New wave of entrepreneurial spaces washing ashore in South Florida

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Author: Nancy Dahlberg
Publisher: Miami Herald
Date: August 3, 2014

Jordan Melnick found his first investor at The LAB Miami, a collaborative workspace for entrepreneurs.

LAB co-founder Wifredo Fernandez introduced him to a new member, angel investor Mark Kingdon who had recently moved from New York. Melnick introduced Kingdon to Sktchy, an app he created that has attracted thousands of artists worldwide to create and share their portraits inspired by submitted photos. Kingdon was impressed with the app and the team and further discussions resulted in seed capital.

“We feel very lucky to have hit it off with Mark and grateful to The LAB folks for creating a space where connections like that can happen,” said Melnick. Read more here.