Have you ever seen that hedgehog in our skin that comes when a player of the National Team is about to score a goal? Have you ever seen that enormous joy and scream that comes to us when the ball finally goes into the goal?
That's what I feel every time I find out that a Uruguayan entrepreneur has beaten the odds, overpowered giants and won a prize of worldwide covetousness.
"Yesterday we made history!" tweeted Juan Ciapessoni, founder of The Electric Factory, on March 14. And so it was: for the first time, entrepreneurs from Latin America had been nominated and won an award at the South by Southwest festival, one of the biggest innovation events in the United States. Moreover, they had the audacity to snatch the award from companies like Microsoft, Google and Airbnb.
Entrepreneurs like Juan and his partner Avedis Boudakian have that wonderful gift of dreaming big and then transforming their dream into something real and tangible. They shake the sluggishness of the market, attract talents that traditional corporations sometimes do not understand, generate jobs, challenge structures and give the country great innovations.
It is very difficult to think of a nation that develops economically and socially without the growth of its entrepreneurs. For them, the road is arduous and often lonely. Not throwing in the towel depends to a large extent on the existence of an ecosystem that supports them.
Fortunately, today in Uruguay there is consensus on this matter. We have a network of public agencies and foundations that promote entrepreneurship from its inception and help them become success stories. I have been committed to this cause for 10 years now, when I first stepped foot in Endeavor. I invite you to join me by donating your time, advice and, why not, by investing capital.
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