Miami's tech start-up scene is heating up: " . . .The Lab Miami hub has expanded to 10,000 square foot facility Knight Foundation is a big supporter of Miami tech scene MIAMI — In a sunny, roomy office overlooking a vibrant bustling Miami Avenue below, Freddie Laker is putting the finishing touches on a potentially groundbreaking app that turns written text into video. He's not shepherding his Gui.de in Silicon Valley, or even in one of the top start-up cities like New York, Boston or the Denver/Boulder area, but way far away at the extreme southeastern part of the country. Miami? Home to hot temps, leggy South Beach models, a bustling Latin American scene and thousands of retirees? "There's more talent here than people give us credit for," says Laker, son of the late British airline mogul of the same name. "Because it's Miami, people assume everyone will be by the pool. They forget that nerds are nerds and they're happy to be inside anywhere." Great weather, cheaper real estate and labor and being the gateway to Latin America doesn't hurt either. "You're lucky if you can carve out a corner for yourself in San Francisco or New York, but in Miami it's wide open," says Daniel Lafuente, co-founder of The LAB Miami, a tech-geared shared workspace in the Wynwood area . . ."
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