Today, we really got into the culture with experience creator, Beatriz Ayala, Founder and CEO of Musicasa, a MiamiTech startup creating intimate concerts bringing together local music lovers and singer/songwriters in beautiful private residences. While finding early traction on Zoom during the beginning of the pandemic, in the post covid world, Musicasa puts on unrecorded, one-time shows that are to be enjoyed by the attendees and the attendees only. 

Joining her is Leon Yamil, a local musician that has had great experiences playing these small Musicasa shows. He talks about the spiritual experience of playing to these specially gathered crowds who are there to listen and discover. Leon also plays us out with an original song. 

Enjoy!

A shallow dive into deep tech. We discuss Miami Tech's unique attributes, why hard tech is important and how bits move atoms. 

This week's guests:

Channing Pear - Founder @ Hard Tech Miami

Channing spent time in Silicon Valley working for Stripe, then moved to Miami to help make it easier to build hardware products. During that journey, he founded Hard Tech Miami with his sister and has experienced rapid growth alongside the rest of the Miami Tech ecosystem.

Carlos Liverani - Co-founder & CEO @ Spectral | VC Scout | Board Member

Carlos is just a happy overgrown child exploring the frontiers of health, performance, technology, and fun. Carlos is Biomedical engineering grad from UMiami whose propose is developing moonshot technologies that enhance the lives of others. 

The yearbook was born - Ikyk

Guests: 

Sallie Jian - Head of SAP.iO New York (recent Miami Transplant) & Ja'dan Johnson - Marketing & Community Lead - Upstream | Equity Partner at WING

On the show this week: AEXLAB, a virtual reality technology studio. 

Jonathan Ovadia Founder and CEO of AEXLAB And Chayan Bruni - first investor and metaverse advisor for AEXLAB

Mike Sarasti - CIO, City of Miami - Mike Sarasti is the City of Miami’s Director of Innovation and Technology & Saif Ishoof  - Vice President - Engagement at FIU & Senior Advisor for Innovation & Technology to Mayor Francis Suarez

Take 2 with Chris! If you don't know Chris Adamo, he's the founding partner at Flamingo Capital and co-founder of Letterhead, a platform for managing and monetizing your newsletter. Most famously he is known for the Biweekly Welcome to Miami Happy Hours happening this Wednesday at Freehold. 

Are you happy with your health care? The answer is typically NO. In this episode, our guests share some alarming facts and hidden truths about the verticalized medical system and health insurance companies. You do have control, stay informed and know your options! 

Guests: 

Leah Houston - Dr. Houston is an Emergency Physician turned technology entrepreneur who has made it her mission to restore privacy and trust to the practice of medicine through the power of decentralized identity.

Bert Vorstman - Retired board-certified urologist, fellowship-trained in adult and pediatric reconstructive urology, a former faculty member at the University of Miami, former NIH-sponsored researcher, developed a private practice in urology, in coral springs, and is founder/CEO of HEALTHdrum.com a platform connecting buyers and sellers of healthcare.

It's not about the journey, not the destination! 

Guests this week: 

Ari Greenberg chief commercial officer at brightline previously founded and exited BCVA hotel technology platform and hates hotel rooms with shower curtains.

Champ Bennett is a recent Miami transplant that has been in tech and startups for the last 2 decades. Currently co-founder and CEO of Capsule, a start-up that's helping businesses create video with their customers and employees.

Back from a lil break, feeling good. Oh yeah, TLDR is new. 

Guest this week: 

Kenrick Quashie from St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean. Kenrick is co-founder and CEO of Squeeze Cash.

Pablo Corredor founded Sprightful Solar in 2015. He started by getting on rooftops and anchoring solar panels down himself. Now Sprightful makes solar energy accessible to everyone by offering solar energy as a service.

Richard Grundy is a Miami tech OG specializing in hardware engineering. A TechStars alum with experience from Motorola, Magic Leap, and Amazon devices, he’s now enabling amazing art experiences as CTO of Blackdove.

Travis Laurendine, Travis is currently hacking at intersection of the attention economy and the entertainment business