WeXchange Brings Together Women Entrepreneurs from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. Miami, also known as the Gateway to the Americas, had several chances to shine in that role in 2013. One of the most recent was as host for WeXchange, a conference that drew women entrepreneurs from Latin America to South Florida to pitch to investors, […]
Article · December 27, 2013 by Michael D. Bolden
SIME MIA Interview Series: Javier Ogarrio from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. Javier Ogarrio, a co-founder of the Guatemala-based startup JoinUpz, recently attended the SIME MIA digital business conference in Miami. The convening, held during the week of Art Basel Miami Beach, assembled business leaders, entrepreneurs and technologists from around the globe in a creative collision […]
Article · December 26, 2013 by Michael D. Bolden
Lourdes Lopez coaching Miami City Ballet dancers in Apollo. Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. Photo © Daniel Azoulay. You expect to hear music wafting through the windows of Lourdes Lopez’s Miami Beach office. She moves across the space like the principal ballet dancer she once was: athletic, graceful, aware—and in charge. Lourdes […]
Article · December 17, 2013 by Michael D. Bolden
Start-Up City: Miami Pitch Session from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. LearnerNation, an online learning startup based in Miami, won the chance to pitch its business model next year to a large group of investors during a “pop-up pitch” session held Monday night at The Lightbox at Goldman Warehouse in Wynwood. The event, presented by The […]
Article · December 12, 2013 by Michael D. Bolden
Videolicious 2.0 Demo via YouTube Matt Singer is a typically busy startup company CEO. He’s also one of a growing number running for-profit businesses in which Knight Foundation has invested as a mission-driven venture capitalist. Singer is co-founder of Videolicious, an app that allows users to easily create high-definition video. For the last several months, he’s […]
Article · November 1, 2013 by Michael D. Bolden
Photo credit: Michael Bolden Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center glittered with bright lights, swag bags and red carpet Thursday night, but the hordes of people streaming through the doors were not there to ogle movie stars. They had turned out to listen to ideas from an array of experts, advocates and academics. The Fourth Annual TedXMiami […]
Article · October 25, 2013 by Michael D. Bolden
The Drone Journalism Lab demos at ONA 2013, from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. The energy of optimism crackled through the conference rooms at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis last week as members of the Online News Association gathered for the professional group’s annual conference. The conference, held Oct. 17-19, assembled plenty of talent and ideas from the leading edge of innovation […]
Article · October 23, 2013 by Michael D. Bolden
Above: Participants and advisers gather for the NewME Pop-Up Accelerator demo night at The LAB Miami. Photo credit: NewME. A Miami Beach company with deep roots in managing assisted living facilities won first prize in a pitch competition staged Sunday night at The Lab Miami in Wynwood by an accelerator trying to give startups a boost […]
Article · September 30, 2013 by Michael D. Bolden