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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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…
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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…
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Forget the image of a hippie making biodiesel from used cooking oil in his garage to fuel a VW van with Grateful Dead stickers on the bumper. The renewable energy fuel, advocates say, is becoming big business.
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Tampa software firm SunView Software said Wednesday it will add up to 45 jobs and invest more than $1 million to add 6,000 square feet to its current headquarters. CEO Seng Sun, in a statement, said the company looks forward to "contributing to Hillsborough County's economic engine." Because no state…
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In new rankings released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report, three University of South Florida online graduate programs appear in the top 25 nationally, including two showing substantial improvement from last year. Two USF programs, graduate computer information technology and graduate engineering, rank the highest among public universities in…
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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…
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The Museum of Science and Industry could get a fresh start if the financially challenged science center were to leave its longtime north Tampa home and move downtown, according to a consultant’s report. ConsultEcon, a Massachusetts-based management and planning firm, told MOSI board members last week that moving the museum…
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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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It's the new year and time to fess up: Are you one of the thousands of people nationwide who has sworn to get in better shape in 2016? In fact, "lose weight and get fit" is both the No. 1 most popular and No. 1 most broken New Year's resolution.
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