Category: Community Building
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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Anthony Comer walked in to Amalie Arena on Tuesday morning hoping for a fun way to skip class. He walked out with a potential new job. Comer, a 19-year-old senior at Tampa Bay Tech High School, made the most of the first ever Build Tampa Bay technical career fair, pairing…
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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 chief job recruiting arm of Tampa and Hillsborough County is riding a traditional wave of big-name corporate expansion, from Bristol-Myers Squibb to Johnson & Johnson, with many more deals in the pipeline soon to be announced. Why rock the boat? In what might seem a counter-intuitive move, the leaders…
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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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Mayor Bob Buckhorn and the City of Tampa have created a new video showing off what makes Tampa, "The Best City in the Nation." (more…)
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To say it has been a very good year for philanthropic giving to certain Florida universities would be an understatement. The $100 million gift to Florida State University, announced earlier this month from Jan Moran and The Jim Moran Foundation, topped all donations to any Florida university — in fact, to…
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Each month Hillsborough County hosts a networking event that puts a human centered spin on Tampa Bay area networking. Homebrew Hillsborough provides an exceptional opportunity for small businesses, entrepreneurs and innovators to come together, to network and to share ideas. Not only does Homebrew Hillsborough present an exceptional networking opportunity,…
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One of the most rewarding parts of what we do at The Iron Yard is hosting kids coding classes. Our instructors volunteer their time on a regular basis to make sure kids in every community where we operate have a chance to be exposed to what it’s like to code.…
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