UGLY TALK: MEXICO CITY OPENING CHAPTER
Mexico City is full of ambitious founders building across industries — but the real lessons rarely show up in the polished version of entrepreneurship. This opening chapter brings the room into the honest side of building: the mistakes, pivots, uncomfortable decisions, and hard-earned lessons behind the wins.
This first event will be a Panel + Mixer featuring 3 founders from different industries, followed by space for founders, operators, and business builders to connect directly.
🎯 Why you should be in this room.
Hear honest stories from Mexico City founders building across different industries.
Learn from the pivots, mistakes, tough decisions, and lessons behind the wins.
Meet founders, operators, and business builders who are actually in it.
Skip the usual pitch-fest and stay for a high-signal Panel + Mixer.
🎤 Featured speakers.
Carina Reverter - CEO, Latin America and Partner, MeetingDoctors
Carina Reverter is CEO for Latin America and Partner at MeetingDoctors, a leading Spanish telemedicine company operating in 17 countries. She is also an Independent Board Member at Farmapiel in Mexico. Carina brings extensive experience in international expansion, corporate development, and leadership, having previously served as CEO of Tradebe in Brazil and Oman and worked at McKinsey & Company.
Bruno Valera Franco - CEO, MEDIKIT
Bruno Valera is the CEO and Founder of Medikit, a company helping transform digital healthcare across Latin America. His work focuses on electronic prescriptions and innovative digital solutions for hospitals, pharmacies, and insurance companies. Through Medikit, Bruno is working to make healthcare services more connected, efficient, and accessible across the region.
Francisco Gonzalez - Founder & CEO, Clau Health
Francisco González is an entrepreneur and economist specializing in technology, artificial intelligence, and healthcare interoperability. He is the Founder and CEO of Clau Health, where his team builds infrastructure that connects healthcare data, systems, and organizations. He also serves as President of Open Health LATAM and HL7 Mexico, as well as an advisor and speaker on AI, data standards, and digital transformation. His work is guided by a simple idea: healthcare data only has value when it leads to better decisions.
🤝 Who's hosting it.
Christopher Martinez - Founder & CEO, Ziora Copilot
Christopher Martinez is the Founder & CEO of Ziora Copilot and Chapter Leader for AI Tinkerers, Health2Tech and Ugly Talk in Mexico City. He splits his time between Mexico City and New York and has produced founder and healthtech events at Google, One World Trade Center, BBVA and Tecnológico de Monterrey, IBERO, each bringing together 50-150 founders, operators and investors from across the local ecosystem
🙋 Who's getting in.
Early-stage founders and entrepreneurs building across industries in Mexico City.
Operators working across product, growth, fundraising, and team building.
Investors, ecosystem leaders, and business builders looking to connect with local founders.
Mexico City-based founders plus visiting entrepreneurs looking for honest, high-signal conversations.
🤝 Who's backing this.
Media partner spotlighting modern entrepreneurs (featured on Apple News + Google News).
⭐ About Ugly Talk
Started in 2019, Ugly Talk has been transforming business setbacks into breakthrough "aha!" moments by hosting unfiltered, no-nonsense events where battle-tested entrepreneurs share their raw lessons and insights.
With a growing presence in cities like New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Miami, we've built a vibrant community of thousands of founders and industry leaders making a profound impact on the entrepreneurial landscape.
Official Website: UglyTalk.com
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