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Featured Founders: Brent Hobson & Jason Goddard from Wytebox

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 Brent Hobson and Jason Goddard from Wytebox, an AI-native project management platform built for the future of software development and project management.  What were […]

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Featured Founder: Dr. Sera Lavelle of Bea Better Eating

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 Dr. Sera Lavelle of Bea Better Eating, an app that rewires your mind to stop using food for emotional comfort and end the cycle of guilt […]

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Featured Founder: John Licato of Actualization.AI

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 Licato of Actualization.AI, which makes AI follow the rules by developing cutting-edge tools that ensure artificial intelligence systems align with human ethics, rules, and regulations. […]

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Featured Founder: Dena Lewis of Running Mate

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 Dena Lewis of Running Mate, a real-time, on-demand app designed to make running safer for all.  What inspired you to launch your company? As a runner […]

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Featured Founder: Ethan Reistad of Boats and Buyers

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 Ethan Reistad of Boats and Buyers, the first auction-style marketplace for boats. What were you doing previously, and what inspired you to launch your company? Growing up […]

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Featured Founder: Rocio Frej Vitalle of SkyTL

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 Rocio Frej Vitalle of SkyTL, a multi-hazard platform that fuses sensor data, AI, and physics models to deliver real-time intelligence, helping decision-makers act faster and safer […]

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Featured Founder: Mart Vainu of Cashy

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 Mart Vainu of Cashy, an application that helps banks and credit unions reach Gen Z through games and financial education through a plug-and-play platform that makes […]

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Featured Founder: Mauro Costa of Bulkitrade

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 Mauro Costa of Bulkitrade, a B2B marketplace that is committed to transforming international wholesale B2B trade to more efficiently connect global supply and demand, […]

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Featured Founder: Jake Dyal of Certus Core

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 Jake Dyal of Certus Core, which enables rapid decisions through knowledge systems. What were you doing previously and what inspired you to launch your […]

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Featured Founder: Scott Minniear of NeuX Technologies

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 Scott Minniear of NeuX Technologies, which develops life-changing technology that helps people feel, move, and live better. What were you doing previously and what […]

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