Startup companies affiliated with several business incubators in the Tampa Bay area will have the opportunity to win $1,000 in prize money at an upcoming business pitch competition. Building Entrepreneurship Around Tampa (B.E.A.T.) Pitch Competition, sponsored by South-Florida based investors New World Angels, is a collaborative pitch event open to companies…
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The Tampa company that provides the technology for online auctions by Christie’s and other firms has a new majority owner. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. (NYSE: RBA) bought a 75 percent stake in Xcira LLC, a Tampa-based leader in simulcast auction technology. Ritchie Bros. paid $12.4 million in cash and will…
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Outside of being Laicos’ co-founder, I direct a nonprofit, Because of Ezra, which raises awareness and funds toward a cure for neuroblastoma and other types of childhood cancer. Laicos recently built a donation widget for Because of Ezra’s website, using Stripe as the payment processor and including an option to make donations either…
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Director Freddie Wong worked his way into multi-millionaire status by age 30. If he hasn’t yet achieved the fame of others in his income bracket, it’s because of his platform — a YouTube channel that boasts 7.6 million subscribers, viewership of more than a billion, and a web series called…
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Check out Tampa Bay Partnership's new video highlighting the region as a location for manufacturing.
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Exactly one year after his re-election, Governor Rick Scott visited Raytheon, where he thanked the company for its dedication to Florida and discussed a residency program for teachers in the science, technology, engineering and math fields. “We’re making this the global destination for jobs,” Scott said in front of about…
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We all pretty much take for granted that our phones can record and play back video, but the newest feature coming out of the tech world is a 360 degree virtual reality where you can use your phone to step into other places and other worlds to have a look…
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Lesley Chilcott likes to make movies about problems — big ones. She produced “An Inconvenient Truth” (about global warming) and “Waiting for Superman” (about the U.S. public school system). But her latest, a documentary called “CODEGIRL,” is something very different — in part, because it’s much more specific, looking not…
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The Entrepreneur Insider network is an online community where the most thoughtful and influential people in America’s startup scene contribute answers to timely questions about entrepreneurship and careers. Today’s answer to the question “What are some common mistakes young entrepreneurs make?” is written byJoy Randels, CEO of New Market Partners.…
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Virtual reality on the Gulf Coast recently received a real-life million-dollar boost. It comes from Marxent Labs, which raised $1.2 million in venture capital funding in the third quarter. St. Petersburg-based Marxent specializes in augmented and virtual reality. Augmented reality is the ability to project digital content into a physical…
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