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SOUTH FLORIDA BUSINESS JOURNAl

NOVEMBER 21-27, 2014

STARTUPS TAKE ROOT

IN REGION'S SCHOOLS

BY CELIA AM PEL [email protected] 954-949-7567, @SFlaBizAmpel

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ravis Montague turned down a job offer from Goldman Sachs to launch a mobile app in Miami. The University of Miami graduate built his compa­ ny Splyst from the Launch Pad, an entre­ preneurial resource center for UM stu­ dents and alumni. The center connected him to poten- . ti.;JJ mentors, customers and investors in South FlOrida, spurring his decision to stay put and launch his company here - a decision he said many of his class­ mates are also making. "They're having the same mindset that they want to stay here and set up shop in South Florida," Montague said. "That wasn't the case maybe a year ago." The Launch Pad is one of sever­ al efforts at South Florida colleges and universities to train students in, entre­ preneurship, aiming to create local jobs and prepare graduates for a changing economy. Florida Atlantic University launched its Tech Runway accelerator in Octo­ ber, funding student-run companies and putting them through startup boot camp with entrepreneurial mentors. C

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OTHER LOCAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION EFFORTS Palm Beach State College: It offers an associate degree in business entrepreneurship and a 12-credit-hour entrepreneurship certificate. Broward College: The college's Center for Entrepreneurship Opportunities aimsto be a hub for mentors, investors and startup founders to come together. Broward College also offers a technical certificate in entrepreneurship management.

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Graduates who make use of these programs often go on to make waves in communities across the - from a Launch Pad com­ pany that raised mfllion in October to a 2013 FAU Business Plan hired 18 programs, pre­ dicts Amelia Rea who oversees the Pino Global Center at Florida After "new wave" of economic "We can't sit and wait for someone to come and 500 jobs down n she said. Here's a look inside the pntrpnrpnpl

who drove their com­ to hit it rich and cashed out, said Kim the director of FAU's Adams Center for

have access to the business who live mere miles from FAU's Boca Raton campus. Gramm wants to that. Tech matched its first five resident with mentors trained at the Massachusetts Institute of Techto grow As men­ tors come to feel invested in the success ofthese Gramm believes the of

said. Mathew Hudson knows firsthand the the Adams Center's 100 mentors can have. After he and fellow FAU student Andrew Stadtlander won the 2013 FAU Business Plan Stadson

Owl was some­ in able to recruit the level of talent that we Hudson said. Florida

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Travis Montaque, the founder of Splyst, with Derek Piotter, director of marketing and business development, and Luis Martinez, associate in marketing and business development, at Pipeline Brickell.

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CEO Keith Koenig talks to students from Nova Southeastern University at his company's Tamarac headquarters.

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Kloset Karma app at a national startup competition in Las Vegas - in no small part thanks to the Pino Global Entrepre­ neurship Center at FIU, she said. An FlU graduate, Celestino still reach­ es out to the center's employees for men­ toring as she continues a string of suc­ cesses that began with winning the people's choice vote in the 2014 Miami Herald Business Plan Competition, pre­ sented by FlU. "It gave me a lot of exposure," she said. "It created a wave of media." Earlier this year, FlU's Small Busi­ ness Development Center opened, work­ ing with the Pino Center to provide free . consulting on how to start a company, write a business plan and find funding. The centers' key goal now is to build community partnerships with organiza­ tions such as eMerge Americas to help students connect to the growing local technology and startup ecosystem. Miami is "a viable technology hub and we're creating businesses here," Magu­ ire said.

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Nova Southeastern University When Thomas M. Tworoger was hired in 2000 to start an entrepreneurship department at Nova Southeastern Uni':' versity, he gathered a "who's who" of South Florida entrepreneurs and met monthly with them monthly to outline a hands-on, real-world curriculum. The department, part of the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entre­ preneurship, has never since provided a typical classroom education, he said. "Everyone in this Department of Entrepreneurship has run a success­ ful business, and that makes us really unique," Tworoger said. Graduate students create a business plan - for many, it's a real business, but for others, it's practice - and carry it

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The Zen of Painter/Choreographer Shen Wei

In Black, White and Gray A Multi-Dimensional Feast

Monda y, December 1, 2014

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Miami Dade College Museum of Art and Design (MOAD ) along with MDC Live Arts is presenting world heavy performance and art events underlining the Art Basel season in Miami . Though we are spoiled for choice at this time of year for cultural distractions, Shen Wei stands out for a number of reasons For his second exhibition in Mi ami (Rile of Spring 2003), Chinese born artist and choreographer Shen Wei presents a disquisition on dance and painti ng called In Black, White and Gray . This multi-dimensional artist communicates his proclivity for the art of movement by juxtaposing his Shen Wei Dance Arts group with an exhibition of his Brobdingnagian paintings; a swirling, whirling expression of gesture and emotion grasped from the air and captured on canvas in muted shades of black, white and gray, This work is premiering on our soil along with five public dance performances from Dec, 5 through 7 in Miami's Freedom Tower. I should probably mention here that performances as well as the exhibition of paintings (through February 1) are free of charge,

Shen Wei won the Nijinsky A ward for Emerging Choreography and was selected for a MacArthur Fellow in 2007. His parents were Chinese Opera professiona ls; he learned Chinese opera performance early on, interacting with the Hunan State Xian Opera Company. He was a founding member of the first modern dance company in China, the Guangdong Modern Dance Company, His successful dance company has been performing for fourteen years. Not stopping with dance, Shen Wei went on to study traditional Chinese ink painting, calligraphy and western art. http://wvvw.mi amiartzine.comiF eaturcs .php·)op=Articl e_ The+ Zen+of+ Painter %2FChoreog rapher+ Shen+ Wei

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I had the opportunity to pose a few questions to the artist that floated up as I perused his work .

IS: The pieces have a sumptuous fluidity, with an ominous current running throughout. From where does your style emanate? Has your work always had this quality? SW: "Since 2003, I have been experimenting with the energy through both my physical and mental expressions and experiences. My studies flow naturally as well as controlled in a structural way through balances, contrasts, rhythms , and textures all within the state of my meditati ve state and sensiti vities." IS : You utilize many aspects of the visual arts in your work. When you create a dance, do you see all elements coming together at once, or is there a layered quality? Do you see the dance, then the music, then the visual ambience? SW: "Each of my works have such different focal points.

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begin with it already entirely envisioned : but other times , I will focus on specific aspects to further develop. In the end, I'll want my work to alwa ys touch and communicate through all human sensitivities. "

IS : What facets of your pieces are the most difficult to achieve?

SW: "How to be totall y fre e as a human being and an artist, without limiting myself by my own knowledge and experiences."

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SW: "The 11 paintings and choreography that I will be showing are my most recent works , and illustrate the moment of my journey as an

artist." Shen Wei will be ;J: ':: sf' ''~ing eleven new paintings . His broad scope is a mind-boggling amalgam of choreographer, director, dancer, painter, and designer. If you caught his opening ceremony piece at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, you are aware of the capabilities of his choreography.

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Freedom Tower 600 Biscayne Blvd . Miami,33132 Periormances: Dec. 5 through 7 Be sure to make a reservation . Seats are limited : http://md cli vearts .org/eve nts/the -a rt-of-shen-we i/ Exhibition and performance For tickets: http ://www.brownpapertickets.com/eventl901573 Matinee 1 p.m and 8 p.m ., Friday and Saturday only Exhibition only Dec 10 throug h Fe b. 1 Wednesday through Sunda y, Noon -to 5 p.m. http://'M'WI.miamiartzine.com'Features .php?op=Article_The+Zen+of+Painter%2FChoreographer+Shen+Wei

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Previews are Dec. 4, 8 p .m., VIP performance Artists talks: December 5, 4 p.m .

Shen Wei in conversation with Karin Oen, Charles Reinhart and Wing Ling VIP cardholders Viceroy Miami

485 Brickell Ave Miami Dec. 6, 6 to 7 p.m. Salon Talk series with Shen Wei, Jeremy Mikolajczak and Weng Ling in the Convention Center , Art Basel Miami Bea ch

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