"Effective reviews provide employees with clear insight into how they can grow, but also how they’re valuable to the larger goals of the company. This, in turn, leads to higher employee engagement. When workers are engaged, they’re more likely to stay at their jobs."

—Aytekin Tank on performance reviews in the time of coronavirus

Founder: Chad Sandstedt

Company: TagniFi

Thoughts: I believe startups are an endurance sport that usually take 5, 10, or even 20 years to successfully execute so steady progress will get you much further than a quick sprint.

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R&D Funding Strategies for Startups

Session led by Ari Palmer, CEO and Co-Founder of TaxTaker

Presented by SoGal

Thursday, December 3 at 5PM ET

Networking: The Impact and Importance for your Startup

Learn Top Networking Tips to Help Your Startup Succeed

Presented by USF CONNECT

Tuesday, December 8 at 11AM ET

The Outlandish Speaker Series: Dan Teran, Founder of Managed by Q

Virtual Talk about the Journey of a Founder

Presented by Outlander Labs

Tuesday, December 8 at 12:30PM ET

'Tis the season: Tampa Bay Inno's 2020 Local Gift Guide

Tampa Bay Inno • Buy from local companies for everyone on your holiday gift list this year. This compilation includes Embarc Collective member companies solu and Peerfit.

2020 Startup of the Year Summit Recap and Winners

Startup of the Year • The annual competition Startup of the Year recognizes emerging startups from across the world. This year, Embarc Collective member company Grifin won the People's Choice Award and member company JustProtect was the Fintech & Security Category Winner.

Florida Funders Kicks Off New Investment Fund, Eyeing a $75M Total

Tampa Bay Business Journal • Hybrid venture fund Florida Funders has launched its second fund with the goal of raising $75M. The first fund made investments in 20 startups over 3 years.

Company: Qualified Meetings

Elevator Pitch: We work with clients from pre-revenue to $1B+, building tailored programs to solve their growth challenges.

Position: Sales Development Representative

Position Highlights: You will focus on driving new business for our IT software clients, helping customers grow their pipeline of qualified opportunities, and opening the door to sell into enterprise organizations. You will create and manage your portfolio of prospects while working in a team environment with one common goal: driving new business. Business is generated through 100% inside sales, utilizing our proprietary sales process, storytelling, and customer-centric sales approach, and dialing platform integrated into Salesforce.

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As we gear up for the end of the year, it's an important time to work with each of your team members to identify strengths and opportunities related to their individual performance. This week's resources focus on how to deliver performance reviews.

🏆 Startup Annual Planning 3: Performance Reviews and Individual Goals - Kwindla Hultman Kramer outlines a performance review approach that ladders down from overall organizational goals. This is the approach that we use at Embarc Collective.

📄 AltSchool's CEO Rebuilt Google's Performance Review System to Work for Startups - The team from First Round Review shares a framework for engaging in regular performance reviews.

⚖️ Team Assessment Survey - Never built out a review process? Start with this tool from the Classkick team to better understand the development needs of your team and to build your performance review MVP.

Dear HBR: Performance Reviews

In this episode of Dear HBR, organizational psychologist Adam Grant shares how to make performance reviews more effective for all parties involved.

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Female Founder Pitch Competition

Women 2.0 and AWS are partnering on this December virtual pitch competition. Five finalists will be selected to pitch live virtually for three judges and the general public, and one winner will take home $15K.

Deadline: December 4

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Forbes Next 1000 - 2021 Nominations

The Next 1000 list celebrates the ambitious sole proprietors, self-funded shops and pre-revenue startups who are redefining what it means to build and run a business today, especially in the “new normal.” Forbes is looking for nominations from every industry across the U.S., with a mission to showcase diverse regions and businesses across the country.

Deadline: December 6

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mHUB Accelerated Incubation - Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)

This 6-month program fast-tracks high potential startups through hands-on product development in a state-of-the-art prototyping facility supported by world-class corporate and venture investors. This program is specific to industrial internet of things startups.

Deadline: December 21

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