The Launch Pad

Introduction to React js
2017-09-12 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | 4181 NW 1st. Ave Suite 11, Boca Raton, FL, 33431, United States
Hello Nerdettes!
This month instead of our usual code and coffee event we are having a special guest speaker, Luke Ghenco who is an instructor at Flat Iron coding boot camp give everyone an introduction to Reactjs! This code and coffee is sponsored by and located at Nebular Agency in Boca Raton. Watch this page for more information and make sure to bring your laptop!
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F.A.Q.
Are men allowed to attend Girl Develop It events?
Yes. The vision of Girl Develop It is to empower women in an industry where they are a minority and we love receiving support from our male allies. To further empower the women in attendance at Girl Develop It as well as the tech community, we ask that our male attendees bring a female friend with them to the event.
Do I need to have prior coding experience?
No. All skill levels are welcome with peer mentorship being a key component to the chapter.

AWS User Meetup - Lightning Talks
2017-09-12 18:00 - 20:30 | 2250 N Commerce Parkway, Weston, FL, 33326, United States
Presentations:
Speaker: Bryan Rundell, F5 Networks
Topic: ELB/ALB versus F5
Speaker: Richard Gonzalez
Topic: Deploying Kubernetes in AWS
Speaker: Anthony Palmer
Topic: CloudFront
Speaker: Paul Russell
Topic: S3

Intro to JavaScript | Free Intro to Coding Class!
2017-09-12 18:00 - 21:00 | 8181 NW 36th Street Suite 21A, Doral, FL, 33166, United States
Intro to JavaScript | Free Intro to Coding Class!
September 12, 2017 | 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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.
Technology is everywhere and coding is becoming an essential part of every industry! Don’t take it from us, Laurance Bradford- Forbes contributor reports “Coding doesn’t restrict you to a career in tech: it enhances the career, skills, or interests you already have. ” Click here to read the rest of the article!
Register Now! https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07eeianqav5a236c28&llr=niazh9cab
Where
Doral Chamber of Commerce Training Room
2900 NW 112th Ave
Doral, FL 33172
Contact
Carlos Vazquez | Technology Hiring Partner Director
Office: 786-708-8923 | Mobile: 917 477 9152
Fax: 786 369 4456
Email: cvazquez@fvi.edu
Website: www.fvi.edu

Developing conversational apps and Implementing Fingerprint Authentication
2017-09-12 18:30 - 20:30 | 6750 N Andrews Ave, #400, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33309, United States
This month, Mir Majeed will be covering how we can use LUIS to develop conversational apps with Xamarin and David Silverlight will be showing how to add the ability for users to login to Xamarin.Forms apps using their Fingerprint.
Developing Conversational Apps with LUIS
Mir Majeed will show us how to develop engaging voice and text-based conversational mobile apps with Xamarin using Microsoft LUIS and Google API.AI. This session will provide a good introduction of Microsoft Luis, Google API.AI and how to use these technologies in your mobile apps.
Adding Fingerprint Authentication to Xamarin.Forms apps
David Silverlight is going to show us how we can add the ability for users to login to our applications using their fingerprint. He will walk us through the process of adding this functionality to both iOS and Android applications as we use TouchID to implement fingerprint authentication in Xamarin.Forms. The various steps for implementation will be covered, including showing how we can test this functionality in each platform’s emulators.

Building a Brand in the Digital Era
2017-09-12 18:30 - 21:00 | 66 W. Flagler St. 9th Floor, Miami, FL, 33130, United States
Gone are the days where traditional advertising is the primary entry point for brands to enter the market. The internet has opened the flood gates of communication and connectivity, disrupting advertising in the process. This means that crafting a strong online presence is crucial to the success of brands moving forward.
Whether you’re a startup or a firmly established business, these are some of the essential aspects that we’ll be covering for anyone looking to build their brand today:
Choosing the proper digital channels for your brand
Setting a content strategy to tell your story
Leveraging online tools to gain consumer insights
Analyzing the effectiveness of your online efforts

Product Council : Dvdendo & Visa
2017-09-12 18:30 - 21:30 | 400 Northwest 26th Street, Miami, FL, 33127, United States
Product Council provides startups and existing companies a fresh new outlet for critical feedback, ideation, and improvement of their products. Join product makers, (designers, developers, etc.) and founders to learn valuable lessons and insights from experienced product owners as they dive deep into the challenge, success and failure of product design. This is no demo or pitch, rather it’s an open examination of how to execute an idea. Join us for your opportunity to exchange product stories, network, and learn valuable lessons from seasoned product veterans.
Run of show:
– 6:30 Doors Open
– 6:45 Networking
– 7:05 Event Kickoff
– 7:15 Product Council
– 8:00 Break / Networking
– 8:10 Product Chat
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Product Council Events are broken into two acts:
Act I: For the first act, we introduce a startup who’s there to ask for product advice and feedback from the council. The council consists of three (3) experienced product owners who serve as an anchor for the ensuing conversations. In this instance, the product council and audience provide a product owner valuable feedback on their product.
Featured speaker: Gabriel Montoya, Founder, Dvdendo
Act II: The second act introduces a more established business who’s product owner is given an opportunity to showcase a particular product or feature they feel their product team has executed particularly well. In this scenario, the audience is provided with valuable product learnings through the experience of another product owner. Note: There are occasions where we have product makers come give talks about various themes related to product development, management or design.
Featured Speaker: Jenny Ramirez, Head of Products, Visa

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Product Council Panel:
Werner Blumenthal – WB Engineering
Dean Brown – Open English
James Daley – Sears

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What is the Product Council?
The Product Council provides startups and existing companies a fresh new outlet for critical feedback, ideation, and improvement of their products. Each month an audience of product makers (design, dev, etc.) and founders gather to learn valuable lessons and insights from experienced product owners as they dive deep into the challenge, success and failure of product design. This is no demo or pitch, rather it’s an open examination of how to execute an idea. Join us this month for your opportunity to exchange product stories, network, and learn valuable lessons from seasoned product veterans.
Learn more here: https://productcouncil.tumblr.com/about
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“I want to reiterate how much I enjoy Product Council events. You guys consistently host quality Meetups.” -Brandon
“The Meetup was excellent. In learning about practical approaches to product management, I’m able to better utilize my own product management toolbox to further develop an effective, productive and efficient product management system for our company. Thanks and I look forward to future Product Council meetups.” – Eric
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Ever wonder what it’s like to actually sit on the Product Council? Look no further, one of our product council members documented his experience here, “Ouch, Product Feedback”. https://productcouncil.tumblr.com/

Waffle Wednesday
2017-09-13 09:00 - 10:30 | 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.

The New Era Of Artificial Intelligence
2017-09-13 18:00 - 21:00 | 1951 Northwest 7th Avenue, 6th FL, Miami, FL, 33136, United States
After billions of dollars and decades of research, we are entering a new era of robotics and conscious artificial intelligence. A.I. is poised to transform our society as did the internet years ago. We are already using A.I. when we use speech recognition software, Google Translate, and many other apps and services. Nearly all of the largest software and social media companies are working towards integrating some form of A.I. into their product and service, including Facebook, Twitter, and Microsoft. Today, we have Robotic helpers, driverless cars, problem-solving A.Is, and we’re just getting started. Machine Intelligence has the potential to usher in a new age of technology like we’ve never seen before that will have a tremendous impact on job markets, the economy, and our everyday lives.
In this discussion, we’ll look at the technological changes that are sweeping through our world and the future effects that A.I can have on our economy and our personal lives. The good and also the dangers of A.I. that we’ll need to face. Join us for a deep learning discussion and ask yourself: Are you ready for this new era of machine intelligence?
Learn More & Register

Drupal 8 and Relativity: An Event Management System for the Drupal Community
2017-09-13 20:00 - 21:00 | 2895 Davie Rd , Davie, FL, 33314, United States
For the past 2 years, BDUG has been teaching in-depth concepts into Relativity for real world applications. Our ecosystem concept while complex and extremely powerful set the stage to on-board experienced devs into a new way of doing things. But whether an ecosystem, or a single site, Relativity serves as the foundation, engine and manager of all system functions.
Now it’s time to exercise the concepts learned over the past two years and provide a Relativity build for multi event management functions to offer to the Drupal community. A perfect example of where this system would be helpful would be for state wide Drupal groups, local user groups etc. (maybe even a DrupalCon) 😉
Hector and myself put the challenge out to BDUG members to accomplish this task and the request was met with overwhelming enthusiasm across many people.
We have agreed to set up future meetups to follow this build from concept, to documentation, to team building, implementation, documentation and community offering.
Meetups will be in two parts each. The first part being collaboration break outs, task assignments, time management and approvals. The second half would be to present on-screen results of the previous meetup deliverables.
Hector and I both wish to extend a HUGE thanks to volunteers and welcome any and all new comers to join in and contribute. There’s always a place for anyone with a desire to become part of this endeavor.
Here’s to BDUG and all our members. You are all top notch folks and we are honored to be part of this with all of you.
Jay and Hector

EXCLUSIVE SFTA SEMINAR: NAVIGATING ENTERPRISE CLOUD AND SAAS DEAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH MARK GROSSMAN AND STEWART BYRNE
2017-09-14 08:30 - 12:00 | 600 Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL, 33401, United States
YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN THIS EXCLUSIVE SFTA SEMINARFEATURING LEADING TECH LAWYER MARK GROSSMAN AND STEWART BYRNE, VICE PRESIDENT AND REGIONAL GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE AMERICAS AT CITRIX SYSTEMS
Whether you buy or sell cloud and SaaS solutions, Mark and Stewart will lead you through proven techniques to negotiate the best Cloud and SaaS deals for your company.
“Enterprises of all sizes are now comfortable with SaaS and cloud solutions. However, SaaS and cloud deals raise many complex legal issues that need to be thoroughly negotiated and documented in agreements. In this seminar, Mark & Stewart will give you the benefit of what they have learned in their careers as negotiators. You will learn about the unique customs, usages, and norms of SaaS and cloud deals and the particular provisions that are critical to agreements in this area. The discussion will include issues common to SaaS agreements including intellectual property, service level agreements, credits for missing SLAs, warranties, and limitations of liability.
Schedule
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM – Check-in and Complimentary Breakfast
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM – Seminar and discussion
Points to be covered include the following:
Key provisions that should be included in every cloud and SaaS contract
How limitation of liability clauses can emasculate cloud and SaaS agreements
How do protect your data in the cloud
How intellectual property provisions in SaaS agreements can be a trap for the unwary
Strategies to keep SaaS agreements out of court
Negotiating cloud and SaaS agreements that communicate the deal in clear, simple and unambiguous terms, reducing risk to the enterprise”
Who Should Attend:
Consultants involved with software, IT or outsourcing
CIOs, CTOs
Software and IT entrepreneurs
High and mid-level software, IT or outsourcing executives
Procurement professionals in the software, IT or outsourcing space
Contracting professionals in the software, IT or outsourcing space
In-house software, IT or outsourcing lawyers
Law firm software, IT or outsourcing lawyers
SPEAKERS:
Mark Grossman – Mark is a technology lawyer, negotiator, and professional speaker. His practice focuses on the negotiation of enterprise IT deals of every kind and advising on numerous other technology related legal issues. His clients have ranged from Fortune 100 companies to middle market companies in many diverse industries including car rental, oil and gas, automobile distribution and import, recording label, banks, music distribution, supermarkets, medical billing, insurance, hospitals, technology and digital media. He is also an author and frequent keynote speaker on technology, outsourcing, and the art of deal negotiation.
Stewart Byrne – Stewart is a talented and energetic executive with over 25 years of in-house corporate legal experience across the legal departments of Citrix Systems, Compaq/HP, and IBM. Stewart demonstrates strong business acumen, insightful questioning ability, comfort with real time decision making, and consummate professionalism. Practice areas include sales, antitrust, procurement, risk management, real estate, corporate compliance, manufacturing, product management, intellectual property (IP) licensing, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), litigation, environmental controls, and trade operations.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Pre-Event Sponsor $1000 – Only 1 Available!
A 30 minute time slot immediately prior to the main panel gives you an open mic to present your company’s valuable products and services to our assembled guest.
30 minute presentation time
Logo on event web page
Company meet-up table
2 event passes
Company Meet-up Table $200
Meet and greet event attendees and explain your business benefits to South Florida’s top professionals.
Logo on event web page
Logo on promotional email
Display your company retractable banner
2 event passes
Amazing networking opportunities
Silver Event Sponsors $500
You get a 3~5 mins. for a product and services shout-out.
Logo on event web page
Logo on promotional email
3~5 minutes presentation time
Display your company retractable banner
2 event passes
Amazing networking opportunities

Human Resources Essentials for your Business
2017-09-14 09:00 - 11:00 | 8181 NW 36th Street Suite 21A, Doral, FL, 33166, United States
Human Resources Essentials for your Business
Thursday, September 14 | 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m
The topics included in the Seminar are:
Employee Classification – Do you know the different classifications?
Minimum Wage – Are you in compliance with The Department of Labor?
Overtime Pay
Recruiting and On-boarding – Do you know what is required?
Hiring for culture fit
Interviewing – What is the process to follow?
Employment At Will
I-9 Form
Job Descriptions
Employee Handbook
Employee Retention – Do you know what to do to retain your employees?
Workers’ Compensation – Are you required to have coverage?
Who should attend this Seminar:
• Business Owners/Partners
• Office Managers with HR responsibilities
• Managers with hiring responsibilities
• Future Entrepreneurs
Presenter:
Sara W. Vallejo
Director, Human Resources Solutions & Talent Acquisition
Sara is the Founder and CEO of 1BC Consulting, Inc., a Human Resources Consulting Firm. Her firm consults small and mid-size companies, providing guidance in areas such as Labor & Employment, Compliance, Employee Relations, Hiring Processes, and Training & Development, etc.
Sara is a proactive and people-driven Human Resources Executive with 15+ years of experiences in Human Resources operations, with a strong track record in luxury, midscale and select service companies. She has experience with change management, conflict resolution, benefits administration, employee relations, mediation, selection process, on-boarding, performance management, personnel training and record keeping. She is equally adept at optimizing performance through organizational change, excellent problem solving skills, and communications.
Sara holds a Certification as a Professional in Human Resources Administration from Florida International University (FIU) and has earned a Bachelor Degree in Psychology (Magna Cum Laude) from Carlos Albizu University Miami Campus. She is currently pursuing a Master Degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology to continue learning and assisting the firm’s clientele in building great workplaces. She is also an active member of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM), The Doral Chamber of Commerce (DCC), South Florida Hospitality Human Resources Association (SFLHHRA), and the South Florida Chapter Honor Society in Psychology (Psi Chi).
Register Now! https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07eehq4jtvddca54a5&llr=niazh9cab
Where
Doral Chamber of Commerce Training Room
2900 NW 112th Ave
Doral, FL 33172
Contact
Sara Vallejo
Director, Human Resources Solutions & Talent Acquisition
1BC Consulting, Inc.
Direct: 786-408-0700
Email: svallejo@1bcconsulting.com
Website: https://www.1bcconsulting.com

Machine Learning Office Hours
2017-09-14 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

Thursday Gathering @ Venture Cafe Miami
2017-09-14 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!

Marketing Myths and Technology Slips
2017-09-14 18:30 - 20:30 | 300 Gulf Stream Way, Dania, FL, 33004, United States
Technology can enhance a wide range of aspects of the customer experience but most companies are missing the biggest opportunity – anticipation and proactive service.
By being proactive, a company can cut service cost by 2/3 while dazzling the customer with great service. The biggest payoffs of proactivity often come not from reducing the cost of after-sale customer service but from enhancing revenue and word of mouth more effectively. Setting customer’s expectations and proactively providing service via technology can accomplish this.
In his discussion, John will identify five areas where technology and service, marketing and quality departments can partner to enhance not only the customer experience but also the bottom line.
SPEAKER
JOHN GOODMAN
VICE CHAIRMAN , CUSTOMER CARE MEASUREMENT AND CONSULTING (CCMC)
A co-author of the 1970’s breakthrough study of consumer complaint behavior and customer service for the White House Office of Consumer Affairs, John A. Goodman is one of the original trailblazers of the customer experience industry. His contributions to this research overturned conventional wisdom and were instrumental to repositioning customer care as a potential profit center. He is the author of the best selling book Customer Experience 3.0. John’s company CCMC offers research and consulting services to help companies from every industry hear the voice of the customer more clearly, act on what matters most and align the business with the customer experience. Empowering businesses to act on the voice of the customer, CCMC helps companies earn the measurable payoff of delivering a consistently better customer experience. They accomplish this with increased customer loyalty, competitive superiority, higher margins and positive word of mouth advertising in the marketplace. Computer Aid, (CAI) is the proud sponsor of this event. CAI is a global IT services firm that is currently managing engagements with numerous Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies. CAI demonstrates value in delivering results that reduce costs through visibility, optimization, control methodologies and performance-based service tools. We operate on the principle that quality IT solutions should be delivered at a fixed price, on time, and in budget. Our ability to hold true to this principle has been critical to our success since our founding in 1981.
To register please use: https://membership.sfima.com/event-2569937/Registration

Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs Meetup
2017-09-14 19:00 - 20:00 | 1951 NW 7th Ave., Miami, FL, 33136, United States
Finance is an integral part of ANY business. It’s not surprising, then, that poor financial management is the leading cause of business failure. We believe that education can make a world of a difference.
Our team is here to help you gain the knowledge you need to avoid common financial pitfalls in your business venture.
Come and join us the second Thursday of every month @ Venture Café Miami, and be part of the local community of financially intelligent entrepreneurs.
