"Setting up operations in Bogota was very much facilitated thanks to the help of Invest in Bogota. All of our requests where attended with kindness and promptness, many times beyond our expectations. In particular, their knowledge and expertise with the oil industry - our main business opportunity - has been quite useful. The agency offers an excellent service that should be used as a model for other promotion agencies in Latin America".

"Globant’s philosophy is to get set up were the talent is, and Colombia is definitely a place to grow. To get installed in a country is not simple, it is fundamental that companies like Invest in Bogota help to generate local contacts, giving information and statistics that ease a quick analysis of the business and give proven solutions to the region's characteristic difficulties".

Bogota is an excellent location for finding IT talents; professionals here have passion for their careers, many of them have foreign work experience and are searching for companies to continue their international exposition and where they have possibility to grow and become independent.

"A lot of companies are evaluating now to open offices in Bogota given the fast growth the city is experiencing, and every time I talk to someone that wants to come to start doing business here I strongly recommend that they should talk to Invest in Bogota as a first step! The people from Invest in Bogota are extremely smart and with the best of dispositions to help, they were a critical factor in our opening in Bogota and provided guidance and information without which we would have spent a lot more time and money figuring out some aspects of the local context that Invest in Bogota generously and proactively provided in a very digested fashion. If I can give companies coming to Bogota only one advice that would be that the first thing they need to do is to contact Invest in Bogota".

"One of the most important aspects we took into consideration when deciding to open our office in Bogota was access to top class talent. Teravision Games is a videogames company that provides services to videogame's publishers like Disney, Namco, Atari and Nickelodeon in the US and it's not easy to find in Latin America the type of resources needed for such a demanding and competed industry, but Bogotá not only has them, but has a lot of them. The government is also providing great support to the audiovisuals' industry and on top of all that Bogota is a great city to live in, what else could we ask for?".

"Working alongside Invest in Bogota has truly been very refreshing. As a representative of a major international service company, we value local relationships very much and first impressions are very important. (…) their [Invest in Bogota’s] strength lies with their people and their leadership. Their executives are professional, bi-lingual, and attentive and work to the highest ethical standards. Invest in Bogota (…) have assisted myself and others in our organization in understanding the inner workings of doing business, not only in Bogota, but Colombia in general – not through rose-colored glasses, but objectively. Invest in Bogota has a wealth of information and contacts and have been instrumental in lining up meetings with key industry professionals – from US embassy personnel to leading energy leaders in the sector. Thank you for such high value service!"

Carlos Gutierrez, Vice President - Strategic Business Development - Latin America, Production Services Network U.S. Inc.
 

"Colombia has one of the fastest growing petroleum sectors in the world today. Colombia and Bogota are rich in natural resources, have a stabilized a government providing a safe environment to do business, have attractive foreign investment regimes, and have a highly educated workforce. Like many other Canadian companies, Calmena has recognized the potential opportunities in the Colombian Oil & Gas sector and is investing substantial amounts of Capital in order to bring Canadian Drilling and Completions technologies to Colombia. We see the next 2-3 years as being very crucial in building a strong foundation to support the long term Oil & Gas production capabilities that Colombia can and will supply.” 

Andrew Jones, Country Manager, Calmena Energy Services Inc, Colombia.
 

“In Bogota we have found workers who are committed and full of expectations. Leading this team is a gratifying privilege. From Bogota we participate in corporate decisions and lead the Latin American expansion.”

Alejandro Jordán, General Manager, Dacartec.

"Colombia is a country where it is possible to offer quality services. There are highly professional managers and it is possible to serve the U.S market.”

"The main reason for investing in Bogota (...) was that we needed to serve a large number of companies with a lower volume of transactions. This led us to standardize and centralize processes in a single center covering a large number of companies. Bogota met our requirement of highly skilled human resources and well-suited infrastructure to handle remote sales operations.

(...) We found a variety of highly sophisticated human resources in particular for our sales center that requires high-level professionals with postgraduate or undergraduate studies as a minimum. We found that they have a service-oriented attitude and a very neutral accent which is very important to our business considering that we are serving clients throughout Spanish-speaking Latin America from here.”

“I would absolutely tell anybody to come to Colombia, I think it’s a fantastic place to shoot, the speed at which people have accommodated our needs and desires has been remarkable. The people here have been enthusiastic and talented, and made us excited to be here. I’ve shot in lots of parts of the world, I’ve been in the business 30 years, I’ve shot in many countries and I can’t remember a better experience than I’ve had in Colombia.” 

"In Colombia it is possible to reduce costs by 60 per cent without sacrificing quality." 

"(...) The key is to offer added value to our customers, assuring that no other latitude could do a better job than Colombia. That was IBM’s goal in 2005 when it decided to centralize in Bogota the ibm.com Sales Center, which would serve Latin America's Spanish-speaking clients. Today, with more than 200 people, Bogota is one of 12 regional IBM sales centers in the world, offering added values ranging from sales to consulting.

Colombia has an extraordinary technological infrastructure in telecommunications, convenient time zone, and privileged geographical location which, in addition to the country's positive economic development and the existing labor regulations, make it an excellent alternative to consolidate an international operation in one place in an efficient way." 

Daniel Ramirez, Sales Director, IBM Center Spanish-Speaking Latin America. 

“(…) Bogota’s foremost strength is its people. Our employees, the majority of them engineers, are top-quality and dedicated. We also find a robust andreliable telecommunications infrastructure in Bogota. 

Thanks to this, some of the best practices implemented here in our Managed Services Center in Bogota have been adopted by some of our centers worldwide, such as in India and in the United States.” 

“(...) This is a project which we are very proud of. Consolidating a shared services center in Colombia to support other countries in the world where Citi operates, is not only in line with our business growth strategy, but also with our commitment to the country.”
 

Cosmetics Industry 

“We see great potential in Colombia, and especially in Bogota. We value the cultural diversity, professionalism of the people and the investments being made for the future. That is why Bogota is one of the best locations to operate in northern Latin America”. 

 

Health Sciences
 

“(...) In 2001 the company invested approximately US$15 million to build a production plant in Bogota that centralized production. Excellent product reception, high levels of quality and customer trust, technological development, and permanent scientific support are all factors leading to success: 55% of our production is exported to countries such as Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Salvador and Guatemala.”