Supercharge Your Leadership: Lessons From Six Leaders Who Transformed Their Startups Into Global Success Stories
Advancing one’s leadership style has been top of mind for the entrepreneurs a part of our community at Embarc Collective. Embarc Collective hosted its fifth annual Leadership Summit, made possible by The First Bank, which spotlighted proven strategies from top operators and visionaries who have steered their startups into global success stories. Skillful leadership involves […]
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Category Design with Kevin Maney
This week, Kevin Maney, Founding Partner at Category Design Advisors and co-author of Play Bigger, visited Embarc Collective to share his renowned Category Design frameworks exclusively with our member community. By embracing these frameworks, startup builders can position themselves to become category kings, enabling them to create the most value, capture the most market share, […]
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Launching on Product Hunt – Twos’ Successful Campaign
As startup builders, we understand that marketing and public relations (PR) can help improve external social engagement, raise brand awareness, and amplify a company’s product in the market. The recent success of Twos, a member company of Embarc Collective, and their Product of the Day achievement on Product Hunt is an example of how they […]
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Your Startup Guide to Strategic Planning
Use this outline to guide your annual planning process As we dive deeper into Q4, it’s an opportune time to reflect on your startup’s past year of growth and plan for what comes next. This is a critical practice for startups—to zoom out of day-to-day execution and make a deliberate effort to work on the […]
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Tactical Guidance to Level Up Your Leadership
Featuring: Derrick Brooks, EVP Corporate & Community Business Development, VSG and Pro Football Hall of Famer, Allie Felix, VP Platform for Embarc Collective, Heather Rivas, GM of Boulon Brasserie, Allison Casper Adams, Owner/Operator, Oxford Commons Hospitality Company, Brian Murphy, Founder and CEO of ReliaQuest, Punit Shah, CEO of Liberty Group and Co-Owner of Miami Marlins MLB, Lakshmi […]
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Women in Tech Tampa Bay: SaLisa Berrien, CEO of COI Energy
In celebration of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, Embarc Collective is excited to introduce you to Women in Tech Tampa Bay — a content series profiling women who are building at Embarc Collective and how they’ve built their careers. Meet more women tech founders and investors across the state of Florida here. Meet SaLisa Berrien, […]
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Tampa Bay’s Start Up Guide For Founders and Entrepreneurs
If you’re running a company based in Tampa Bay, this guide includes everything you’ll need to succeed—investment funds, companies to watch, and more.
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Starting Out: What’s It Like to Work in a Startup?
Once again, Embarc Collective had the opportunity to partner with the Ryan Nece Foundation, a youth leadership program, on a workshop with high school leaders about technology startups. With guidance from members of the Embarc Collective community, these students learned about what it’s like to work in a technology startup in Tampa Bay. At Embarc […]
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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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Open Opportunities Through Diversity and Inclusion
Each week at Embarc Collective, we bring in a local or out-of-market expert to talk about a specific pain point or skill that is being voiced by the startup community we support. We are lucky in Tampa Bay to have startups that are focused on building diverse and inclusive teams from Day 1, and from […]
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