Our 6-month Anniversary and Cake! 🎂

Miami Community, Visitors from all over, and our Partners & Sponsors we can't do this without you. Thank you for bringing the energy for the last 6 months! We're excited to celebrate our 1/2 year anniversary and special Happy Birthday to our Host!

Think Tank 6ith Edition!

Hello Community! 

Get Ready for Tomorrow's Programming  

✨Evening Agenda✨

5:30pm-6:00pm - Networking 

6:00pm - 7:00pm - When vs Why: VCs vs Operator-Led Investors and Revenue vs Growth Presented by TheVentureCity

 7:00pm-8:00pm - Pitch Night MIA 

8:00pm-9:00pm Networking Close (Happy Birthday to Our Host)

✨Social Hour✨

Drinks Provided by EatUp Events: Our Mixologist Douglas Hardin will be offering everyone who attends free Cocktails keeping everyone fueled throughout the event

Everyone got to enjoy a choice of:

SIPSThe Pitch Havana Club Rum, Chinola, lime

DealbreakerDuke and Dame Whisky, pumpkin, lemon juice, topped with cinnamon 

✨TheVentureCity✨

When Vs Why: At TheVentureCity we are founders and operators turned funders. Join the panel discussion as to the differences in the types of investors and why founders should choose accordingly. Venture Capitalist vs Operator-Led Investors and Revenue vs Growth Presented by TheVentureCity team: Founder & CEO Laura González-Estéfani, VP of Communications, Jimena Zubiria, and VP of Data & Analytics David Smith amazing insights from a Miami-based female-founded VC.

✨Pitch Night MIA✨

Pitch Night: Hosted by James Irvine and joined by our judges

 Bo Megginson, Managing Partner of Gold Coast Angels. Gold Coast Angel Investors are an early-stage investment group based in Miami, FL.

Walter O'Leary, Managing Partner at South Point Capital. South Point Capital is hybrid private equity and venture capital business.

Founder & CRO Mark Brenner of NarrowCast Ventures. NarrowCast Ventures is a business advisory firm that assists CEOs and Entrepreneurs solve key problems and reaching successful exits. 

✨Closing✨

Let's come to celebrate the 1/2 year anniversary of Think Tank and wish a Happy Birthday to the TTT founder Roxette Miranda 

Meet our November Partners & Sponsors!

Special thanks to Douglas a multi-faceted Information Technology Specialist, Hospitality Guru, and Entertainer. Owner of EatUp Inc a supporter and leader for various non-profits, charity organizations, social initiatives, numerous think tanks international, nationwide, and local. Visit douglashardin.com to support Douglas Quarteze's latest single release. IG: @eatup.events

Meet Laura González-Estéfani Founder & CEO of TheVentureCity Laura was at Facebook becoming the 1st employee in the country reporting to the HQ Growth team-leading Growth, Mobile & Partnerships team for LATAM and other strategic projects for Facebook. Laura has management roles at eBay, Siemens, and Ogilvy Group. Back in 2000, she co-founded Esplaya.com, the first international beach tourism digital platform.

Meet Jimena Zubiria VP of Communications at TheVentureCity. She's an experienced leader of tech-focused teams with a passion for building high-performing company cultures, skill development programs, and preparing workforces for jobs of the future. Prior she was at Google for over 5 years as a UK Specialist Manager for DoubleClick,

Meet David Smith VP of Data Analytics at TheVentureCity. He's a data scientist with a background in business and software and 20+ years of experience analyzing data and building software products to solve business problems. Co-founded and led both an online apparel startup and a large software product team at a leading mortgage investment firm. 

Meet Roxette Miranda your host and James Irvine, Co-Directors of Founder Institute, and Co-Founders of Pitch Night. Founder Institute is the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, having helped launch over 5,000 companies across 200+ cities and six continents. Pitch Night is a monthly event happening in various cities.

Meet Bo Megginson Managing Partner at Gold Coast Angel Investors. He's an early-stage angel/venture capital investor helping build South Florida startup/entrepreneurial community. Added 7 portfolio companies since inception in multiple industries: IT-enabled healthcare, artificial intelligence, automotive tech, pet products, and industrial services.

Meet Walter O'Leary Managing Partner at South Point Capital Prior to moving to Miami, he founded WOL Partners AG, an External Asset Manager based in Zurich,  Switzerland, where his company co-invested in private equity investments with Family Offices throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.  

Meet Mark Brenner Founder of NarrowCast. He founded four successful companies with two reaching billion-dollar valuations. NarrowCast offers entrepreneurs battle-tested skills and a hands-on approach to driving successful outcomes for these courageous, ambitious, visionary individuals.

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