"...Focus on the problems that you LOVE to solve because they challenge you and allow you to utilize your more complex and specialized skills and capabilities."

—Johnathan Maltby on how to beat the mid-life ‘professional identity’ crisis

Founder: Christopher McElveen

Company: LogNovations

Thoughts: Enjoy the process and you will succeed, because you can't fail if you never give up.

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Beyond the Valley: Investing Between the Coasts

Hear from Investors Focused on Non-Coastal Startup Markets

Presented by Startup Grind - Birmingham

Thursday, January 28 at 6PM ET

Building a Winning Startup: Lessons Learned

Fireside Chat with Entrepreneurial Trailblazers

Presented by USF CONNECT

Thursday, February 4 at 11AM ET

From Retail to E-Commerce: Scaling Your Business Like a Startup

Learn the Foundational Framework for How to Scale Retail

Presented by the Tampa Bay Women's Business Centre

Wednesday, February 17 at 12PM ET

The Next Evolution of Digital Mental Health Support

Forbes • Cope Notes, an Embarc Collective member, was profiled in Forbes for its approach to providing mental health support via text message. The company has exchanged half a million text messages with users and now contracts with Orange County, Florida.

Stocks Only Go Up, Right? Retail Investing is Hitting its Zeitgeist Moment

Medium • In this piece by Lightspeed VC, Embarc Collective member Grifin was featured in this overview of the growth of retail investing. Grifin was included, along with Robinhood, Acorn and others, as a company demonstrating the increased interest in retail investing.

These are the Top Fintech Companies in Florida (2021)

Daily Finance • Defynance, an Embarc Collective member company, was included in a list of top fintech companies in Florida in 2021. Defynance refinances existing student loans through income share agreements. The company was recently accepted in the 2021 cohort of TechStars Boulder.

Redefining Our Environment: Space is Not Place

83 Degrees • Embarc Collective CEO Lakshmi Shenoy shares some of our team's learnings from the pandemic. She dives into how we've realized the difference between space and place, how smaller hubs like Tampa Bay can take advantage of remote life, and the work we'll need to collectively do to support women professionally because of setbacks during the pandemic.

Company: Pocket

Elevator Pitch: Pocket Network is a decentralized API that incentivizes people and companies to run full nodes for any blockchain. This is done through a protocol that connects blockchain developers with full RPC access to the network of nodes.

Position: Digital Marketing & Communications Manager

Position Highlights: We are looking for someone to help us maintain and expand our marketing efforts as well as drive home the key value propositions and messages. This role would be suitable for an aspiring marketing professional with existing relationships in the space and a working knowledge of cryptocurrencies/blockchains.

Apply Here

In anticipation of our upcoming member programming at Embarc Collective on building your personal vision and brand, read our resources that dig into this topic.

💫 The Ultimate Annual Review - this guide outlines how to gather the inputs from the past year to inform your 2021 personal brand statement.

🔍 Personal Vision Statement: A Step-by-Step Guide to Your Future Self - Scott Jeffrey provides instructions on how to craft your own vision statement.

📢 The Complete Guide to Building Your Personal Brand - this overview helps you create a marketing and content plan once you've developed your personal vision and brand.

✅ 26 Different Ways to Build Your Personal Brand - this list provides ideas for how to further enhance your personal vision and brand.

5 New Things I'm Doing Right Now to Grow My Brand

Mike Kim walks through the new techniques he's using to build his personal brand, including leveraging YouTube, investing in a coach (we may be biased as coaching is the core of Embarc Collective 😀), and time blocking.

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NASA iTech Ignite the Night Tampa

Submit your idea to be considered for selection as one of the 10 presenters that will be giving their best pitch at the upcoming Ignite the Night. The top presenter selected will earn a position as one of the top 25 Semifinalists for the current NASA iTech Cycle, ensuring your technology will be evaluated by NASA’s Center Chief Technologists.

Deadline: January 29

Apply Here

Synapse Innovation Awards

The inaugural Synapse Innovation Awards will recognize those driving innovation, promoting our community’s values of equity and inclusivity, and making a positive impact for their community. Innovation showcases will give visibility to those working hard and making an impact. Industry experts, leaders, and the Synapse community will select the winners.

Deadline: February 5

Nominate Here

5508 Business Accelerator Application

A collaboration between THAPGroup and the City of Tampa, this virtual program will guide founders through operations planning, government procurement, branding and marketing, and how to pitch to financial and banking professionals.

Deadline: March 31

Apply Here