Category: Entrepreneurship
Three young Tampa Bay companies will be among 50 competing for $50,000 in prizes at a national conference for startups and investors. Autography, PikMyKid and KynderMed are semi-finalists for SUP-X: The StartUp Expo, Feb. 16-17 in Fort Lauderdale.
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Five startup companies formed in the Tampa Bay area have been selected from a pool of more than 30 small businesses to compete as finalists in the Bright House Networks Pitch 6 competition.
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Mark Dickson thinks he’s gotten pretty close to predicting the future — at least in the world of residential real estate.As founder and CEO of Sarasota-based offrs.com, he runs a startup that can tell Realtors which homes in a specific territory are most likely to be listed for sale in…
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Two Tampa startups — Venuetize and WeVue — will be in the spotlight next month, when they are among 50 companies featured at a global conference in Silicon Valley.
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A new entrepreneurship program that is geared toward military veterans will be locally implemented with the help of Hillsborough Community College in Tampa. The nonprofit Veterans Florida, which developed the entrepreneurship program, was developed itself by the Florida Legislature in an effort to create more job opportunities for vets in…
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A Tampa entrepreneur wants you to be able to wash your clothes in a laundromat with the touch of a button on a mobile device. The entrepreneur, Todd Belveal, has developed a patent-pending mobile application that he said would allow users to locate stores and reserve machines remotely, activate and…
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In 1853, U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry (no, not the Friendsactor) sailed to the shores of Japan to strongly suggest (with several gun-laden vessels) that the ruling shogunate open Japan’s ports to outside trade. For 200 years, Japan had embraced a policy of near total isolation from the West, but with…
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Sometimes it helps to look back at who left their mark on Tampa Bay's business economy in order to look ahead. Below are 10 people who have touched this market — mostly for the good, but not always. Many have moved on, living elsewhere or involved in new pursuits. Others…
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Inspirational quotes that highlight growth out of failure and the ability to overcome setbacks on the path to success abound, especially online. Rather than read about successes and failures, however, members of the local startup community can mingle with area entrepreneurs during the second edition of F*** Up Nights Tampa Bay on Thursday, January…
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