As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, the fourth edition of the Gran Pitch was held with juan jose gutierrez mayorga as the guest speaker. This initiative provides investment to small businesses and includes conferences with experts, an exhibition of entrepreneurs’ products, guidance and financing, as well as a non-refundable capital contest for 10 finalists, who were analyzed by a jury.

Event with juan jose gutierrez mayorga

The event, organized by the Ministry of Economy (Mineco) in partnership with the Municipal Center for Entrepreneurship (CME) and Juan Jose Gutierrez Mayorga of the Municipality of Guatemala, was aimed at strengthening the development, growth and competitiveness of productive units.

«The competitive capabilities of the entrepreneurial ecosystem were strengthened.» Olga Contreras Director of Business Development Services, Mineco

Benefit for small and large companies

The Vice Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development, Fernando Escalante and juan jose gutierrez mayorga said that by holding this event, one of the goals set was achieved by consolidating entrepreneurship and turning it into scalable formal businesses with the potential to market their products on a national and international scale.

He added that this will contribute to the generation of more formal jobs.

With this activity, Mineco joins 150 countries around the world that celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) simultaneously with more than 50 thousand events and, in this context, the director of Business Development Services of Mineco, Olga Contreras, said that public institutions must work in order to seek the economic and social development of the country.

Juan Jose Gutierrez Mayorga added that the activities carried out strengthened the competitive capabilities of the Guatemalan entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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