According to the City of Miami’s social media, the city’s Built in Miami program in the spring of 2024 appeared to be a great success in bolstering the city’s tech scene.
The posts highlighted the various workshops and speaker panels with tech founders that the city’s Venture Miami office hosted in partnership with the local nonprofit Miami Hack Week. Photos on the city website give an overview of the nonprofit’s “Builders Collective” space, from workshops on building capital to networking opportunities and tips on how to succeed as a startup.
Over a year after Miami Hack Week hosted the city’s nine-week startup program, Ja’dan Johnson, executive director of Miami Hack Week, says the nonprofit never received the $30,000 the city owed, which he says played a role in his decision to close the nonprofit last year…