Cultural Similiaries Costa Rica and US

We often mention that Costa Rica and the US have significant cultural synergy.  Clients give us instructions like they want a site like Facebook but with LinkedIn groups and forums like StackOverflow and our teams understand what that means because they are on-line savvy and familiar with what is happening in US markets.  To prove the point, I walked around the office on my last trip to Costa Rica and took pictures of anything I was likely to find in a US office.  Here’s what I found.

We get our news and information about the industry from the same sources.  The latest Wired was sitting on a desk in an office.

We both care about our health and eating right.  This post about healthy eating was on a common bulletin board.

Wii is fun in any country.  Who hasn’t participated in a Wii tournament at this point!  This was on that same bulletin board as the health information.

Raising your kids to do well in school is important.  Most offices have family pictures in them.

And of course, Costa Rica is into the same cultural icons and trends as we are.  Take a look at what I found on cubicle shelves around the office.

I can’t believe someone had a Mr. Potato Head!  That just made my day.

I guess there is something to that cultural similarities point after all.  We’re concerned about the same issue like health and education.  We’re all really into technology and having fun.  And truthfully, Homer Simpson is funny in any language.  Doh!