Monthly Archives: November 2015

LocalShops1 Creator Ester Venouziou is partnering with the Gulfport Area Chamber of Commerce to offer eight Tampa Bay area female entrepreneurs the chance to compete for up to $70,000 in prizes during the Small Business Association InnovateHER Challenge. Read More
A startup pitch competition offering $1 million in prizes to a global winner is headed toward Tampa Bay. The 1776 Challenge Cup, which will take place at startup business accelerator and venture center Tampa Bay WaVe in February 2016, is billed as a ‘worldwide tournament for the most promising, world-changing startups… Read More
The St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce is preparing to open a consignment retail store attached to our Visitors Center.  Our goal is to highlight locally made goods and help our visitors and residents discover our community artists and makers. This store is scheduled to open late October. Items will… Read More
Whether you’ve been building apps since the Objective-C days or picked up Swift a couple of weeks ago, you’ve got knowledge to share with your fellow developers, who in turn have knowledge to share with you! Join us for an evening of demos, information exchange, and that buzz that you get when you’re… Read More
A year or so from now, some Tampa streets and the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway will go high tech and become the nation’s next proving ground for satellite-guided, crash-prevention technology. Engineers insist so-called “connected cars” that ”talk” to each other and communicate with roadways and even stoplights, will reduce, if… Read More
Company. Brilliant Harvest   Industry. Solar energy, power   Key. Industry faces significant near-term challenges. Bill Johnson likes to compare the solar industry today to the computer industry in the 1990s. Read More
Last week, 352 Inc. was named the Tampa Bay Technology Forum’s “Impact Project of the Year” award for its work with The Rollins Center for Language & Literacy and its Read Right from the Start program. The “Impact Project of the Year” category recognizes a technology project that has been… Read More
If Pasco County school superintendent Kurt Browning wanted clear direction for his district's next round of choice options, he got it from parents and students responding to a recent online survey. Read More
A look into the future of the Manatee-Sarasota biotech industry inspired a crowd to queue for a half hour Thursday to access the area's signature science and technology event. BioTech Expo, an event sponsored by the local chapter of BioFlorida, pulled in biotech professionals, students and researchers at State College… Read More
Whether it's your Friday night wine or cases of liquor for your company's holiday party, you can now get it delivered to most addresses in Tampa in less than an hour — for a flat fee of $5. Drizly, an app-based alcohol delivery service, is now available in Tampa. Tampa… Read More