Episodes

Sept. 3, 2021

Episode 34 w/ Melissa Medina: Building eMerge America over the years,…

In this weeks episode, Melissa, Maria, Brian, and Cesar discuss: -Building eMerge America’s over the years -The Medina family: A family in business -Collabing with Pitbull - & more

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Aug. 28, 2021

Episode 33 with Francesca de Quesada Covey from Venture City: her bac…

In this episode, Cesi, Brian, Cesar, and Will discuss: - Cesi's background - Her experience in Crypto - What brought her back to Miami - NFTs - Brian's viral tweet - and more!! Helpful resources on NFTs: https://a16z.com/2021...

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Aug. 20, 2021

Ep 32 w/ Chris Adamo and Adam Garfield from Flamingo Capital: discuss…

In this episode of the Miami Tech Pod, Chris, Adam, Cesar, Brian, Maria and Will discuss: - Flamingo Capital: the new syndicate their running - Their first two investments - How to contact them for a potential investment

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Aug. 15, 2021

Episode 31 w/ Miles Varghese from Cargologik: bringing innovation in …

In this episode, Miles, Maria, Cesar, Brian and Will discuss: - Miles background and how he broke into the tech scene - Innovation around logistics and what brought him to start CargoLogik - Growing a team - Sales tips - …

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Aug. 8, 2021

Episode 30: Ja’dan Johnson joins the pod: Miami Hack Week, Softbank O…

On this episode of the pod, Ja’dan, Cesar, Maria and Brian discuss: Miami Hack Week Softbank Operator School Startups making moves (4Ocean + Traba) and more!

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Aug. 1, 2021

Ep 29 w/ Dave Fano @ Teal - Changing how people think about work, #Mi…

On this episode of The #MiamiTech Pod, Dave, Will, Maria, and Brian discuss: Dave's background and his journey into starting Teal More about the company and mission behind it His thoughts on #MiamiTech and more! Follow Dave o...

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July 25, 2021

Ep 28 w/ Michael and Mateo from Lula: about the company, their pivot,…

In this episode, Michael, Mateo, Maria, Cesar, Brian, and Will discuss: - The Lula story - Their pivot from a ridesharing app to an insurance platform - Raising money - Miami Hack Week - & more!

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July 19, 2021

Episode 27 with Henri Pierre-Jacques from Harlem Capital: His Mission…

In this episode of the #MiamiTech Pod Henri, Cesar, and Brian discuss: Henri's background His Mission The State of Venture Capital in America Why Henri moved to Miami and more! Follow Henri on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hpi...

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July 11, 2021

Episode 26 with Suraj Hemnani from Weather Creative: Animal Influence…

In this episode, Suraj, Cesar and Brian discuss: ⁃ How to land an influencer animal ⁃ How Mariaderchi influenced the start of a weather app empire ⁃ Building ones own freedom by being an entrepreneur ⁃ What the fu...

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July 3, 2021

Episode 25 with Alexandra Wilkis Wilson: her background, Clerisy, #Mi…

In this episode of The #MiamiTech Pod, Alexandra, Maria, Cesar & Will discuss: Alexandra's background Her time at Gilt, GLAMSQUAD, and other ventures More about her new venture capital firm Clerisy Why she chose to move to Mi...

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June 27, 2021

Episode 24 with Felipe and Andres from PADL: about this exciting #Mia…

In this episode Felipe, Andres, Cesar, and Maria discuss: - The tragedy in Surfside and what you can do to help - More about PADL - Challenges building a paddle board sharing network - PADL’s innovative data play instead of …

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June 20, 2021

Episode 23: Fundraising News, Events Recap, & more!

On this episode of the pod, Brian, Cesar, Maria and Will discuss: Fundraising news CORAL GABLES-BASED FINTECH PAYCARGO RAISES $125M SERIES B FROM INSIGHT PARTNERS Bank Novo $40.7M Series A (we use them) TO CONNECT SPORTS CARD...

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June 18, 2021

Episode 22.5: Live from CoMotion Miami, Cesar sits down with John Ros…

Live from CoMotion Miami, @CFernandezFL sits down with John Rossant of @CoMotionNEWS for a special edition of the Miami Tech Pod They talk about: -Innovation in urban mobility -Miami as an emerging mobility playground -Electr...

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June 13, 2021

Episode 22 w/ Jon Oringer - what brought Jon to Miami, more about the…

With special guest Jon Oringer from Pareto Holdings! In this episode, Jon, Maria, Cesar, Brian, and Will discuss: What brought Jon to Miami More about the Pareto Fellowship What Jon looks for in Entrepreneurs and more! Follow...

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May 30, 2021

Episode 21: Jalak Jobanputra from FPVC joins the pod to talk blockcha…

With special guest Jalak Jobanputra! In this episode, Jalak, Brian, Maria and Cesar discuss: - Jalak's background - More about Future Perfect Ventures - What brought Jalak to Miami - Her perspective blockchain/crypto and wher...

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May 23, 2021

Episode 20: Founders Fund's Delian Asparouhov joins the pod to share …

On this episode of the #MiamiTech Pod, Delian, Cesar, Maria, and Brian discuss: - Delian's background - What he's up to at Varda Space Industries - The famous tweet heard round the world - Thoughts on #MiamiTech - What he …

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May 16, 2021

Episode 19: Miami Real Estate craziness, Event Recap, Wyncubator and …

In this episode, Maria, Cesar, Brian and Will discuss: Miami real estate Craziness, Event recap from the past week The Wyncubator competition, and more!

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May 9, 2021

Episode 18: Event Recaps, More #MiamiTechWeek Stuff, Doge Coin/Croque…

On this episode of the pod, Cesar, Maria, Brian, and Will discuss: - A recap of recent events - More #MiamiTechWeek stuff - Doge goes nuts - and more!

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May 3, 2021

Episode 17: Jack Abraham from Atomic: what brought him to Miami, Open…

In this episode, Cesar, Maria, Will, Brian and Jack discuss: #MiamiTechWeek What brought Jack to Miami More on OpenStore More about Atomic and what they're working on Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/miamitechpod

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April 26, 2021

Episode 16: Michael Sayman joins the pod, Reef technology makes waves…

On this episode of the pod, Maria, Cesar, Brian and Michael discuss: Reef Technology wins support from local goverment Michael's story as a South Florida native that went on to work for some of the biggest companies in tech N...

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April 19, 2021

Episode 15: Miami opening back up, Papa raises fresh funding, Compani…

In this episode Maria, Cesar, and Will discuss: Miami opening back up post-pandemic Papa raising $60M in funding from Tiger Global Local Miami companies that are hiring and more!

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April 12, 2021

Episode 14: Francis Suarez joins the Pod, SoftBank Miami News, and Mo…

With special guest Mayor Francis Suarez! On this episode, Mayor Suarez, Maria, Cesar, Brian and Will discuss: What's next for Miami from the Mayor's perspective How do we involve more locals in the Miami Tech movement? What h...

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April 5, 2021

Episode 13: Building and Scaling Kiddie Kredit in Miami, Black Men Ta…

With special guest co-host Evan Leaphart from Kiddie Kredit! In this episode, Evan, Maria, Brian, and Cesar discuss: Evan's background and story The genesis of Kiddie Kredit Where the company is heading The Black Men Talk Tec...

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March 22, 2021

Episode 12: Autonomous vehicles, Broadband access for all, Maria's ne…

With special guest co-host, Alex Roy from Argo AI! In this episode, Alex, Cesar, Brian, Maria, and Will discuss: Alex's Cannonball records Argo AI and where he thinks the AV car marked is headed Miami Foundation's broadband i...

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