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Legal Hackathon Miami: And the winners are...

I was not able to attend the presentations on Saturday night, but Kubs Lalchandani of Lalchandani Simon provided the details and photos.

This past weekend’s Legal Hackathon Miami kicked off Friday night at Pipeline Brickell. After some networking and then keynote speeches by Alex Donn from AT&T, Brian Breslin from Refresh Miami and Thomas Packert from Orthosensor, ideas for apps were presented and teams took shape. Teams worked for the next 22 hours on their ideas – some brought blankets and sleeping bags – and made their presentations Saturday evening to judges Ben Wirz from the Knight Foundation, Anton Diego from EveryMundo, Andrej Kostresevic from New Frontier Nomads and Kubs Lalchandani from Lalchandani Simon.

The grand prize was  $5,000 for Best Legal App provided by the Knight Foundation. “Knight Foundation believes in the power of technology and collaboration as an impetus for community building, which underlies the intent of Legal Hackathon Miami,” said Matt Haggman, Miami program director for Knight Foundation. “In the legal sector specifically, technology innovation can create an avenue for new efficiencies and improved services contributing to progress and supporting a stronger and healthier community.”

About 200 people, including about 30 attorneys, attended the hackathan and about 100 people took part on the teams, some of which included attorneys. Lalchandani, an attorney and the main organizer of the event,  said during the opening evening of Legal Hackathon Miami to expect more hackathons with themes spinning off industries strong in South Florida and ripe for technological innovation. One that may be coming soon, he said: a hackathon for the hospitality/tourism industry. Stay tuned!

And the Legal Hackathan Miami winners were:

Best Legal App - $5000 Knight Foundation Sponsored Prize

"Pocket Docket" - an application that allows attorneys to track their clients’ cases and communicate that status to their clients via text messages. The winners: Jaime Allauca Palacios, Javier Pablo Carabeo, Pedro Andres Carabeo-Nieva and Gustavo Adolfo Rearte.

1st Best General App - $500 in Gift Cards & 12 months Medium service from Github

"Odero" - an app that allows lawyers to quickly access a judges rules of procedure.

2nd Best General App - $300 in Gift Cards & 12 months Small service from Github

"Locus Lex" - an app that allows travelers in foreign countries to quickly find a lawyer based on key word searches.

3rd Best General App - $200 in Gift Cards & 12 months Micro service from Github

"Solve" - an app that allows clients to find and communicate with lawyers quickly and efficiently based on key word searches.

Best Idea - Sierra Wireless Unite Devices and 1 month service

"VisaValet" - an app that guides United States Visa applicants through the application process and then identifies a lawyer that can help them apply.

Best AT&T API App

"Locus Lex" - an app that allows travelers in foreign countries to quickly find a lawyer based on key word searches.

Winning team Pocket Docket and Legal Hackathon Miami judges. And above, the judges watch the presentations.

 

Miami startup Gozump gets national honor, needs your vote

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes program and Spike TV’s Hire A Vet campaign today named Miami technology company Gozump one of eight finalists in the Small Business Tournament of Veteran Champions. The public now has the chance to vote to help identify the most veteran-friendly small business in America. The winning business will receive a custom spot produced by and aired on Spike TV and will attend the Spike TV Guys’ Choice Awards airing June 12 where the winner will be recognized.

A combination of public voting and a panel of judges will narrow it down to four semifinalists and the same format will be used to select a winner. Voting for the Final Four continues through May 16, 2013, and for the champion through May 30, 2013. The public can cast their votes at VetChampsTourney.com.

Hiring Our Heroes launched in March 2011 as a nationwide initiative to help veterans and military spouses find meaningful employment. Gozump, led by a group of Marines, developed a real estate offer engine that helps military families find, finance, offer, insure and close on their new home through one streamlined application.

 

Shameless Self Promotion theme of upcoming women's conference

Hundreds of business women are expected to gather on May 21-22 for The Women’s Success Summit VII, a two-day business conference for entrepreneurial women.

The topic is Shameless Self Promotion as a key skill to market your business. Workshops include discussions on how to get media attention and word of mouth referrals as well as how to command higher prices and how to undertake a self-promotion campaign online. There also will be opportunity for one-on-one coaching.

Summit founder Michelle Villalobos, who was also a Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge winner this week,  said a lineup of speakers will share real strategies and real tactics for both the positive and the negative sides of promoting yourself. “The goal is to get noticed by the right people, for the right reasons.”     

The conference will take place at The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse, next to The Lab Miami, 404 NW 26th St., Miami. Early bird tickets start at $127. For more information visit www.womenssuccesssummit.com.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/12/3394148/self-promotion-theme-of-womens.html#storylink=cpy

Meet Miami's newest investor groups

Miami Finance Forum panel: Matt Haggman, Melissa Krinzman, Ben Wirz, Peter Kellner, Marco Giberti, Adam Smith.

A year ago, when the Knight Foundation sponsored a Miami Finance Forum discussion about building a startup ecosystem, it was as a test case to gauge interest locally, said its Miami program director, Matt Haggman.

Now with a host of co-working spaces and accelerators for entrepreneurs, Endeavor for high-impact entrepreneurs and the eMerge conference on the way, and recent news such as Open English’s Series D raise of $65 million, what a difference a year makes.

As we know, Knight has been sponsoring and funding many of these initiatives, and on Tuesday the foundation was back sponsoring another Miami Finance Forum event about the startup community, this one focused on investor groups.

The panel for “The CEO Power Breakfast: Meet Miami’s Newest Investor Groups” included Melissa Krinzman, managing director of Venture Architects, Ben Wirz, director of business consulting, Knight Enterprise Fund, Adam Smith, partner of Medina Capital Group, Peter Kellner, co-founder of Endeavor, Marco Giberti, angel investor with Accelerated Growth Partners, and Haggman.

There’s been a shift in the conversation of late, much less talk about what Miami lacks and more about what we have. This event was no exception.

Here’s a bit on what we do have, according to the panelists:

The new Venture Architects Investor Network -– Krinzman’s venture --is a private network where investors will be matched with entrepreneurs who fit their investment profile. The deals that come through the network have been vetted; the network draws on Venture Architects' strong New York-Miami ties, "but we want to grow the Miami piece," Krinzman said. Just since launching in January, there are already 20 angel investors and five funds in the network, she said.

Accelerated Growth Partners, a relatively new local angel group, in less than a year has invested $2 million plus ($25K to $250K or sometimes more) in early-stage companies, some locally and many from Latin America, as well as other U.S. and European companies that are open to moving offices here.  “Our position is to find the best angel investors and find the best talent here or bring that talent here,” said Giberti.

Medina Capital, founded by Manny Medina, invests in later-stage early-stage companies in spaces like cyber security, big data, cloud and storage, Smith said. “We have made a couple of investments so far and we have a couple in our pipeline. What we try to do to fill this gap (between angels and large funds) for folks that need to go to the next level … That also led to eMerge Americas (the tech conference planned for next May). ...  We are a natural gateway to Latin America and we should use that to our advantage,” he said

Endeavor: The global nonprofit for high impact entrepreneurship, now in 15 countries,  chose Miami for its first U.S. office, which is under development. “We look for entrepreneurs across all industries that will have a very significant impact. … We are a signaling organization so when we get set up here, we believe entrepreneurs will start coming out of the woodwork,” said Kellner. (See "the Endeavor Effect: on Endeavor.org here.)

Knight Enterprise Fund: Launched a year ago, the $10 million fund has made 12 or 13 seed and Series A investments to date, said Wirz. “We are looking at companies that reduce the distance between people and information.” He said Knight Enterprise Fund has invested in one local company,  Gui.de, Freddie Laker's venture that turns blogs and online news into TV, making information more fun and interesting to consume,  and he said the fund is  looking at a second company.

Opportunities for growth come with exposure. “One of the challenges is communicating the experience of the money here. We have a lot of talent here and we are going to have to shout about what that talent brings beyond the dollars,” said Krinzman. On all the family offices here, Giberti said family offices often don’t have experience in investing in tech “but when they try it, they do like it. I think family offices can play a vital role in this early-stage community… it will be interesting to syndicate more and better capital for startups.” Kellner added:  “I see a flow that is not one way, I see an opportunity to bring companies from Europe and elsewhere to Miami. I have two companies interested, one in Swtizerland and one in the Netherlands, and I also think there is an opportunity to bring some of Silicon Valley’s brightest here.”

Audience members, largely executives and professionals, lawyers and others, also included some startups.  “The panel was world-class and the discussion helped us all get a better grasp on the increasing availability of venture capital in the South Florida region," said Nestor Villalobos, founder of Arctico and a Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge finalist this week (at left). He believes South Florida is quickly emerging as "the place to be for startups across the country looking to start or grow their businesses.”

Glen Surnamer, COO of Bookigee, (pictured at right) said he too thought the area is hitting an inflexion point. “I think the Miami early stage scene is becoming more comfortable being Miami, rather than trying to be the Bay, NY, Boston, Austin, etc.  This is important because each of those scenes emerged organically out of very specific sociological, demographic and economic circumstances,” Surnamer said. “The point here is that Miami entrepreneur culture has to organically germinate out of the seeds that underpin us. This is clearly starting to happen.”

 

2 South Florida women-owned businesses ranked

Five Florida-based women-owned businesses -- two from South Florida -- made the top 50 fastest-growing women-owned/led companies in 2013.  The national list is co-sponsored by the Women Presidents’ Organization, a national nonprofit with 110 chapters located internationally, and American Express OPEN, the small business division of American Express. 

* Boca Raton-based True Green Enterprises, Inc., a treeless paper company owned by Terry Lehmann is #20. Terry saw her 6-year old local company gross revenue grow from $1,073,000 to $7,831,000 in just two years.

* Casselberry-based Avant Healthcare Professionals, a global provider of international healthcare professionals is owned by Shari Sandifer and ranked #24. Shari saw her 10-year old local company gross revenue grow from $13,237,514 to $21,509,836 in just two years.  In addition, Shari hired 99 additional employees during that time. 

* Fort Myers-based Florida's Finest Industries, Inc., a general contracting firm owned by Annalisa Xioutas is #33. Annalisa saw her 14-year old local company gross revenue grow from $2,206,315 to $5,199,408 in just two years. Annalisa hired 11 additional employees during that time. 

* Cape Canaveral-based Craig Technologies, a mission-critical systems company owned by Carol Craig is #37. Craig saw her company gross revenue grow from $20,000,000 to $32,500,000 in just two years. Carol hired 104 additional employees during that time. 

* Boca Raton-based Exam Coordinators Network, a medical evaluation services company owned by Barbara Levine is #38. Barbara saw her 14-year old local company gross revenue grow from $6,700,000 to $12,800,000 in just two years. Barbara hired 52 additional employees during that time. 
 
Each business was ranked according to a sales growth formula that combines percentage and absolute growth. The Top 50 generated a combined $3.2 billion in 2012 revenues and collectively employed 24,000 people in 2012. 

'Miami Nice' is our special sauce

 

By Brian Brackeen

I am the CEO of Kairos, a tech startup focused on facial recognition in the workforce management and retail spaces.  We moved from San Francisco to Miami last year and it's been nothing less than a stellar experience and a blessing. 

There are a number of reasons that we came to Miami, reasons like weather, a budding tech scene, weather, a growing urban core, the Über hipness of Wynwood, great incubators popping up like The LAB Miami, and did I mention weather? 

But what keeps us here, and what binds us to this amazing city, is relationships. In Miami we are good at relationships, it's our special sauce. Maybe it's the friendliness of our Latin inspired culture, our multiple shared languages, or maybe it's just that weather I spoke of, that makes us just darn happy people. The relationships that Kairos has built in Miami have had a huge impact on our growth and success. 

I'd like to share our still growing success story and encourage others to exploit an amazing natural resource I like to call:  "Miami Nice". 

In August of last year we had just finished the Google sponsored NewMe Accelerator and then returned to Miami.  Fresh off the plane last year from San Francisco, I attended a evening event at the Launch Pad on lean methodologies. It was hosted by Andrej Kostresevic. I enjoyed the free pizza and drinks, sat in the back fully intent on simply watching and learning the scene, yet "Miami Nice" would not allow just that. I met Wifredo Fernandez eating a slice of cheese pizza (folded correctly as any good Philadelphia inspired individual would) and he immediately asked me how I was, what brings me here, that he had lived in my hometown of Philadelphia and that he was happy for us to have completed the NewMe program. He then promptly introduced us to Matt Haggman of Knight Foundation. 

Matt and I had a couple of breakfasts at the amazing Deli Lane in Brickell, and he also was VERY warm and welcoming. He told me all about the budding scene and how Knight it trying to empower and educate our community through entrepreneurship. It was a positive and heartening message. The Philadelphian in me was waiting for the catch, but again the "Miami Nice" struck me. (A reoccurring theme) I told him we were looking to raise a seed round, and he immediately gave me a introduction to a couple of local angel investors including Juan Pablo Cappello and Marco Giberti 

Juan Pablo, Marco and five other investors invested into Kairos's Seed round. Giving us the financing and the chance we needed to close some big deals (JC Penney, etc) and finish some key technology. Beyond money, they have also been great friends. Inviting me to their homes for BBQ's, inviting me to startup events, and even submitting my name to speak at a event on "How I financed my startup" put on by Hispanic Unity of Florida. Their "Miami Nice" is the reason Kairos still exists. 

At the Hispanic Unity event, I met Yvonne Lopez. Her "Miami Nice" was on overdrive. :) She leads community outreach efforts for the City of Coconut Creek and as soon as she saw our technology she thought "That would work great for our city."  She setup a meeting with their IT Director who I met with just yesterday. Coconut Creek is now planning on deploying our facial recognition timeclocks across the city for their 300 employees, including the Police Department. It's a key government customer that will enable us to land more government business. They loved the product so much they even offered to show it off to other potential customers and investors. They plan to install it in their sparkling new building on their government campus. Kairos now has 124 customers in our pipeline, and Coconut Creek will be our first government customer. 

"Miami Nice" is not just kindness, it's really trying to help those you meet. We are giving back by mentoring at places like Incubate Miami and taking five interns from Posse Miami (also funded by the Knight Foundation).  "Miami Nice" is a real asset for Miami, I believe it's our special sauce and why we have such a vibrant and growing tech community. I can tell you, tech events in Miami are much larger than any in Philadelphia or even San Francisco, people are friendlier, and more willing to help. "Miami Nice" is going to be what launches Miami to the next level. I'm proud to lead a Miami-based tech company, and I aspire everyday to be as "Miami Nice" to others as they have been to me and to Kairos. 

Brian Brackeen is the CEO of Kairos, a facial recognition and identity focused B2B. He worked at Apple, IBM, and Comcast before getting bit by the startup bug. He lives and breathes Miami and all of its quirks. His email is brian@kairos.io

 

Outdated technology holds companies back from greater competitiveness

By Joe Levy 

Humans are creatures of habit. And since companies are made up of people, it’s common for companies to get caught in a rut when things seem to go right.  

Yet, nothing lasts forever without some sort of change. Companies that do not keep up with technology, for instance, are sure to fall behind. Many skeptics will agree that if current tools “get the job done,” there’s no need for alternatives.  

Innovators and market leaders will argue otherwise. They’ll tout their business models succeed because they actively research and acquire new technologies to improve efficiency, promote creativity, and grow their businesses.  

Competitive intelligence (CI) technology, in particular, is a new tool the business community is buzzing about. Forward-thinking companies are beginning to use it to cope with today’s information overload, while turning data already available online into profitable ideas and strategies that make sense.  

Using outdated technology holds companies back from knowing what’s really going around them. Keeping up with competitor activity, market trends, and consumer behavior - all of which are important to stay competitive for the long haul- remain unstructured and rarely justify major decisions.  

Below are a few reasons why CI technology can become the upgrade many companies need to stay relevant:    

Expand Online Research to Foster Competitiveness  

A 2012 Frost & Sullivan survey reported that 51 percent of CI functions already use automated data collection technology. Although a little over half use a tool for data collection, a large portion is still left collecting data manually. CI teams aren't the only ones that benefit from using CI technology for data collection. Other knowledge workers are using CI technology to track and gather large amounts of online information from databases, blogs, industry reports, and even social networks to form strategy and make day-to-day decisions.  

Spend More Time Analyzing, Not Collecting Data 

It takes lots of time to find valuable pieces of compelling data. The hunt requires many steps and consistent effort. Most knowledge workers already know what to research: information on markets, competitors, and consumer attitudes. Yet,  many find themselves spending more time collecting it instead of analyzing it. CI technology, like clearCi, allows knowledge workers to organize and capture information from many data sources without having to spend time searching numerous websites and databases to get it.  

Obtain More Relevant Data Online 

Many analysts agree that it’s the quality, not quantity of information that matters. But the amount of data created everyday is taking a toll on companies, causing incomplete analyses, inaccurate assumptions and poor decision making. CI technology alleviates these symptoms by automating data searches with selective keywords based on topics, competitors, products, or other important cues to get the necessary information in any language. The technology then gathers and organizes the information for greater visibility.  

Be Alerted on Critical Data Changes 

In today's tech-driven environment, paying close attention to competitors and other key players is crucial. The objectives should be to find new advances, experiment with trendy technologies, understand consumer behaviors, and exploit market opportunities as soon as possible. CI technology can alert knowledge workers when content on webpages has been modified or removed, keeping them informed about product launches, price changes, marketing campaigns, and tactical efforts that could lead to stark changes in market share. By doing so, key players are able to send early warning signals inside the company when potential threats arise.  

With all of these new capabilities offered by CI technology, the status quo to market research and competitive analysis just seems archaic. 

There are many ways to implement data management and competitive intelligence software to a company's department functions. To learn how to gain a competitive advantage using business intelligence and competitor monitoring software in your department, download one of clearCi’s helpful competitive guides.

Joe Levy is the founder and CEO of clearCi, a Fort Lauderdale-based tech startup that empowers knowledge workers to compete effectively in today's digital era.  He is also co-chair of SCIP's first South Florida chapter. For more ideas and tips to improve your competitive potential with technology, visit clearCi's blog at ideastocompete.com.

ProjectLift announces first accelerator class

ProjectLift MIAMI 2013, South Florida’s first seed accelerator focused exclusively on the intersection of healthcare and technology, has announced its inaugural class of businesses to be funded and supported in the Miami Innovation Center at the University of Miami Life Science & Technology Park (UMLSTP). Five business startups, from as far away as Spain, have been selected for their innovative focus in the healthcare and technology spaces, said the accelerator co-founders David McDonald and Robert Chavez. The ProjectLift MIAMI 2013 class is:

iXploreMyHealth.com -- ixploremyhealth is a spinoff of Sciencetools.net, an established and well respected company in Spain providing continuing medical education for physicians and nurses, seeking to expand its global reach into the United States and Latin America. iXplore delivers quality educational content to physician and consumer audiences. All content is prepared by healthcare professionals and presented through video and 3D animations.

WeRx.org -- WeRx was founded in North Carolina by a team of physician brothers who helplessly lost a patient due to his perceived inability to afford medication which could have saved his life. The result is a web & mobile app that compares local pharmacy prices, provides instant savings making medications affordable.

Alert.MD -- Founded in Palm Beach County, Alert.MD is a patient identifying platform designed to securely access health records from a patient’s locked mobile device in an emergency.

HubSpring.com -- HubSpring.com was born out of necessity by a team of resident physicians at the University of Miami needing fast access to lifesaving information. The resulting tool provides a novel way to manage, distribute, and provide access to important content and information in myriad healthcare settings.

SpeechMed.com -- SpeechMed is a device manufacturer and content delivery platform designed to facilitate better healthcare outcomes. The Miami company features a tablet device to facilitate delivery of patient facing information through a wireless network — delivering health care information in a seamless platform linking patients, doctors, hospitals, and care facilities.

 The 2013 class, which will begin in Mid-May, will cover a 12-week program where each business will be provided strategic guidance, mentoring and warm introductions to the healthcare space.

Business Plan Challenge winners announced

We are pleased to introduce you to the winners of the 15th Annual Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge.

Several of today’s winners — and many of the finalists and contestants — were grounded in social entrepreneurship. Two other themes running through many of these entries: helping the self -employed and healthy living.

So today’s emerging companies will help us stay healthy, make us money and do well by doing good.     

This year, among the 238 entries received, there were also food products, pet products, healthcare concepts, real estate ventures, restaurants, green products, sports-related ideas, crowdfunding sites and plenty of apps. The plans in our Challenge, sponsored by Florida International University’s Eugenio Pino and Family Global Entrepreneurship Center, were judged by experts from our community — successful entrepreneurs, investors, consultants, academics (see bios on MiamiHerald.com/challenge) — as well as by the public via our popular People’s Pick video competition (see videos on MiamiHerald.com /challenge).

Make Them BEG (pictured at right), a company offering an online training program in personal branding, won the Community Track, and EyeTalk, a company that developed a pair of glasses that will read for the visually impaired, led the FIU Track in the judges’ voting. Rounding out the list of the top judged winners in those two tracks: AdMobilize, U.S. Radiology, spendLO and 5K PARK Fest.

EyeTalk, from a team of FIU students who turned a college project into a social entrepreneurial venture, was also named the overall Challenge Champion, based on both the judges’ voting and the People’s Pick.

"If you subscribe — as I do — to the thought process that there are two types of entrepreneurs, the innovative and the replicative entrepreneur, EyeTalk (pictured at left) is certainly innovative. EyeTalk helps people with blindness to “hear” printed text with a simple pair of glasses — paradigm pioneering for millions in need,” said Mike Tomas, chairman of the FIU Pino Center advisory board and an FIU Track judge.

Over on the High School Track — which is co-sponsored by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship — SeniorLink Consulting, How Do I Look? and Do-Re-Mi A-B-C 1-2-3 took home the top honors. For a year and a half, first-place winner Sam Steiner, a 10th grader, has been running SeniorLink, which uses high school age employees to help senior citizens — and he’s hiring.

Perhaps it isn’t surprising that Lean Culinary Services pulled off a first-place win in the Community Track’s People’s Pick. After all, the fast-growing meal delivery service already has 70 employees — quite a sizable support base to mobilize to get out the vote. But what may be surprising is that finalist Papa Systems, which offers a shock-absorbing system for boats invented by South Floridian Len Loffler that is not on the market yet, came in a close second. Obviously there are a number of boaters out there yearning for a smoother ride.

Over on the FIU Track, the top three contenders, Bowling & Family Entertainment Center, 5K PARK Fest and EyeTalk were battling it out all week for the people’s vote, but Bowling scored the win.

Some of today’s winners are first timers and others are serial entrepreneurs with decades of industry experience. But whether they are in the concept stage or are already logging sales, all are in the early stages of their businesses — we’ll be watching how they do!

Read about all the winners and finalists below:

Challenge Champion and 1st Place, FIU Track: EyeTalk

1st Place, Community Track: Make Them BEG

1st Place, High School Track: SeniorLink Consulting

2nd Place, Community Track: AdMobilize

2nd Place, FIU Track: U.S. Radiology

2nd Place, High School Track: How Do I Look?

3rd Place, Community Track: spendLO

3rd Place, FIU Track: 5K PARK Fest

3rd Place, High School Track: Do-Re-Mi A-B-C 1-2-3

People's Pick, Connunity Track: Lean Culinary Services (dba DeliverLean)

People's Pick, FIU Track: Bowling and Family Entertainment Center

All 2013 Finalists and Semifinalists, all tracks

 Photos show Rodolfo Saccoman of AdMobilize and Michael Cabrera of U.S. Radiology, 2nd place winners.

 

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/05/3381993/business-plan-challenge-announces.html#storylink=cpy

Free Diasporas@Miami will include panel, pitches by Latin American startups

This week’s Diasporas@Miami brings together Latin American entrepreneurs to share their experiences in starting and growing businesses.

Participants will learn about the entrepreneurial struggle in servicing foreign markets as well as the importance of offering solutions and support to their home countries. The event will conclude with seven Latin American diaspora startups pitching their businesses.

Speakers include Patrick Hidalgo, deputy director of the White House Business Council, Steven Keppel, director of Empowerment Initiatives for Univision Network News, Tony Argiz of Morrison, Brown, Argiz and Farra (keynote), Nicolai Bezsonoff of .Co Internet and Carlos Garcia of Nobox.     

      Diasporas@Miami will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, at Venture Hive, 1010 NE 2nd Ave., Miami. The event is free but registration is limited. Register at  www.venturehive.org/diasporas . The event, hosted by Venture Hive, is in partnership with the International Diaspora Engagement Alliance, the U.S. State Department and Univision.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/05/3381712/diasporasmiami-focuses-on-entrepreneurs.html#storylink=cpy