Blog Archives: Stacey Wolfe
Two Tampa tech companies with mobile platforms to make concert or sports events more fun for attendees and financially rewarding for promoters are in the hot spot for potential investors. “Sports is a sexy business,” Karri Zaremba, co-founder at Venuetize, said during the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s Business of Sports…
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Tampa Bay startups are well represented at Chase basecamp in downtown Tampa’s District 3 event space. It’s day three of Tampa Bay Startup Week, and energy is still high from the ‘halfway to Social Media Day’ celebration at a lively sports bar on night two.
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Day one of Startup Week Tampa Bay drew to a close on a clear evening. Inside a 1920’s-era warehouse in Tampa’s small but thriving downtown core, it was sunshine and high energy at Chase basecamp for the week’s kickoff ceremony; the enthusiastic spirit of the Tampa Bay entrepreneurial ecosystem really…
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If the 2nd Annual Tampa Bay Startup Week is any indication, it appears the region’s emerging tech community is starting to grow its footprint. More than 1,200 are expected to participate in 80 events throughout downtown Tampa this week, a projected 50 percent increase over the inaugural event last year.…
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It’s mid-afternoon on a crisp, sunny Friday -- the day before Tampa’s annual Gasparilla parade. Mark Sharpe sits in a corner seat at Buddy Brew Coffee Shop on Kennedy Boulevard. Occasionally, he waves to patrons, several of whom recognize the former Hillsborough County commissioner.
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Ten students, selected from over 700 students in grades K-8 from across the Tampa Bay area, will gather on Feb. 11, 2016, Thomas Edison’s birthday, and pitch their inventions before a panel of judges at the eighth annual USF Young Innovator Competition (www.usfyounginnovator.com). The final competition will be held this…
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Pepin Distributing Company is the primary beer distribution company serving Tampa Bay and surrounding areas. Since 1967, Pepin has built an extensive beer distribution system that has given retailers easy access to a variety of products, including beer from Anheuser-Busch-Inbev, Modelo-Crown Imports, and several craft and specialty brewers. They also…
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The Tampa Bay Lightning is the first professional sports team in the U.S. to roll out new technology that could be a literal game changer. Enthrall Sports, based in Seattle, is the developer of the software, which includes a mobile app called FanCap. Through FanCap, game attendees can shoot photos…
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The number one question our team is hearing lately is: “So, what’s the new focus at TBTF and how can we get more out of our membership?” Workforce has always been the driving motivation of TBTF, and this year we’re going to step up our impact. Last year, we partnered with CareerSource…
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The Tampa investment firm founded by former Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford raised $1 million to invest in PayIt. Weatherford also was named to the board of directors of the Kansas City, Missouri company, which provides mobile payments processing for government services,according to the company’s website.
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