The question of how to find startup funding in Tampa Bay is on the minds of many of the young entrepreneurs and would-be business owners who attend Tampa Bay Startup Week. Central Florida has not yet established a firm network of angel investors and venture capitalists like San Francisco or even Miami,…
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We are excited to welcome Uber to the FirstWaVE Venture Center! To start, Uber Technologies will plan and host driver on-boarding and training sessions in our shared workspace. Also, Uber representatives will be taking part in some of the entrepreneur workshops and other events held here at Tampa Bay WaVE.
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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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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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Tampa Bay Startup Week offers entrepreneurs the one thing they need they most — and might not realize they need it. That one thing is connections with others who also are working to start and grow their own businesses, said Gracie Stemmer, lead organizer.
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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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