Category: Startups

Two Tampa startups — Venuetize and WeVue — will be in the spotlight next month, when they are among 50 companies featured at a global conference in Silicon Valley. Read More
A Tampa entrepreneur wants you to be able to wash your clothes in a laundromat with the touch of a button on a mobile device. The entrepreneur, Todd Belveal, has developed a patent-pending mobile application that he said would allow users to locate stores and reserve machines remotely, activate and… Read More
It’s the start of the new year and we have an exciting change to announce. Yeng Yang, our senior architect for the last 2 years, has been promoted to Chief Technology Officer. Yeng brings a depth of knowledge to the position and has more than a decade of experience working… Read More
Inspirational quotes that highlight growth out of failure and the ability to overcome setbacks on the path to success abound, especially online. Rather than read about successes and failures, however, members of the local startup community can mingle with area entrepreneurs during the second edition of F*** Up Nights Tampa Bay on Thursday, January… Read More
Is your product ready for Product Hunt? Take this quiz to find out. Read More
Have you ever been frustrated, stressed or worried about your children during school dismissal time? Have you, yourself, been the one sitting in the pick-up line wishing you were taking care of everything else on your to do list? Team Elevate is thrilled to work with Saravana Pat Bhava, Founder… Read More
It’s become a very happy holiday season for employees of SynDaver Labs. The Tampa creator of synthetic cadavers for medical research bestowed $1.5 million worth of company stock to non-management employees at its Christmas party on Friday. “The holidays are all about giving back and in addition to our Holiday… Read More
When I ask clients what sets them apart, what I hear from most is a lengthy list of features. Variations on: “Our product does this, that, and the other thing.” I hate to shoot them down, because they’re all really proud of what they’ve accomplished. Their products are, in fact,… Read More
A student-led team from the University of Tampa hopes to pitch their ideas to President Bill Clinton and a panel of judges for the chance to earn $1 million in startup funding. Each year, hundreds of teams from universities around the world compete in the Hult Prize competition to solve… Read More
"The most powerful robotic pickup artist on the planet" is being developed in Tampa, and one local executive thinks the technology has potential well beyond getting to a first date. Casanova is an add-on program for the dating app Tinder, designed to have more self confidence approaching women than most… Read More