Emprende tu Mente 2026: Chile's Most Active Entrepreneurship Community

Emprende tu Mente is Chile's most active entrepreneurship community and one of the most relevant in Latin America. Founded with the goal of connecting the entrepreneurial ecosystem with the corporate world and investment capital, it today brings together tens of thousands of entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who share the common objective of growing their projects and businesses.

What Is Emprende tu Mente and What Is Its Mission

Emprende tu Mente (ETM) is a non-profit organization that connects entrepreneurs with the resources they need to grow: capital, knowledge, network of contacts, and access to the corporate world. Its model is based on creating genuine meeting spaces where conversations can lead to partnerships, investments, and real business opportunities.

Unlike other initiatives in Chile's entrepreneurial ecosystem, ETM works across all sectors and industries — from technology-based startups to traditional businesses and applied research projects. This breadth of profile is what makes its events so rich in connection diversity.

The EtMtuesday Cycle: High-Impact Monthly Networking

The EtMtuesday is Emprende tu Mente's monthly event, held on Tuesdays and designed to generate quality connections among ecosystem participants. Each edition attracts between 500 and 700 people and generates more than 1,400 direct connections between entrepreneurs, executives, and investors.

The first EtMtuesday of 2026 took place on April 21 at INACAP's Central Campus, co-organized with INACAP and Fundación Chile, and brought together more than 630 attendees. Among the main innovations was the replacement of traditional panel discussions with in-depth interviews — a format designed to foster more substantive, reflective dialogue.

The Renewed 2026 Format

Previous Format	2026 Format
Multi-guest panel conversations	One-on-one in-depth interviews
Free networking at the end	Structured networking with guided dynamics
Entrepreneur expo by invitation	Open showroom with more participants
Standard pitch	Pitch grill + Stand up pitch formats

Who Participates in Emprende tu Mente Events

The ETM ecosystem is unusually diverse for an entrepreneurship community. Each EtMtuesday brings together early-stage startups alongside companies generating millions in revenue, corporate executives alongside regional entrepreneurs, and angel investors alongside formal fund managers.

This diversity is intentional: ETM believes the best opportunities emerge from contact between worlds that normally do not intersect. An entrepreneur from Antofagasta might find at an EtMtuesday the innovation director of a mining corporation looking for exactly the solution they are developing.

How to Participate and Increase Your Visibility

Participation in the ETM community ranges from attending monthly EtMtuesday events to applying as a speaker or securing a stand at the annual EtMday. For entrepreneurs and companies seeking positioning in the Chilean business ecosystem, ETM offers one of the most efficient visibility platforms available.

Combining in-person participation with a digital content strategy multiplies impact. Publishing reflections on topics discussed at events, generating content based on connections made, and building visibility in specialized media through link building and digital PR creates a virtuous cycle where physical and digital presence reinforce each other.

Emprende tu Mente and Media Coverage

ETM events generate regular coverage in Chile's entrepreneurship, technology, and business media: Revista Emprende, Chócale, university portals, regional media, and national news channels. For entrepreneurs with differentiating stories, coverage from EtMtuesday and EtMday events represents an opportunity to appear in media with relevant domain authority, generating backlinks that reinforce the organic positioning of their brands.