About the InternetCoast

InternetCoast Vision:

A regional initiative leading South Florida as a global science and technology hub. 

InternetCoast Mission:

Focuses on social innovation, entrepreneurship, and a knowledge based workforce to facilitate investment and drive economic growth.

Where is the InternetCoast?

The InternetCoast is located on the Southeast coast of Florida. Stretching across Palm Beach County, Broward County and Miami Dade County. 

What is causing the InternetCoast movement?

• The original birth place of the IBM PC
• Intellectual brain trust created an entrepreneurial technology movement.
• Southeast Florida is becoming a global Internet gateway with a world-class NAP (Network Access Point) with cable to South America and Europe 
• Application Service Provider (ASP) Capital of the world
• Pro Business Environment 
• Lower cost of living
• Lifestyle
• Average Temperature / Number of sunny days
• Diverse Community 
• All major sports are represented in South Florida
• National Spotlight
• Entrepreneur Magazine voted Boca Raton/West Palm Beach the No. 1 city on Dun & Bradstreet and Entrepreneur's list of hot spots for small businesses. Read the article >>

  Major Initiatives 

  • Evolve into a Global Marketplace and International Destination for People to Live, Work & Play
  • A Regional Collaborator that Markets Our Local Assets and Resources
  • Promoting our Region as a Global Science and Technology Hub
  • Fostering Regional Partnerships
  • Creating a Last Mile Plan
  • Supporting the growth of innovative technogies (Nano technologies, wireless technology, global technology exchange, bio technology)
  • InternetCoast Research Consortium

  What is the InternetCoast?

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  The InternetCoast is made up of a collection of technology companies and organizations operating in Southeast Florida. It is an technology cluster of businesses, organizations and educational facilities that is now reaching "critical mass" - in the same way that other U.S. technology clusters like Silicon Valley have grown in the past.

  Like the Internet itself, the InternetCoast is a grassroots movement being fueled by a natural progression of events in Southeast Florida, the original birthplace of the IBM PC.

  Already, InternetCoast companies in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade Counties. have established large customer bases in the United States and abroad, and are dramatically changing the ways in which consumers and businesses will use the Internet in the future.

  With a high quality of life, a reasonable cost of living, and a pro-business atmosphere - the InternetCoast continues to attract innovative Internet-oriented companies that could locate almost anywhere in the world. As a result, the InternetCoast is becoming well recognized as a worldwide hub for technology and Internet-related businesses.

  The InternetCoast Economic Development Advisory Council:

  Click here to view the roster.

  Contact Information:
  Mark Wyllie
  Executive Director
  Email: markwyllie@internetcoast.com