About Campo Bom
Sitting in the valley of the Sinos River, Campo Bom is located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. One of the most developed cities in the area, it's known as the "shoemaking capital", along with its neighbor Novo Hamburgo, as both towns export shoes to numerous countries such as the United States, Germany and China. With a population of about 60,081 souls happily hooking into the free Internet provided by the government, the city is also a cyclist's haven with a dedicated bicycle path that was the first in South America when it was built in 1977. German immigrants colonized the town in about 1825 and today it's a bustling haven where the tech savvy residents are hanging out in coworking venues.
Brazil is Latin America's largest entrepreneurial ecosystem with startups focusing on new frontiers, other than their own home ground. The creative locals are competing on a global scale and expanding their companies quickly by exporting their business models to other regional markets around the world, despite their own home country having a growing middle class with a healthy appetite for social and media consumption.
Brazilians are becoming known for bootstrapping early-stage companies, hence the need for more and more coworking spaces to dot city streets. Many towns in Brazil have their own creative communities of tech hustlers and whisperers who have a free entrepreneurial spirit.