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Real Benefits for Small Business Owners
The impact of AI adoption goes beyond operational efficiency. For small business owners in Costa Rica, implementing AI solutions means:
No more being tethered to your phone 24/7, answering the same questions about check-in times or wifi passwords. Let PuraVidaAI handle all your guest and potential guest inquiries, freeing you to focus on growing your business—or simply relax on the beach. (click photo for more)
Costa Rica’s Economic Engine: The 10 Industries Driving Growth
Costa Rica wears many hats beautifully—adventure playground, cultural crossroads, wildlife sanctuary, foodie haven, real-estate hotspot and a serious place to do business. From Pacific surf towns to San José's tech corridors, the country blends conservation with...
Why Standing Out Is Everything When You Invest in Costa Rica
Costa Rica blends jungle adventures, soulful culture, laid-back entertainment, world-class wildlife, dynamic real estate, fast-growing business hubs, and foodie scenes from sodas to chef-led tasting menus. In a market this lively, being different is not a...
TRIBU-CR: Costa Rica’s New Digital Tax System
By Manfred Peters, GM Attorneys at Law Starting in October, a new online platform will change how residents, business owners, and investors handle taxes in Costa Rica. Big changes are coming to the way Costa Rica manages taxes. Beginning October 6, 2025, the...
Is Costa Rica the Silicon Valley of Central America?
Costa Rica wraps business ambition with pure-life energy. In a single week, you can pitch a venture fund in San José, mountain-bike cloud forest trails, catch a marimba night in the city, spot scarlet macaws on a jungle river, tour a coworking villa while scouting...
Gateway to the Americas: Why Global Companies Choose Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Where Business Meets the Good Life Costa Rica is where serious business meets the good life. You can surf Witch's Rock at sunrise, tour marimba workshops and galleries by afternoon, watch scarlet macaws flash over rainforest at dusk, then close a deal from...
Five Sure-Fire Ways to Lose Expat Customers in Costa Rica (And How to Win Them Back)
Costa Rica’s magic sells itself—adventures in the surf, culture in the plaza, entertainment after sunset, wildlife at every turn, real estate dreams by the beach, business deals over casados, and food that tastes of the tropics. But even the best location can’t...
Screens, Service and Society: Rebalancing Technology in Costa Rica’s Life and Commerce
Costa Rica’s appeal is intensely human: dawn surf and strong coffee, markets where vendors know your name, marimba in the plaza, galleries after work, and meals that turn neighbours into friends. Across Latin America—and increasingly worldwide—smartphones and social...
Beyondsoft: Why Costa Rica
Costa Rica has a strong talent pool in many areas of Technology, who are effectively bilingual, which matters when you're supporting U.S. clients who need help across different time zones. As a global consulting company, this is very important for Beyondsoft. People...
Bayer: Why Costa Rica?
Bayer’s Footprint in Costa Rica Since launching operations in Costa Rica on July 1, 1978, Bayer has expanded its presence across multiple sectors. Today, the company operates through three core divisions—Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Health, and Crop Science—bringing...
Why We Invested Our Business In Costa Rica
Here are three businesses that chose Costa Rica Costa Rica isn’t just beautiful—it’s a smart place to build. In these three founder stories, Bill and Nancy Ripley explain how Horizon Pacific in Tamarindo grew into a values-led property management company employing...
What makes Your business Different
How to Differentiate Your Business in Costa Rica's Competitive Market Why is Making Your Business Different a Major Consideration? Making a business different than all others is a major consideration when investing in Costa Rica because of the competitive market...
PuraVida AI: Get Your Business Into AI Answers
PuraVidaAI: Get Your Business Into AI Answers. No Technical Skills Required. Costa Rica’s first AI-ready business directory The Way People Find Businesses Has Changed Your customers aren’t scrolling through Google search results anymore. Instead, they’re asking...
Emerging Market Sectors in Costa Rica: Where to Look for New Business
Costa Rica rewards founders who pair purpose with pragmatism. With political stability, a green reputation that means something, and a talent pool trained by decades of multinational investment, the country is primed for smart, focused ventures. If you’re sizing up...
Discover the Business-Friendly Vibes of Costa Rica
Costa Rica is far more than a postcard paradise. Behind the palm-lined beaches and emerald rainforests lies one of Latin America’s most promising environments for building and scaling a business. With its prime geographic position, political stability, skilled...
The National Baseball League of a Different Kind: Costa Rica’s Baseball-Making Capital
In a quiet corner of Costa Rica, far from roaring stadiums and TV cameras, the heart of Major League Baseball quietly beats—stitch by stitch—in the town of Turrialba. Here, baseballs aren’t just sports equipment; they’re the lifeblood of an entire community. It’s a...
Costa Rica strengthens regulation on pet-friendly businesses
By Manfred Peters, GM Attorneys at Law Following a recent incident involving a child bitten by a dog in a shopping mall in San Jose, Costa Rica’s Ministry of Health has issued a new resolution that unifies and strengthens the rules for allowing pets in public...
Build It Here: Why Costa Rica Is Attracting Global Manufacturing
Costa Rica isn’t just about rainforests and beaches anymore. In recent years, it’s become a serious contender on the global manufacturing map, especially for companies looking to nearshore their operations. With a stable political climate, educated workforce, and...
Electronic Promissory Notes and Bills of Exchange in Costa Rica.
By Mariajosé Víquez, GM Attorneys at Law. In December 2021, Costa Rica enacted Law No. 10,069 on Electronic Promissory Notes and Bills of Exchange, introducing a modern legal framework for digital financial instruments. This law allows for the issuance and circulation...
From Beans to Billions: The Business of Costa Rican Coffee
Long before coffee became a lifestyle, Costa Rica was already perfecting the art of the bean. Its volcanic soil, rich rainfall, and high-altitude farms set the stage for some of the smoothest, most complex coffee in the world. But in an era where a flat white is as...
Crypto in the Jungle: Who’s Accepting Bitcoin in Costa Rica—And Is It Sustainable or Just Hype?
Who in Costa Rica is accepting Bitcoin? A growing number of businesses in Costa Rica are now accepting Bitcoin, but the reality is that usage remains highly localised and mostly tied to tourism. In places like Tamarindo, Santa Teresa, Nosara, and Puerto Viejo, you’ll...
Corporate changes in Costa Rica: What every business owner should know
Major updates to corporate identity and compliance came into effect in June 2025. Here’s what they mean for your company. Daniel Oses Ivankovich GM Attorneys As of June 2025, Costa Rica has introduced major legal reforms that simplify the way Sociedades Anónimas...