Embarc Collective is Opening. What Does This Mean for Tampa Bay?
Embarc Collective helps Tampa Bay’s startup talent build bold, scalable, thriving companies. Our team has been doing this since March of this year for the 40 member startups we support through 1:1 coaching from the Embarc Collective staff and 51 group workshops on the different needs of a startup. But without our physical space, for […]
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Designing an ADA Compliant Website
“The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.” — Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web In 2018 alone, there were 2,285 website ADA compliance lawsuits filed in the US, including many against high-profile names like Home Depot, Beyoncé, Nike, […]
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Florida Business Development Corporation Continues Partnership with Embarc Collective to Strengthen Function-Specific Support for Technology Startups
Tampa Bay startup hub to expand function-specific support for talent building early-stage technology ventures Tampa, Florida — Embarc Collective is expanding its partnership with the Florida Business Development Corporation (FBDC) to broaden its function-specific support model to a growing number of high-potential, early-stage technology startups in Tampa Bay. This support has been available to all […]
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Lessons on Building a Brand: One Year with Embarc Collective
As a Tampa Bay native, this region holds a special place in my heart and is home to my most cherished memories. From attending college at my parents’ alma mater to building a business and career here, I’m definitely what you’d call Tampa Grown. After college, despite having opportunities available to me around the country, […]
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Junior Achievement Partners with Embarc Collective to Deliver Entrepreneurship Opportunities to Students
Tampa Bay startup hub leverages the nation’s largest organization dedicated to youth development to increase regional entrepreneurship opportunities for junior talent Tampa, Florida — Startup hub Embarc Collective is partnering with Junior Achievement to develop an entrepreneurship academy and lab within its 32,000 square foot hub that will open later in 2019. The JA Entrepreneurship […]
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Forming A Board and Running Effective Board Meetings
As a seed stage company, running a board meeting can be strange, new territory. Holding effective board meetings are critical for early-stage startups to make sound decisions, provide detailed updates to stakeholders, and re-evaluate the current plan of action to continue to scale quickly. Recently, we invited Julia Taxin of Grotech Ventures to share tips […]
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Featured Founder: Alex Brodsky of Iteright
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 Alex Brodsky, Co-Founder of Iteright, a SaaS tool that helps product teams beat these odds through idea structuring and validation exercises. What were you […]
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Growth Story: Gabe Higgins of BlockSpaces
Welcome to our Growth Story series, where you’ll meet startup team members—either natives, boomerangs or transplants—in Tampa-St. Petersburg who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Gabe Higgins, Co-Founder and COO of BlockSpaces, a blockchain innovation studio that provides specialized education, development and support services to […]
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Everything You Need to Know About Email Marketing Click Through Rates
Email marketing is here to stay, and your startup should be leveraging this channel to drive conversions. In this post, we will review click-through rates as a core email performance metric. There are so many marketing channels that come and go in the digital age, but in fact, email marketing consistently outperforms other channels like […]
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Top Takeaways from Embarc Collective’s First-Ever Founder Summit
As many know, building a startup is difficult and often lonely. To support Embarc Collective member companies with the ups and downs of the startup journey and to reinforce the strength of the startup community, Embarc Collective hosted its first-ever Founder Summit for current Embarc Collective member companies. We curated a half-day of learning and […]
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Roll Call: Women Founders and Investors in Florida
A statewide directory for women leading and investing in technology startups to narrow the gender investing gap in Florida. We all know the woeful stats: in 2018, women raised less than 3% of venture capital funding, made up just 26% of the angel investor population, and comprised only 11% of decision-making roles at US-based venture […]
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The Power of a Well-Written Job Description
Finding the best talent faster. It’s what every company wants to do. Having a well written job description can help in that process. A job description is a multi-purpose tool. It is a candidate’s initial impression of a company – think of it as a position’s resume. It is also the company’s face and voice […]
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