About

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The Launch Pad is all about teaching aspiring entrepreneurs what it takes to build a company first hand.

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We treat entrepreneurship as a legitimate career choice and serve clients from every major and school.

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We are all under NDAs and keep all client ideas confidential. We won’t share anything about any idea without express consent.

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Our services are always free and the ideas and companies generated belong 100% to our clients. We’re just here to help at every stage.

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Just-In-Time [x_icon type=”clock-o” style=”opacity: 0.5;”]

We provide just-in-time delivery of resources to the Entrepreneurs as they are evaluating their ideas and developing them into viable self-sustaining enterprises.

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Development [x_icon type=”gear” style=”opacity: 0.5;”]

We’re here not just to develop the ideas but also to develop the Entrepreneurs behind the ideas. We always support the entrepreneur, regardless of the stage of the idea.

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CONFIDENTIAL [x_icon type=”lock” style=”opacity: 0.5;”]

It is never about us, it is always about our clients. Clients rely on us to offer them guidance and to act in their best interest and can’t benefit financially in any way from their dealings with TLP Entrepreneurs.

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No Strings [x_icon type=”paper-plane” style=”opacity: 0.5;”]

UM takes no stake in any idea submitted through our consulting program. We do this so that we are always in a position to provide supportive and unbiased advice as often as the entrepreneur wants.

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Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is an annual week-long series of events in November. At UM, we run events featuring prominent entrepreneurs and experts providing keynote addresses, panel discussions, and Q&A sessions.

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Speakers [x_icon type=”bullhorn” style=”opacity: 0.5;”]

Thanks to a generous donation by UM alumnusJeffrey Feldman, We are able to run the Feldman Entrepreneurial Featured Speaker Series at The Launch Pad, brining awesome speakers to campus.

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Competitions & Fairs [x_icon type=”lightbulb-o” style=”opacity: 0.5;”]

We provide numerous opportunities for students at UM to see a variety of events, such as our resources fair & demo day. We also prep and provide guidance to select clients to attend competitions such as eMerge, the ACC Innoventures challenge, Startup Madness, and the Florida Venture Forum to name a few.

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Community Calendar [x_icon type=”calendar” style=”opacity: 0.5;”]

Miami is an up-and-coming entrepreneurship hub, with a growing number of organizations putting on events every week. We try to pick and choose the best events for our clients and disseminate them every few weeks.

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Community [x_icon type=”group” style=”opacity: 0.5;”]

Venture Coaching Program provides entrepreneurs with smart, industry-specific advice from alumni and seasoned professionals within the surrounding community.

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Miami [x_icon type=”sun-o” style=”opacity: 0.5;”]

We want our entrepreneurs to start businesses in South Florida, so by connecting them to the business community early, they are more likely to stay and strengthen our local economy.

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Launch Pad staff and Venture Coaches carefully-select early-stage ventures that meet rigorous criteria in order to provide free services and advice to them on a volunteer basis.

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Mentoring [x_icon type=”bullseye” style=”opacity: 0.5;”]

Venture Coaches are introduced to new business projects in person through monthly networking events. Goals and objectives are customized based on various factors, including product or service attributes, team strengths and weaknesses, financial resources, and business model strategy.

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Brian Breslin

Director

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Brian, a native Miamian has been involved in entrepreneurship in Miami for most of his life. At the Launch Pad, Brian educates, inspires, and advises students, faculty, and alumni of the University of Miami on all things entrepreneurial in an effort to foster the startup community on campus. Brian’s background is that of a serial entrepreneur, having founded Florida’s largest tech and startup community Refresh Miami, and a series of tech companies in the software space. His most recent startup SimCase is building educational software for the higher-ed market. Brian has an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and his BA from the University of Virginia.

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Maria Derchi Russo

Assistant Director, Programs

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Maria is the Assistant Director of The LaunchPad where she provides students, faculty and alumni with the resources needed to pursue their dreams of starting a business. A Miami-native, she also serves as the Executive Director of Refresh Miami, Florida’s oldest and largest tech and startup community, and is founder of Women in Miami Tech, a group dedicated to supporting and advancing women in technology.
Maria received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Boston University Questrom School of Business.

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Samantha Palmer-Shields

Senior Program Coordinator

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A native of Miami, Samantha Palmer-Shields, better known as “Sam”, joined the Launch Pad team as its Administrative Assistant in February 2013. Sam previously worked at the University of Miami School of Law Center for Ethics & Public Service, and its Legal Communication and Research Skills Program. Sam currently handles The Launch Pad’s day-to-day administrative operations, and also greets the many students, alumnus, and UM community who are interested in being a part of The Launch Pad. Sam is completing her BA in Communications from Southern New Hampshire University, and is the founder of Island Bloom, and unique flower arrangement delivery service.

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Wifredo Fernandez

Legal Fellow

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Wifredo “Wifi” Fernández is a social entrepreneur and educator. Currently, he is a Public Interest Law Scholar and J.D. Candidate at the University of Miami. Previously, he worked worked in the Division of Innovation & Economic Development at Florida International University, helping lead StartUP FIU, and taught entrepreneurship in the FIU Honors College. He is the Co-Founder and former CEO of The LAB Miami, a leading startup community hub in South Florida. Prior to joining FIU, Wifredo was a Founding Director of The Idea Center at Miami Dade College, a student startup incubator.

Before moving back to Miami in 2011, Wifi was a Teach For America corps member in Washington, D.C., where he taught five different grade levels of Spanish, Math and Social Studies. He was selected to the inaugural cohort of the Young American Leaders Program at Harvard Business School and is a graduate of the Miami Fellows Leadership Program. His work has been featured in Forbes, USA Today, CBS, Le Figaro and The Atlantic, and was named to The Miami Herald 20 under 40. He holds an M.A. in Teaching from American University and B.A. in Political Science from University of Pennsylvania.

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Veda Cruz

Legal Fellow

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Veda, a Miami native, received her B.A. in English and Political Science at the University of Miami. She is currently pursuing a J.D./M.B.A. at the University of Miami School of Law. Coming from a creative background of acting and creative writing, Veda is fascinated with the legal, tech, and entertainment industries. Veda is currently serving as a social media expert and consultant for a virtual reality start-up company. In her free time, Veda enjoys weight-lifting, gaming, and going to car meets around Miami.

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Shawn Wilborne

Legal Fellow

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Kyle Sonlin

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Kyle is a rising senior at UM. Kyle Sonlin is an entrepreneur, advisor, and investor.

Through working with startups as a consultant and investor, he has a keen eye for business development and specializes in management and fundraising through personal accounts and his network. With a finance and economics background, he provides technical experience to further evaluate business proposals, and has made successful investments in companies, as well as the stock and crypto-asset markets.

Kyle currently works primarily in the blockchain industry. He has a breadth of knowledge and understanding in the space, spending time as an investor, miner, advisor, and executive in many businesses in the space. He has developed a unique perspective through working on both sides of the industry, both for an investment/merchant bank specializing in security token offerings, as well as with his own companies and other established blockchain startups.

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Samantha Burkart

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Samantha, also known by “Sam,” is one of our Venture Consultants from Florida. She is currently a Junior working towards a B.B.A. in Accounting and Entrepreneurship, as well as minoring in Art and Finance. Sam joined The Launch Pad team in the beginning of 2018 and loves working here and being surrounded by the startup community. Growing up, she always possessed a creative, entrepreneurial spirit exemplified through various childhood businesses, such as car washing, bake sales, dog walking services, and more. Currently, she is working on _________

As demonstrated by her choices of Majors and Minors, Sam combines logical reasoning with creative expression to unveil opportunities to start a business or make money.

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Sea Amundsen

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Chris Daniels

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Trained as an accountant and passionate about entrepreneurship, Chris brings financial acumen to the startups he consults. With a dual major in accounting and finance, he helps startups build business models and create financial statements. His entrepreneurial spirit began in high school when he founded a small business which he grew and eventually sold. He has held numerous leadership roles at The University of Miami, making his mark on campus by creating new initiatives to further grow the organizations he led. Chris has experience in venture capital through his work at an early-stage VC firm and consulting entrepreneurs through capital raises. Outside of startup consulting, Chris is an avid reader, investor and outdoor sportsman.

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Adriana Tomeu

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Adriana believes in the power of business and innovation to serve people, especially in health outcomes, where she is particularly concerned. She received her B.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology from Oklahoma City University, and is pursuing her M.S. in Nutrition for Health and Human Performance at UM before beginning a joint M.D./ MBA. Program (at TBD).

A former actor and musician, Adriana has been running her own business as an actor headshot photographer for 6 years. Before UM, she was a strength coach in Hollywood and Houston, eventually starting her own online business, coaching up to 60 lb weight losses through remote nutrition education. She delights in using her creative training in business and loves being a part of such a dynamic team!

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Dr. William Green

Senior Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education

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William Scott Green joined the University of Miami as senior vice provost and dean of undergraduate education in July 2006. He has overall responsibility for enhancing the quality of the undergraduate experience and strengthening the integration of university-wide undergraduate curricular and co-curricular initiatives. He also holds an appointment as professor of religious studies and senior fellow in the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies. Green previously served as dean of the College at the University of Rochester and Philip S. Bernstein Professor of Judaic Studies. He led the development of Rochester’s innovative undergraduate liberal arts curriculum and founded its Department of Religion and Classics. Green earned an A.B. in religion at Dartmouth College and a Ph.D. in religion from Brown University. He has held fellowships from the National Endowment of the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Andrew Mellon Foundation.

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