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Dear Hackers of Miami, entrepreneurs, and readers:

We have exciting news to share with you! Due to tremendous feedback and our team's belief in this community, we are taking the opportunity to expand upon this project. We have developed a platform to accelerate all current efforts available for the Miami entrepreneurial environment.

Our unique perspectives have allowed us to experience the amazing work accomplished by many community stakeholders. It has also revealed opportunities for us to supplement these efforts.

Some of these opportunities include:

Providing a roadmap, for current and new entrepreneurs, of all currently available resources

Curating and hosting events in an effort to elevate the business skills of all high impact entrepreneurs

Celebrating and showcasing past and present successes of Miami's entrepreneurs

Reinforcing a diverse and collaborative environment amongst Miami's entrepreneurs

While Miami has come a long way, we believe there is still a lot of work to be done to enable our community's entrepreneurs. To this end, we have created Luminary Central - a physical and digital platform that will connect high impact entrepreneurs and visionary investors with the resources necessary to benefit all parties.

We realize the positive impact our Hackers of Miami profiles are having on our followers, locally and globally, and we will ensure that this effort continues and increases on the Luminary Central website and our various social media accounts:

@LuminaryCentral

fb.com/LuminaryCentral

luminarycentral.com

We hope that you join us along this journey and welcome your support.

See you soon,

Romina, Christine, and Darryl | Luminary Founders

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We are trying to merge education, games, and an ancient mnemonic technique to create socially inviting, game-based learning that you can remember.

- -  Anabelle Paulino

Anabelle Paulino , manager of Mymemoree, established a goal to "come to your individual mind soon" using a platform that propels education by "gamifying" experiences. It motivates users while using memory techniques that naturally drive the human brain to remember and retain rather than merely memorize.

Anabelle has long been an advocate of changing and improving the way we learn. She wants to revolutionize education and the contribution of knowledge and has devoted countless hours of work and research towards this end, especially to identify the ways in which areas such as art history, memory techniques, gaming environments, online communities and education may combine to elevate the learning experience.

Mymemoree attempts to replace the weight of conventional learning by elevating it to an innovative, interactive, memorable experience. We are aiming to put the life back into learning.

- -  Anabelle

Her passion and entrepreneurial personality in this unique category has led her to discuss Mymemoree and the proposed learning technique in TedXMiami in October 2013. She has also participated as panelist at Codella, a Miami startup that aims to teach girls how to code.

We live in a world where kids are forced to go to school and forced to log out of their online videogames.

The platform, currently under advanced development, has gone through several iterations, fine tuning to the different ways people's memories work on different subjects. Mymemoree not only attempts to improve learning but also seeks to stimulate communities to contribute and share their knowledge through interaction.

Currently, Mymemoree's team is composed of Luis Cisneros, Jey Van Sharp, Winston Peters, Kwasi Gyasi and Anabelle. The product is in advanced stages of development and the team is now in the lookout for an IT partner that shares their beliefs.

Anabelle's words of wisdom:

Don't worry so much about getting the A in school. Worry about what you are learning.

When you have the opportunity- take calculated risks - no one ever got anywhere great by playing it safe.

If you don't like something change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it.

Anabelle Paulino  | Mymemoree

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I have the view that we're here on Earth to do big things. It's kind of a waste not to, right?

- -  Nico Berardi

Nico Berardi is the Managing Director of Accelerated Growth Partners (AGP), a network of angel investors looking to provide capital to disruptive tech entrepreneurs in the Miami area. Since its launch just a few months ago in July of 2014, AGP has facilitated investments of over $750,000 into five companies.

Nico came to the United States from Argentina a few years ago through his work with TECHO, a youth-led organization active in 21 countries that's looking to eradicate poverty through a community-led social intervention model.

I joined TECHO because I feel a responsibility to do something that matters, that's what drives me. I was always given a lot of opportunities and I think it's important to spread this sense of opportunity to those who may not have it. I feel that at the end of your journey, the world you leave behind should be a little bit better than you found it.

As Nico got ready to leave TECHO, the Knight Foundation approached him about launching and heading up a new network to link investors and companies in Miami's burgeoning tech scene, and Nico jumped at the opportunity to link up capital with entrepreneurs who need it.

We know that when you support disruptive, hard-working entrepreneurs with high morals, at the very least you'll create some jobs and raise some tax revenues; but at best, you can help solve some of the world's biggest problems.

Nico is a believer in the blood, sweat and tears model of success.

Effort is what matters most. If you were to model out success, the only variable that you have power to change is the amount of work you put in. Every other variable is not in your hands. The only thing you can do is work as hard as you can.

Nico's words of wisdom:

Stay informed. Read anything and everything you can get your hands on – news, blogs, academic papers, novels...Staying informed helps keep your mind sharp, and the more you know, the more avenues you have to make personal connections with people.

Be willing to put in the hard work. Find something worth working 80-100 hours a week for. Nothing great can be done working just 9-5.

Give before you get. The worst question you can ask when meeting someone is “what's in it for me?” The return on your investment in people can be amazing and completely exceed whatever you could have expected.

Nico Berardi  | Accelerated Growth Partners (AGP)

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One of our early customers used our iPad based timeclock to clock staff in and out for work. Some staff, when working offsite at a hotel, would give the hotel's front desk agent their iPad, $500, and a request to "punch them in" at 9am and then out at 6pm. In effect, this staff was getting paid to do nothing while never leaving the hotel.

I was asked "how can you solve this problem?," to which I replied "Facial Recognition?"

- -  Brian Brackeen

Brian Brackeen founded Kairos in 2012, here in Miami. It's evolved from their TimeClock service to providing an advanced facial recognition API for its users' apps and services. Kairos is now one of the largest facial recognition firms in the world processing over 700,000 faces per month. Brian is one of the pioneers of Miami's entrepreneurial scene, leading the way for other aspiring CEO's.

Brian's career history and successes have armed him with the tools and skills he needs to guide Kairos to levels once not thought possible. He started his journey working along a traditional path for Comcast, ADP, and eventually IBM's consulting arm.

Big, hairy, international problems were my specialty at IBM.

In 2009 Brian relocated to Miami and quickly received an unsolicited call from Apple, which wanted to utilize his international experience to help further grow the company globally - in anticipation of the iPad launches and retail growth. He subsequently left Apple to start Kairos after catching the startup bug in San Francisco.

Brian's uncanny ability to uncover opportunities led him to provide Kairos' services to various entities.

Retailers are interested in using our system to measure the balk rate - how many people waiting in line got fed up and left the store. A major cruise-line sorts countless pictures taken throughout a cruise and we match those pictures with passengers. The passenger can then purchase a package of all photos taken engaging in various activities around the ship.

When asked why he chose to base his company in Miami, Brian responded:

California has 18,000 startups and 8,200 angel investors. Florida has 2,400 startups and 7,800 angel investors. The numbers made sense. Also, Miami has very strong PHP developers, the skill set we primarily needed. Miami is a strong cultural and talent fit.

Miami has an expanding entrepreneurial community. Each member is very supportive of the other and want each other to succeed. This collaborative environment was another compelling attribute.

Brian's words of wisdom:

Start building your project right now. Don't Wait. There are many reasons not to quit your job... that said, quit your job.

Build it in Miami. Don't fall into the belief that Miami is not the place. You can build anything right here. You have everything you need right here.

Brian Brackeen  | Kairos

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“I've always been a person who liked to do something that makes a measurable difference and is of lasting importance. Anything that I'm doing that's not getting me that kind of high doesn't resonate with me.”

- -  Travis Montaque

“No matter what happens, every day is an 11,” says Travis Montaque of his experience launching Splyst (pronounced like 'spliced'), a socialesque platform that allows users to share and receive personalized, relevant information.

“Search did an excellent job in making information available – we now want to filter this information and deliver it to the people who are interested in it.” Users can tag content with emojis corresponding to different emotions, which helps the app learn how they feel and thus continue to personalize the process to them.

Travis believes in Miami and has rebuffed several proposals to move to the Valley.

“It's really hard for new ideas to form if everyone thinks there's a structured way of doing things. Miami has a lot of untapped potential both in the human capital and financing sides. We have so much room, opportunities and resources here.”

“I like to do things that make a measurable difference. Leaving a legacy, doing something that's bringing more good to everyone involved...Seeing other people excited about what we're doing – that is really exciting to me.”

- -  Travis Montaque

Travis' words of wisdom:

Spend time building the right team and mentors to help your idea grow.

Don't be scared to pitch – that's how you'll get your story right.

Travis Montaque  | Splyst

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As soon as somebody says 'there's a problem,' a little bell should go off in your head and say 'opportunity!' And that's what happened. We saw an opportunity in verification for accredited investors, and so we created Accredify.

- -  Adrian Alvarez

Herwig Konings, Adrian Alvarez, and Will Silverman founded Accredify, an investor verification service in March of 2014.

The team first met through The Launch Pad, the University of Miami's entrepreneurship office, which Will currently directs. Adrian first got involved with the office a few years while launching a tutoring company between college and grad school, while Herwig brought his ideas in as a freshman.

Consummate entrepreneurs, each saw opportunities in the changing crowdfunding and investor verification landscape around the same time. Eventually, they decided to combine efforts to create Accredify.

We're trying to make crowdfunding work, we ensure that investors don't have to jump through unnecessary hoops to invest.”

- -  Adrian Alvarez

By paying a yearly subscription fee, investors obtain an accreditation certificate that can be shared with all major crowdfunding portals through Accredify's API.

Through our service, investors don't have to share their sensitive financial information with each portal. It's efficient and investors can be sure their information is safe.

- -  Adrian Alvarez

“Collisions create great ideas. There's no way we would have come together if it wasn't for The Launch Pad,” the team affirms.

Herwig, Adrian, and Will's Words of Wisdom:

Miami has reached the “sweet spot” - the entrepreneurial ecosystem has reached critical mass and there's plenty of room to grow – take advantage of it.

Miami is not only “about” tourism, hospitality or real estate...Miami can be about anything you want to make it.

Herwig Konings, Adrian Alvarez, and Will Silverman  | Accredify

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"We need to work on Miami pride. There are all these successful and well known companies here that no one knows started in Miami, like Burger King. There are also successful startups like CareCloud and Open English. Only nobody knows they started or are headquartered here."

- -  Brian Breslin & Peter Martinez

Brian Breslin and Peter Martinez, both Miami natives, operate Refresh Miami, a platform that enables entrepreneurs and technologists to network, learn, receive mentorship and get exposure to a like-minded community of peers and investors.

Brian has always been a techie, experimenting with software and apps since highschool. After college, Brian returned to Miami as he felt it offered him more opportunity for impact than other cities. As a tech enthusiast, he preferred to talk tech wearing a T-shirt, jeans and flip flops. This was not traditional in Miami so he decided to form his own meetup group of technology enthusiasts to share ideas with. Refresh Miami started out with five people hanging out at a Starbucks and has now grown into a large and organized community. Brian is now one of the pioneers of the Miami tech scene.

Peter was born an entrepreneur. He experimented with various entrepreneurial activities and eventually created one of his first apps. "I spent 2 years building it, launched it and realized no one really wanted it. It was a great learning experience." He then created a photo and video sharing site with over 150,000 registered users and a few million visits a month. He caught the attention of big players, such as Microsoft and Nokia. "I signed an exclusivity deal thinking it was great. Didn't realize those phones weren't very popular. It wasn't necessarily a good deal but I learned from that as well." Peter has had succeses but also some failures; feats he feels are valuable in the life of an entrepreneur. Five years ago he joined Brian to help run Refresh Miami.

Refresh Miami, based at The LAB, is "a not for profit organization that encourages tech entrepreneurship by providing educational content in the form of monthly meetups, workshops, hackathons, demo days and other mechanisims that facilitate the community's existing needs." It encourages communication between investors, people trying to get into the tech scene and startups.

When speaking of current challenges, Brian says "I've never had a mentor" and now he wants to change that for future generations. They both also note that there's more work to be done on educating investors who haven't had the experience of investing in non-traditional companies where they may not understand the technology involved.

"Statistically, the number of exits are low. There are those who make it big, but nobody knows they're from Miami. We need to work on Miami pride."

Brian and Peter's Words of Wisdom:

Take more risks, be more outgoing and connect with the people who are doing things.

Network more with like-minded people and ask for support and knowledge.

Validate your ideas with your peers.

Brian Breslin and Peter Martinez | Refresh Miami

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Sweet potato in Spanish? Depends on where you're from: camote, batata, papa dulce...

"Years ago, I was responsible for new product development and research at a large publishing company throughout Latin America. We wanted to have one cookbook to sell in many countries, but it was never possible. Each country and even region had words unique to their area to describe the same item. This required us to create a localized cookbook for each market.

As technology evolved, I asked myself "why don't I create an application that allows people, from different cultures, to search for ingredients as they know them and obtain translations, definitions and pictures?" This would allow people from all over to search and use recipes from various regions with no language or interpretation barriers - a cross cultural cookbook. Additionally, the cookbook would also convert units of measurement between metric and and standard systems."

- -  Roberto Ruvalcaba

Roberto Ruvalcaba launched Kitchen Boy, an application for multilingual food enthusiasts, and its related platform Powered by Kitchen Boy, in 2013. Roberto is a Mexican native that has lived in New York and Miami with over 15 years in the traditional publishing business.

"I felt traditional publishing was declining and that prompted me to launch my business utilizing digital media focusing on the Spanish speaking market."

Roberto's view on the Miami entrepreneurial scene is increasingly positive.

"There is a lot of money in Miami and local investors are beginning to be exposed to non traditional investments. We only need a couple of really big stories from Miami, and I think that is going to happen soon."

Roberto's words of wisdom:

Always get a mentor.

Develop relationships in the investor community early.

Start your idea as soon as possible. Don't wait.

Roberto Ruvalcaba  | Kitchen Boy

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The whole concept of innovating in education, allowing people to change career paths very quickly, learn new skills that let them immediately monetize and contribute to the economy, and adding the skill sets that you need as a business person… we thought 'Hey this could be a cool combination.

- -  Johanna and Juha Mikkola

Juha and Johanna Mikkola launched Wyncode, Miami's first immersive coding bootcamp, at The Lab earlier this year. “Partners in all respects through and through,” the Mikkolas left a successful business and corporate career when they moved from Toronto to take part in Miami's entrepreneurial revolution.

Frequent visitors to Miami, the couple was hooked by Wynwood's positive energy. “We saw an opportunity to fill an educational gap,” so they quickly did their research and initial business plan for Wyncode. “Within three months, we had sold our house and car and headed to Miami.”

Wyncode's bootcamp lasts nine intensive weeks and teaches participants not only coding, but also crucial business management and soft skills that will help them as their careers evolve. Potential employers are involved throughout the process.

Wyncode graduated its first cohort in May of 2014, achieving a 93% placement rate for graduates, with some going to work with local companies and others starting their own. Crucially, Wyncode has been a driver for talent retention – all but one cohort member stayed in South Florida.

Juha and Johanna's Words of Wisdom:

Just do it. If you have conviction and have done your research, you just need to act on your ideas.

Opportunity costs only get bigger as you get older – don't wait to make something happen.

Juha and Johanna Mikkola  | Wyncode

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"We try to integrate technology with being a good Miamian. Code for Miami assembles volunteer developers, designers, and citizens for regular meetups. We work with counties and non profits to build amazing things.

One of our most recent projects was TextMyBusMIA. It's a text messaging wrapper that we've built around Miami Dade transit data. Folks that don’t have an Android or iPhone can actually text with a bus stop ID to receive information of when the next bus is coming.

We're trying to help build the Miami developer eco system while motivating each other to be good citizens."

- -  Ernie Hsiung

Ernie Hsiung and Rebekah Monson launched Code for Miami, a local civic hacking brigade affiliated with Code for America. Ernie is a San Francisco native and has worked in Silicon Valley for approximately 9 years at various firms including Yahoo! and Ning. He relocated to Miami approximately 3 years ago and has made great strides to helping advance Miami developers.

Ernie also runs a meetup group called the Front End Developers of Miami. It's a regular meetup group that discusses topics related to web development and front-end engineering.

When asked what makes Miami unique, Ernie replied:

"Miami has an entrepreneurial spirit unlike other cities I've worked in. It spans all social classes: the rich, the working class, and those scrapping it. Playing it safe is not normal here."

- -  Ernie

Ernie's Words of Wisdom:

Jump in and make mistakes

Don't make things ugly, make them fail. You can keep iterating until it works.

Learn how to code. You don’t need to be a programmer to know how to code.

Ernie Hsiung  | Code for Miami

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LG, Cartier, MasterCard, Riot Games, and Celebrity Cruises are some of our top tier clients - we never would have imagined we'd be working with these huge names and over 148,000 Users when we started in 2012.

VC’s congratulate how much we’ve done and then ask if we’d be willing to move to NY, SF, or Menlo Park. We would strongly prefer to stay in Miami. After all, the global e-learning market grows at almost 4X the US market and Miami is becoming an international hub.

- -  Michael McCord

Michael McCord, Michael Laas, and Bill McCord founded Learner Nation in 2012. The idea was born in 2011 when Michael McCord was preparing for exams in graduate school. He studied the traditional way, but had a difficult time remembering the subject matter. He then started to create multiple learning tools to supplement his own lessons in an effort to increase his retention of the material.

It wasn't just reading, or the lectures, it was everything together - both active and passive learning. That's how I remembered.

I started getting more and more interested in the ways people learn. I created a book series with Wolter-Kluwer specifically geared at Millennial learning styles and built some software to go along with it. I then realized that the software could be applied to learning in many other ways.

- -  Michael McCord

Learner Nation takes one concept at a time and teaches it in various ways (text, photos, audio, flash cards, multiple choice, related concepts, etc.). It allows the end user to choose how they want to learn a specific concept and gives them control over their own learning experience.

Our competitors have made online training something you pass then forget. You watch videos without interaction - it's unnatural.

Learning by using multiple modalities results in an increased retention rate. If you just see it or just hear it, retention of the material is typically only around 10-20% after 72 hours. If you see, hear, and experience it, retention increases by almost 600-650% according to studies cited by the US Dept of Labor.

- -  Michael McCord

Despite Learner Nation’s rapid growth and prestigious clients, VC’s from Silicon Valley and New York don’t yet view Miami as a technological startup hub. This is changing rapidly and Michael stands by his decision to grow in Miami - a city considered to be the bridge between the US, Latin America, and other countries.

Their persistence has paid off as LearnerNation was recently selected to be an Endeavor Entrepreneur. Endeavor is the only non-profit that supports high-impact entrepreneurs around the world. Their “mentor capitalist” model breaks down economic and cultural barriers to entrepreneurship through advising from its network of world-class business leaders.

Being accepted to Endeavor is just awesome - anyone who looks at Endeavor's track record knows what it means to the future of both LearnerNation and Miami's community.

- -  Michael McCord

Michael's words of wisdom:

Everything is marketing. If you have a good product, great, but it's useless if no one knows about it.

Michael McCord  | Learner Nation

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Our mission is to eliminate unemployment by modernizing what "employment" means and what the workforce will look like in the future.

We're not a generation of 9 to 5'ers. We're a generation of freelancers, consultants, entrepreneurs, and businesses of one.

On LiveNinja, you tell us what you're good at, the rate you want to charge, the hours you're available, and we use algorithms to connect you with potential clients from all over the world.

- -  Will Weinraub

Will Weinraub, Alfonso Martinez, and Emilio Cueto founded Live Ninja after their friends were laid off in 2008. For them, the government’s approach towards solving unemployment is ineffective and outdated. It does not account for the unique cultural factors inherent in the current generation of work force participants, such as new technology.

Some of my friends, who are incredibly brilliant people, couldn’t find traditional jobs. I've seen many instances where traditional employment previously failed them and now modern employment is allowing them to thrive.

Will started in tech at a very young age. He hasn’t stopped since then and is now a key player in the Miami tech and startup community.

I started my first business on the internet at age 13, making fan sites for people. That was my first taste of entrepreneurship and making money on the internet.

His team also offers a service for businesses, Katana, that reincorporates the human factor into buying, selling and customer service online.

Technology has taken us further and further away from human interaction. It's ironic that we're trying to bring the human element back with the use of technology

- - Carolina Leon, Director of Marketing

Will's words of wisdom:

Share your idea with as many people as possible. It may lead to an investor or to others that may want to join your cause.

Know that start ups are incredibly hard. Enjoy the burn. Think of it like when you work out and your muscles start to burn.It's a sign that you're doing something right. That progression is happening.

Embrace the competition. Celebrate competitors as it serves as validation that there is actually a market opportunity for your offering.

Will Weinraub  | Live Ninja

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There are amazing businesses in Miami that aren't getting the exposure they deserve. I had to move to San Francisco just so I could introduce my company to investors over there. They would never have known who I was otherwise.

Everyone asked the same question "Why are you in Miami since it's a place to have fun while this (San Francisco) is the place to create businesses?"

I explained that it was a strategic decision as Miami was the gateway to Latin America and there was significant opportunity for the service I am offering.

Fernando Cuscuela and Leandro Armas founded Everypost in 2012 while living in Argentina. Fernando is an entrepreneur from Argentina that has successfully started two other companies. His past successes with those firms and the skills he learned led him to create Everypost.

As a small business owner, he couldn't afford to pay for the social media publishing services that were currently available, especially in Latin America. Also seeing that the user experience with those services was overly complicated and time consuming, Fernando recognized the opportunity that was Everypost.

They were part of Venture Hive's inaugural accelerator class and chose to base their headquarters in Miami.

"If you want to do business in Latin America there is no better location than Miami.”

Everypost is an all-in-one social media publishing solution that allows you to customize content specifically for each platform in a very user-friendly way. Each social media product has its own lexicon which Everypost allows you to utilize effectively from one central location.

Everypost is planning to launch their newest version during Social Media Week in Miami on September 22, 2014.

Fernando's words of wisdom:

Start out as an entrepreneur as soon as possible.

Pick the right location for your startup. Be intentional about how your chosen location can benefit you and your company.

Try not to be too anxious and take the time to plan properly.

Fernando Cuscuela  | Everypost

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"I always felt that I never had anything to wear, yet my closet was always full. All of my friends felt this way too.

I started to look into it further and found out that about 80% of people's clothing were either donated or disposed of after one or two wears.

This is where the idea came from. I asked myself "what if I had the opportunity to exchange my clothes with not only my friends but also friends of friends?"

I'd have a backdoor to my friends' closets and they would have access to mine. A much more efficient way to consume fashion."

Paula Celestino and her partner Christopher Rivera founded Kloset Karma to allow young women to continuously update their wardrobe by trading articles of clothing with other women, thereby extending the life cycle of their purchase and minimizing expenses. 

What prompted you to pursue this venture?

I was inspired by Steve Wozniak to finally act. He didn’t start Apple for other people or to build the next multibillion dollar company. He just wanted a computer for himself and working on it made him happy. This statement made me realize that if I work on something I really enjoy, and I'm passionate about, it will always be worthwhile - no matter the outcome.

What’s your take on women starting tech projects?

Women have different needs from men, but without women founders these needs will never be met. Women founders can offer solutions for problems that only women have.

Paula's inspiring journey as a female entrepreneur in Miami should inspire other women to follow suit. Her words of wisdom:

Take your future into your own hands. Be a doer.

If you're passionate about an idea, and it makes you happy -  It will always be worthwhile.

Surround yourself with other young and creative entrepreneurs in the community, because entrepreneurship is contagious!

Paula Celestino | Kloset Karma

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Welcome to the Hackers of Miami!

Welcome to the Hackers of Miami!

In the coming weeks we'll showcase the incredible "Hackers" that are defining the future landscape of Miami, the United States, and the rest of the globe.Our Hackers are individuals that design, create, and implement innovative answers to unanswered questions.

We'll share insights, lessons, and stories from these amazing creators. Our goal is to provide the recognition they deserve and inspire all of our readers.

We are honored to represent the Miami edition of the Hackers Of community which spans the globe from London to Zambia.

Please like us on facebook, twitter, and follow us at www.hackersofmiami.com

Romina Monasterio and Darryl Doonie

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Hackers of Miami is coming in August!

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