Aspire co-founders Anish Jain and Justin Lin were hard at work turning their “computers into employees” when I stepped into Casa Lula. They flew in for Miami Hack Week from New York and Los Angeles, respectively, to explore what the Miami hype was all about, but by Thursday night they were seriously considering relocating, spurred by how open, friendly and collaborative the community has been.
Their gracious hosts, Matthew and Michael Vega-Sanz, had two main goals in mind for hosting a house during Miami Hack Week: Recruit great talent to their InsurTech startup, Lula, and have teams work on a product they were looking to develop at the company.
