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SUMMARY:Foundations of Fundraising
DESCRIPTION:Refresh Miami and 500 Startups Miami present Foundations of Fundraising by 500 Startups Partner Eddie Thai. If you’re a startup seeking to raise capital\, come and learn about how to design your fundraising process\, how investors think about opportunities and the best tips to close your fund and fuel your growth! \nThe event is free of cost but limited by capacity. Save your spot today! \nAbout Eddie Thai \nEddie Thai is a partner with 500 Startups.  Since 2015 he has focused on early stage Vietnam-connected startups – investing <$0.2 million each in 24 startups – yet seeing >80% of his companies raise an average $4.4 million each of downstream capital from prominent players like Sequoia\, Social Capital\, and Google Launchpad.  He’s returning to his native South Florida to share his tips for how founders anywhere in the world can raise money.  \nTopics to include: \n    -Thinking like a VC \n    -Understanding key metrics \n    -Designing your fundraising process \n 
URL:https://refreshmiami.com/event/masterclass-on-fundraising-pitching/
LOCATION:500 Startups Miami\, 111 NE 1st Street\, Floor 7\, Miami\, 33132\, United States
CATEGORIES:Class/Training/Workshop,Refresh Miami,Seminar or Talk
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SUMMARY:Fireside Chat with Google's Angela Guzman
DESCRIPTION: \n \nJoin us for a discussion on design with Google’s Angela Guzman. Originally from Miami\, Angela got her start interning at Apple where she was co-creator of the original emoji set. From there Angela moved onto Airbnb where she led the first major hosting redesign of Airbnb’s mobile app. Now as UX design lead at Google\, she’s focused on designing assistive experiences on mobile and smart home devices. \n \nAngela will take us through her career path\, lessons learned\, tips for those looking to land their dream job in design\, and key factors when designing products used be millions. The conversation will be moderated by LiveNinja’s co-founder and Chief Design Officer\, Alfonso Martinez. \n \nAgenda\n \n6:30pm – 7:15pm – Networking\, drinks and light bites\n7:15pm – 8:30pm – Fireside chat and audience Q&A\n \nAbout Angela\nAngela Guzman is a UX design lead at Google\, where she focuses on designing assistive experiences available on mobile and smart home devices. Prior to the roll out of the Assistant\, she worked on Google Now and at X\, Google’s Moonshot Factory. Before joining Google\, she led the first major hosting redesign of Airbnb’s mobile app and spent five years at Apple working on the iPhone team\, where she focused on mobile and desktop communication apps like Messages\, FaceTime\, Photo Booth\, and Mail. Angela started her career in design as an intern at Apple co-designing their original emoji set in 2008\, and throughout her time in Silicon Valley has been awarded nearly two dozen design patents. She has a BFA in Industrial Design and MFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design.\n \nAbout Alfonso\nBorn in the Dominican Republic\, raised in Miami\, Alfonso got into the tech space at a very young age building and designing websites for clients when he was only 13 years old. Driven by his love for art\, design\, and user-experience\, he founded PearBomb\, a digital agency that served clients from all over the world. He is Co-Founder and Chief Design Officer of LiveNinja here in Miami\, a startup which went on to raise millions in venture capital before being acquired by IDT Telecom — where he is now Director of Product Design for Net2Phone. Alfonso is also Chef of #WaffleWednesdays\, a weekly tech networker in Miami where all are welcome.\n \nPhoto/Video Disclaimer:\n\nRefresh Miami will be taking digital photography and/or videography throughout the event. The photographs and/or video may be used across our platforms\, including our website\, email newsletters\, social media channels\, Youtube channel\, media releases\, and marketing materials. Refresh Miami does not intend to use these photographs/videos in any manner other than for the purposes stated above.  By registering for this event\, you grant permission for Refresh Miami to use your photograph/video in this manner.
URL:https://refreshmiami.com/event/fireside-chat-with-googles-angela-guzman/
LOCATION:Building Miami\, 120 SW 8th st\, Miami\, FL\, 33130\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meetup Event,Refresh Miami,Seminar or Talk
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SUMMARY:A Night with Headspace Chief Product Officer\, Chandra Janakiraman
DESCRIPTION:A Quick-Start-Guide for New Product Leaders \nYou’ve recently become the “Head of Product” at a growth-stage startup. Firstly\, Congratulations! The “Head of Product” role is one of the most coveted and impactful roles at any company. Momentarily\, you feel like a super-hero. However\, without the optimal moves\, you could quickly become the focal point for multiple challenging issues\, whether it is speed of execution\, results\, innovation\, or user experience\, just to name a few. This talk given by Headspace Chief Product Officer\, Chandra Janakiraman\, will guide you through three key moves you should focus on early\, to set you up for success\, and help you keep your super-hero status.  \n\nAgenda:\n6:30pm – 7:15pm: Networking\, drinks and light bites\n7:15pm – 8:30pm: Presentation and audience Q&A\n \nAbout Chandra:\nChandra is the Chief Product Officer at Headspace\, where he manages product\, growth and customer experience. Chandra spearheaded the launch of the new Headspace experience\, making the meditation platform more intuitive\, flexible and effective\, while architecting it from the ground up for innovation. He has also overseen consistent double-digit growth across all key metrics over the last two years\, while building a highly scalable product & growth operation. \nPrior to Headspace\, Chandra served as General Manager at Zynga\, leading products and strategy for the puzzle-arcade business. Chandra helped scale Zynga San Diego’s product team and business to reach $200M in cumulative bookings and 250M in cumulative installs across 5 hit products. Chandra has also served as a Product Manager at Amazon and began his career working as an R&D engineer at Royal Philips Electronics\, for which he holds 16 patents. He has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Madras\, an MS in Manufacturing Systems from the Singapore-MIT Alliance and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management. \nAbout Headspace:\n\nHeadspace is an award-winning digital health platform\, providing guided meditation sessions and mindfulness training. With hundreds of hours of content\, it is acknowledged as one of the most comprehensive secular programmes for meditation and mindfulness. \nThe content can be accessed online\, or via the Headspace mobile app\, used by more than 8 million people\, in over 200 countries. The Headspace vision is “to improve the health and happiness of the world” and as part of that commitment\, they have partnered with charities\, foundations and NGO’s around the world. \nHeadspace has logged over 15.8M downloads and\, in June of last year\, they raised $36.7M in a Series B round of funding\, bringing their total funding raised to $73.7M. \n\nPhoto/Video Disclaimer:\n\nRefresh Miami will be taking digital photography and/or videography throughout the event. The photographs and/or video may be used across our platforms\, including our website\, email newsletters\, social media channels\, Youtube channel\, media releases\, and marketing materials. Refresh Miami does not intend to use these photographs/videos in any manner other than for the purposes stated above.  By registering for this event\, you grant permission for Refresh Miami to use your photograph/video in this manner. 
URL:https://refreshmiami.com/event/a-night-with-headspaces-chief-product-officer/
LOCATION:Building Miami\, 120 SW 8th st\, Miami\, FL\, 33130\, United States
CATEGORIES:Class/Training/Workshop,Meetup Event,Refresh Miami,Seminar or Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180228T173000
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SUMMARY:Fireside Chat with Chewy's Kelli Durkin
DESCRIPTION:” template=”/nas/content/live/refreshmiami/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/ngglegacy/view/gallery.php” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] \n  \n  \nJoin us for a fireside chat with Kelli Durkin\, Vice President of Customer Service at Chewy. Kelli will be discussing building the customer service team from the ground up\, early days and challenges of working at a start-up\, and how Chewy has differentiated itself in e-commerce with personalized\, high touch 24/7 service. \nAgenda: \n6:30 – 7:15pm – Networking\, drinks and light bites \n7:15 – 8:30pm – Fireside Chat and Q&A with the audience \nAbout Kelli Durkin: \n \n\n\n\nKelli Durkin is VP of Customer Service at Chewy. In her position\, she oversees an award-winning customer service department that provides an exceptional level of service to Chewy customers. \nKelli has been with Chewy almost since day one\, having been the fourth person hired when the company launched in 2011. She started as Director of Customer Service and was initially a one-man department. However\, that very quickly changed. After more than six years with the company\, Kelli now oversees a team of more than 1\,000 in the department\, including customer service training\, operations and the WOW team\, a division dedicated exclusively to customer engagement. \nA native of Central Florida\, Kelli is the proud pet parent of Bruno\, a five-year old French Bulldog\, and Wynnie\, a one-year old English Bulldog. \n\nAbout Chewy: \nChewy is a leading online retailer of pet food and supplies in the United States. Founded in 2011\, Chewy set out to offer pet parents the expertise and service of a local pet store with the convenience of online shopping. Chewy delivers on that promise with its dedication to 24/7 customer service\, creation of cutting-edge software and technology to enhance the user experience\, and commitment to sourcing high quality products.  \nHeadquartered in Dania Beach\, Florida\, Chewy currently employs more than 7\,000 pet lovers both in their \nhome office\, Boston office and six fulfillment centers in Pennsylvania\, Indiana\, Texas\, Nevada and Florida.  For more information\, visit www.chewy.com. \n\nA BIG THANKS to our supporters at WeWork for providing the space for this event:\n \n\n \nWeWork is a global network of workspaces where companies grow together. Teams of any size can find refreshingly designed collaborative space\, private offices\, and meeting rooms that energize their employees and their guests. But WeWork is so much more than four walls—providing community\,amenities\, events\, and technology to evolve space into experience. WeWork is the platform for creators\, supporting tens of thousands of businesses with more than 170 workspace locations in 19 countries around the world offering flexible month-to-month leasing opportunities.\n \n\nPhoto/Video Disclaimer: \nRefresh Miami will be taking digital photography and/or videography throughout the event. The photographs and/or video may be used across our platforms\, including our website\, email newsletters\, social media channels\, Youtube channel\, media releases\, and marketing materials. Refresh Miami does not intend to use these photographs/videos in any manner other than for the purposes stated above.  By registering for this event\, you grant permission for Refresh Miami to use your photograph/video in this manner.  \n\n\nSaveSave \nSaveSave \nSaveSave
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SUMMARY:Refresh-ing Happy Hour at Bousa Brewing
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Refresh-ing Happy Hour at Bousa Brewing! \nMeet fellow South Florida entrepreneurs and techies. We’ll have fun ice breakers to help you connect with others in the tech community. Learn what other Refreshers are working on\, make great connections and potentially meet your next co-founder\, lead designer or programmer! \nGETTING THERE \nEntrance is on a one-way access road at right of Rail 71 building. Closest cross-streets are NE 71st St and NE 4th Ave.\n \nMap here: https://goo.gl/maps/LQqx8jx6nvo\n \nPARKING: \nRide-sharing highly encouraged.  \nLimited parking available in front of the brewery and on the backside of the building (on NE 4th Ave). Park smart! Please leave no valuables in your car and make sure you lock your vehicle.  \nPHOTO/VIDEO DISCLAIMER: \nRefresh Miami will be taking digital photography and/or videography throughout the event. The photographs and/or video may be used across our platforms\, including our website\, email newsletters\, social media channels\, Youtube channel\, media releases\, and marketing materials. Refresh Miami does not intend to use these photographs/videos in any manner other than for the purposes stated above.  By registering for this event\, you grant permission for Refresh Miami to use your photograph/video in this manner. 
URL:https://refreshmiami.com/event/refresh-ing-happy-hour-at-bousa-brewing/
LOCATION:Bousa Brewing\, 7235 NE 4th Avenue\, Miami\, FL\, 33138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meetup Event,Party or Social Gathering,Refresh Miami
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180130T173000
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SUMMARY:Fireside chat with Jason Calacanis
DESCRIPTION:  \n” template=”default” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] \n  \nJoin us for a conversation with Jason Calacanis\, serial technology entrepreneur\, author of Angel\, host of the popular podcast This Week in Startups\, and one of Silicon Valley’s most successful angel investors. \nAs a “scout” for top Silicon Valley venture capital firm Sequoia Capital and later as an angel investor\, Jason Calacanis has invested in 150+ early-stage startups including 6 “unicorns” (billion-dollar valuations). His book Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups: Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100\,000 into $100\,000\,000 was published by Harper Collins in July 2017 and has so far garnered 250+ five-star reviews on Amazon.com. Jason got his start in the 1990s as a reporter covering the budding internet industry in New York and then helped found Weblogs\, one of the early digital media companies\, which\, in 2005\, he sold to AOL for $30 million.  \nThis is a unique opportunity to hear Jason\, with his trademark blunt style and good humor\, provide a Silicon Valley insider’s look at angel investing\, launching and growing startups\, and thoughts on what’s happening in the tech industry. \n— \nJason will be interviewed by Melissa Krinzman. Melissa is the Managing Partner of Krillion Ventures\, a Miami-based venture capital fund that actively invests in early stage technology companies solving problems in healthcare\, real estate\, and financial services. Melissa has a 20-year history of launching\, growing and advising private companies and non-profit organizations. An expert in the field of entrepreneurship\, Melissa has worked with over 900 companies that have raised more than $1 billion in investment capital using business plans developed by Venture Architects\, the business planning firm she founded in New York City in 1998. Melissa began her career as part of the start-up teams for three prominent\, national nonprofit organizations and is a sought after speaker and advisor on the subjects of business planning and capital raising. \n— \nAGENDA: \n6:30 – 7:15pm – Networking\, drinks and light bites \n7:15 – 8:30pm – Fireside Chat and Q&A with the audience \n— \nSpecial thanks to the night’s Title Sponsor: \n \n— \nPhoto/Video Disclaimer: \nRefresh Miami will be taking digital photography and/or videography throughout the event. The photographs and/or video may be used across our platforms\, including our website\, email newsletters\, social media channels\, Youtube channel\, media releases\, and marketing materials. Refresh Miami does not intend to use these photographs/videos in any manner other than for the purposes stated above.  By registering for this event\, you grant permission for Refresh Miami to use your photograph/video in this manner. 
URL:https://refreshmiami.com/event/fireside-chat-with-jason-calacanis/
LOCATION:Miami Dade College Auditorium\, Wolfson Campus Building 1\, Room 1261\, 300 NE 2nd Ave.\, Miami\, FL\, 33132\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meetup Event,Refresh Miami,Seminar or Talk
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SUMMARY:Cocktails with HotelTonight Co-founder & CEO\, followed by Founders' Dinner
DESCRIPTION:For Refresh Supporting Members only (Gold\, Platinum or Corporate) – Enter your secret access code to unlock Supporting Member tickets.  \nInterested in becoming a Refresh Supporting Member? Click here to learn more! \n— \nJoin us for a private cocktail reception with HotelTonight CEO & Co-founder\, Sam Shank\, followed by a private founders’ dinner at Freehand’s 27 Restaurant. \nFounded in 2010\, HotelTonight is a mobile booking app that helps last minute travelers find discounted rates on hotel rooms. It has raised a total of $117 million to date\,  serves more than 25\,000 hotels in approximately 1\,700 cities\, and last year\, the company earned $300 million in gross booking volume. \n*Please note\, Sam can only join us for happy hour so be sure to arrive on time! \n\nHappy Hour: 5:00pm – 6:30pm\nDinner: 6:30pm – 8:30pm\n\nAbout Sam: \nA travel-obsessed serial entrepreneur\, Sam is CEO and co-founder of HotelTonight\, the world’s leading app for booking amazing last-minute hotel deals tonight\, tomorrow and next week. Sam previously founded and was CEO of DealBase.com\, a travel deals search engine\, and was CEO of TravelPost.com\, a hotel reviews site. SideStep acquired TravelPost.com and Sam served there as VP of business development until its acquisition by Kayak. Sam also worked in comparison shopping at Excite\, CNET and NexTag. Sam lives in the Bay Area with his wife and their two children. Not at all surprisingly\, he was an assistant to Wes Craven on the film Scream. He HotelTonights at the Ace New York.
URL:https://refreshmiami.com/event/cocktails-with-hoteltonight-co-founder-ceo-followed-by-founders-dinner/
LOCATION:Freehand Miami\, 2727 Indian Creek Drive\, Miami Beach\, FL\, 33140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Party or Social Gathering,Refresh Miami
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170812T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170812T140000
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SUMMARY:Intro to WordPress Workshop
DESCRIPTION:WordPress is behind more than 28% of the top million websites. If you are new to WordPress and want to learn the basics\, now’s a great time to do it! This workshop will explore the very basics of using WordPress as a user to get you jump started in setting up your own website\, writing your own blog\, or exploring what you can do with WordPress. \nTopics we plan on covering will include: \n– the fastest and best ways to install a WordPress site – setting up WordPress for what you need\, plus a general tour of the WordPress admin – creating content\, which includes pages and posts. Also\, how WordPress treats media – from uploaded photos to videos – a discussion about trusted sources of finding WordPress themes\, plugins\, widgets\, and more – sharing basic tips and knowledge about common WordPress problems\, security and troubleshooting \nThis workshop is definitely for WordPress beginners wanting to learn about the very basics before moving on to building their websites and blogs. This is a 101 course. We’ll provide a temporary site for you to explore WordPress on that day – you just need to bring your wifi-capable laptop. \nAdditional Information: \nTicket includes breakfast and lunch. Private parking lot available on site. Refunds must be requested 24 hours prior to event.  \n\n\nAbout the Instructor\n\n \nI’m David Bisset. I create robust\, meaningful sites—for everyone from small organizations and startups to Fortune 500 companies. \nI’ve been building unique WordPress themes and plugins since WordPress 1.5 (that’s 2005). I’ve been with BuddyPress since the beginning (version 0.1). I’ve been a full-time freelance developer for over a decade. \nI’ve had to wear a number of hats in the past… Application Developer\, Front End Developer\, Backend Programmer\, Database Administrator\, Project Manager in a wide variety of companies and startups. I have been working as a full-time freelancer and consultant for over a decade. Most of this time as been spent as a WordPress developer in the South Florida / Miami / Ft. Lauderdale area. \nI’m particularly interested and focused on startup projects and anything WordPress/BuddyPress related. Of course\, i’m always interested in building cutting edge interactive applications\, especially if they use WordPress. I love to push WordPress and BuddyPress to the limit. I prefer to code with CodeIgnitor for stand-alone PHP applications. \nI am also an amateur speaker\, speaking at several conferences\, WordCamps\, meetups\, BarCamps\, and Refresh Miami events. I don’t speak often\, but try to at least speak a few times a year. If you can stand the sound of my voice\, you can check out what podcasts i’ve been on recently. \nPrivileged to be a founding member of WordCamp Miami (an annual conference about WordPress that brings in over 750+ people each year) and have organized it from 2010 to 2015. \nPhoto/Video Disclaimer: \nRefresh Miami will be taking digital photography and/or videography throughout the event. The photographs and/or video may be used across our platforms\, including our website\, email newsletters\, social media channels\, Youtube channel\, media releases\, and marketing materials. Refresh Miami does not intend to use these photographs/videos in any manner other than for the purposes stated above.  By registering for this event\, you grant permission for Refresh Miami to use your photograph/video in this manner.  \nSaveSave \nSaveSave
URL:https://refreshmiami.com/event/intro-wordpress-workshop/
LOCATION:CIC Miami\, 1951 Northwest 7th Avenue\, Miami\, FL\, 33136\, United States
CATEGORIES:Class/Training/Workshop,Refresh Miami,Seminar or Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170802T183000
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SUMMARY:How Facebook and Google build great products
DESCRIPTION:What does it take to build great products?\nIn today’s competitive landscape\, great design\, rapid iteration\, a nice onboarding flow\, etc. are all considered basics. The challenge that we now face is much deeper\, and also more difficult to address. In this talk\, Ayush Agarwal\, Facebook’s current Head of Enterprise Products\, will take us through three important questions: \n\nWhat are the emotional needs of your customers? How can you meet them?\nWhich metrics should you ignore\, and which metrics should you watch like a hawk?\nHow do you build the right team?\n\nBonus: How to transition into product management \nAbout the Speaker: \nAyush Agarwal is a product executive\, advisor\, and angel investor. He has led major initiatives at world-class tech companies\, managed large teams\, and shipped many high impact technology products. \nCurrently\, as Head of Enterprise Products for Facebook\, Ayush is responsible for Facebook’s vision and execution in the enterprise space. Prior to joining Facebook\, he was Head of Products for Local Ads at Google\, a multi-billion dollar business built on monetizing Google Maps and Local Search. Before jumping into product management\, Ayush was a VC with Madrona Venture Group and a consultant with McKinsey. \nOutside of his day to day work routine\, Ayush serves on the Technology Advisor Board for Spencer Stuart\, is a Techstars mentor\, and an advisor to many startups. He is also an active angel investor with investments in more than 20 companies\, including Funders Club\, Caspar\, UpCounsel\, Virool\, and DilMil. He has guest lectured at Harvard Business School\, MIT\, Stanford\, and has also served as a judge at many pitch competitions. \nHe attended the Institute for General Management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business\, and studied Computer Science Engineering at the University of Michigan. Ayush grew up in India\, Nepal\, Singapore\, and the US\, and calls San Francisco home\, where he lives with his wife and son. \n\nPowered by Eventbrite\n\nPhoto/Video Disclaimer: \nRefresh Miami will be taking digital photography and/or videography throughout the event. The photographs and/or video may be used across our platforms\, including our website\, email newsletters\, social media channels\, Youtube channel\, media releases\, and marketing materials. Refresh Miami does not intend to use these photographs/videos in any manner other than for the purposes stated above.  By registering for this event\, you grant permission for Refresh Miami to use your photograph/video in this manner.  \n  \n\n\n 
URL:https://refreshmiami.com/event/facebook-google-build-great-products/
LOCATION:WeWork Brickell City Centre\, 78 SW 7th St\, Miami\, FL\, 33130\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meetup Event,Refresh Miami,Seminar or Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170719T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170719T210000
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SUMMARY:Refresh-ing Happy Hour
DESCRIPTION:” template=”/nas/content/live/refreshmiami/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/ngglegacy/view/gallery.php” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] \n  \nJoin us for a Refresh-ing Happy Hour! Meet fellow South Florida entrepreneurs and techies. We’ll have drink specials and fun ice breakers to help you connect with others in the tech community. Learn what fellow Refreshers are working on\, make great connections and potentially meet your next co-founder\, lead designer or programmer! \nNEW LOCATION: \nWith the sudden closing of Acme Lounge\, join us at our new\, hidden location inside the soon-to-open Ace Props!  \nPARKING: \nRide-sharing highly encouraged. Limited\, private parking available at venue. \nPark smart! Please leave no valuables in your car and make sure it is locked. 
URL:https://refreshmiami.com/event/refresh-ing-happy-hour-acme-lounge/
LOCATION:Ace Props\, 398 NE 78th St\, Miami\, FL\, 33138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Party or Social Gathering,Refresh Miami
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170525T203000
DTSTAMP:20170424T153120Z
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SUMMARY:Fireside Chat with Rent the Runway's Joshua Builder
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fireside chat with Rent the Runway’s Chief Technology Officer\, Joshua Builder! \nLaunched in 2009\, Rent the Runway is an online service that provides designer dress and accessory rentals. The company has received approximately $126 million in venture capital from Bain Capital Ventures\, Highland Capital\, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers\, Condé Nast’s parent company Advance Publications\, American Express\, and Novel TMT Ventures. As of October 2016\, Rent the Runway has over 6 million members\, 975 employees\, and over 400 designer partners. While initially a purely ecommerce company\, it now has brick-and-mortar retails locations in New York City\, Chicago\, Washington\, D.C.\, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.  \nAGENDA: \n6:30pm – 7:30pm – Networking\, food and drinks \n7:30pm – 8:30pm – Fireside Chat and Audience Q&A \n \nAbout The Speaker \nJosh Builder is the Chief Technology Officer at Rent the Runway\, a fashion company with a technology soul that is disrupting the way women get dressed. In his role he oversees all aspects of the company’s technology strategy\, including design\, product management\, engineering\, and retail systems\, translating business growth into workable technology solutions that scale both technically and operationally. \nPreviously\, Builder was the Chief Technology Officer at Soul Cycle\, a fitness company that is reinventing indoor cycling\, where he led a cross functional team and oversaw the company’s technology strategy. Prior to this role\, he was the Chief Technology Officer at The Orchard\, a pioneering music\, video and film distribution and technology company. He also ran the company’s top-ranked Multi Channel Network. \nAfter graduating with a BS in Information Systems & Economics from Carnegie Mellon\, Josh launched a music website\, Loose Records\, which covered live music in 6 cities\, and his own record label\, North Street Records. He now serves as an advisor and board member of startups and growth oriented companies across a variety of industries.   \nJosh lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter. \nSpecial Thanks to our Food and Drink Sponsor:
URL:https://refreshmiami.com/event/fireside-chat-rent-runways-joshua-builder/
LOCATION:Bar Works Miami\, 31 NW 23rd Street\, Wynwood\, FL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meetup Event,Refresh Miami,Seminar or Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170513T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170513T120000
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SUMMARY:Intro to Data Science Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an interactive workshop on Data Science!  \n\nGain an overall understanding of what data science is\, how the data science process works and its overall importance. In line with agile learning methods\, this hands-on workshop will have participants work in teams to solve real-life projects using data science framework and tools.  \n\nWho should come: \nThis workshop is designed for people interested in learning the fundamentals of data science and how best to take a data science initiative from a high-level perspective. \nGoal of the Workshop: \nParticipants will leave with an understanding of what data science is and its importance\, how the data science process works\, and practice applying this process to real life use cases. \nPrerequisites: \n\n\nLaptops suggested \nNo previous knowledge required \nNo coding experience required 
URL:https://refreshmiami.com/event/intro-data-science-workshop/
LOCATION:CIC Miami\, 1951 Northwest 7th Avenue\, Miami\, FL\, 33136\, United States
CATEGORIES:Class/Training/Workshop,Refresh Miami
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161029T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161029T120000
DTSTAMP:20161018T143555Z
CREATED:20161018T143555Z
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SUMMARY:'The Pitch' Workshop: How to Effectively Raise Capital from Angel Investors
DESCRIPTION:  \nRefresh Miami is joining forces with local angel group\, AGP\, to host ‘The Pitch’ Workshop: How to effectively raise capital from angel investors. \n\nThe Pitch workshop guides entrepreneurs through the fundraising process for early stage ventures. While raising capital may seem daunting and a big draw on an entrepreneur’s time\, for most startups it is a reality that is best confronted head on and armed with best practices. The most effective pitches come from entrepreneurs that understand what angel investors are looking for and are ready to weather the ups and downs of the fundraising process.\n\n\n\nThe worksop covers best practices around: \n\nThe fundraising landscape in South Florida\nFinding the right kind of capital\nPresenting your idea\nThe most common mistakes when pitching\n\n\nDate: Saturday\, October 29 \nTime: 9am – 12pm \nLocation: BUILDING.co\, 120 SW 8th Street\, Miami\, FL 33130 \nTickets: $40 (includes breakfast)
URL:https://refreshmiami.com/event/pitch-workshop-effectively-raise-capital-angel-investors/
LOCATION:Building.co\, 120 SW 8th Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33130\, United States
CATEGORIES:Class/Training/Workshop,Refresh Miami
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