Ars Technica

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Those buildings were constructed to withstand much stronger hurricane-force winds up to 67 meters per second, as one would get with a Category 4 hurricane. Engineers at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami think they've found the answer, according to a new paper published in the journal Frontiers in Built Environment. "We

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

Like the one we held last month in Miami, the event was a blast and featured a talk with two local VCs on which startups work in Detroit and how to raise money from local investors. Building tech for worker safety, Guardhat Technologies is a company that could only come from Detroit.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

Lakshmi Shenoy is CEO of Embarc Collective , a nonprofit innovation hub in Tampa that builds bold, scalable, thriving companies. Recent data from LinkedIn published in Axios put Tampa Bay, Jacksonville and the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metro areas among the top 10 U.S. Do you need to be local to a target customer base or community?

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

He is also the co-founder of Idea.me, Sauber Energy, and the LAB Miami. While they may attempt to connect local consumers to the world, they do not connect us with the local markets. So, what companies should we build? Juan Pablo Cappello is an investor in more than twenty early stage companies.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Miami-based cybersecurity startup Lumu today announced the closing of its $7.5 He founded his first cybersecurity company, Easy Solutions, in Miami in 2009, focused on preventing fraud. “At the end of the day, you have to build a business. million Series A. The round was co-led by SoftBank Group Corp.’s In the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2020

You’re probably investing in an email newsletter these days, whether you’re an international brand, a nonprofit or a local news publisher. Letterhead is actually a product spinout of a community publisher in Miami called WhereBy.Us that began life in 2014 by launching a local media site, The New Tropic. Today, WhereBy.Us

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Since the seed round, the company has been building out its advisor program, particularly in Florida, and developing its “know your customer” (KYC) process and remittance offering so it can onboard “larger Hispanic communities within the U.S.,” MAJORITY’s meetup location in Miami, Florida. Larsson said. Image Credits: MAJORITY.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

SmartRyde , a Japanese online pre-booked airport transfers service platform, is a marketplace that connects travelers to local transportation operators/online travel agencies (OTAs). Honolulu, Las Vegas, Miami) and Japan, Kimura said. SmartRyde announced today it has secured a $1.6 since December 2020, as per its statement.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2021

Essentially serving as a virtual general contractor, Homebound combines technology and a network for “vetted” and licensed building “experts” to manage the new home construction from the design phase to completion. The startup has developed tools to track and manage hundreds of unique tasks associated with building a home.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The first 200 lift zones have been selected and will include BUILD in Chicago, the Harvey Johnson Community Center at Union Baptist Church in Baltimore, the Olney Recreation Center in Philadelphia, the Catholic Youth Organization of Mercer County in Trenton, and the Sanneh Foundation Distance Learning Hub in St.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2013

That’s something we have heard more and more over the last year, as foundations and nonprofits look for ways to tap into the growing online giving market with these daylong campaigns raising funds for local causes. They can seem overwhelming—months of planning, untold hours of staff time, culminating in a 24-hour or longer sprint.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

At Candid, we partner with libraries and nonprofit resource centers across the country to provide nonprofit organizations and local communities with free access to Candid’s educational resources, trainings, and products. Candid community partners are strengthening the local nonprofit sector and helping their communities.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

It allows renters to find an apartment in more than 25 markets — including Austin, Houston, Phoenix, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, Miami, San Diego, Sacramento and Tampa — where they can Airbnb a spare room, or the whole apartment while they’re away. Image Credits: Airbnb.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2021

But today, a startup that’s cracked open that model with an autonomous, AI -based camera that lets any team record, edit and distribute their games, is announcing a round of funding to build out its business targeting the long tail of sporting teams and fixtures. operations, with an office in Miami.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

It is now seeking the best food items by local artisans in addition to Foxtrot’s core offerings of coffee, ready-to-eat cafe meals and wine. In 2023, Foxtrot will take that farther into new markets, like New York, Nashville and Miami, while also expanding its footprint across current cities. Foxtrot, in our minds, is rare,” he added.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

The startup currently offer users integration to local banking in the U.S. We want to empower investors throughout the Americas to build their financial future via a world-class investment and education platform….Financial states of Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, New York, Texas, Washington and Puerto Rico.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

Pivot Market (Miami, Florida) — Pivot Market is a B2B marketplace where consumer brands gain immediate distribution in physical stores. By combining genetic, clinical and behavioral data from patients, Nalagenetics builds localized risk-prediction models for minorities, starting with Asian populations.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Kristen Corpion is the founder of CORPlaw , a Miami-based law firm serving fast-growing technology companies and entrepreneurs as fractional general counsel. Kristen Corpion. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor. All my apes gone: Legal disputes at the intersection of IP and NFTs.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2021

Lacuna Technologies, a startup that helps cities create and enforce transportation policies by building and managing open-source digital tools, has raised $16 million in a Series A round, bringing the company’s total investment to $33.5 What are we going to do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Prize and match incentives can help build excitement and be used to encourage particular actions by donors. Before the actual Giving Day, social media can help build a steady stream of support, remind people of what’s coming and how it ties to your work. In the end, they raised over $15,000 from nearly 50 new donors.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The company, which operates solely in Brazil, was launched in 2010 by Miami-based serial entrepreneur Rodrigo Teijeiro, who is co-founder and CEO. . RecargaPay’s Series C was co-led by Miami-based Fuel Ventures and Madrid-based IDC Ventures, with additional participation from LUN Partners, Experian Ventures and ATW Partners.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 14, 2021

If someone could thread the needle of product development, strategy and political horse trading required to build a bank in a country where it is nearly impossible for foreigners to own or invest in a bank, it would be one of the great startup and economic success stories of this century. Our lead writer for this EC-1 is Marcella McCarthy.

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The Verge

AUGUST 17, 2021

Argo AI CEO Bryan Salesky on a new partnership with Lyft and setting realistic expectations for self-driving cars Today I’m talking to Bryan Salesky, the co-founder and CEO of Argo AI, a startup that’s trying to build the tech stack for self-driving cars. Whether it be in the core of Miami, Austin, DC.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

She is also the co-founder of Build In SE , a community of founders, funders and ecosystem partners committed to company building in the Southeast (#BuildInSE). The wave of venture capital interest in geographies other than Silicon Valley has been building momentum over the past 5+ years. and Canada. This will be step one.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2023

Interestingly, prior to joining Index, Fiorentino helped build and lead business strategy and finance at Stripe from 2015 to 2019. clients “have some sort of global operations.” “Now, if you use Brex, you can actually operate as if you were a local company with a local card.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

We are building the infrastructure, working with farmers, providing the ingredients and the tech layer for both the consumer app and the chef app,” he added. “We The new funding will now enable the company to accelerate its nationwide expansion with new kitchens in Atlanta and Miami by the end of the year. population.

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Allegiance Group

MARCH 24, 2025

Offering opportunities to collaborate with fundraisers from around the globe, youll find sessions dedicated to donor research, relationship building, volunteer engagement, leadership, ethics, and accountability all designed to help you elevate your impact. The event is perfect for local networking with AFP members and non-members.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The Corps Network National Conference is an annual gathering of national, state, and local leaders in the fields of workforce development, community service, and conservation. State/Local / #DCNP2019 / @DMANF. State/Local. State/Local / #NPSummit19 / @TogetherSC. State/Local. The Corps Network National Conference.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

Last month we were in Miami and soon we’re going to Pittsburgh. Today’s event features talks on how to get hired at a startup and a fireside chat with two local investors: Jonathon Triest from Ludlow Ventures , and Patti Glaza from Invest Detroit Ventures. Hardware is still hard in the Motor City.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

Given that travel was stalled during this time, Petrakis and Sprague used the downtime to test and build out this marketplace. Bach now is able to connect its users to more than 800 local vendors that are offering bookable experiences. The app launched in early 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Like many city dwellers, he found himself either carrying big, bulky products back to his apartment after making a run to a local store or feeling wasteful as he restocked smaller household items via online orders as things ran out. We’re building what we believe to be the future of last-mile logistics,” he says.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

Kindred is building a members-only network to allow people to essentially exchange homes. Today, it’s active in over 20 markets in North America, including New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, Seattle, Denver, Austin, Vancouver, and Mexico City.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The Miami Foundation offered the 305 prize for the donor who gave at 3:05 p.m., a hat tip to one of the local area codes. And the group got creative when it came to offers.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

We want to to build infrastructure products, foundational products because those have a higher level of quality and ultimately a lower price.” And to be clear, for now Remote has no plans to build a product that it would sell directly to individuals. ’ That’s been interesting,” van der Voort said.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2021

Miami won’t be the next Silicon Valley because we don’t need another one. Investors will be driving forces in enabling the highest-potential companies to build products that countries everywhere will benefit from — no matter where they were conceived. Rather than trying to play catchup, help build that ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

“We have no confirmed plans yet and securing permission to do so requires us to work with a range of local and federal authorities. According to Joby’s filing with the FAA last April, it expects to build up to four S4 prototypes, and fly up to 600 test flights, over the next two years. That said, this is all very exciting.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

The Bitcoin 2022 conference brought over 25,000 attendees to Miami last month to discuss the future of the world’s largest cryptocurrency. It is building infrastructure for the Bitcoin Lightning Network akin to Visa’s payments network, Lightning Labs CEO and co-founder Elizabeth Stark told TechCrunch. .

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