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😬Here’s when you’ll feel warm again

Hopefully your great idea takes off like a rocket.
(📸: Hector Chacon/WhereBy.Us)

CALLING SMALL BUSINESSES!

Over half of Miami-Dade’s workforce is employed by small businesses, and last year, The Kauffman Index ranked Miami’s metropolitan area number one in the country for Startup Activity. Scale Up Miami is a 40-hour training program at The Idea Center at Miami Dade College that helps entrepreneurs grow their small businesses with a focus on financial management, digital marketing, and more.

Daniel Beyra, Creative Director at The Creative Particle, says it’s easy to feel “siloed” as a small business owner. Scale Up Miami provided him and his cohort of entrepreneurs with “a space where we could freely discuss, collaborate and share solutions to our common challenges of growing and developing a business.”

Beyra also took advantage of Scale Up Miami’s one-on-one business coaching to help him grow his creative video agency. “A huge eye-opener for me was during the financing session. I learned to understand where I should invest the most time in looking for clients.” he said. “Not all clients are created equal.”

Ready to ace your business? Applications for Scale Up Miami’s next cohort are due on December 7. Dale!

PRODUCED BY THE NEW TROPIC CREATIVE STUDIO WITH THE IDEA CENTER

ON AND POPPING

When some folks get into their older years they simply want to travel for fun or retire to the countryside, but not Julie Brumlik.

The “pop farmer,” and founder of Open Card Now, took a bike trip across Asia and eventually stumbled into her current job– creating 3D pop-up greeting cards.

We chatted with Julie about these jaw-droppingly intricate cards and how she creates an experience for a card receiver that is “full of life.”

Check it out on our Facebook page and browse all of her creations on her website.

WHAT'S NEW IN THE 305

The rise of West Brickell? As a massive project is under construction next to their decades-old building, condo owners in a Little Havana building are asking for $5.2 million to anyone looking to buy the Habana Condos. The condo owners say that as Brickell has developed and expanded, the eastern portion of Little Havana has changed so drastically that they want to be paid enough to move to quieter parts of town. (Miami Herald)

“You beat yourself up mentally and physically.” More than a decade after Palm Beach multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein was accused of organizing a “cult-like” group of underage girls to perform sexual acts, his accusers are coming forward and seeking justice. Epstein served only 13 months in county jail and never faced federal charges, or further investigation by the FBI. And the plea agreement Epstein reached was negotiated in part by current U.S. labor secretary Alex Acosta, who served as U.S. attorney for South Florida at the time. The Miami Herald’s deep dive into the case identified about 80 women who claimed to be molested or sexually abused by Epstein. Next week some of them will have a chance to discuss Epstein’s criminal history in a separate case that’s going to trial in Palm Beach. (Miami Herald)

Some major props. A chef with a lot of love for the 305 is in the running for a Nobel Peace Prize. José Andrés has built a name for himself in the kitchen, including at his two SoFlo restaurants Bazaar Mar and Bazaar by José Andrés. Plus he’s been recognized around the world for his philanthropic work in places like Puerto Rico and California. That’s why he’s been nominated by Maryland Congressman John Delaney for the prize. (Miami New Times)

Carbon cash. A trio of U.S. congressmen from Florida are among the sponsors of a bill that they hope will drastically reduce carbon emissions and help people pay for rising energy costs. The bill would charge a fee to coal producers and other companies that emit high amounts of carbon dioxide. Then the money collected from those fees would be allocated for taxpayer use to help with likely price increases from energy providers. (WLRN)

Trending the right way. The number of major crimes in SoFlo decreased in the first six months of 2018 compared to the same time frame in 2017, according to the latest numbers from the state’s law enforcement department. There were fewer reported robberies, aggravated assaults, and other serious crimes in Miami-Dade County, and those same types of crimes were also down across the state. (Miami New Times)

So salty. This summer was a rough one for Florida’s environment as toxic blue-green algae blooms spread across the state, and in Lake Okeechobee. (We explained that here). But scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey think they may be closer to cracking the case about what makes the blooms so bad for Florida. The blooms occur naturally in freshwater sources and scientists have identified the amount of salt water intrusion that makes the blooms go from harmless to toxic. (Miami Herald)

THAT’S ALL FOR TODAY

We’ll catch you tomorrow, Miami. ✌️

– The New Tropic

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