The power of women helping women entrepreneurs succeed
Tracy Timberlake Over the last five years, we have seen entrepreneurship grow exponentially in South Florida and beyond. Through the pandemic, many people decided that…
How Covid has changed healthcare for good
Tanvi Abbhi and Margaux Gleber The Covid-19 pandemic has uprooted our lives in the most fundamental of ways. The mechanisms in which we interact, socialize,…
On Miami: Meditations on movements during crisis
Katherine Boyle Six months into our perpetual lockdown, an old editor friend emailed me to see if I would write a piece on the state of…
View: Miami Tech needs to be for Miamians
Kevin Amézaga ‘The tech talent is here. You just need to be open to accept it.’ For Miamians growing up interested in tech, there was…
UM PhD student hopes his silent drone will be an urban cargo delivery game changer
Yulia Strokova Tomas Pribanic has found a way to apply an ionic thrust to autonomous vehicles in Earth’s atmosphere and testing is underway. “Innovative, bold,…
The lack of diversity in tech: How not to be part of the problem
Juan Pablo Cappello Since most of the people I know in tech are progressive, open-minded and good people (if not a bit full of themselves), I assumed that…
From a CS grad: You don’t need a CS grad
Michelle Bakels Like most aspiring software engineers going into their first job, I had no idea what to expect. At the time I was a…
Miami: Where startups become great
Josip Rupena I was recently reminded of the adage, “Greatness happens in clusters,” and for Milo, that saying rings true as ever. As I reflect on…
Why cash (flow) is king for a startup
Sanket Parekh The importance of a well-sorted working capital structure for a D2C company is immeasurable. Here’s why. Amongst all the cash flow numbers that…
Beyond the hype, what does the Miami movement mean for Miami?
Jonathan Kilman I just can’t keep up with the flashy headlines about the exodus of talent from places like NYC and Silicon Valley into Miami. I’ve posted…
Miami’s moment to shine
Juan Pablo Cappello In MiamiTech, we have spent the past 10 years getting dressed up, waiting for our tech and finance friends from New York,…
Can #MiamiTech become an education technology hub?
Elliot Grossbard “It has never been a better time to be in education. It has also never been a worse time to be in education”…
4 tips to drive ethical product-led startup growth during a crisis
Host’s note: We are pleased to bring you guest posts from the #MiamiTech community. Want to submit a guest post? Email Nancy Dahlberg at ndahlbergbiz@gmail.com…
Let's use this moment to benefit ALL of Miami
Host’s note: Refresh Miami welcomes guest posts. We are republishing Richard Lamondin’s view he expressed on Twitter, with his thoughtful call to action for #MiamiTech.…
The rocket is on the launchpad: 2021 will be #MiamiTech’s breakout year
Host’s note: For this year’s year in review, I wanted a true long-time insider’s perspective. Auston Bunsen was one of the first developers and tech…
The importance of really knowing your target audience
By Chris Brencans, Guest Contributor When it comes to business and marketing, you need to know who your target audience is. While it might…
View: Where have you been, Miami tech community? Enough is enough
By Michael Hall, Guest Contributor It’s real simple. Black people in tech want to know where everyone has been the last six years, and without…
Hope in the time of corona
By Jessica Shraybman / Shraybman Law On March 11, 2020, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. It’s beyond regional and continental. It’s now worldwide. And…
The 3-step strategy that helped one startup grow its blog traffic by 81%
By Chris Brencans, Guest Contributor If your company is one of the millions of businesses worldwide that has a blog, you know the biggest…
What startups can learn from corporations – yes, really
By Yulia Strokova, guest contributor At startups decisions are made promptly, projects are implemented fast; nothing is dragged down while waiting for the next…
7 easy ways to attract and retain creative talent on your team
By Rana Florida, guest contributor In the international best-seller The Rise of the Creative Class, my husband, Professor Richard Florida, described the tectonic forces…
Exhibiting or pitching at a startup conference? These key insights can help
By Nicholas Mohnacky, Guest Contributor Last month I received the great honor of an invitation to exhibit my team productivity-focused enterprise software, bnotes, at…
SEO fundamentals every startup founder should know
By Chris Brencans, Guest Contributor Some might say SEO is dead … I beg to differ. Here are just a few facts to pique…