The Three Simple Rules Miami Followed to Steal Silicon Valley | Francis Suarez Interview

The Rubin Report

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News Commentary, News, Politics

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🗓️ 29 June 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to Miami Mayor Francis Suarez about what Miami did to become the new Silicon Valley, his thoughts on Gov. DeSantis, and the three simple rules that Miami follows to be one of the top cities for business in America. Mayor Suarez discusses why so many startups are leaving Silicon Valley to relocate to Miami, why cities need to embrace tech, entrepreneurship, and innovation, and the risk they face if they don’t. He shares why Miami has embraced crypto currencies and was the host of the largest Bitcoin conference in the world. Finally, he explains why investing in police, quality of life, and being one of the best low-tax cities to live in America are putting Miami on a path to a great future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, I'm Dave Rubin. We are on location in Miami with Miami Mayor Francis Suarez.
0:14.4	Mr. Mayor, first off, the shirt matches the shoes matches the socks. You are living in the
0:20.8	synthwave future that was promised to us in the 80s, huh? That's right. That's right. It's just
0:25.2	Miami for you. It's Miami style. Absolutely. Definitely Miami style. I guess the best way to start
0:30.9	this off is that this place is just blowing up. You got to be kind of feeling good about life in
0:36.1	the world and what you're doing. Yeah. The easiest question ever been asked to you before.
0:40.0	It's the most common, that's the question. Yeah, no, it really is, I think, a generational opportunity,
0:45.6	a generational moment. Miami was always a great place. I mean, pre this sort of tech boom,
0:50.1	we were growing significantly. We're not a very, you know, we're not a well-kept secret.
0:56.0	But I think what is happening now is order of magnitude different, right? You're now creating
1:02.0	a kind of ecosystem and economy that's really going to propel our city into the future. The world
1:07.4	is changing. It's changing at a pace of disruption that we've never seen before. And we're talking
1:12.5	about this a little bit off camera, you know. Cities just don't get it oftentimes. They don't
1:17.9	understand that things are changing and are changing permanently and they have to adapt quickly.
1:23.5	When did you get it? I mean, did you know about this sort of shift before you were elected in 2017?
1:29.1	Or did this just happen? So I was actually elected in 2009 to the council as a councilman. And for
1:34.6	about 10 years, we were trying to create this technological ecosystem, you know, I'm a young,
1:39.6	I'm a young elected official for a major city. I'm 43. I was 32 at the time. And I realized that
1:46.1	I was a first generation with the smartphone. I was a first generation with laptops, cell phones.
1:52.1	And you realize that our world is more and more engulfed by technological tools. I now have a
1:59.9	seven-year-old and a three-year-old. And my three-year-old, just the other night was telling me,
2:04.0	Dad, let's take a selfie with her, with her, you know, we call it a Tete in Spanish, with her,
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