Founder: Rosa Shores

Company: BlockSpaces

Thoughts: Employ “elastic thinking,” and realize that opportunities are often missed by not recognizing change has occurred and the previously unthinkable is now doable.

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International Women's Day Breakfast
Keynote by Adrian France of Odyssey Media
Presented by Startup Sisters USA and Embarc Collective
Friday, March 8 at 8:30AM - 10AM (Register Now - We're Almost At Capacity!)


FIBA Demo Day
Showcase and Pitches from FIBA's 2019 Cohort
Presented by the Florida-Israel Business Accelerator
Tuesday, March 12 at 8AM - 11AM


Digital Marketing Part-Time Course
Learn About Content Strategy, Social Media, Paid Campaigns and Analytics
Presented by Suncoast Developers Guild
Saturday, March 16 - Saturday, April 20

KnowBe4 Valued at $800M Gets Backing From Private Equity Firm KKR
Fortune • KnowBe4, headquartered in Clearwater, helps organizations reduce their risk to a cyberattack by educating users to recognize, report and avoid threats. KKR is making an initial commitment of $50M with plans for additional funding.


5G's Potential and Why Businesses Should Start Preparing For It
Harvard Business Review • 5G is right around the corner, and many businesses know little to nothing about the next-generation of mobile network technology. This article is a great start to wrap your mind around the potential disruptions and advancements this technology can have on the industry - including supercharging the Internet of Things.


The Secret History of Women in Coding
New York Time Magazine • As we honor and highlight women this week for International Women's Day, it's important to recognize the early technology advancements pioneered by women that got us where we are today. A great inspirational piece for all founders charting into new tech territories.


Recap of the Rise of the Rest "Ask Me Anything" with Mark Rucci
Twitter • In case you missed it, Mark Rucci, Community Manager for Rise of the Rest, hosted an "Ask Me Anything" on our Twitter account last night. The Tampa Bay community had a chance to ask Mark about Rise of the Rest's upcoming tour stop to our region and $100K pitch competition.

Company: Callyo

Elevator Pitch: Advancing mobile technology for law enforcement investigators to create a safer world for children.

Position: Security DevOps Engineer

Position Highlights: A Security DevOps Engineer at Callyo will help to develop and maintain secure infrastructure and applications that keep our communities safe. This position entails working with application developers to deliver secure, world-class software experiences, building resilient, secure infrastructure using Amazon Web Services, and building automated security checks into continuous integration and deployment pipelines. This role will also be responsible for improving and auditing the security of our existing infrastructure and applications and overseeing security practices among company systems such as email and CRM.

Apply Here

Design Trends and Best Practices Learned from 100 SaaS Sites
You only have one chance to make a first impression. That's why it's important for startups to have attractive, to-the-point websites to convert visitors to customers the first time. The Startup published a great article on design trends and best practices after studying 100 SaaS sites. This is a good start if you're planning a new website design or want to take tips of the pros without studying 100 sites of your own.


The Ultimate Pitch Deck Guide from Foundersuite
Is your pitch deck investor-ready? Our partner, Foundersuite, developed a solid resource guide on how to polish and execute a winning pitch deck. This step-by-step guide goes deeper than the visual requirements of a great pitch deck and also the fundamental structure needed to catch the eye of an investor. This is a perfect time to get your pitch deck ready for the Rise of the Rest's $100K pitch competition.

Rise of the Rest Tour Pitch Applications 
Apply to pitch for a $100,000 investment from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund during their trip to Florida that starts May 1.
Deadline March 11
Apply Here


Humanizing Technology 500 Startups Bootcamp
Pre-seed, seed, and post-seed startups are encouraged to apply.
Deadline March 11
Apply Here


FedEx Small Business Grant Contest
Unique small businesses or startups can apply to win a grant up to $50,000.
Deadline March 25
Apply Here


TechDiversity Accelerator Program
Diverse tech startups are encouraged to apply.
Deadline March 31
Apply Here