Opportunities, dreams, work, technology and innovation, were some of the words that were heard the most at LATU's Los Robles Hall on Saturday morning. In the third edition of Move, the forum on technology and innovation organized by Movistar, five Uruguayan entrepreneurs participated in the first track, telling their experiences from the beginning with the initial idea and the obstacles they faced, to the opportunities they did not miss.
Hundreds of young people, mostly, listened attentively to the entrepreneurs. Through photographs, which in many cases denoted the passage of time and those first offices in a house, to the arrival in foreign markets today, and meet those business leaders who only knew by photo, the speakers sought to inspire those present to continue on the same path.
Martín Alcalá Rubí was the first to tell his story. Co-founder of Tryolabs, the first Uruguayan artificial intelligence company to reach Silicon Valley, the entrepreneur mentioned some of the keys that made it possible to go "from Uruguay to Silicon Valley". "To move forward despite everything, to make products for the foreign market and to take advantage of the software that is eating the world", he summarized.
Technology is everywhere, even in sports. This is how Krikor Attarian presented the success story of his company AZsportech, which offers solutions for football and basketball coaches and players.
Women with strength
There were three entrepreneurs who were responsible for demonstrating that in areas where women were relegated or were very traditional, a different way of doing things was found.
In the case of the founder of the platform that provides information on livestock Chipsafer, Victoria Alonsopérez, breaking the myth of the field as an archaic sector, incorporating technology to increase productivity, was the key to the success of the venture. "Producers accepted the incorporation of technology in the field in a good way; the problem is in the costs," she explained.
When ReservaTelo co-founder Victoria Suárez stood on stage at LATU, she began by saying that "what you say must match what you do," demystifying the role of "luck" in being successful. The motel booking app began to be successful long before its launch. For Suárez, this happened thanks to the generation of a community "that loves the brand".
Por su parte, la directora ejecutiva de Girls In Tech en Uruguay, Julieta Cayre, dijo que promover la innovación es vital para hacer las cosas de una manera diferente. La organización, que busca involucrar a niñas y mujeres en la tecnología y el emprendedurismo, fue en contra del estereotipo de la ingeniería como una materia de hombres. Cayre agregó que la tecnología “no implica únicamente saber programar; se puede acercar a ella desde otros ángulos”, finalizó.
Source and Photos: The Observer
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