How it works
A room built around the conversation.
We build the room around the conversation.
This is one of the most important things about Miami Business Assembly.
When someone requests a seat, we ask what they're working on.
- What's working?
- What's not?
- What have you tried?
- What have you learned?
- What do you need?
Before each gathering, we review what participants are working on.
Then we curate the room.
If someone is considering raising capital, we may invite someone who understands capital.
If a company is struggling with distribution, we'll look for someone who has actually built distribution.
If technology is the issue, we'll look for relevant technology experience.
If someone is considering buying or selling a company, experience with transactions may belong at the table.
If there's a legal issue, the appropriate legal perspective may be useful.
If someone is trying to get a product onto retail shelves, perhaps somebody who's actually done it should be sitting across from them.
And sometimes the most valuable perspective comes from someone none of us would have predicted.
We don't just decide who's coming.
We think carefully about who should be in the room.
We can't promise that every problem gets solved in 90 minutes.
Business doesn't work that way.
But if you're getting up early and giving us 90 minutes of your Friday morning, we'll put serious thought into making those 90 minutes worth your time.
Tell us what you're working on7:00 AM.
We meet early because we respect the business day.
Coffee is ready.
Doughnuts are on the table.
We start at 7:00 AM.
We finish at 8:30 AM.
Then everyone gets back to whatever they're building.
90 minutes.
One table.
A room built around the conversation.
What worked?
Share it.
What didn't?
Share that too.
What would you never do again?
We really want to hear that one.
Business conversations have a tendency to focus on success.
But some of the most valuable things we know came from things that didn't work.
The employee we shouldn't have hired.
The market we entered too early.
The product nobody wanted.
The deal we should have walked away from.
The company that succeeded.
The company that didn't.
It's all experience.
Someone at the table may be about to make a mistake someone else made ten years ago.
Or they may be about to discover something none of us has considered before.
Both conversations are worth having.
Candid, but use good judgment.
Useful business conversations require candor.
We ask everyone participating to treat the conversations they hear with discretion and respect.
But Miami Business Assembly is not conducted under a mutual nondisclosure agreement.
Don't share trade secrets, privileged information or anything that requires formal confidentiality protection.
Share enough for the table to understand the issue. Keep genuinely confidential information confidential.
Sometimes the right person at the table is a journalist.
Miami Business Assembly maintains relationships with journalists, editors, producers and other media professionals who cover business.
When a company at the table is working on something genuinely newsworthy, we may invite a relevant journalist to attend.
This is optional and curated. We ask the company first, every time. A journalist is never placed at a table where a participant has asked us not to.
Media presence does not make the room on the record. If a journalist wants to pursue something they heard, they establish that directly with the participant.
We do not promise coverage, and journalists retain full editorial independence.
No pitching the press. No guaranteed stories. Just the occasional table where the conversation happens to be news.
Upcoming Tables
New gathering dates are announced periodically. You can still request a seat and let us know you're flexible.