The Launch Pad

Machine Learning Office Hours
2016-10-28 10:30 (America/New_York) | 1010 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
David Crook will be on site to answer questions, provide technical guidance, debug code or even business assistance for all things intelligent services, data science and machine learning. Don’t even know what it is; thats ok, drop by to find out. Organizations to individuals are all welcome to take advantage of this free time. David Crook is a Microsoft Technical Evangelist focused on Machine Learning, Data Science and Intelligent Applications. He is previously from Microsoft Consulting Services where he focused on development operations. To see more information about David, check out his blog: www.DaCrook.com

Start-Up Funding & Growth
2016-10-27 19:00 - 21:00
The highly anticipated October Office Hours will be about Start-up FUNDING & GROWTH! We will cover everything you should know about: Angel Investors, VC’s, Crowdfunding, the Ramen Noodle Budget, & much more! You don’t want to miss this Office Hours panel!! Reserve your seat!

WIN Lab Demo Night
2016-10-27 18:00 - 21:00 | 1951 NW 7th Avenue, Miami, FL, 33136, United States
Come see Miami’s brightest female entrepreneurial talent in action as they showcase their companies and products. Vote for the fan favorite and see five WIN Lab companies pitch for prizes! Get inspired by Miami’s innovative startup ecosystem and network with the women founders of Miami!
Register here: winlabmiamidemonight.eventbrite.com

Speed Dating for Business Networking
2016-10-27 18:00 - 20:00 | 56 Northwest 29th Street, Miami, FL, 33127, United States
We had such a great time at our last business networking event in May that we have decided to host another! But, this time around we are changing things up. Are you ready for Round 2 at the Wynwood Yard – this time featuring musical chairs networking? There are a limited number of tickets available for this event – so register now to make sure that you don’t miss out on this opportunity to meet compelling and engaging people and build your professional network!
In case you missed it last time, here is what we’re all about: If you are a business professional working or living in Wynwood, Midtown or the Design District, this event is a great opportunity for you to make real-life connections in order to build your professional network, while enjoying delicious food and killer drinks.
This session will be led by the dynamic Patricia De La Torre, a leading positive psychology and happiness-at-work expert who is deeply passionate about how we can spread happiness, resilience, compassion, and energy into organizations and our communities. Patty works with finance and insurance companies in Latin America as a happiness consultant, and is the Co-Founder of Leda, a women’s empowerment organization that hosts events and delivers engaging content to help women succeed in business and in life.
Powered by Pacific54, The Wynwood Yard, and Bank United Midtown Miami

The HUBB Tank
2016-10-27 17:30 - 20:30 | 9675 NW 117th Ave, Miami, FL, 33178, United States
If you have ever watched Shark Tank you know that there’s a TON of million dollar ideas out there that go undiscovered every day. For that reason we want to discover yours this October 27th from 5:30-8:30pm!
Winners Will Go Through a 12 week Bootcamp powered by Retail Juggernauts, Tech Innovators and the Local Government who have teamed up for the first time with Entrepreneurs where graduates will be put in front of Investors and Venture Capitalists. How Much Would You Raise If You Knew The Answer Was Yes?
If you are a startup, ready to go from Lab to Market,
Apply Today (Deadline: 25th of October, 2016): https://hubb.net/app16/
Finalists will win entry into our Accelerator Program ($30k Value)

Knight Cities Challenge - Miami Public Information Session II
2016-10-27 17:00 - 20:00 | 1951 NW 7th Avenue, 1st Floor, Miami, FL, 33136, United States
Join Matt Haggman and Chris Caines, the Miami program team for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, for a community information session and office hours on the Knight Cities Challenge. The information session will run from 5pm-6pm in the Everglades Room and be followed by small group office hours from 6pm-8pm in the McLeod Room.
The Knight Cities Challenge seeks new ideas from innovators who will take hold of the future of our cities. We’re looking for projects at the city, neighborhood and block level – and all sizes in between – that can be put to work in one of the 26 Knight communities. Winning ideas, which will be announced in spring 2017, will share in $5 million. Ideas, which can be submitted by anyone, from anywhere, must focus on one or more of these three key city drivers: attracting and retaining talented people, expanding economic opportunity and creating a culture of civic engagement.
Learn why Knight cares about these three areas, how to craft your applications, and the challenge time line and review process.
For more information on the challenge, which is open Oct. 10-Nov. 3, visit knightcities.org and follow @knightfdn and #knightcities on Twitter.

Thursday Gathering @ Venture Cafe Miami
2016-10-27 16:00 - 21:00 | 1951 NW 7th Ave, Miami, FL, 33136, United States
Connect with hundreds of Miami’s amazing innovation and startup community every week. Gather to enjoy, engage and learn from each other at our free Thursday Gathering @ Venture Café.
The Venture Cafe Thursday Gathering serves as a physical nexus for helping innovators and entrepreneurs find one another and collaborate to bring their dreams to reality. Through connections and scheduled programming, Venture Cafe Miami is working to strengthen the growth of our innovation community. Please check our calendar for more information on weekly programs.
No need to RSVP, and parking is free!

Going Serverless with Node.js and AWS
2016-10-26 19:30 | 1951 NW 7th Avenue, 1st Floor, Miami, FL, 33136, United States
What if you didn’t need to run a server all month waiting for a few hits to your website each day? Or if you didn’t have to worry about a sudden flood of traffic to that site when your link unexpectedly hits the Reddit home page?
Amazon Lambda is a new cloud service that allows you to deploy Node.js API endpoints in the cloud and compose them into back ends that are highly available, infinitely scalable, and dirt cheap. I’ll show you how it works (spoiler: it involves servers), its many benefits, and how to use open source tools to easily build various types of back end solutions using cloud-based services.
Pizza and drinks as usual.

Free Coding for Beginners Workshop: Build Your First Webpage!
2016-10-26 18:30 - 21:00 | 120 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL, 33130, United States
Ever tried learning to code on your own but couldn’t manage to wrap your head around it? You’re not the only one.
Code is the foundation of all marketing campaigns, websites, apps and graphics used to build the ultimate customer experience. So why aren’t more creative people adding this flair to their skill set?
In 2 hours, you’ll learn some very basic + important hacks and how being a little versed in HTML and CSS can take you a long way! In fact, by the end of the course, you’ll have built your very first webpage!!
Here’s what we’ll cover in this workshop:
• How to build a webpage from scratch.
• The most basic coding skills in HTML + CSS that all developers know (and need).
• An intro on how the web works and where your code fits in!
Come in with little to no experience, and leave with your authentic contribution to the Internet built with a couple lines of code.
Please bring your fully-charged laptop with a downloaded version of Sublime Text, and a most recent copy of your resume (you’ll see why in class!)
Event is free, but you must RSVP to reserve your spot. Questions? E-mail our Community Manager at marisa@ironhack.com.

Feldman Entrepreneurial Speaker Series - Brett Reed
2016-10-26 18:30 - 20:00 | 5225 Ponce De Leon Blvd, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
While Brett was a Student at UM and with some help from The Launch Pad, Brett cofounded Cohealo and is its current CEO. He drives the company’s innovation forward on behalf of clients. Cohealo helps health systems turn unused equipment capacity into profit. Their tech platform + logistics enable hospitals to share and optimize their assets.
To date, Cohealo has raised over $13MM in financing and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Join us for light refreshments, a presentation by Brett and Q&A session. The gathering is free and open to the public.
For more information, please contact Sam at 305.284.2789 or via email at um@thelaunchpad.org

Brett Reed, CEO of COHEALO - Feldman Lecture
2016-10-26 18:30 - 20:00 | Toppel Career Center Loft, 5225 Ponce De Leon Blvd, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, US

Waffles After Work with LiveNinja
2016-10-26 18:30 - 20:00
Join LiveNinja for the evening edition of their long-running weekly event, WaffleWednesdays. Hear from an up-and-coming startup while enjoying custom-crafted waffles alongside local brews and Caribe Juice, all supported by the Knight Foundation.

How to Leverage Social Media Branding and Linkedin for Your Business
2016-10-26 18:00 - 20:30 | Protected: Order – November 13, 2017 @ 03:34 PM
Did you know that engaging social media content has the power to generate more leads and more sales? Learn from Creative Content Marketing Strategist Jill Pavlov how you can create engaging social media content that will get your business noticed.
You will also hear from Branding & Marketing Expert Rey Perez on how to create an effective brand for your business with consistency across all social media platforms.
Lastly, Top LinkedIn Strategist Gary Kissel will train you to use LinkedIn in the most efficient way for your business.

Visual Storytelling Summit
2016-10-26 08:30 - 17:30 | 300 NE 2nd Ave., Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Why is business storytelling more important now than ever to connect with customers?
Participate in the inaugural Visual Storytelling Summit 2016 in partnership with The Idea Center at Miami-Dade College
The Summit features six leading speakers sharing actionable tips you can apply to your business
The Internet has experienced a shift toward visual communication, through the quick rise of video and photo sharing, infographics, data visualization, virtual and augmented reality, and more.
Visual storytelling taps into our natural preference for visuals over text.
This is especially important as our attention spans decrease in today’s crowded communications landscape.
This first-of-a-kind event will offer you the educational and networking opportunities to get you started and help you improve your marketing online, for your business and for yourself.

Join us for our inaugural Visual Storytelling Summit and start to redefine your story!

QuickBooks for Business
2016-10-26 08:30 - 17:00 | Protected: Order – December 22, 2017 @ 07:22 AM
QuickBooks for Business
Saturday, October 8, 2016
QUICKBOOKS for Business Course
BONUS: Attendees will receive:
tFREE “QuickBooks 2016: The Missing Manual” Book on PDF
tFREE “QuickBooks Small Business Accounting Users Guide”
tFREE Retake*
tFREE QuickBooks Mug
Seminar Presented by an experienced QuickBooks Instructor. Our goal is to prepare you with the tools and understanding you need to take advantage of the power QuickBooks offers.
These are some of the topics covered in this workshop:
GENERAL: Upgrade vs Update, Navigating through QuickBooks: Home Screen / Menu Bars / Modules Navegación, Cash vs Accrual method of accounting
QUICKBOOKS LISTS: Organize and Simplify, Same name not allowed by QuickBooks, Chart of Accounts, Items = Services and/or Products, Customers = Clients , Vendors = Suppliers and Contractors, Employees = Payroll, vs Contractors
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE & ACCOUNTS PAYABLE: Create new Customer (Client), Create an Invoice, Receive Payment, Deposit Payment: Undeposited Funds account Create new Vendor (Supplier / Contractor), Enter a new Hill, Pay Bill
CHECKING ACCOUNTS & REPORTING: Open Register, Reconcile Bank account(s), Imperative for Business Decision Making, Preset Reports, Daily / Weekly Review of most common Reports Fee:
SPACE IS LIMITED TO 18 STUDENTS
CLICK BELOW TO REGISTER NOW
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Course
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Lunch break
Course Fee: $147.00
Register Now!
*Free Retake expires 6 months from date of original class taken. Subject to space being available in class. Student must email or call the day before Retake date to confirm space.
Refunds will be given only if we cancel a class or a force of nature. If you cannot attend your scheduled class you may use the credit for future class. Please call before the beginning of the class in order to qualify for reschedule!
Contact:
Carmen Lopez
New Media New Marketing, Inc./ Doral
Chamber of Commerce
carmen@nmx2.com
(305) 450-4344
Where
Doral Chamber of Commerce
8181 NW 36 Street, Suite 21-A
Miami, FL 33166
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