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Miami: A hot spot for venture capitalists

David Teten

(from my guest column in the Miami Herald ). A few weeks ago, I had my first-ever opportunity to visit the Miami startup ecosystem. I was visiting as part of Terrapinn Private Equity World, a leading private equity conference for the Latin American technology community.

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Time is the Enemy of All Deals

Both Sides of the Table

We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000. Push hard to set up the technical reviews, the due diligence meetings, the reference calls – whatever. We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000. I’ve done it.

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Endeavor Miami Takes on Scaleup Challenge

The Startup Magazine

The Endeavor Miami group is one scaleup accelerator that is overcoming those challenges and having an impact on both their community and the broader world. Endeavor Miami was the first US office of the Endeavor Global organization of worldwide scaleup accelerators. Endeavor Miami Entrepreneurs with Laura Maydon.

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What Can You Learn from the 4-Hour Workweek?

Both Sides of the Table

If you’re not familiar with the term it’s basically trying to help all of us who are deluged with technology to find ways to cope with the masses of information without having it ruin our lives. We were high tech at the very start of the boom. Let me start by saying I’m a huge business book cynic. Always developing.

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How Cities Can Conserve Water With Pipeline Leak Detection Technology

YoungUpstarts

It might surprise you to learn that much of the strain on a city’s water supply is due to situations that are entirely preventable: water leakage. Implementing sophisticated sensor technology is just half the battle. Even in the west, where innovation and technology are most widely applied, water loss can range from 20-50% of supply.

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Founder Interview: Salo Sterental, Co-Founder of SoStereo, Marketing with Music

The Startup Magazine

After college, I moved on to a post at BMG while Salo went to Miami to work with songwriters from Sony and Warner. We wanted to break down the walls of access to music, and technology was a perfect solution. The Zumba instructors loved it! And that was really the beginning of the SoStereo mission.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

There are now many metro areas with growing infrastructure and increasingly skilled workforces that can support tech startups. . In large part due to the University of Texas at Austin and other universities’ influence, Austin is known for having an educated workforce. The city is renowned as a center for tech entrepreneurship.