniel at octantis point cl

Did that help Dominik? I’ll be happy to answer any further questions!

Regards from Santiago

Daniel

Thanks for the interesting post. Say hi to Bill from the American Embassy if you meet him. He’s the FBI’s tech scout who’s looking for new security technologies all around South America. Certainly an interesting contact for you … and a perfect host when it comes to chosing amazing restaurants with great meat and the best pisco

Cheers,
Andi

Besten Dank für den tollen Beitrag aus Chile.

Ist die Start-up/Innovationsstruktur in Chile zu vergleichen mit der in der Schweiz? Wie sieht das ganze Eco-System aus (Technoparks, Förderagenturen etc.)?

Danke für die Beantwortung und Gruss

Dominik

PS: Gibt es auch eine Start-up-Blogger-Szene in Chile?