Could the next Facebook, Pinterest, or LinkedIn be born right here in Tampa Bay? On Friday, a group that wants to turn our area into the next Silicon Valley is opening a new launchpad for brand new technology companies. The goal of the nonprofit Tampa Bay WaVE is to bring…
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In what is billed as a first for financial services company,GTE Financial has created a three-dimensional virtual community financial center. Tampa Bay Business Journal got an exclusive advance look at GTE 3D, a 24/7/365 virtual world that’s accessible via desktop computer and will have a grand opening from 1 p.m.…
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With its flagship Tampa data center at near capacity, Hivelocity is adding a second facility in Tampa. The company’s new data center will have 30,200 square feet and accommodate about 11,000 computer servers on 275 server racks. It’s being built out now and scheduled to be complete in the first…
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More people are employed in science, technology, engineering and math jobs in Florida than in tech-intensive states such as Massachusetts, North Carolina, Virginia and Washington. But Florida’s STEM employment growth has not kept pace with non-STEM job creation, according to a newly released report from Cherrystone Management Inc., in conjunction…
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Gov. Rick Scott said Monday he will ask the Legislature for $20 million more next year for funding high school technical centers. Scott scheduled visits to technical centers in Orlando and Miami to promote the idea of a "rapid response start-up grant program" linking local labor needs with demand for…
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If becoming a 21st century metro area means having lots of better paying technology-related job opportunities, then Tampa Bay should give itself a pat on the back — and keeping pushing for more. A creative analysis by Bloomberg News recently ranked the nation's 100 top metro areas for STEM jobs…
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A Wesley Chapel health care software company said it plans on adding 500 jobs after recently securing $18 million from several private equity firms. CareSync said this week its "user base" has increased 20-fold in the last four months in response to the company's development of a chronic care management…
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When I worked retail, my store hired a veteran. He was built sturdy, and had the whole macho thing going, so I was surprised one day when I came up behind him, tapped him on the shoulder, and he screamed. I had been wearing particularly silent sneakers as I walked…
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This article was originally published on the Startup Revolution blog, on October 2, 2015. Over the past 5 years I’ve seen and been a part of a variety of different startup communities. I also have relationships with many founders from all over the country. I noticed, through living in these cities…
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Tampa’s drivers and its economic drivers are joining forces. Anyone with a business idea and the Uber app can request an audience with Tampa Bay area venture capitalists from 11a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday through a collaboration between the investor group Florida Funders and ride-share program Uber. “Florida Funders is…
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