My story
Mauricio Elhordoy — ventures executive at CIE-ORT, Montevideo, Uruguay.
I work with founders on the first steps: from an idea to something that exists, gets tested and grows. Below, how I got here.
- 2021
The book that opened the door
I read “Rich Dad Poor Dad” and it changed the way I saw things. That's what brought me closer to the world of business.
- 2022
Digital Business — and my first formal job
I started my degree in Digital Business. In my free time I worked as a receptionist at a psychology clinic — my first formal job.
- 2023-2024
Academic advisor at ORT
Helping future students choose their path within the university.
- 2024
Uppsala: Erasmus+ scholarship, and a before and after
I won a fully funded Erasmus+ scholarship for an exchange in Uppsala, Sweden — one of the most renewing experiences of my life. A magical university town that showed me the only limits are the ones you set yourself. Coming back, my life changed: I fell in love with the love of my life, and landed a job I never thought I'd have.
- 2025-∞
Ventures executive at CIE-ORT
The most influential startup incubator in Uruguay — the one PedidosYa came out of.