THERMOSPHERE After a wonderful night at the PAX Miami celebrating SuperConf 2013 we thought it would be a fresh bucket of lukewarm water to offer this slide show which I stumbled upon today. Knowledge which all of us should be…
Superconf 2013, the hippest, best organized, and most anticipated conference of the year here in Miami and all of South Florida has just kicked off. Startropica has a reporter in site at all times and we will be posting updates,…
It seems every day we hear about a new South Florida startup. In the case of Leapfactor they are new for the Startropica audience although not so new in the markets they serve. They are arriving right now to a…
If you are an entrepreneur one of the most productive activities you can engage in is to be mentored by another entrepreneur who has more experience than you (and more access to money than you). They call them Angels. And…
—————— DAY 1 ——————- 8:00 AM We are here in the Marriott at Brickell about to begin coverage of what has been dubbed, the heart of Miami Innovation Week, the ‘America’s Venture Capital Conference 2012 (DATA, DESIGN, and DOLLARS)‘, produced…
This Friday December 14th the AT&T Hackathon, produced in coordination with long time partner ESENEM, returns stronger than ever as the final event of Miami Innovation Week, featuring a host of options for hacking teams to tackle and win an…
Continuing with the series of features about each of the impressive Startups Incubate Miami 2012 has been able put together this year Startropica sat down with Jonathan Addison, Founder and CEO, of RentJiffy, a real estate management platform that makes…
iCare Intelligence, a highly promising innovative software company coming from Incubate Miami’s 2012 Class, is on the path to become one of the most important Health Care related startups emerging from South Florida in recent years. This is due to…
Straight from Silicon Valley soon arrives in Miami the young but renowned NEWME Accelerator, an organization focusing on helping minority entrepreneurs launch technology based companies. The three day workshop to begin in November 12th at The Lab in Wynwood Art…
The Silicon Bubble Spell, and How to Avoid it Here.
Silicon Valley’s ground is shaking. Regardless of how you look at the situation: natural adjustment cycle or overvalued bubble bursting? Dozens of Silicon Valley startups (hundreds?) won’t make it past January 2013 and along with them hundreds (thousands?) of lost…