The Launch Pad

NPR, Podcasts and Habitual Listening: Why Do We Tune In?
2016-08-11 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
As a product designer and user researcher for NPR, Scott Stroud studies how and why users listen before he designs NPR’s digital audio experiences.
When people tune in to public radio or subscribe to podcasts like NPR’s Invisibilia, what keeps them coming back as regular listeners? How does NPR design products to build fulfilling relationships with its audience?
Scott will cover:
• NPR’s approach to user research and behavioral design.
• How a tentative research insight may evolve from an assumption to a hypothesis to established patterns and principles.
• Connecting a news organization’s ethics guidelines with product design.
• Maintaining a focus on fundamental theories of human behavior and connection to reach future audiences.
Speaker Panel
We will follow Scott’s talk with a conversation with a local panel of media leaders to discuss how media can reach and foster a connection with audiences in the future. We will announce panelists soon.

NPR, Podcasts and Habitual Listening: Why Do We Tune In?
2016-08-11 17:30 - 20:00
As a product designer and user researcher for NPR, Scott Stroud studies how and why users listen before he designs NPR’s digital audio experiences. When people tune in to public radio or subscribe to podcasts like NPR’s Invisibilia, what keeps them coming back as regular listeners? How does NPR design products to build fulfilling relationships with its audience? Scott will cover: • NPR’s approach to user research and behavioral design. • How a tentative research insight may evolve from an assumption to a hypothesis to established patterns andprinciples. • Connecting a news organization’s ethics guidelines with product design. • Maintaining a focus on fundamental theories of human behavior and connection to reach future audiences. We will follow Scott’s talk with a conversation with a local panelof media leaders to discuss how media can reach and foster a connection with audiences in the future…

Driving Growth with Data Analytics featuring Coca-Cola, AvMed, & Microsoft
2016-08-11 18:00 - 21:00
Our world is creating and collecting data at an ever-increasing rate, and making sense of it all can seem overwhelming. Join us at The Idea Center at Miami-Dade College where data analytics experts from Coca-Cola, AvMed, and Microsoft will discuss ways their organizations use data analytics to uncover powerful insights, address business issues, and drive growth.
Our expert panel will be accompanied by an info session about INSIGHT, a data analytics program equipping you with the fundamental skills to succeed in this dynamic field. The panel will be moderated by our guru professors David Smith (Wharton MBA) and Alex Pradhan (Forecasting Manager at Subway).
The very first cohort of the 10-week INSIGHT program starts Wednesday, September 7th at The Idea Center at Miami Dade College and runs through Wednesday, November 16th.

Wyncode Pitch Day X Miami's 10th Cohort
2016-08-11 18:00 - 21:30
What is Pitch Day?
On June 13th, 29 individuals started their first class in learning how to code. Nine weeks later, on Thursday, August 11th from 6-9pm at The Lab Miami they will be inducted as alumni and presenting their web apps to 150+ individuals in the South Florida tech scene and you can be a part of it.
Wyncode’s Pitch Days in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami Beach combined have brought together over 1500 people from all over South Florida tech scene. This is a can’t miss event- where you witness our Wyncoder’s present their skills through innovative projects (that members of our community pitched through Wyntank).
Our alumni are now leading the charge as web developers in South Florida tech scene coding with a diverse array of innovative companies including MDLIVE, EarlyShares, Cloud Logistics, Kipu Systems, and more! Miami’s 10th will follow in their footsteps and become the new fleet of Ruby developers.
Join us to see the web apps created, get involved in the growing South Florida tech scene, and meet your next developer or even co-founder!

Miami made. // Thrive Together Tuesdays
2016-08-12 07:00 - 21:30
Invite-only special event for the official launch of Miami made. (www.miamimade.org). Miami made is a new collaboration of Miami’s leading founders dedicated to helping each other succeed collectively. To inquire about joining as a guest at a monthly event or becoming a new member, please email barry@miamimade.org

Machine Learning Office Hours
2016-08-12 10:30 | 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

Rapid Prototyping for Entrepreneurs
2016-08-13 09:30 - 15:30
Rapid Prototyping for Entrepreneurs Workshop
This workshop is the perfect introduction to rapid prototyping your ideas from day one. You will learn how to use the right tools and skills to go from low to high fidelity designs and validate your ideas without investing much time and money.
You will have the opportunity take your idea from hand sketching to wireframing to interactive prototypes. It is one of the fastest ways to test a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) before jumping into programming with developers.
By the end of the workshop, you will have an understanding of the important role a UX Designer plays within a startup and larger organizations. Better yet, you will leave with a finished prototype that you can test and iterate with potential users.
About The Instructor: Marcelo Paiva
Marcelo Paiva is the Creative Director for ProcessMAP, a well known local technology company, where he has built an amazing cross-functional team of designers and front-end developers, while enabling a healthy creative environment and a culture of knowledge sharing.
Marcelo recently moved to South Florida from New York City, where he gained more than 15 years building efficient UX teams using modern design practices in Agile environments.
Marcelo is also a committed leader in the local Design and Development community, as active speaker and co-coordinator of Miami chapter for the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) and Miami React groups, engaging your designers and students.
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Weekend Workshop: Build Your 1st Website - Intro to HTML5/CSS3 (Miami)
2016-08-13 12:00 - 2016-08-14 16:00 | 7535 N Kendall Dr, Miami, FL, 33156, United States
This class is a 2-day session running on Saturday and Sunday from 12:00pm sharp to 4:00pm each day. The fee above covers both days.
Want to learn how to build your own website? Already have your own site and want to have more control over it? Interested in learning to program but want to start small? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, this course is for you!
This beginner course will guide you through the basics of HTML and CSS to assist you along the way as you develop your own website. No previous programming knowledge required. All students must be 18+. Both men and women are welcome to attend.
This 2-class HTML5/CSS3 course runs for two days:
• Class 1, HTML Basics, HTML5 tags, Introduction to CSS, CSS Positioning and Page Layout
• Class 2, CSS3 Transitions, Transforms, and Animations, Common Web Layouts, Tips and Tricks
Tech Requirements for this class:
• Bring Your laptop if you have one, or email us if you do not and we will arrange one for you to use during class.
• A modern browser installed such as either Chrome and Firefox.
• A text editor installed. We recommend Sublime Text (It’s free and available for both Mac and PC).
Interesting in volunteering as a teacher assistant for this class? Email [masked].
This class will be taught by Ibis Arrastia. Ibis has over two decades of software development experience working in eCommerce and web development. Follow her on twitter @techibis.

#OpenHUB Mondays
2016-08-15 09:30 - 12:30 | Protected: Order – November 13, 2017 @ 03:34 PM
Join us for #OpenHub day at StartHub Miami
Come and enjoy a French catered breakfast along networking from 9:30am to 10:30am. Afterwards, stay to bang out some work until noon anywhere in our facility. All ammenities included of course.
You could choose from a high desk, Personal Stations all the way to our Executive Private suites based on availability. (first come, first serve. Eat fast!)
Work and create at our space and enjoy the perks of a great coworking community.
We look forward to working with the Miami innovative community and getting together for this NOW WEEKLY event!
09:30-10:30AM Breakfast
10:30AM-12:30PM #OpenHub
Parking Instructions:
Cultural Arts Garage
90 SW 1 Street, (at SW 1 Avenue)
Miami, FL 33130
https://www.dropbox.com/s/eojs77fnpwss6d7/BestParkingAvailable.pdf?dl=0
OR Get here: Metrorail or Metromover to Government Center or Miami Ave.
Interested in learning more? Email Hector at hector@finaben.com.
Share this event on Facebook and Twitter!
Let’s get your week started off right, bright and early with a full stomach and new contacts!
Cheers!
The StartHub Team

AGP Office Hours
2016-08-15 15:30 - 17:30 | 400 Northwest 26th Street, Miami, FL, 33127, United States
Join AGP Miami for our first-ever Office Hours, offering Miami’s community of creators and innovators 20 minutes of face-time with our team of angel investors and business professionals. If you’re an early stage tech company looking to raise capital, this is your chance to pitch it to our panel and receive unique feedback from our investors. We’ll be getting together Monday, August 15th from 3:30 – 5:30 pm. RSVP (https://tinyurl.com/hgfayj5) and we’ll get back to you with your time slot. Big thanks to The LAB Miami for hosting!

S FL Cyber Security Forum
2016-08-16 07:30 - 11:00 | 100 Fairway Drive, Deerfield Beach, FL, 33441, United States
South Florida Cyber Security Forum, presented by Symantec and ITS Partners, takes place on August 16 at 7:30am at the Double Tree Biscayne Bay. As IT no longer rules the roost, device and data explosion coupled with data breaches and targeted attacks continue to make cyber security grow. Join leading IT Professionals, local CISOs, and security experts as they gather in one room to help solve this complex problem and get back to securing infrastructure and freeing IT.
In addition to hearing about the Current State Of Cyber Security, topics covered will include:
tWhat’s Your Incident Response Recipe?
tTemperature of your Security Program
tThe Internet of Things and healthcare.
This is a free morning event with a working breakfast. Agenda has been set to hear from colleagues, thought leaders and IT Professionals along with time set aside to network. Registration is required to attend. Click HERE to register. (https://its.partners/29SFoIL)

Dawnings - August 2016
2016-08-17 06:00 - 21:00
Dawn /dôn,dän/ 1. the beginning or first appearance of something. 2. become evident to the mind; be perceived or understood. Dawnings brings together thinkers, seekers, creatives, entrepreneurs, technologists and visionaries at dawn – that magical moment of the day when everything seems possible – to escape our routines and expand our mind, body and soul in order to build a better tomorrow. We are creating a community in Miami that shares a common passion for meditation, health, nature, humanity, knowledge, creativity, music and fun. Location The Sacred Space Miami The Sacred Space Miami is an epicenter for personal growth and transformation located in the dynamic Wynwood Arts District. It is both a sanctuary and supportive community, cultivating conscious living where “love is everything.” 105 NE 24th St Miami, FL 33137 www.thesacredspacemiami.com About the Event The event will be divided in three sections to take participants through a complete mind and body recharge. 6:00 AM – Meditate Open up your mind and body through a unique experience that combines meditation and yoga techniques under the first light of day. It is designed for beginners and experts alike. 7:00 AM – Educate Learn how to build tomorrow from those that see the future. Get ready to listen to some amazing stories and lectures from local and global visionaries on subjects ranging from mindfulness, futurism, design, our environment, medicine, etc. 8:00 AM – Liberate We will set you free on a high-energy note. We will pump-up the music and the rest will be up to you. You can network with like-minded friends, dance your ass off while you burn some calories and get ready to have a kick-ass day. To learn more, please visit Dawnings.co

Coffee and Code (Wyncode WebApp Demos)
2016-08-17 09:00 | 537 Nw 1st Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33311, United States
Wyncode Academy immerses ambitious individuals in a demanding and inspiring learning environment engineered to develop successful coders with business acumen. We believe in promoting programming literacy using a disruptive education model and feel that a boot camp environment is the best way to learn practical and relevant coding skills quickly. At the culmination of each bootcamp, Wyncoders present their final project web application at Wyncode Pitch Day.
Join Wyncode for “Coffee and Code”– our pre-pitch day breakfast at BREW Urban Cafe in Fort Lauderdale. Come and see some awesome WebApps being pitched to the community by our current cohort of coders.
Past portfolio apps have included:
MUVR The Uber for moving
Meme Menu Mobile app that provides fully visual menus for online ordering
Simplit Making large amounts of information easy to read and digest
Hash-it-Out Never miss out on a Twitter conversation by having the correct hashtag

WaffleWednesdays with LiveNinja
2016-08-17 09:00 - 10:30
#WaffleWednesday is a weekly breakfast networking event for Miami’s tech and creative community to come together. Each week we offer up gourmet waffle creations, bulletproof coffee, fruit, and Caribe Juice. Come introduce yourself to the community and get the chance to hear from local startups and businesses as they pitch their app, demo new projects, and share upcoming events with the room.

StartUP FIU Match-UP Prep Night
2016-08-17 18:00 - 21:00 | 11200 SW 8th St., Miami, FL, 33199, United States
Matching with a startup is difficult to do and not guaranteed, so we encourage anybody interested in coming to Match-UP Night to attend “Prep Night,” which is being held onAugust 17th. At Prep Night, you will learn skills and techniques from the StartUP FIU team on how to market your experiences and impress startups. Attending Prep Night will give you a leg up on the competition and increase your chances of matching!
If the idea of working for a startup excites you, StartUP FIU would like to provide you the social tools to successfully present yourself to prospective companies. StartUP FIU has already selected innovative startups to join its Incubator, which begins during the Fall. These startups are looking for additional team members, and will be at Match-UP Night in the hopes of matching with entrepreneurial individuals!
Don’t forget to register for our Match-UP Night in order to put your newly acquired networking skills to work! Register here to join in on the excitement of socializing with our fall cohort team founders and possibly join a team. We look forward to seeing you!
If you need help to navigate the campus, please see the map here.
