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Sarasota County is on the verge of an agreement with the University of Florida that officials say will lure tech companies to the area and bolster the local economy. Read More
Tampa Bay Innovation Center, an innovation and entrepreneurship center for technology businesses, will hold its April 2016 TECH Talk program, the quarterly “Diary of an Entrepreneur,” on Tuesday, April 12, at 8:30 a.m. at Microsoft Headquarters office, 5426 Bay Center Dr., Suite 700, Tampa. Read More
Early stage companies will have a chance to compete for cash awards at an upcoming Florida Venture Forum conference in St. Petersburg. Read More
Nobel Laureate Andrew Schally and Jacqueline Quinn, environmental engineer at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, are among the seven inventors announced today as the 2016 inductees of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. Read More
Given the abundance of new funding options and eager investors, the best time to begin a business startup is clearly right now. Below are the pros and cons of the different funding types available to new business startups along with some advice on how to get started. Read More
Anyone who has visited a laundromat knows the drill: bring coins to operate dryers and washing machines. But in a laundromat in Tampa's Carrollwood neighborhood, there is a more streamlined method of paying for laundry services: through a smartphone application, Washlava. Read More
Florida is called the “Sunshine State,” but we don’t really live up to the name when it comes to solar power. Research by the Solar Energy Industries Association shows that while we’re third in the nation for rooftop solar potential, we’re 14th when it comes to solar capacity that’s actually… Read More
University commits to encouraging women to pursue advanced fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) through interdisciplinary learning to become innovative problem-solvers and high-tech professionals. Read More
Two USF technologies and one USF Student Innovation Incubator graduate company have been selected as finalists for the 7th Annual $50,000 Cade Museum Prize for Innovation. Daniel Yeh, Sean Verdecia and Saravana Bhava were selected out of over 100 entries from around Read More
Approximately 100 students from the School District of Hillsborough County are set to tour the engineering technology lab at Hillsborough Community College in Brandon. Read More