Article Courtesy of Nancy Dahlberg of Miami Herald:  http://miamiherald.typepad.com/the-starting-gate/2014/09/entrepreneurship-datebook-1.html

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Social Good Summit Miami will examine the impact of technology and new media on social good initiatives locally. The conference is Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 22-23, at the Innovation Center at UM Life Science and Technology Park. More info: www.socialgoodsummitmiami.com

MUSIC STARTUP ACADEMY: The  Academy travels to Thesis Studios on Tuesday, Spet. 23, for a workshop from 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m, 330 SW 2nd St., 111, Fort Lauderdale.  Label and publishing basics, business development and basic technical operations will be covered, and event will include a series of keynote speakers.Get tickets here (save $30 with discount code Thesis)

ALL ABOUT SALES: Venture Hive will host Jerry Ross, executive director of the National Entrepreneur Center, who will be talking about “Creating and Managing the Sales Process,” including the top “5 rules” for selling. 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, 1010 NE Second Ave., Miami. Free. Register here.

MINDING YOUR CREDIT: SCORE Miami-Dade presents “Understanding and Improving Your Credit Score,” 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, Innovation Center at UMLSTP, 1951 NW 7th Avenue. $40 in advance. To register email events@scoremiami.org or call 786-425-9119

FINTECH: Fintech Latam 2014, a one-day conference exploring the technologies, ideas and trends poised to disrupt Latin America’s financial landscape with finance executives, entrepreneurs and technologists, takes place Wednesday, Sept. 24, at the Lightbox at Goldman Warehouse, Wynwood. Tickets: fintechlatam.com.

TECH TALK: South Florida tech moguls Manny Medina, Mike Levy and Scott Adams will take part in a South Florida Technology Alliance panel discussion and networking event at 5 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, Citrix headquarters, 851 W. Cypress Creek Rd., Fort Lauderdale. Tickets: www.southfloridatech.org.

THE INTERNET OF THINGS: The Mobile Technology Consortium is hosting a free talk and networking event titled "The Internet of Things" with a number of speakers from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26,th at Florida International University, Modesto A. Maidique campus in the Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) building, room 241, The John C Comfort Collabrium. More info here.

SkyRise Miami, 430million dollar, 1,000-foot tower and future tourist attraction has been approved by Miami voters. 

The public supported the 1,000-foot tower — coupled with a long-term lease extension for Bayside’s operator — by a roughly two-to-one margin. The vote gives developer Jeff Berkowitz approval to begin construction and triggers a $10 million upfront payment to the city of Miami.

At a campaign party held in a private room at the Hard Rock Cafe at Bayside, Berkowitz declared victory upon the release of only early and absentee voting tallies, which favored the agreement by more than 70 percent, according to CBS4 News partner The Miami Herald.

SkyRise will have a observation decks, a rooftop restaurant, nightclub, a "flying" theatre with aerial shots of the Miami skyline, an elegant ballroom, and two amusement-park rides similar to the Tower of Terror, SkyRise Drop and SkyRise Plunge. 

It will be the second tallest tower in the United States after the 1,148-foot Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas.

Berkowitz calls the SkyRise project Miami’s Eiffel Tower.

He says he’s investing some of his own millions, and seeking much of the financing from foreign investors through Miami’s new EB5 financing center, which swaps visas for local investment.

Developers say the project will be complete in 2017 with construction due to begin at the end of this year. 

SkyRise is subletting land from Bayside. Under the agreement with the city, if Berkowitz fails to build the tower, GGP would get a shot. Otherwise, the market’s lease will be renegotiated.

For more information visit www.skyrisemiami.com