The Launch Pad

Form Design: Best Practices and Common Pitfalls
2016-06-29 19:00 (America/New_York)
Form design is often an underestimated element of interaction design. Slap some fields and labels on a page, decide on alignment, and you’re good to go right? Heck no! Forms are easier than you think to get wrong. Yet, they are one of the most important conversations points you can have with your users and one of the most underestimated designs. • A sign-up form is often the first interaction point between you and a potential new user. • How customers purchase products through the checkout forms are critical to consumer business success. • The experience users have with B2B forms can make or break enterprise relationships. Join in on this meetup to see some of common pitfalls of form design, and tips on best practices and mistakes to avoid. Presentation by Lauren Martin and Marta Guerra

Groove at Bayfront Park Promenade
2016-06-29 19:30 - 21:30
South Florida Are You Ready To Dance! Dance! Dance! Salsa. Hip Hop. Caribbean Rythms. Join Groove Miami for a dance packed night at the Promenade in Bayfront Park on Wednesday, June 29th from 7:30-9:30pm for an awesome dance party and fitness experience. Can’t dance? Dont worry! Over the course of the evening there will be 20-30 minute instructor lead mini dance classes covering each dance style. Come ready to have fun, work out and groove!

Disruptors Sports Business Conference
2016-06-30 - 2016-07-01
Hello, everyone. We’re bringing a Sports Business Conference to Miami! Disruptors is a two-day conference which will help to inspire sports business disruptors at the intersection of technology, marketing, sponsorship, fan engagement, and more. The conference is a gathering of leading sports innovators to provide insights, tools, and strategies for sports business professionals to become disruptors and thrive in the sports industry. Check out the speaker lineup here: https://disruptorscon.com/speakers. More speakers to be announced! Use the discount code REFRESH75 to receive $75 off the Early Bird price of $325.

FREE WEBINAR ON - "IoT ANALYTICS"
2016-06-30 11:00 - 12:00
IoT Analytics is going to be a significant part of the IoT phenomenon. The real business value from the investment in IoT will come from analyzing data generated from the IoT devices. IoT is applicable everywhere and in every filed of science. It’s for everyone. IoT has unlimited opportunities for Innovation, Jobs, Business, Hobby and Research. Every one of us can find the fit in this new boom. We Invite you join our Free Webinar on IoT Analytics on 30th June 2016 Time: 11:00 AM NJ Time Zone. Wish you a great learning experience. Best Regards, Sarath Varma Manager Marcom & Sales Axelta Systems Pvt.Ltd India – +91 8125941608 US – +1510 210 8344

StartUP FIU Speaker Series Collaboration Edition: Entrepreneurship and Coding
2016-06-30 17:30 - 20:30 | 11200 SW 8th St, Miami, FL, 33174, United States
StartUP FIU will be holding a series of summer seminars and workshops conducted by creative professionals prior to its official launch this Fall. This is your chance to integrate with StartUP FIU’s creative community and acquire the skills needed to successfully apply to our program. For this Speaker Series edition, we are partnering with Wyncode to bring you a unique experience. Come and listen to a conversation between two successful entrepreneurs. Bob Hacker, StartUP FIU Director, and Johanna Mikkola, Wyncode co-founder, will open the night sharing their experiences in the field and how they see the Miami tech community growing every day. Then, we are going to have a break to have some cafecito and swim into a Coding 101 session. We look forward to seeing you! Agenda: 5:30 PM – Networking & Team Building 6:00 PM – Speaker Series: An Entrepreneur Conversation 7:00 PM – Cafecito Break 7:30 PM – Coding 101 Workshop Who is Johanna Mikkola? Johanna Mikkola is the Co-founder of Wyncode Academy is a leading accelerated learning program in Florida and the first coding school to be licensed by the Florida Department of Education’s Commission for Independent Education. Johanna was selected as an Endeavor Entrepreneur in June 2015 at the International Selection Panel in Amman, Jordan joining a prestigious network of over 1000 high-impact entrepreneurs around the globe. Johanna is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Babson College and sits on the advisory board of eMerge Americas. What is Wyncode? Wyncode Academy’s curriculum is based on several industry leading concepts and input from other development bootcamps. Your typical day begins with an instructor-led session about a particular concept followed by time to apply what you have learned in a practical, project-based example – often mimicking websites or popular web applications that you already know and use. Who is Bob Hacker? Bob has taught traditional and social entrepreneurship at FIU for eleven years. He also teaches social entrepreneurship at MIT. He sees StartUP FIU as a means to introduce entrepreneurship concepts to the entire South Florida community and start new local high-growth companies to support economic development. Bob is the former CFO of One Laptop per Child, where he practiced social entrepreneurship for three years. Earlier in his career, he built a publicly traded billion dollar company in Indonesia. He is the author of two books on entrepreneurship and a frequent speaker on the subject. What is StartUP FIU? StartUP FIU is a collaborative, entrepreneurship hub for FIU students, faculty and early-stage startup entrepreneurs in South Florida. We help to create and grow traditional companies, high-tech ventures and social enterprises. Who should attend? Those interested in learning about StartUP FIU, Wyncode, entrepreneurship, coding and the #MiamiTech community. Can I attend only to the Speaker Series? Yes! Can I attend only to the Coding workshop? Absolutely!

Co Work & Crush with happn
2016-06-30 17:30 - 20:30 | 400 Northwest 26th Street, Miami, 33127, United States
Its Co Work & Crush with happn! The ‘no more missed connections’ app is bringing some fun to The LAB Miami on Thursday, 6/30 from 5:30-8:30pm! To round out your pre-4th of July Weekend, we’ll have food, drinks, and the happn team on hand to give out some great swag to happn users and LAB members alike! Tell a friend to download happn and stop by! Entrance is free for all happn users and LAB Miami co workers.

Mashable Social Media Day Mixer
2016-06-30 18:30 - 20:30
Join Mashable Social Media Day Mixer brought to you by the Visual Storytelling Institute as we celebrate the seventh-annual Social Media Day in Wynwood – Miami’s famed Arts District! We’ll have food, drinks, music and other surprises. Don’t get #FOMO, and register now!

Jurnid Sessions// The State of Miami's Tech Hub | Real vs. Hype | Q2
2016-06-30 18:30 - 21:00
Join us for our second and quarterly installment of “State of Miami’s Tech Hub, Real vs. Hype | Q2”. We are talking about entrepreneurial growth activities in tech or the lack thereof, challenges, and the solutions to move us forward. No warm and fuzzy kumbaya banter, just the real of it all – so we know what to fix and how to go forward with clarity. You have a voice in the matter, so join us. See you there, it’s a great networking opportunity for innovators! Moderated by Andrew Quarrie, Founder of Jurnid

Testing Techniques Training and Round Table
2016-06-30 19:00
Are you testing your code to the best of your abilities? Come for a deep-dive into testing techniques in Go followed by an open round-table discussion on your projects. This is the first meet up with our new format. The training portion will be suitable for gophers of all skill levels, so if you haven’t come out in a while — please do! The round table discussion is open for any topic related to Go. Food & Drinks will be served.

HEART CORE - Miami Creatives Meetup - Featuring Spirit ILL
2016-06-30 19:00 - 23:55 | 3930 NW 2nd Ave, Miami, FL, 33127, United States
Looking for a creative community? Want to connect with other problem-solvers like you? HEART CORE is a grassroots networking affair for creatives and innovators — organized by Miami-based artists. We’ve got emerging art, vegan food, live music, kava and special guests! Wrapped in art of all kinds, HEART CORE features community leader groups and gives them the spotlight to present their current projects and future initiatives. The Waking Hearts artists supply creativity and production. They collaboratively adopt and support sustainable ideas and improve our communities with art-inspired solutions. This month our special community guests are SPIRIT ILL!

QUICKBOOKS for Business Course July 6
2016-07-06 08:30 - 16:30
QUICKBOOKS for Business Course 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 and make you competent in it’s use! 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. – Registration and Networking 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. – QuickBooks Course 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Lunch (On Your Own) Course Fee: $147.00 – Regular Price $249.00 – Free Copy of “QuickBooks 2016: The Missing Manual” Book in PDF – Free RETAKE – Within 6 Months – User Booklet with Screen Shots 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://www.quickbookstrainingcourses.com

Freelancers Union: "How to deliver a pitch that speaks your client's language"
2016-07-06 18:30 | inner-6
Welcome to SPARK! Sick of the same old “here’s my business card, we should talk” networking? Join our laid-back, diverse group of freelancers that meets once a month to workshop topics related to entrepreneurship! JULY’S TOPIC: How to deliver a pitch that speaks your client’s language. This month, we’ll swap inspired ideas around pitching potential clients. Think you’ve got some good experiences to share? Finding pitching to be a painful process? Join us to brainstorm what a pitch process done right looks like! As we meet here in Miami, freelancers are gathering at 20 other Spark events across the country. We meet on the first Wednesday of every month to network, share insights and inspiration, and learn new skills and strategies to help our businesses thrive!

Modernizing Agile?!
2016-07-07 18:30 - 21:30 | 1613 North Harrison Parkway , Sunrise, FL, 33323, United States
Yes modern Agile is “a thing”. Agile has evolved so much since its early days, especially in the past couple of years. Yet many are still practicing Agile like it’s 1999! Join us for this interactive session, as we break through. Let’s learn what Agile looks like, in the most advanced markets!

Machine Learning Office Hours
2016-07-08 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

OpenHub July edition
2016-07-11 09:30 - 17:30 | 66 West Flagler St., 9th fl., Miami, FL, 33130, United States
Join us #OpenHub day at StartHub Miami! Work and create at our space for the day, and enjoy the perks of a great coworking community. Come and enjoy a breakfast/networking session and stay after to work from the best coworking space in Downtown Miami. We look forward to working with the Miami innovative community and getting together for this monthly event.
