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Startup Digest South Florida

Techstars Startup digest South Florida is the ultimate curated newsletter of the most dynamic local startup events, startups and people. Every other week, they feature key upcoming startup events, highlight an outstanding startup and profile a notable ecosystem achiever. If you want to keep your fingers on the pulse of our growing startup ecosystem, you want to join their mailing list. You can also submit your startup or your event inclusion consideration for upcoming releases.

FAU Tech Runway

FAU Tech Runway® is a South Florida public-private partnership that serves as a hub to accelerate technology development and incubate startup companies. Our 28,000-square-foot collaborative working space provides entrepreneurs with a complete ecosystem in which to office, train, mentor, fund, and scale their companies from ideation through to early revenue stage.

Startup Broward

Startup Broward is a county-wide organization dedicated to supporting and expanding the Broward Startup Ecosystem by coordinating efforts between both public and private sector organizations and local entrepreneurs as well as spurring local economic growth through innovation boosting initiatives.

Techstars Startup Weekend South Florida

Learn how to think, work and build like a startup. In 54 thrilling hours. Techstars Startup Weekend is an exciting and immersive foray into the world of startups. Over an action-packed three days, you’ll meet the very best mentors, investors, co-founders and sponsors to show you how to get more done faster -- and, maybe even start that business.

Startup Boost South Florida

Startup Boost South Florida is part of a global tech startup pre accelerator program aimed at working with great early stage entrepreneurs to prepare them for accelerator programs, seed investment and revenue through a six week part time program.

Endeavor Miami

Endeavor is a mission-driven, global organization leading the high-impact entrepreneurship movement. Endeavor was founded on the belief that job creation, innovation, and overall prosperity flourish where there is robust support for high-impact entrepreneurs. Launched in 1997, Endeavor has established a presence in nearly 40 markets across Latin America, Asia, Africa, Middle East, and underserved areas of Europe and the United States.

TrashBots

Trashbots is an affordable robotics kit created with the mission to make hands-on STEM education accessible to all. Founded in 2017 by teenage brothers Rohit and Sidharth Srinivasan, Trashbots is pushing the boundaries of robotics and coding by providing low-cost robotics and engineering kits for schools and families with an artistic twist and structured curriculum.

Black Pearl Global Investments

Black Pearl is a $25M healthcare venture firm.

ShipMonk

ShipMonk operates with one clear principle: leveraging technology to provide a one-stop-shop service for eCommerce companies. From inventory management to supply chain optimization, the end result of this tech revolution in order fulfillment is a cloud-controlled global supply chain for eCommerce businesses of all sizes. ShipMonk currently employs over 650 people between its Prague engineering office, Florida, California and Pennsylvania warehouses.

Venture Hive

Venture Hive is an entrepreneur education company.

Founder Institute

Since 2009, over 4,500 companies have used the Founder Institute to build global businesses, solve big problems, raise over $950M in funding, recruit a team, transition from employee to entrepreneur, and more.

Healthy Food And Beverage Group

The Healthy Food & Beverage Group offers private consulting for packaged food and beverage companies looking and launch and grow their business using a brand first approach to growth. We also offer training and education to help early stage food founders build a food brand that they, wholesale accounts and consumers feel great about.

Her Power Space

Woman Forward, Men Welcoming(tm) boutique coworking space and podcast studio

Slam Agency

SLAM! is a marketing agency that provides outsourced marketing and digital content teams for mission-first non-profits, purpose-driven businesses, and innovation ecosystems.

Xpress Yourself Communications

Offering presentation skills training, coaching, and speechwriting assistance for over 20 years

Morro Capital

Morro Capital specializes in cutting-edge priority fulfillment, e-commerce, and strategic planning to support businesses to achieve global expansion in various markets including apparel and fashion accessories.

Nasa Technology Transfer Program

NASA's Technology Transfer Program ensures that innovations developed for exploration and discovery are broadly available to the public, maximizing the benefit to the Nation. Whether you're looking to start a new company, enhance an existing product, or create a new product line, you can gain a competitive edge in the marketplace by putting NASA technology to work for you.

Plan Your Company

Our Approach is different. We deliver High-Level impactful workshops that leave you feeling empowered. We provide hands-on learning and development for your business.

Zero Empty Spaces

Zero Empty Spaces is a rapidly growing affordable artist studio/vacancy management company that creates affordable artist studios in vacant spaces around the country where artists can create and collaborate at an affordable price. The concept expands the appreciation of all genres of art and helps to create a thriving cultural community in the cities surrounding each location. Zero Empty Spaces is a division of The UniteUs Group.

UF- Computing and Society Engagement (CASE)

We provide training and education opportunities for multiple age groups to create an entrepreneurial ecosystem that can develop technological innovations with far-reaching social impact.

Thompson Hine

Startup and Venture Capital Law Firm

Visual Story Telling Institute

The Visual Storytelling Institute (VSI) is the primary think tank that brings the gospel of visual storytelling from the world of art into marketing. We help brands connect better with audiences through visual storytelling consulting, training, production, and thought leadership.

Next Corps

NextCorps is a nonprofit catalyst for entrepreneurship and innovation-based economic development. We apply business expertise and network connections to aid in the formation and profitable growth of companies in the Rochester area and the Finger Lakes Region of Upstate New York.

Flywheel Foundation

The Flywheel Foundation supports entrepreneurship through education, investment, research, and ecosystem development. We offer early and growth stage curriculum through www.flywheel.courses, run New Ventures Accelerator, invest in early stage companies, and run great programs like Startup Grind and Techstars Startup Weekend. We are expanding through our Flywheel Coworking innovation centers.

Marketplace Seller Courses

Marketplace Seller Courses exists to empower entrepreneurs with the strategies, tools and resources to launch, grow and protect their brands on Amazon.

Kuli Kuli Foods

Kuli Kuli was founded to nourish and uplift the health and wellbeing of women and the planet using naturally energizing, nutrient-rich, sustainable plants. Nourishing you, nourishing the world.

Techstars Startup Week Fort Lauderdale

Startup Week Fort Lauderdale is a five day, entrepreneur-led, community-run event held to showcase the local startup ecosystem through meetups, gatherings, lectures, discussions and other activities. Registered participants can attend free workshops, panels, talks, bootcamps, hackathons in the coolest co-working spaces in Fort Lauderdale.

Techstars Startup Weekend Fort Lauderdale

Startup Weekend Fort Lauderdale is a 54-hour event designed to provide superior experiential education for technical and non-technical entrepreneurs. Beginning with Friday night pitches and continuing through brainstorming, business plan development, and basic prototype creation, the event culminates in Sunday night demos and pitches to a panel of experts. Participants create working startups and are able to collaborate with like-minded individuals outside of their daily networks.

Global Entrepreneurship Week

Global Entrepreneurship Week began in 2008 with an emphasis on inspiring young people to make their mark and has quickly grown to become a comprehensive effort that engages entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, researchers, support organizations and others collaborating to advance economic growth and innovation in more than 170 countries around the world.

General Provision

Community | Craft | Commerce | Outfitting and inspiring creatives through a vehicle of co-working, productivity, and innovation.

Product Hunt South Florida

Product Hunt surfaces the best new products, every day. It's a place for product-loving enthusiasts to share and geek out about the latest mobile apps, websites, hardware projects, and tech creations. Product Hunt Pitch Night was designed with one idea in mind: Collaboration breeds innovation. We meet every other month to accomplish this goal. Join us as we feature some of the stars of the startup scene in South Florida.

Creation Station

Located at Main Library in downtown Fort Lauderdale, on the 7th floor, this coworking hub offers free work and meeting spaces, high-tech equipment, business resources and expert assistance for creating and growing your business. Use the first floor Lab to build prototypes and develop your online design needs.

Office Depot, Inc.

Office Depot, Inc. is an American office supply retailing company headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. The company has combined annual sales of approximately $11 billion, and employs about 38,000 associates with businesses in the United States.