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Building teams that scale, investing in the future, and falling in love with Miami - Emil Michael
Listen in to our interview with Emil Michael, former Chief Business Officer at Uber and current Chairman & CEO of DPCM Capital.
Topics on deck:
Lifelong leadership lessons
Building teams that love you
Scaling and taking big bets
How he ended up in Miami
What Miami companies he's excited about!
Find Emil on X
https://twitter.com/emilmichael
Follow the Hosts:
Brian Breslin @BrianBreslin
Maria Derchi @MariaDerchi
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Building OpenStore In Miami, Working At Google & A New Creator Marketplace with Jeremy Wood
This week on The #MiamiTech Podcast the hosts chat with Jeremy Wood founder at OpenStore.
While working at Google, he watched as companies like Shopify brought small businesses online and was re-energized by the space. When Keith Rabois told me about an idea to maintain founder-created brands while giving the founder liquidity so they can move on, he knew he was onto something big. The goal was to preserve those brands that might otherwise get shut down. They launched less than a year ago and it’s been incredible working with such a passionate, energized team here in Miami. We’ve already acquired a number of Shopify businesses and have very ambitious goals for next year.
Topics on Deck:
- His Experience working @google
- Building @openstore in Miami with @rabois
- Solving Liquidity Problems for Merchants
- Developing a New Influencer Marketplace at getgumdrop.app
- We Share Our Favorite Miami Restaurants!
- And More!
Follow Jeremy on Instgram:
https://www.instagram.com/jemdwood/?hl=en
Check out OpenStore:
https://open.store
Great Article in Forbes about Jeremy and OpenStore:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/garydrenik/2022/01/05/the-startup-that-allows-shopify-merchants-to-cash-in-on-their-business/?sh=6b8af3f8a3e3
Check out Gumdrop:
https://www.getgumdrop.app
Follow the Hosts:
Brian Breslin @BrianBreslin
Maria Derchi @MariaDerchi
If Interested in being on the podcast please email: Miamitechpod@gmail.com
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Changing The Future Of Work For Mobile Professionals w/ Cary Gahm and Ed Thomas
This week on The #MiamiTech Podcast the hosts chat with Cary Gahm and Ed Thomas Co-founders of Tempmee.
TempMee is a new and easier way to connect Licensed Dental Professionals with Dental Offices in need of temporary help through an on-demand staffing platform. Advanced algorithms match dental professionals with dental offices through a web and mobile platform
Topics on Deck:
- Raising a $4.1M Seed w/ @floridafunders
- Their Amazing Co-founder Chemistry
- Revolutionizing The Dental Profession
- And more!
Follow Ed and Cary on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/mee_ed
https://twitter.com/carygahm
Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-gahm-a03084186/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-thomas-tempmee/
Learn more about Tempmee:
https://tempmee.com
Follow the Hosts:
Brian Breslin @BrianBreslin
Maria Derchi @MariaDerchi
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A True Underdog Story w/ Edrizio De La Cruz
This week on The #MiamiTech Podcast the hosts chat with Edrizio De La Cruz.
Edrizio is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, investor and occasional stand up comic :-)
He’s a Dominican immigrant who grew up in Harlem. He dropped out of college to work as an aircraft technician to help make ends meet. He ultimately went back to college, worked on Wall Street and earned an MBA from The Wharton School.
In 2013, he co-founded Arcus, a fintech company. He worked with an incredible team to build the company from scratch to 100+ employees, 100+ clients and raised $19M in funding from Y-Combinator, Ignia, Softbank and Citi Ventures. In 2021, the company was sold to Mastercard.
Topics on Deck:
- Hitting Rock Bottom & Persevering
- Wining 200K with Visa Everywhere Initiative
- Getting Acquired By Mastercard
- His Time As A Partner At Y Combinator
- Writing A Book To Help Underdog Founders
- And More!
Learn more about Edrizio: https://www.edriziodelacruz.com/
Follow Edrizio on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/EdrizioCruz @EdrizioCruz
Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/edrizio-de-la-cruz-2b8ab75/
Learn more about Arcus:
https://www.arcusfi.com
Follow the Hosts:
Brian Breslin @BrianBreslin
Maria Derchi @MariaDerchi
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Riding Unicorns and Supercharging SaaS w/ Javier Ramirez Lugo
This week on The #MiamiTech Podcast the hosts chat with Javier Ramirez Lugo of Cuota!
Javier is the founder of Cuota which is a company of B2B Sales consultancy, he has helped over 40 venture backed-startups.
His B2B Sales experience comes from being a top-performing sales leader at 3 unicorns: Zenefits, Rippling & WeWork.
Before tech, his career originated in Wall Street, first as a Credit Analyst then joining the Sales & Trading organization at Goldman Sachs.
Javier graduated from Northeastern University with a Bachelor's in Business Administration with a dual concentration in Finance and Entrepreneurship.
He was born & raised in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
Topics on Deck:
- Javi’s experience leading sales team at 3 unicorns (Zenefits, Rippling & WeWork)
- Why he chose to move to Miami
- What most founders get wrong when hiring a sales leader
- What most Sales leaders get wrong when selling
- Parallels between B2B sales and dating
- and more!
Follow Javier on Twitter!
@Javib2b
Learn more about Cuota:
https://www.cuota.io
Javiers new podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/@0a100.podcast
Follow the Hosts:
Brian Breslin @BrianBreslin
Maria Derchi @MariaDerchi
Cesar Fernandez @CFernandezFL
Will Weinraub @WillWeinraub
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Building a Finance Super App, Thiel Fellowship & Investing In Miami w/ Zaid Rahman
This week on The #MiamiTech Podcast the hosts chat with Zaid Rahman Founder/CEO of Flexbase
Topics on Deck:
- Who Is Zaid Rahman?
- Dropping Out Of College For The Thiel Fellowship
- Working In A.I. Before It Was Cool
- Building a Finance Super App
- Investing With 305 Ventures
- Biggest Learnings As A Founder
- Miami Culture Shock
- And More!
Follow Zaid on Twitter!
@Zaidrmn
Learn more about Flexbase:
https://www.flexbase.app
Follow the Hosts:
Brian Breslin @BrianBreslin
Maria Derchi @MariaDerchi
Cesar Fernandez @CFernandezFL
Elizabeth Irizarry @Darthv83r
Will Weinraub @WillWeinraub
If Interested in being on the podcast please email: Miamitechpod@gmail.com
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