Episodes

This week on The Miami Tech Pod the hosts chat with Matt Haggman of Beacon Council & Opportunity Miami Topics on Deck: - Matt’s early days at the Miami Herald & Knight Foundation - Building community in Miami for the past 10 years - Being an early adopter of #MiamiTech - Importance of Co-working spaces in budding ecosystems - The “New Miami” and no permission culture - What is Opportunity Miami? - And more! Follow the hosts: Brian Breslin @BrianBreslin Cesar Fernandez @CFernandezFL Maria Derchi ...

This week the hosts chat about recent headlines in Miami and #MIamitech Topics on Deck: - Insider trading rocks the crypto world - Time X City Of Miami NFT - Will Alexis Ohanian save the Choco Taco?? - Miami Proposes Plan for Homeless - Bezos doubles down on Miami - & more! Follow the Hosts: @BrianBreslin @CFernandezFL @MariaDerchi @WillWeinraub Follow the podcast on Twitter: @miamitechpod Thanks for listening! Please Like + Subscribe + Rate + Review!

On this episode the hosts chat with CEO of Trend.io and host of DTC Podcast, Ramon Berrios. Topics on deck: - Raising $3M to build creator marketplace - Building brands off of TikTok content - A16z sets up shop in Miami and more! Follow the Hosts: @BrianBreslin @CFernandezFL @MariaDerchi @WillWeinraub Follow the guest: @ramongberrios https://www.trend.io Thanks for listening! Please Like + Subscribe + Rate + Review!

In this episode, Maria, Cesar, and Brian catch up with Pixlee co-founder and CEO Kyle Wong to discuss: Future of influencer marketing and user generated content Building a company from a Stanford dorm room Kyle's foodie tour of Miami

On this episode the hosts chat with entrepreneur, investor and contrarian, Keith Rabois of Founders Fund. Topics on deck: - Insight into Keith as an operator in tech’s biggest companies - State of VC - Secret to Keith’s happiness: Miami Follow the Hosts: @BrianBreslin @CFernandezFL @MariaDerchi @WillWeinraub Follow the guest: @Rabois @foundersfund www.foundersfund.com Thanks for listening! Please Like + Subscribe + Rate + Review!

On this episode the hosts chat about what's been going on in the #MiamiTech ecosystem. Topics on deck: - Will shares insight about OnChain Studios raising a $23M Series A - Ken Griffin relocating Citadel to Miami - Will the Miami tech ecosystem be able to sustain the recent VC boom? - And more! Follow the Hosts: @BrianBreslin @CFernandezFL @MariaDerchi @WillWeinraub Thanks for listening! Please Like + Subscribe + Rate + Review!

On this episode the hosts chat with Jeanine Suah XIR at Brex & Investor at Rezilyent Capital Topics on deck: - Community and its role in business strategy - Empowering anyone to become an investor through @rezilyentcap - How to support underrepresented founders - What the Future of Work looks like Follow the Hosts: @BrianBreslin @CFernandezFL @MariaDerchi @WillWeinraub Follow the guest: @Jeaninesuah Learn more: Brex https://www.brex.com Rezilyent Capital: https://www.rezilyent.capital Thanks fo...

On this episode the hosts chat with Miami Hurricane Specialist at Fox Weather Brian Norcross. Topics on deck: - From college DJ at Florida State University to weatherman - 40 years in broadcasting - How hurricane Andrew changed his life and Miami forever - How companies can prep their staff to deal with a storm - Top tips to know for your first hurricane season Follow the Hosts: @BrianBreslin @CFernandezFL @MariaDerchi @WillWeinraub Follow the guest: @bryannorcrosstv @bnorcross Link to apply for...

On this episode the hosts chat with Geoffrey Woo of Archive.com, Anti Fund & H.V.M.N Topics on deck: - Early days going through @ycombinator - Selling his first company to @Groupon - Why he & @JakePaul launched @antifundvc - How he got into biohacking - Why he moved to Miami - And more! Follow the Hosts: @BrianBreslin @CFernandezFL @MariaDerchi @WillWeinraub Follow the guest: @geoffreywoo

In this episode Will, Brian and Maria Chat with Traci, Chris and David of SpotX Games Topics on Deck: - Niantic Acquisition - Shrimp Society - Creating user generated NFT's - Bringing the metaverse to IRL - And More! Follow the Hosts: @BrianBreslin @CFernandezFL @MariaDerchi @WillWeinraub Follow the guest: @spotxgames @chris_daniels27 @madebydayk8 @traciLev

In this episode Maria and Brian chat with Chris Adamo and Mike Simkins from E11EVEN Crypto about 11 Captain's Club NFT, what perks to expect, expansion of the E11EVEN brand and much more! For more info check out: Website: https://11captainsclub.io/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/11captainsclub Discord: https://discord.com/invite/11captains

In this episode Will and Jordan sit down for a live fireside chat at Emerge Americas during Miami Tech Week. Topics on deck: - Founding Doodles - building a community in Web3 - Going from an NFT PFP project to a full on brand - importance of IRL experiences - and more! 🌴🚀🌈 Links: https://twitter.com/poopie https://doodles.app/ https://emergeamericas.com/

In this episode, Maria, Cesar, Brian, Will recap Miami Tech Week and discuss: Best panels/speeches during Miami Tech Week Best Miami Tech Week parties Key takeaways from Miami Tech Week + hopes for next year In addition, the crew sat down with eMerge CEO Felice Gorordo and Blockchain.com CEO Peter Smith to discuss all things eMerge 2022 and Blockchain.com's bet on Miami as a hub for crypto companies.

In this episode, Cesar, Brian, Maria, & Michelle Bakels (co-organizer of React Miami and Program Director of Developer Health at G2i) discuss: Preview of React Miami Preventing burnout in engineering Hiring software developers in 2022

In this episode, Maria, Brian, & Will chat with Erik LaPaglia, Gianni Dalerta, & Ted Lucas about: - A full recap of @miaminftweek - the backstory story behind the conference and what’s they’re planned next - why #Miami is becoming one of the top cities in the world for #NFTs - & more!

In this episode, Maria, Will, Brian & Cesar are joined by Michelle Abbs, founder of Web3Equity, discuss: Tuttle Tribe NFTs Behind the scenes on launching an NFT project Inclusion in Web3 Links: https://tuttletribe.web3equity.io/ https://www.web3equity.io/

In this episode, Brian, Maria, and 8 Sleep co-founder & CMO Alexandra Zatarain discuss: Building a sleep fitness company in Miami Scaling a hardware company 8 sleep for babies?

In this episode, Maria, Brian, Cesar, & Erick discuss: Venture Miami's service to local startups and entrepreneurs MiamiCoin Should government invest directly in startups?

In this episode, Cesar, Brian, Will discuss: Demian's decades of building & investing in companies in Miami Ketamine Therapy & Nue Life's growth Origins of Miami Tech Life: from What's App to public benefit company

In this episode, Maria, Cesar, Will, Brian, and Jose discuss: Building online companies in Miami for the last 20 years. Healthcare.com's explosive growth, $180M round. Jose's M&A activity over the last two decades.

In this episode, Maria, Cesar, Brian, and Tyler discuss: Novo's business banking tools Raising $130M+ in VC funding Bringing the company back to Miami

In this episode, Maria & Cesar record live from Casa de Quicknode and the Softbank/Atomic house at Miami Hack Week! Topics include: Sneak peak into Quicknode's customers & traction Ana Paula Gonzalez from Softbank discusses doubling down on Miami Jeremy Wood, co-founder of OpenStore talks growth & hackers embark on the city to make magic!

In this episode, Maria, Brian, Cesar, & Will discuss: Favorite moments of the Miami Tech Pod in the last 50 episodes. What everyone is working on in 2022. More predictions for the year ahead.

In this episode, Maria, Cesar, Brian, and Ja'dan discuss: All things Miami Hack Week 2.0 Ja'dan hosting Miami Hack Week salsa night?! Miami's Q4 fundraising numbers