17 startups gathered in our new space to perfect their pitches for the first Wayra Demo Day in Miami. Check out how these entrepreneurs from all over the world gathered here in Wynwood to collaborate and innovate together.
“the ultimate goal is not only fostering a greater culture of innovation but also deepening resident engagement, creating a greater sense of purpose and possibility, and developing a much more strongly-felt attachment to our young and still rapidly-evolving city.” At The LAB Miami we share this goal and vision completely and are so excited to move forward together with the Knight Foundation. Our new partnership and home will allow us to further bring art and tech together under the same roof and provide both an innovative space and collaborative community for people in Miami to learn, act and build together.
Read more about this exciting news here.
“Wifredo Fernandez’s The LAB Miami is helping recreate Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood as a hub of creative companies”
Read the full article at Upstart Business Journal!
Art Basel + Technologists + 3D Printing + $50k + Startup Accelerator = HackDay Miami 2012. Are you in?
NewME popping up at The LAB Miami!
NewME is bringing its accelerator to Miami for the first time ever and we are beyond excited to be able to house their pop-up.
Check out the full agenda, details on the guests and registration info here.
Coworking + Food = A delicious and innovative pairing. Goes great with a locally brewed beer. This is Forage Kitchen, a new project in San Francisco that aims to create the first food coworking space in the world. Feeding off their successful Underground Market, they have a Kickstarter campaign to fund this space as another way to help food entrepreneurs and local food artisans. It will be a place for culinary experimentation and incubation. Kind of like an enormous pot-luck, but with a purpose. Hopefully it will be the first of many more food coworking spaces to come.
Read more about Forage Kitchen over at GOOD.
Check out the new way to make business plans. The Business Model Generation is a great resource, providing a hub to discuss business models, helpful tips and a blank business model canvas to get your own started. This new model suits everyone from the lone entrepreneur to a tech startup. They also have an app to test out your plan. It makes business models look easy, pretty and even fun.
We just picked up a copy of their book for our LAB library
Want to travel AND change the world? Apply for Unreasonable at Sea, a nautical tech accelerator program for entrepreneurs looking to solve our globe’s greatest challenges. (via Unreasonable Institute)
"GREAT NEWS! The House passed a couple of bills that will make it easier for entrepreneurs to get startup money, including a much-anticipated crowdfunding bill."
— Read more: http://www.portfolio.com/business-news/2011/11/03/house-passes-two-bills-to-help-startups-raise-capital#ixzz1dFO3zh6V
Start-Up Nation is an amazing initiative by the Atlantic, which includes a road trip through the South looking for the new Silicon Valley. Why is Miami not on the list? We have a larger and more international population than places like Savannah or Chattanooga. What do these places have that we don’t have? Can Miami one day be a center of technology or business innovation? Although Miami is not on the road trip itinerary, at least its on their map. We rank no. 78 in the High Tech Economy Ranking, and we have 5,400 entrepreneurs per million people. Its a start. For more stats and information on this initiative, visit the Atlantic site
Start-Up Nation is a great example of how innovation can come from the bottom and that entrepreneurs across the country can offer valuable and effective ideas for change.
We’re running a special report for the next few weeks focusing on innovation and invention across America. Technology editor Alexis Madrigal is road-tripping through the south in search of the next Silicon Valley south of the Mason-Dixon line.
Click through to explore our interactive map (here’s a guide to getting the most out of it) and join the conversation with the tag #StartupSouth on Twitter and Tumblr.
