Cuba is resourceful. We have seen it in the classic 1950sAmerican cars Cubans have managed to keep on the road despite lackof new parts. This is just one high profile example of how Cubanshave worked hard to compete with limited resources.

When President Obama visited Cuba earlier this year, he pulledback a curtain that had been closed for more than half a century,revealing a vibrant, resourceful economy eager to do business withthe United States. President Obama’s visit cleared the way for thisone-time pariah nation to normalize relations with the U.S.

On his trip, the president was joined by e-commerceprofessionals, with payment processing service Stripe quicklyannouncing that they would be serving Cuban tech start-ups. BigU.S. companies like Netflix and Airbnb are also now trading inCuba, paving the way for technology to transform the way in whichthe country is accessed by its citizens and consumers.