Featured Founder: Oren Milstein of StemRad
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 Oren Milstein, Co-Founder and CEO of StemRad, a developer and manufacturer of personal protective equipment (PPE) for radiation. What were you doing previously and […]
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2019 Southeast Capital Landscape
Last summer, we introduced the inaugural Southeast Capital Landscape Report. This year, the #BuildInSE Alliance and Embarc Collective have collectively revisited and refreshed the database to reflect the growth in the ecosystem. It remains our intention to maintain this resource to help connect local startups with funding opportunities across the region we call home.*
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Reliving the Magic of the Bus: Everything You Need to Know About Rise of the Rest’s Stop in Tampa Bay
On May 1st, AOL co-founder Steve Case brought a national delegation of entrepreneurs, investors, and other stakeholders to Tampa Bay for the Rise of the Rest (ROTR) Tour. Now on his eighth tour, Rise of the Rest has become a key indicator that a community is on the rise, and on May 1st, the spotlight […]
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Embarc Collective’s First Phase of Launch is Live (for over a month)
This gif says it well. My team has been heads down and focused—and in the thick of that focus, we’ve been slow to offer an update on the launch of Embarc Collective. In March, we began to roll out the first phase of our organization’s launch with support to 25 early-stage technology startups that are […]
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Lessons from Past Rise of the Rest Tours
We are excited to welcome Steve Case’s Rise of the Rest Tour to Tampa Bay on May 1st. This is an opportunity to shine the spotlight on our region and showcase the startups and entrepreneurs who grind towards success each day. In preparation for May 1st, past hosts of the Rise of the Rest Tours […]
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Rise of the Rest Homecoming: Interview with Genna Mckeel of Google for Startups
Genna McKeel, a Tampa Bay native, is Head of Global Partnerships for Google for Startups. Before joining the Google for Startups team, she was on Google’s central policy team where she led the team’s economic impact strategy and efforts to tackle forced data localization globally. Before Google, Genna received her MBA from London Business School […]
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The Spotlight is on Tampa Bay–It’s Time to Shine
On January 25, AOL co-founder Steve Case announced nationally on MSNBC that he saw the growth and momentum amongst new ventures in Tampa Bay and that he was going to visit to showcase the tremendous amount of progress here as part of his Rise of the Rest Tour. Now on his eighth tour, Rise of the […]
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Featured Founder: Adam Wisniewski of EX3 Labs
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 Adam Wisniewski, Founder & CEO of EX3 Labs, an experience design and product innovation firm that helps companies launch new ideas, digital products, and […]
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Featured Founder: Theo Harvey of SynsorMed
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 Theo Harvey, Founder & CEO of SynsorMed, a fully reimbursable remote patient monitoring (RPM) and chronic care management (CCM) solution for healthcare care organizations. […]
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Featured Founder: Rosa Shores of BlockSpaces
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 Rosa Shores, Co-founder of BlockSpaces, a blockchain incubator that provides specialized education, development and support services to a collaborative learning community of individuals and […]
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What (Really) Matters When Hiring Your First Employees
This guest post was contributed by our partner, Established. “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” — Henry Ford As one of the greatest innovators in American history reminds us, the team you build around you — and how you develop them — will ultimately be what determines whether […]
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Featured Founder: SaLisa Berrien of COI Energy
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 SaLisa Berrien, Founder of COI Energy Services, a platform that enables customers to monetize their renewable energy resources by buying and selling energy back […]
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