One of the biggest benefits for aspiring entrepreneurs in Miami is the vast number of startup and tech events in the area. Miami's startup ecosystem is new, but it is poised to grow rapidly over the coming years, partly in thanks to the collaborative startup culture. At Miami's startup events, experienced CEOs, founders, and investors share their experiences and knowledge with the next generation of startups.
Below, we’ve listed plenty of startup events and groups in Miami and the greater South Florida area for every stage of your startup, whether you’re testing your idea, looking to learn new skills, meet potential co-founders, find investors, or just meet new and interesting people.
Inspirational Startup Events
The are many inspirational startup events and Meetups in Miami, where you hear interesting stories from experienced entrepreneurs and begin to meet others in the Miami startup community. The great thing about these events is that they are open to the public and very welcoming to newcomers.
- CityTech Miami
- FINNOSUMMIT Miami
- Miami Caribbean Code
- Miami International Bitcoin
- Millennial Entrepreneurs
- South Florida Aspiring Entrepreneurs
- South Florida Entrepreneurs
- Startup Corner South Florida
- Startup Miami
- Startup Weekend Education Miami
- Startup Weekend Fort Lauderdale
- Startup Weekend Latinx Miami 2017
- Startup Weekend West Palm Beach
- Venture Café Miami
- Waffle Wednesdays with LiveNinja
- Women in Miami Tech
Best Practices Startup Events
Miami is home to a plethora of beginner knowledge-sharing events. These events are each focused on specific topics related to building a business, and feature expert speakers that share their best practices, tips for success, and pitfalls to avoid. Most of these events are free, but some may charge a small ticket fee that is definitely worth the investment.
- Founder Institute events:
Florida Events:
- Startup Grind: Q&A w/ Jonathan Greechan (Co-Founder/CEO, Founder Institute): 6:00pm, May 22, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/341384
Global or Regional Events:
- Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 1:00pm, Apr 29, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/342835
- Co-Founders Connect: Find a Business Partner Online: 8:00pm, May 01, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/338032
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas (Interactive Online Event): 1:00pm, May 08, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/339340
- Innovation Series: Connecting Corporates & Startups with Open Innovation: 12:00pm, May 09, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/345193
- Startup Founders’ Guide to Building an Effective Go-To-Market Strategy: 1:00pm, May 15, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/342690
- How to Build a Fundable Start-up Brand: 1:00pm, May 20, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/338762
- Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 8:00pm, May 22, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/340343
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 8:00pm, May 27, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/339390
- How to Quickly Establish Safe, Reliable, and Compliant AI Startups: 1:00pm, May 29, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/340134
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 1:00pm, Jun 03, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/343416
- Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with a Venture Capitalist: 8:00pm, Jun 05, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/340954
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 8:00pm, Jun 10, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/339711
- Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 1:00pm, Jun 12, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/339759
- Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 1:00pm, Jun 17, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/339888
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 1:00pm, Jun 26, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/339814
- Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 8:00pm, Jul 01, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/340199
- How Founders Beat Anxiety for Peak Performance : 1:00pm, Jul 03, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/341929
- How to Acquire your First 100 B2C Customers: 1:00pm, Jul 08, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/344382
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 8:00pm, Jul 15, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/341234
- Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 1:00pm, Jul 17, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/341315
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 8:00pm, Jul 22, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/343943
- How to Build a Personal Brand: The Startup Founders Guide to Thought Leadership: 1:00pm, Jul 24, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/343122
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas : 1:00pm, Jul 29, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/341632
- Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 8:00pm, Aug 05, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/341868
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 1:00pm, Aug 12, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/344075
- Pitch Lounge: Practice Pitching Your Business Idea to Startup Experts : 8:00pm, Aug 19, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/341734
- Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with a Venture Capitalist: 8:00pm, Aug 26, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/341791
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 8:00pm, Aug 28, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/345823
- Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 8:00pm, Sep 02, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/343233
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 8:00pm, Sep 09, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/344195
- Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 1:00pm, Sep 16, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/342331
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 1:00pm, Sep 23, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/343523
- Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 1:00pm, Sep 25, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/344275
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 1:00pm, Oct 02, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/342017
- Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 8:00pm, Oct 14, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/342435
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 8:00pm, Oct 23, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/344493
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 1:00pm, Oct 30, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/344573
- Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder : 1:00pm, Nov 04, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/343312
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 8:00pm, Nov 06, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/342124
- Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 8:00pm, Nov 18, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/344674
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 8:00pm, Nov 25, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/345413
- Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 1:00pm, Nov 27, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/342517
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 1:00pm, Dec 02, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/342224
- What is the DNA of an Entrepreneur? Insights from 15 Years of Research: 1:00pm, Dec 04, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/345312
- Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 1:00pm, Dec 09, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/344768
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 1:00pm, Dec 16, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/344887
- Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 8:00pm, Dec 23, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/342614
- Bitcoin and Financial Education
- BlackTech Miami
- BridgesUnite
- Broward Ruby Brigade
- eMERGE Americas
- Miami Machine Learning Meetup
- Miami Software Development Meetup
- Miami Startup Founder 101
- Miami VR
- Professionals and Entrepreneurs of Americas
- Refresh Miami Meetup
- South Florida Startup Founder 101
- South Florida Women in Agile
- Startup Grind Fort Lauderdale
- Startup Grind Miami
- The Entrepreneur's Breakfast Club
- The Tinker Tank
Events to Network and Form a Team in Miami
When you're ready to start building a team, it's time to attend events, talk about your startup project, and meet people that share your interests in Miami. While attending any of the events listed in this post can help you meet potential team members, the events below are especially useful
- Ask a Startup Lawyer
- Biz to Biz Networking
- BizNest Networking
- CoFoundersLab
- Entrepreneurs and Business Professional Networking Miami
- FounderDating
- FoundersCard
- Ironhack Miami Hiring Fair Oct 2017
- Miami Entrepreneurs Network
- Miami Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners on the Move
- Microsoft Open Networking Event
- Network After Work
- Network and Social Fort Lauderdale
- StartupBlink Miami
- Tech Beach
- TechMeetups Miami
- vBeers South Florida
- weconnect® Miami Startup and Tech Networking Mixer powered by Google
Builder-Focused Events and Hackathons in Miami
If you have a technical skillset, or are looking to network and learn from people that have a technical skillset, then it is worth looking into the maker-focused events in Miami. These include hackathons, technical Meetups, and other communities that foster people building products.
- Code for Fort Lauderdale
- Code for Miami
- Code Til Dawn
- eMERGE AMERICAS Hackathon
- Future of Travel Summit
- Hackathon 2017 @ Broward College
- HackMiami
- IoT & AI Hackathon Presented by MATRIX Labs and Visa
- Miami Bitcoin Hackathon
- Miami Day of Civic Hacking
- Night Hack
- OpenHackNight @ Broward College
- ShellHacks
Startup Bootcamps in Miami
Events focused on making concrete progress on your startup. These usually specialize in a particular skill or vertical, and offer comprehensive training.
- 10xU
- 4Geeks Academy
- Access Silicon Valley Miami
- Action Design Miami
- Atlantis Coding School
- Code Fever Miami
- Covalence
- EcoTech Visions Digital Citizen Bootcamp
- Founder Institute
- i2Labs
- iLabStartup
- Ironhack
- LaunchCode
- Lean Startup Machine Miami
- Leadership Hollywood
- Miami Lean Startup Circle
- MIT Enterprise Forum of South Florida
- Next Level Tech
- Product Council Miami
- Rokk3r Labs
- SCORE Broward
- SCORE Miami-Dade
- Startup Challenge: Go From Idea to Prototype
- Start-Up Now (Accelerator at Broward College)
- Startupbootcamp FinTech Miami FastTrack
- Sun Training Center
- SUP-X
- Techlaunch.io
- The Venture Mentoring Team
- TK2 Academy
- UM Coding Boot Camp
- Web Build IT Broward
- Wyncode Academy
Investor Networking Events in Miami
If you already have a team and/or product, then you might be ready to start networking with investors in Miami. There are many events in Miami that gather angel investors (affluent people that invest their personal capital in early-stage startups or entrepreneurs, and generally provide only a small one-time investment to help the business grow), angel investor groups (networks, or syndicates, of angel investors who pool their resources together to invest more money than would typically be issued with a private angel investment), and venture capital firms (large institutional funds that provide large amounts of funding for later stage companies with impressive and proven growth), like the ones listed below.
- AGP Miami
- Angel Capital Group
- Angel Forum of Florida
- Angel Investment Network
- Florida Angel Nexus
- Florida Investment Network
- Keiretsu Forum
- Meet the Angels
- New World Angels
- Pipeline Angels
- South Florida Angels
- Startup Angels
- Venture Capital Hub
- Platform Miami
Are you looking for expert guidance and feedback to build a startup in Miami?
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Learn more about the Founder Institute at FI.co, join a free startup event in Miami, or apply to build a startup in Miami today.
