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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. You might assume the event took place in Sao Paolo or Mexico City, but no, it was in Miami, and will be again in 2014. The decision to host the conference in Miami is hardly unfounded.

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Entrepreneur Runs Coding Academy To Help Students Gain Real-world Software Development Skills

Hearpreneur

Marcelo Ricigliano is the co-founder of 4Geeks Academy , a Miami based coding academy with campuses in USA, Chile and Venezuela. 4Geeks Academy students gain real-world software development skills that traditional education left behind but are required to meet the demands of our digital economy. towards finding a new job in the field.

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Marc Roberts Miami’s #1 Sports Agent Turned Nightclub Owning Real Estate Developer

YoungUpstarts

The post Marc Roberts Miami’s #1 Sports Agent Turned Nightclub Owning Real Estate Developer appeared first on Young Upstarts. The significant accomplishments real estate tycoon Marc Roberts have made in his life have not been about money.

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The 4 Best Cities In America For Startups

YoungUpstarts

These cities won’t cost you an arm and a leg, but you’ll find that there is still plenty of opportunities in their local software development industry. If you’re looking for people to be a part of your team, Seattle software development community is a great place to start. For both lifestyle and business, Miami has a lot going for it.

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“It’s okay to take profits and not hodl forever.” Does this make Alex Taub a web3 contrarian or just reasonable?

Hunter Walker

Now that all three of those situations have changed, I figured it would be worthwhile to check in with him about living in Miami, going deep into web3 and his latest startup Upstream. We ended up developing Upstream from that. HW: Then you moved to Miami, where I hear you’re breeding horses, just virtual ones. AT: Love Miami.

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The Winners And Losers Of The SEO Game

YoungUpstarts

Someone slaps one together in a hurry, it’s almost never updated, and you can be sure that the developer never took the time to work on the SEO. Web Designers & Developers. Since they develop their sites from scratch they (almost) always have SEO in mind since they’re in there touching the code. Source: JurisPage ).

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Entrepreneur That Grew Up In A Household of Educators Creates Solution to Education Challenges

Hearpreneur

There’s many ways to learn but for most developers and coders it’s hard to learn any other way then by doing. Similar to entrepreneurship, the best way to learn to be a web developer is to actively work on projects. Ironhack is a school in Miami and Europe that teaches adults 21 st century digital skills.

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