[rycs]

I'm chilean, working from home for american clients, I have never been really interested in the local startup scene because, well, there was nothing of that a few years ago really, but things are changing and I'm glad we now have this initiatives and we're slowly starting to attract talent! we got the infrastructure but what we really need is to attract foreign talent / entrepreneurs, and to _keep_ good local talent. I wish you the best!

[rycs]

btw, Santiago ranked #1 in the list of Latin American cities of 2011/2012 by The British Financial Times Magazine: http://www.thisischile.cl/News.aspx?ID=6426&SEC=190&... there is a lot going on down here no pun intended

[andrewcooke]

does HN do meetups? there seem to be a few people here from santiago - we could meet for a meal or drink some time? posting to here because you don't have any contact info in your profile :o)

[rycs]

hey Andrew, I'm not aware of specific HN meetups in the area but I'll be glad to join you for a meal or drink, I have updated my contact info and going to reach you over email, I'm not in Santiago because I love Viña del Mar ;) but we are just a bus ride away and I do have go hit Santiago in 2 weeks anyway :)