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Author: Chris McCray

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Coaching
Launching Growth-Focused Strategy Coaching at Embarc Collective

Our community of nearly 120 technology startups continues to make exciting progress on their businesses every day. Founders and their teams crossing through the gates of early product/market-fit need to quickly shift their focus to growth strategies that build repeatable revenue, hit upcoming KPIs, and position their business for scale. That’s why we’re excited to […]

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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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Capital investments Southeast startups venture firms
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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Coaching
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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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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Featured Founder
Celebrating Ideal Agent

Ideal Agent is a real estate technology platform selling homes for as little as 2% commission via a referral network of top real estate agents. They’ve been a part of the Embarc Collective community since the very beginning—March 2019, to be exact. This team has grown tremendously and will be moving to alumni company status at the […]

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Company News
International Women’s Day: Women in Tech Tampa Bay

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 the women who are building at Embarc Collective and how they’ve scaled their careers. We all know the woeful stats of women in the technology field: in 2020, women […]

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Founder Spotlights
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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Women in Tech Tampa Bay: April Caldwell, CEO of fayVen

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 April Caldwell, […]

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Fundraising Local Tampa Bay
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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