Recap: 2021 Glaring Gap Summit
Our 2021 Glaring Gap Report outlined the state of tech entrepreneurship for women in Florida. This year’s report noted that the proportion of venture capital funding going to women-founded companies is up nominally year-over-year from 7% to 8%. However, this proportion still trails 3 points behind the national average. We also know from numerous studies […]
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Featured Founders: AlexAnndra and James Ontra of Shufflrr
Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed AlexAnndra + James Ontra of Shufflrr, which is defining the Presentation Management category. What were you doing previously and what inspired you to launch […]
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2021 Glaring Gap Report
Introduction We launched the Glaring Gap Report in 2020 to understand the discrepancy between women and men in their participation in founding tech startups, raising investment to scale tech startups, and investing in tech startups across Florida. In this latest report, COVID-19 looms large in our assessment of the state of entrepreneurship for women in […]
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Featured Founder: Neil Jirele of AppyHour
Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Neil Jirele of AppyHour, which offers data-driven mobile marketing, sales enablement, and business intelligence for the three-tier system. What were you doing previously and […]
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Featured Founder: John Fohr of TrustLayer
Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed John Fohr of TrustLayer, which allows companies to automate tracking of insurance, licenses, and compliance docs of their business partners. What were you doing […]
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Recap: 2021 Strategy + Leadership Summit
This week Embarc Collective hosted its annual Strategy + Leadership Summit, powered by ReliaQuest, for Embarc Collective member companies. This was a full day of sessions led by executive leaders at ReliaQuest and created to help guide Embarc Collective members with their annual strategic planning. Thank you to the ReliaQuest team for sharing your time and knowledge with […]
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2021 Southeast Capital Landscape
Over the past three years, Build In SE and Embarc Collective have produced an annual report on investor growth trends taking place throughout the Southeast region (defined as Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, & West Virginia). Since the report’s inception, our data-led observations have indicated that over the past […]
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Milestone Moment: 100 Startups at Embarc Collective
Embarc Collective has hit one of its most exciting milestones to date. As of last month, we grew to 100 active member companies that are a part of this thriving startup community. This makes Embarc Collective the fastest-growing startup hub in Florida. Building a startup is one of life’s hardest pursuits, and it’s not for […]
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Featured Founder: Will Sitton of SlipSeat
Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Will Sitton of SlipSeat, which supplies truck drivers and owner-operators to motor carriers using a freelance marketplace. What were you doing previously and what […]
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Launching Dedicated Sales Strategy Coaching at Embarc Collective
As Peter Thiel remarks in Zero to One, “poor sales rather than bad product is the most common cause of [startup] failure.” At Embarc Collective, we know sound sales strategy is a critical component of startup success — whether a company is just beginning to map their customer personas or executing a repeatable sales process […]
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Featured Founder: Trevor Clark of Shyftoff
Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Trevor Clark, Co-Founder of ShyftOff, which provides flexible customer support outsourcing for businesses. What were you doing previously and what inspired you to launch […]
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Launching Wellness & Burnout Prevention Coaching at Embarc Collective
Those of us working in the startup space often experience moments of burnout — in fact, research shows that founders are 50% more likely to report having a mental health issue, 10 times more likely to suffer from bipolar disorder, and 2 times more likely to suffer depression. That is why Embarc Collective has decided to prioritize […]
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