The Launch Pad

Waffle Wednesday
2017-08-09 09:00 - 10:30 (America/New_York) | 120 Northwest 25th Street Loft 301, Miami, FL, 33172, United States
Waffle Wednesday is a local Miami community event hosted at the LiveNinja offices in Wynwood, Miami. Every Wednesday morning (except for the last Wednesday of the month – check out our Waffles After Work event) we cook up delicious waffles in our office and host local entrepreneurs, artists, activists, and more to mingle over breakfast and some brief presentations by our weekly featured guests. We are sponsored by the Knight Foundation, and are honored to be considered a staple in the Miami entrpreneurial and tech communities.
As always, we want this to be an open conversation! Bring your ideas, questions, and we will bring waffles, coffee, juices and fruits.

QUICKBOOKS for Business Course in Spanish
2017-08-09 08:00 - 17:00 | 8181 NW 36th Street Suite 21A, Doral, FL, 33166, United States
QUICKBOOKS for Business Course in Spanish
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Beginner and Intermediate $147.00 Valued at $250
Attendees will receive a Free Edition of QuickBooks 2014: THe Missing Manual on PDF/CD.
Seminar Presented by a Certified 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 Navigaton, 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
REGISTER AT:
https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ee7dm4jc52089f50&llr=niazh9cab
Doral Chamber of Commerce
2900 NW 112th Ave
Doral, FL 33172

dotNet Café Introducing Microsoft PowerApps and Flow - Joe Homnick, MS RD
2017-08-08 18:30 - 21:30 | 980 N Federal Highway Ste 200, Boca Raton, FL, 33432, United States
PowerApps is a service that fundamentally transforms and accelerates how organizations build custom line of business applications. Microsoft Flow automates workflows across the growing number of applications and SaaS services that business users rely on. Flow integrates seamlessly into PowerApps. Look at Flow as a new workflow engine and PowerApps as a Form generator, remember InfoPath? Joe will show how to get started with PowerApps and Flow specifically demonstrating SQL Server, SharePoint and Power BI integration. This is a joint meeting with the Florida DotNet Users Group.
Speakers:
Joe Homnick, Microsoft Regional Director and CPA

Harness the Power of Integrated Marketing
2017-08-08 18:30 - 21:00 | 66 W. Flagler St. 9th Floor, Miami, FL, 33130, United States
Today, more than ever, it is essential to develop a comprehensive view of your customers by marketing to them through various touch points and channels. By leveraging the power of integrated marketing and harnessing the value of its data, you can effectively communicate with your customers all while measuring the success of your campaign and optimize your marketing dollars.
L David Stewart has designed a series of workshops at Starthub Miami to help give entrepreneurs a better understanding and execute digital marketing campaigns with regards to STRATEGY, CAMPAIGN & REVIEW.
ROUND 1: Strategy
August 8
The “Why” – What Is The Purpose?
Setting Goals
Do Your Research
Tools For Execution
ROUND 2: Campaign
August 15
Initiating The Campaign
Layers/Levels/Channels
Integrated Marketing Communication
Social Media Platforms
ROUND 3: Review
August 22
Review – What Worked? What Didn’t?
Detailed Assessment
Analytics Tools & Tips
Key Performance Indicators & Metrics
Round 1 – $20
Round 2 – $20
Round 3 – $20
PRO TIP: Get more bang for your buck by buying all 3 sessions for $50! ($60 value)

Learn Basic HTML and CSS with Google Material Design LIVE
2017-08-08 18:00 - 21:00 | 8400 NW 36th St, Doral, FL, 33166, United States
Learn Basic HTML and CSS with Google Material Design.
Google’s Material Design philosophy is arguably the hottest thing to happen in the world of user experience (UX) in the past decade. With Material Design, Google developed a visual language to convey user intuition of technology across devices of all shapes and sizes. In this session, we will cover the basics of Material Design and implement it with the Materialize CSS framework.
Little to no prior HTML experience is required.
You’ll experience detailed learning through fast-paced, step-by-step instruction, examples, hands-on access to your own folder on a server to play around while you learn.
What You’ll Need:
Laptop – the class is very hands-on
Web Browser: the latest version of Google Chrome or Firefox
An external mouse (recommended)
Business Cards – workshops are always a great place to network
Pen/Pad – for taking notes
This training course will run from 6 PM to 9:00 PM with a 1/2-hour break.
We recommend you arrive 30 minutes before class starts to allow time for you to get settled in and mingle before the event starts.

Office Hours @ the MIC
2017-08-08 10:00 - 17:00 | 1010 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Microsoft Technical evangelists will be available on site hosting office hours to help answer questions, provide technical guidance on your engineering projects. Need help getting setup with Azure or perhaps developing that tricky SQL query? Come down to the open office hours and be part of the learning community dedicated to helping solve each others problems and growing new skills.

Weekly Open Hack Night
2017-08-07 19:00 - 21:00 | 1951 NW 7th Avenue, 1st Floor, Miami, FL, 33136, United States
Join us for our weekly civic hack sessions @ Cambridge Innovation Center. Anyone interested in civic hacking and engagement is welcome.
You can contribute to an existing Code for Miami Project (see our projects at https://codefor.miami/projects) or come share your idea, and maybe start a new collaboration.
As always, bring a laptop; beginners are always welcome!
We ask that participants at Code for Miami events follow our Code of Conduct to ensure that our group is a safe and welcoming space.

Tear Down of a WordPress Multisite Community (And More Talks TBA)
2017-08-03 18:30 | 3301 College Avenue, Davie, FL, 33314, United States
We are planning on having two talks. We have an OPEN SLOT right now for someone if they want to talk about something related to WordPress.
1) Tear Down of a WordPress Multisite Community – David Carr (writer, editor, and web consultant – author of Social Collaboration for Dummies) will share lessons learned from building a community application that allows chapters of a nonprofit organization (Toastmasters) to create their own “free” subdomain website hosted on WordPress multisite.
This is the latest in a series of community-oriented WordPress sites he has created that include event scheduling and registration, a custom registration process, and modifications of the standard WordPress user security roles. Without covering all the programming details, he will cover key functions, concepts, and techniques, as well as how to find information to solve specific problems for your WordPress applications.
2) TBA
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RELATE A STORY OR WHAT YOU LEARNED IN WORDPRESS RECENTLY? PLEASE SHARE WITH US!
Room Numbers: TBA
Parking Pass: Check back for the parking pass (btw, please take time to read the parking pass for instructions on where the parking lot(s) are located.)
MAP TO DeSANTIS BUILDING:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Carl+DeSantis+Bldg,+Nova+Southeastern+University,+Davie,+FL+33314/@26.0806116,-80.2421017,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x88d9a82f6b1a6fdf:0x51d70ab0d7de5f
If anyone has any WordPress questions to throw at us, please bring them… list them in the comments section on meetup.com so we can be prepared.
FOOD:
Might be pizza, might not be. We’ll see 🙂

Bitcoin Networking: The Broken Shaker in Miami Beach
2017-08-03 18:00 | 2727 Indian Creek Dr, Miami, FL, 33140, United States
It is the first Thursday of the month. Join us at “The Broken Shaker” in Miami Beach to talk bitcoin and all things money and digital currencies. As always, we expect a wide variety of developers and professionals of all types to attend. Stop by to network and learn about bitcoin and digital currencies in a casual, networking format. All knowledge levels welcome. Event starts at 6 p.m. and has no fixed end time. We look forward to seeing you soon!
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About the Venue:
The Broken Shaker is a restaurant/bar in a large patio area at the Freehand Hotel. The entrance is on the corner of 28th Street and Indian Creek.
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Transportation and Parking:
Lyft or Uber are always convenient options when visiting the beach. If you do bring your car, there is street parking in the area, as well as a city parking lot on 27th Street right behind the bar.

Thursday Gathering @ Venture Cafe Miami
2017-08-03 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!

Machine Learning Office Hours
2017-08-03 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

Trademark Law Fundamentals: Create and Protect Your Brand | AXS Law
2017-08-03 07:30 - 08:30 | 1951 NW 7th Ave, Miami, FL, 33136, United States
Creating a strong brand can be crucial to the success of your business, and your company’s trademark can become one of its most valuable assets. If you don’t take the right steps in choosing and protecting your trademark, your company may face serious legal battles after having invested significant time and money in its brand. This workshop is geared towards local start-up businesses and entrepreneurs who are interested in trademarking their brand, and will teach fundamental considerations in creating and protecting a strong trademark for your company.

How Facebook and Google build great products
2017-08-02 18:30 - 20:30 | 78 SW 7th St, Miami, FL, 33130, United States
What does it take to build great products?
In today’s competitive landscape, great design, rapid iteration, a nice onboarding flow, etc. are all considered basics. The challenge that we now face is much deeper, and also more difficult to address. In this talk, Ayush Agarwal, Facebook’s current Head of Enterprise Products, will take us through three important questions:
tWhat are the emotional needs of your customers? How can you meet them?
tWhich metrics should you ignore, and which metrics should you watch like a hawk?
tHow do you build the right team?
Bonus: How to transition into product management
About the Speaker:
Ayush Agarwal is a product executive, advisor, and angel investor. He has led major initiatives at world-class tech companies, managed large teams, and shipped many high impact technology products.
Currently, as Head of Enterprise Products for Facebook, Ayush is responsible for Facebook’s vision and execution in the enterprise space. Prior to joining Facebook, he was Head of Products for Local Ads at Google, a multi-billion dollar business built on monetizing Google Maps and Local Search. Before jumping into product management, Ayush was a VC with Madrona Venture Group and a consultant with McKinsey.
Outside of his day to day work routine, Ayush serves on the Technology Advisor Board for Spencer Stuart, is a Techstars mentor, and an advisor to many startups. He is also an active angel investor with investments in more than 20 companies, including Funders Club, Caspar, UpCounsel, Virool, and DilMil. He has guest lectured at Harvard Business School, MIT, Stanford, and has also served as a judge at many pitch competitions.
He attended the Institute for General Management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and studied Computer Science Engineering at the University of Michigan. Ayush grew up in India, Nepal, Singapore, and the US, and calls San Francisco home, where he lives with his wife and son.
Photo/Video Disclaimer:
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Visual Storytelling Xperience
2017-08-02 18:30 - 20:00 | 315 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
The Visual Storytelling Institute (VSI) in partnership with The Idea Center, Miami-Dade College is offering Visual Storytelling Xperience (VSX) – a next-generation summer workshop for forward-thinking entrepreneurs and marketers.
WHAT IS VISUAL STORYTELLING?
“Visual Storytelling is a marketing strategy that communicates powerful ideas through a compelling story arc, with your customer at the heart of the story, and delivered through interactive and immersive visual media – in order to create profitable customer engagements.”
– Shlomi Ron
WHY VISUAL STORYTELLING?
Transforming an idea into a business success requires excelling in many areas: business strategy, visual production, and marketing strategy. Imagine taking only 8 weeks to convert your new startup idea or existing product into an impactful business proposition.
With our VISUAL STORYTELLING XPERIENCE workshop, you can learn how to articulate, visualize and distribute your business idea – to empower your customers’ lives.
Registration is now open for our July-August 2017 workshop at the Idea Center Miami Dade College.
CLASS SCHEDULE
Summer 2017: Class starts on July 5th and ends on August 23rd, 2017.
We’ll meet Wednesdays from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
$597 – Class number 14117
People Don’t Care about Your Product Features,
They Connect With Your Story!
SEATS ARE LIMITED. REGISTER TODAY!

An introduction to Datomic
2017-08-02 18:00 | 5200 Blue Lagoon Drive, Suite 900, Miami, FL, 33137, United States
Datomic
Daniel will introduce the Datomic database system, discuss how it differentiates itself from other Database systems and demonstrate its usage. This will cover schema creation, entity transaction, Datalog queries and the different APIs that are available for interacting with Datomic.
Daniel De Aguiar is a seasoned software developer and architect with over ten years of consulting experience. He has worked in various technical capacities, from software developer to CTO, helping organizations grow their technical competency. Daniel has been applying Clojure to his consulting practice for the last three years and feels that functional programming languages coupled with the JVM provide extensive leverage in the construction of resilient systems that are highly modifiable.
Daniel was formally trained as a Geneticist and holds a doctoral degree in Biology from Harvard University.

SQL Server on Linux and within Containers
2017-08-02 18:00 | 6750 N. Andrews Ave. Suite 400, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33309, United States
You are invited to the SFSSUG (South Florida SQL Server Group) meetup on Wednesday, August 2, 2017:
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Microsoft Building Fort Lauderdale
https://www.meetup.com/South-Florida-SQL-Server-User-Group/events/238489170/
“Our speaker for this session is Pankaj Satyaketu, who is a Technical Solutions Specialist at Microsoft! He has presented at our SQL Saturday Precon, SQL Saturdays around the state, as well as supporting our Local SFSSUG Chapter as a regular session speaker!”
