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Partner Offers

When starting or growing a business, there’s no shortage of important decisions you need to make. We’re here to help with that. Our Preferred Partner Matrix is a highly-curated set of resources and offers provided by organizations we know and love, designed to help you navigate the startup journey. Whether you’re just getting started, hiring your first few employees, or scaling globally – there’s something here for you (and we’ll be adding something new each month!).

Partners

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.

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.

Startup Digest Fort Lauderdale-Broward County

Techstars Startup digest Fort Lauderdale/Broward County 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.

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.