KickStartz Weekend this week June 18-20, 2009
June 16, 2009
KickStartz Weekend 2009 is this week and we are getting geared up for everything. For those of you that can’t be there, you can check out the live streaming video here. We will also be recording the event and will publish it on our YouTube channel here.
Startup Profile: Linxter
June 9, 2009
Linxter is a cloud-based framework that provides message-oriented middleware as an easy-to-use service. With Linxter, developers dramatically simplify the development of their message-enabled products and services. Any application, device, or system that can access the Internet can quickly and easily be connected for secure and reliable communication.
With Linxter, you can focus on the core value of connected applications instead of the communication infrastructure needed to connect them. There is no need for hardware or specialized coding. Integration takes just minutes. Complexity is not just moved off of your servers and onto ours — it is eliminated. All of the communication plumbing is provided in an easy-to-use configurable environment that gives you granular control over how your programs interconnect and interact.
Applications that are Linxter enabled can exchange messages – regardless of their platform, network, or location – while maintaining independence from each others’ internal processes. No special holes need to be opened in your firewalls or those of your remote offices, business partners, customers, or the service providers they use. You can modify any configurations on the fly (that’s right, no downtime) to meet your business needs, even as they change.
Adaptive business solutions are critical today when change occurs faster than ever. Everything around us is quickly becoming Internet enabled (iPods, clothing, toasters… anything), and it is essential that we have a system in place to securely, easily, and dynamically connect all these things for free-flowing exchange of data. This is Linxter, a client/cloud approach to middleware that provides superior flexibility and scalability over the traditional client/server model.
Read more about Linxter at http://www.Linxter.com
UM’s Launchpad participating in Global Entrepreneurship Week
June 3, 2009
During Global Entrepreneurship Week November 16 - 22, 2009, millions of people around the world will join a growing movement of innovative thinkers to promote entrepreneurial activities around the world. Administered globally by the Public Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., the mission of Global Entrepreneurship Week is to inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity.
In 2008, The Launch Pad at the University of Miami was recognized as Global Entrepreneurship Week’s top national partner out of 1,174 colleges and universities for the quality and quantity of entrepreneurial programming on campus during the week. The Launch Pad hosted 46 events with eight of the University’s eleven schools and colleges participating. Over 1,000 students, alumni and members of the South Florida community attended events ranging from intimate 30-person programs on how to take an idea and create an enterprise to large 250-person workshops open to the greater community on the importance of networking.
Building upon last year’s success, The Launch Pad is pleased to participate in Global Entrepreneurship Week again this year. To capitalize on the momentum of our year-long programming, The Launch Pad will host several themed days of events focused on specific initiatives – Social Entrepreneurship, Women in Entrepreneurship, and Entrepreneurship in the Arts and Entertainment and in Science and Technology –and introduce interactive programming to include an elevator pitch competition and an Entrepreneurial Fair, a “Science Fair for Entrepreneurs,” to showcase emerging businesses and nonprofits.
Taken from http://thelaunchpad.org/global-entrepreneurship-week-2009
KickStartz Weekend 2009
As promised, you knew I would have to mention my own entrepreneurship event here in South Florida.
The event is called KickStartz Entrepreneurship Weekend. The event will be held at DeVry University in Miramar on June 18-20, 2009. We will have lots of food, a number of industry experts speaking, and will have lots of great prize giveaways. Now the first question I always get is, isn’t this like Startup Weekend? My answer to this is no it is not. Although the format is similar (multi-day event) it has many differences. First and foremost we are a not for profit that selects a charity to sponsor for each event. Additionally, we employ the concept of Open Space Technology to administer the event. We are focused on putting Florida’s startup community on the map. The event at DeVry will be our first but we expect a good turnout. I will blog more about the event as more information comes out as well as how it went.
A little about the new Florida Startup Blog
Hello,
My name is Marc Asselin and I am the new blogger dude for Florida Startup Blog. So a bit of info about me; I am a passionate family man, entrepreneur, and lover of food. My IT career spans more than 20 years. I’ve acquired quite a few bumps and bruises along the way so hopefully my past experiences can help someone out there. I currently am CEO of MKA Ventures which is a technology and startup venture company. I also run KickStartz Entrepreneurship Weekend. The goal with KickStartz was to get Florida’s startup scene noticed. When I was approached by SpringStage, I jumped at the chance to further my cause. My focus will be to blog on as many Florida startups, events, and activities as humanly possible. I hope you join me in getting Florida to the top of the list for startups.
Marc
