Miami

S. Florida private equity firms build businesses

Original post by INA PAIVA CORDLE via The MIAMI Herald Local private equity firms raise billions and funnel the money into investments in businesses with the goal of boosting revenues and profits. If you have a pension, you, too, may be an investor. Wise Co., a maker of freeze-dried and dehydrated food founded less than four […]

Techmeetups Miami presents: CrowdCamp

October is TechMeetups’ Global CrowdCamp month. Make sure you use the hashtags #TechMeetups and #TMUcrowd to make sure your message is heard! The Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act was signed into law on April 5, 2012. This bill makes it easier for startups and small businesses to raise funds, especially through online crowdfunding. TechMeetups […]

TechMeetups & EarlyShares team up to educate US startups about crowdfunding

EarlyShares.com, the Equity Based Crowdfunding Platform has Partnered with TechMeetups to stage evening-time events in New York, Dallas and Miami as part of the national roadshow aimed to educate and raise much needed awareness about the JOBS Act and the benefits of Equity Based Crowdfunding. In each of the three cities EarlyShares.com CEO Maurice Lopes […]

Social entrepreneurship advocate focuses on Miami

Original post by INA PAIVA CORDLE via The Miami Herald Lorena Garcia Duran is building a community of change makers in Miami Some people want to change their lives. Lorena Garcia Duran and Ashoka, the nonprofit organization whose Miami office she heads, want to change the world. Garcia Duran opened Ashoka’s Miami office in February, and we met […]

TechMeetups Miami organises Happy Networking hour at Toscana Divino

Are you a fan of delicious snacks? Or maybe you’re a  technology fan, and you are looking for people with similar interests? In both cases, you absolutely have to join us! Every Wednesday Toscana Divino is hosting italian-style social hours with Tuscan appetizers On August 29th, Miami TechMeetups will host Networking Happy Hour at Toscana […]