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Startups Heat Up the Miami Scene

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Re: Startups Heat Up the Miami Scene

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"....Hispanic market" .... "....Advertising ...Branding.." "....Call center..." ".... Latin American market" "...The tenants look more like models" Seems to be the same Miami I remember. Latin American Peacock/Party central centered on appearances and flaunting with businesses and startups catering to that... Oh and don't even think about applying if you don't speak-a-spanish. A scene that will no doubt heat up but w…

Places like San Francisco and Palo Alto have their own little bubbles too.

There's no doubt about that. Namely because people are chasing dumb money which is flooding various markets around the world due to the respective central banks. No one has a vision anymore and consumers have been so twisted in and around themselves and social media its not likely they'd recognize it anyway. So, a correction occurs, and people re-center on what's of value after .. When that happens is anyone's guess. The central banks surely dont intend to stop anytime soon w/ the cheap credit and outright dumping of trillions into equity markets. So, for now we get ventures of excess in one's self a la : branding/advertising/social media/tinderfication etc.

Re: Startups Heat Up the Miami Scene

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"....Hispanic market" .... "....Advertising ...Branding.." "....Call center..." ".... Latin American market" "...The tenants look more like models" Seems to be the same Miami I remember. Latin American Peacock/Party central centered on appearances and flaunting with businesses and startups catering to that... Oh and don't even think about applying if you don't speak-a-spanish. A scene that will no doubt heat up but w…

Damn Miamians using their local resources to build businesses serving Latin America.

Re: Startups Heat Up the Miami Scene

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So I am gonna take a wild guess that this was paid for by the folks at pipeline (disclaimer, I'm friends with them, but didn't ask them). The author seems to have never left this one co-working space.

Exactly...this is what PG refers to in his essay "The Submarine".[1] That said, apparently this is what startups should be doing, paid for ads posing as articles behind some bigger theme. In this case a giant ad for Pipeline, highlighting two companies that pay Pipeline for shared work space, all hidden behind a fluff piece about Miami's booming startup scene. I personally know of one other startup in Miami in the sh…

@will_brown, i agree we need more local ambassadors who should be proudly proclaiming they are here (helps for recruiting). shoot me an email brian @ refreshmiami.com if you ever want to discuss miami tech scene.
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