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News, highlights and events throughout the Americas
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7 Leaders On How To Stand Out, Create Super Careers And Battle Adversity This Year
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January is at its conclusion. And looking back at the resolutions I’d written at the start of the year, I can already see my targets slipping away. I’m not alone. Of those that make resolutions, 18% fail by January and another 41% are off track by July. And it happens every year. Yet this year is unique — there’s no time like the present. But there’s more to it: high inflation, rising cost of living, bouts of layoffs combined with emerging technology and shifting norms in the workplace. It is a time of both opportunity and challenge. And young professionals — as one of the most compelling demographics in the workforce — lay at the core of this change. So I reached out to my trusted network across different industries to ask five pointed questions to make the most out of the next few months.
-Source: Forbes
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Mayor Daniella Levine Cava Unveils New Miami-Dade County Innovation Fund
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Mayor Levine Cava delivered news of three incoming programs designed to upskill workers, stimulate business ingenuity and loop in residents of less well-to-do areas.
The new first program, dubbed the Miami-Dade Innovation Authority, will provide grants to local companies working on vital county issues. The funding will help businesses pilot new technologies and potential solutions for pollution, resiliency, housing to transit and health care, among other things. It is to launch with $9 million — $3 million apiece from the Knight Foundation, Citadel CEO Ken Griffin and Miami-Dade itself, pending authorization in March from the County Commission.
-Source: Florida Politics
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New Innovation Center At FMU Is Lucas's Big Vision For The Community
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Ted Lucas, the music executive, philanthropist and Miami native saw a dream come to fruition when the doors opened to the Technolij Innovation Center at Florida Memorial University, South Florida’s only HBCU. The new innovation center is part of Lucas’s larger mission to ensure that the infinite potential of technology, innovation and entrepreneurship is accessible to all Black and Brown communities in South Florida. For Lucas, like for many, the pandemic was a time to reevaluate priorities and ask what makes him get up every day? What’s his drive? Technolij is Lucas’s nonprofit focused on closing the racial wealth gap through technology, education and entrepreneurship. In the last few years, he has seen all the tech excitement and momentum in Miami, but his community largely wasn’t part of it.
-Source: Refresh Miami
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Florida's Top Venture Investor Sees Enticing Miami Startup Prospects
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Florida Funders is immersed in the state’s technology industry more than any other venture capital investor. Last year, Florida defied nationwide trends, posting a record amount of venture investments and Miami got a big share of that largesse — more than $5 billion, an all-time high and 15% more than in 2021. But economic difficulties abound, and the market is still grappling with the FTX-led fallout of cryptocurrency which hit Miami hard. Tampa-based Florida Funders has backed 96 companies mostly in the Sunshine State since raising its first fund in 2017. Focused on early-stage tech startups, its average investment over the past year was between $750,000 and $1 million. Saxon Baum, who had been vice president of investor relations, is one of three new partners at the firm, which has a Miami office. The Miami Herald had a conversation with Baum about the company’s investment philosophy, his outlook for Miami’s growing tech sector, and the embattled crypto market, among other things. The interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.
-Source: Miami Herald
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Chase For Business To Host The Experience For Miami Business Owners
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Next Wednesday, February 8th Chase for Business will host The Experience, Miami at The Wharf Miami, to help owners and founders discover ways to enhance their business. Attendees at this exclusive event for the South Florida business community will enjoy marketing workshops, panel discussions with local experts and market leaders, and more. The day will wrap up with a happy hour, networking and live entertainment. Workshops include focuses on digital marketing, social engagement, networking, and branding efforts. eMerge Americas would like to extend exclusive access to this upcoming event. Drop in for part of the day or come for the whole event. Either way, you’ll pick up invaluable ideas that will help your business make its next move. Be sure to register by Feb. 6th at the link provided below before space runs out! No walk-ins will be allowed.
-Source: Chase for Business
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Miami Startup Doodles To Buy Animation Studio With Ties To Disney, Adult Swim
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Miami-based NFT startup Doodles is expanding its original content arm. The web3 and entertainment brand entered into an agreement to acquire Golden Wolf, the Emmy-award winning animation studio that has created content for brands such as Disney and Meta. It's best known for contributing to Adult Swim series like "Rick and Morty." Founded in 2021, Doodles is a collection of 10,000 non-fungible tokens (NFTS) made up of images by digital artist Scott Martin, known as Burnt Toast. Last September the startup closed a $54 million funding round led by Seven Seven Six, the investment firm started by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. When the acquisition closes, Golden Wolf and Burnt Toast will collaborate on characters and stories for original series and video games. Doodles plans to leverage Golden Wolf's partnership with creative studio Psyop to use artificial intelligence and blockchain technology to create content for brands, producers and filmmakers. Psyop is investing an undisclosed sum in Doodles as part of the deal.
-Source: Miami Inno
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ChatGPT: How OpenAI Founder Sam Altman Built The Hottest Technology
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Artificial intelligence had what might turn out to be its Netscape Navigator moment. The moment was ushered in by Sam Altman, the chief executive officer of OpenAI, a San Francisco–based A.I. company that was founded in 2015 with financial backing from a clutch of Silicon Valley heavy hitters—including Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and fellow PayPal alum and LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman. ChatGPT can hold long, fluid dialogues, answer questions, and compose almost any kind of written material a person requests, including business plans, advertising campaigns, poems, jokes, computer code, and movie screenplays. It’s far from perfect: The results are not always accurate; it can’t cite the sources of its information; it has almost no knowledge of anything that happened after 2021.
-Source: Fortune
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Miami Hack Week
Now - February 4th | Miami Hack Week
Hack Week is back in the 305! We bring top talent from across the world to spend 1 week building in Hackers Houses across the city of Miami. Join us for an action packed week filled with events, life changing connections and community.
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eMerge Startup Showcase 2023
February 1st | eMerge Americas + University of Miami
Join us as 6 of UM's hottest startups compete for a spot in the upcoming eMerge Americas Global Startup Showcase. Winners of each pitch competition will be fast-tracked into the eMerge Americas Global Startup Showcase for a 7-week virtual program that culminates in-person at the grand finale pitch competition in front of leading venture capitalists, corporate businesses leaders and government officials during the eMerge Americas conference on April 20-21, 2023 in Miami, FL.
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Learn How To Use ChatGPT For UX Design
February 1st | IronHack
From AI generated portraits, to people using it to write emails, and so much more. There's no doubt that the future revolves around us getting comfortable with tools that use Artificial Intelligence. If you've been wondering how put these tools to use and you'd love to learn more about design, you won't want to miss our upcoming in-person workshop. Join Juno, our Lead UI/UX Design Instructor for an in-person workshop on how to use ChatGPT for UX design.
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eMerge Americas + Silicon Valley Bank Black History Month Pitch Competition
February 7th | eMerge Americas + Silicon Valley Bank + Venture Miami
eMerge Americas, Silicon Valley Bank, and Venture Miami have come together to support Black Founders in recognition of Black History Month. Working in combination with eMerge Americas Global Startup Showcase, eight amazing startups will compete for a chance to win cash prizes, with the top two startups fast-tracked to eMerge Americas Global Showcase. Please join us on February 7th, 2022 for an evening of networking, drinks, appetizers, and a live pitch competition involving eight Black-founded and -owned startups! Plus - special guest City of Miami Mayor, Francis Suarez will be joining us!
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Chase for Business - The Experience Miami
February 8th | Chase for Business
Find ways to help your business make its next move at The Experience: Miami. Join us for this exclusive event for South Florida business owners featuring workshops, panel discussions with local experts and market leaders, and one-on-one time with a Chase consultant. Plus, enjoy food and live entertainment.
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Startup Pitch Night
February 13th | Florida Poly
Florida Polytechnic University, in partnership with eMerge Americas, presents the Startup Pitch Night. Winners will be fast-tracked into the eMerge Americas 2023 Startup Showcase. Reception to follow the Pitch event.
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2023 Synapse Summit
February 14th | Synapse Florida
Come join the innovation movement as we take over Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL to Celebrate, discover, and engage everything the Florida innovation community has to offer! Get ready to make boundless connections in-person and virtually through the Synapse hybrid community feature for Florida’s 6th annual premiere innovation event. Everyone has a unique journey and Synapse Summit continues to play a role in so many success stories.
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Drone Racing League World Championship
February 25th | Drone Racing League
The Drone Racing League is coming to Miami! Experience the high-tech and high-speed thrill of drone racing live on Saturday, February 25th at loanDepot park. Save 20% on tickets to DRL’s “Miami 3-0-FLY” race with code “EMERGE20” at checkout.
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Impact Miami
Program Begins February 28th | BrainStation
We are thrilled to share a new opportunity with you from our friends at BrainStation! Their new Impact Miami program, supported by JPMorgan Chase, is providing 50 full scholarships for BrainStation’s Software Engineering and User Experience (UX) Design bootcamps which includes career and placement support into high-paying tech careers.
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Miami NFT Week
March 31st - April 2nd | Miami NFT Week
Join us to learn all about NFTs and network with your online Frens & Web3 communities IRL (In Real Life). This event will be packed with speakers from the NFT industry, DeFi and Blockchain technology with workshops, panels, pitch competitions, creative installations, immersive art, performances and more.
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eMerge Americas 2023
April 20th-21st | eMerge Americas
Anchoring Miami Tech Month 2023, eMerge Americas returns April 20-21, 2023. eMerge is the premier tech event in Miami that's transforming Miami into a global tech hub. Hear from over 200 speakers, demo products from innovative startups and companies, and network with tens of thousands of thought leaders and industry experts.
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How To Start Something Accelerator
Online | Entrepreneur Ready
The How to Start Something Accelerator is a FREE new 10-month program for Miami-Dade County residents that walks you through starting a new business, non-profit, or revenue stream. Follow a step-by-step roadmap, grow your network with other participants, and receive coaching from experienced entrepreneur coaches every step of the way. Participants with any level of education, any idea, and any background are welcome to join.
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