This talk was to mostly American businesspeople seeking Chinese investment.

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There are organizations that link Asian American entrepreneurs, blopspots about H ispanic entrepreneurs, news sites about African American entrepreneurs and businesspeople, and business assistance resource organizations for senior entrepreneurs.

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But one participant described the gathering, entitled "Latin American Business Leaders: An Encounter between Fathers and Sons, " simply as an opportunity for different generations of businesspeople from various Latin American countries to get to know each other.

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But the program fell apart in mid-2010, with too few American firms signing up and too few local businesspeople willing to invest their own capital in the program as a show of good faith.

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In sequential cultures (like North American, English, German, Swedish, and Dutch), businesspeople give full attention to one agenda item after another.

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