The Launch Pad

Growth Hackers Miami Event Series
2016-03-16 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | 400 Northwest 26th Street, Miami, 33127, United States
The Growth Hackers event series brings South Florida’s most innovative, talented, and relevant corporate and startup growth leaders together under one roof. Throughout this event you’ll discover the best techniques to develop a high-performance growth team and program across multiple disciplines like talent, business development, design and marketing. Each focused Growth Hackers Series Event will cover specific cases; uncover best practices, and open debate around these key areas for high growth companies. Our first Growth Hackers Series Event will focus on talent, one of the most important topics around corporations and startups looking to scale their businesses. We invited a panel of successful entrepreneurs and HR experts who will share their experience around this topic and growing their businesses. Agenda Topics: Talent & Culture Fit: Recruiting, retaining, engaging, developing and scaling a high-performance growth team will be part of the questions to be cover by our invited speakers and moderator.

Startup Nation Technology Fair at the University of Miami
2016-03-15 17:00 - 20:00 | 33125, 1320 S Dixie Hwy,, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
INTERNSHIPS | INNOVATION | INGENUITY The #StartUpTechFair is a technology and innovation trade show and opportunity fair. Explore technology, meet innovators, and most importantly, acquire internships at this incredible event. Program Schedule: Opening Address and Guest Speaker – 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm Career Fair – 5:30pm to 7pm Networking Event – 6:30pm to 8pm This program is hosted by: TAMID at Miami The Launch Pad Beta Alpha Psi – University of Miami Global Sigma Delta Sigma Pi – University of Miami No dress code. Refreshments will be served. For more information, please visit: www.startupnationtechfair.org

Office Hours @ the MIC
2016-03-15 10:00 | 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.

PRODUCING IN FLORIDA
2016-03-12 14:00 | 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Building 8th – 5th Floor, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
The “Producing in Florida and Beyond” fourth edition in conjunction withCineVisun and the BFMG will focus on intellectual property, writing, production and visual effects with some of the biggest names in the industry. Now in its fourth year, the “Producing in Florida and Beyond” panels have been filled with information that has covered project development from pre-production to post production, marketing, finance, legal, equipment and more. This year the panel will touch on many of the same themes, but will also give an outlook on how to write your script, protect your concept, production operation and how to utilize visual effects on big budgets, small budgets and micro budgets.

Hackathon: Connect 35K people in Cuba to the web
2016-03-11 18:00 - 2016-03-13 18:00 | 7757 West Flagler Street Suite #220, Miami, FL, 33144, United States
Join us as we change the lives of 37,000+ Cubans. Learn a new, exciting development skill, make your favorite website available to browsing over email and share it with those who never have experienced the web before. This event is beginner friendly for those who are just learning to code. All skill levels are welcome, as we will have skilled mentors in place to help you all along the way. Do not miss this great learning experience! Our goal is to build applications that expand the access to internet in Cuba, provide unbiased sources of information and improve the life of thousand of people in the island. You pick what part of the web you wish to integrate into our platform, and make available to people in Cuba without direct web access, and then make it happen! Take pride in being able to say that you were the person that gave Cuba access to facebook, reddit, cnn, espn, or any website of your choice. Imagine being able to list that on your resume! We are doing BIG things this weekend, and you are invited! Plus, the best ideas and implementation get to win cash prizes! First place wins $500 USD, Second place wins $300 USD and third place wins $250 USD. Sign up today before seats are all sold out. Limited seating available. In Cuba, only 400K people can visit the Web unrestricted, whereas 2,600,000 can only send and receive emails without access to the web. We are a non-profit organization, and we built a platform to access the web via email that is currently offering internet over email to more than 37K people in Cuba. Among our most notable services that we provide are wikipedia, medical library, weather forecast, social network, news, craigslist, translation, games and online dating. We are calling you to implement your favorite piece of the internet for Cuba, by building applications that run over email using our awesome API. We will provide breakfast, lunch and dinner to all the participants while the event last, as well as the opportunity hangout with the “creme de la creme” of Cuban entrepreneurs in Miami, recruiters and business leaders. You will have the opportunity to use our simple but powerful platform to provide free internet in Cuba, contribute to create an international impact and use your skills to improve the life of thousands of Cubans who never have experienced the internet before. Plus, you will be taking part in an event along side software developers in Cuba who are also participating! You will change the world with us, have tons of fun and expand your network, all at the same time! The only question left to ask is… Are you up to this challenge?

Pepsi's John Ross talks digital strategies
2016-03-10 18:30 - 20:30 | landing-13
Learn how brands fight for relevancy and attention in an increasingly attention-starved marketplace. Expect to debate current best practices around content marketing strategies, smartphone app lessons learned and new ways to leverage data to build business objectives. John will share how he’s built digital literacy programming, an invitation only annual Digital Summit with major media partners in Silicon Valley, and navigating the start up community to find the best new emerging partners. All of these “new ways of thinking” reach well beyond digital media and into greater ways one can add value to an organization. Key takeaways: • Provocative thoughts about a new path to purchase for brand relationships with consumers • New perspectives on “consumer engagement” in real life through any consumer screen • New insights on Gen Z’s expectations for your brands • Tips on how to navigate the start up community to be first to market

Wyncode Miami Pitch Day! Cohort 8
2016-03-10 18:00 - 21:00 | 400 Northwest 26th Street, Miami, 33127, United States
We are proud to announce our incredible panelists for this Pitch Day, who will be deciding the winning app: Come celebrate the creations and achievements of Wyncode Miami’s 8th Cohort! Can you learn to code and build your own web application in 9 weeks? Even better, can you land a job as a developer? Yes! Come see for yourself on Thursday, March 10th from 6-9pm at the LAB Miami…

Adobe Creative Jam - Miami
2016-03-09 19:00 - 22:00 | 4040 NE 2nd Avenue , Miami Design District , FL, 33137, United States
JOIN US FOR A #CREATIVEJAM Please join us on March 9th for a Creative Jam, an inspiring two-part design experience that demonstrates and celebrates creativity. The Adobe Creative Cloud team will host the Creative Jam presentations. This one-hour design showcase highlights the work of 3 local creative leaders. At the same time, in the next room, Designers will be competing in the Creative Jam tournament, a 3-hour design charrette showdown. This event will have two categories: Visual Design and Motion Design. Once the Creative Jam presentations wrap, tournament participants will take the stage to share their creations with you. As part of the audience, you’ll vote on each submission and select the People’s Choice winner. There will also be Grand Prize winners decided by a group of Judges!

Whatsapp Marketing Workshop
2016-03-09 18:00 - 20:00 | 400 Northwest 26th Street, Miami, 33127, United States
The first WhatsappMarketing workshop to learn about whatsapp marketing Strategies and Cases Studies. You’ve probably heard of Facebook Advertising, Twitter Ads, Google Adwords, and Whatsapp but are you using it to your advantage? Expert Mobile strategist, Gonzalo Gómez Rufino of WhatsappMarketing, will be leading this workshop to help you learn and create your whatsapp marketing campaigns. How to use WhatsappAlertas.com to attract more customers as contests, handle databases, generate buzz whatsapp, and create your whatsapp marketing loyalty campaigns with WhatsappMarketing.es plataform. Find out about the best practices & Cases Studies for Whatsapp Marketing. Walk away knowing more about how to strategically use WhatsappMarketing and boost your bottom line.

STARTUP GRIND HOSTS XAVIER GONZALEZ (EMERGE AMERICAS)
2016-03-08 18:00 - 21:00 | 1010 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Xavier Gonzalez serves as the CEO of eMerge Americas, helping lead the effort to establish Miami as the technology hub of the Americas. In this Fireside Chat we’ll learn how under Gonzalez’s leadership eMerge Americas has grown to attract more than 10,000 attendees from over 50 countries, more than 500 participating companies, 125 innovative startups, and 1 billion media impressions worldwide. Let’s explore how companies from around the world connect, collaborate, get funded and advance together beginning with a spark at eMerge Americas!

LaunchCode Presents: South Florida Speaks JavaScript
2016-03-08 18:00 - 20:00 | 315 N.E. 2nd Ave Bldg 8, 5th Fl, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
One of South Florida’s great strengths is our incredible diversity– cultural, intellectual, and linguistic. We speak languages from across the globe, English, Spanish, Creole… But do you speak code? Or more specifically, do you speak JavaScript or want to learn? Come join us for the second in a series of South Florida Speaks LaunchCode events which will highlight some of the most popular software development languages and technologies being used today. Our panel of experienced JavaScript developers will discuss the many ways in which “the language of the web” is continually increasing in developer popularity and commercial application through technologies like NodeJS, Angular, Meteor, and more. Additionally, LaunchCode team members will be on hand to discuss how you can translate your interest and JavaScript skills into your dream job in development through the LaunchCode Apprenticeship Program. You can APPLY to the LaunchCode Apprenticeship Program here! Many voices. One language. South Florida speaks LaunchCode.

UDINE: The Viral Phenomenon
2016-03-07 18:00 - 20:00 | 3701 NE 163rd Street, North Miami Beach, FL, 33160, United States
What does it take to make a YouTube video go viral? Join us for an interactive, intimate session with Fabio Zaffagnini – an expert in social innovation, crowd funding, crowd sourcing campaigns and product design; only @ UDINE. The iPic Ultimate Digital Industry Networking Event is a grassroots ultimate networking experience series and think-thank where urban creatives, digital gurus, tech-hackers, hipsters, digital & IT executives and entrepreneurs gather to get inspired, learn and connect the old school way – “IN PERSON”. Hosted by Fabio Zaffagnini, the creator of the “www.rockin1000.com”, a crowd-funded event where 1000 musicians played a Foo Fighters’ song, whose video went viral on the web with more than 30 million views. TICKETS on sale now! $30 – includes admission to the event, two cocktails, and passed appetizers. In three locations: March 7th – North Miami Beach, FL March 8th – Houston, TX March 9th – Westwood, CA MEET & GREET COCKTAIL RECEPTION / 6PM INTRODUCTION / 6:45 PM FABIO ZAFFAGNINI + PANEL DISCUSSION / 7PM INTERACTIVE Q&A / 7:30 PM CLOSING RECEPTION / 8PM

Miami Herald Business Plan Bootcamp
2016-03-07 18:00 - 20:00 | inner-4
Join us March 7 for a lively discussion and Q&A with our panel of experts sharing advice on launching your business, formulating a winning short business summary and pitching to investors. Also hear from a couple of previous Business Plan Challenge winners about their entrepreneurial experiences. You don’t have to enter the Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge to attend our Bootcamp, but of course we hope you will. Our discussion will be led by: * Melissa Krinzman, the Managing Partner of Krillion Ventures, a $50 million Miami-based early stage venture capital firm that actively invests in financial services, transportation, logistics, real estate and health startups. Her fund has invested in 17 early-stage companies, nine of which have South Florida roots. She is also a veteran Business Plan Challenge judge. * Mark Kingdon, a three-time tech CEO (Organic, SecondLife and NiftyThrifty) and an investor in two dozen early stage companies. His portfolio includes Twitter, TheRealReal, OfferUp, Refinery20 and three Miami-based companies (EveryPost, Sktchy and HYP3R). This event will be at 6 p.m. March 7 at Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus Auditorium, Room 1261 in Building 1. The Bootcamp is free but registration is required. When you register, the form will allow you to tell us the questions you would most like our panel to answer. Don’t be shy – this way we can tailor the program as much as possible to our audience. Register here: https://businessplanbootcamp.bpt.me Questions: ndahlberg@miamiherald.com

GOOGLE 2 – CULTIVATING AN ENVIRONMENT FOR EQUALITY: WHEN WOMEN CALL THE SHOTS
2016-03-06 14:00 | 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Building 8th – 5th Floor, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
GOOGLE SEMINAR SERIES ON GENDER & RACIAL GAPS IN FILM & TECH Prominent women filmmakers discussing their perspectives on calling-the-artistic-shots. When women are in the director’s chair, how does the atmosphere in pre-production, on a set, or in the editing and sound mixing suites change? How are decisions on hiring creative collaborators approached? These and other potentially explosive issues are brought to the foreground by some of the woman who have helmed feature films at this year’s Festival. Panelists include Rebecca Miller(Maggie’s Plan), Dawn Porter (Trapped) and Lorene Scafaria (The Meddler).
