"Founders I met with were dealing with high levels of stress from every angle — investors, customers, employees, families, and from within. They were understandably exhausted after getting only two hours of sleep, and felt alone at the top in their toughest decision-making times."
Thoughts: Place passion and joy at the center of what you are doing. Don’t get anxious about what other people perceive of your abilities. Concentrate your energy on the joy you get from your work, your clients, and your team.
Tampa Bay Inno • Embarc Collective member BlockSpaces raised from Silicon Valley-based investor Leadout Capital, as well as Tampa-based Blockfund Ventures, Greg Pierce, and Tony DiBenedetto.
Tampa Bay Inno • With the migration of talent coming to Florida, Tampa Bay has welcomed many experienced tech leaders over the course of the last year. These individuals have been welcomed by Embarc Collective's quarterly Tech Transplant meetups as they get connected with our local tech and startup community.
Refresh Miami • Hybrid venture fund Florida Funders has welcomed Maria Derchi Russo, Executive Director of Refresh Miami, as its new Director of Community. In this role, Maria will be responsible for looking for ways to strengthen the Florida startup ecosystem as well as looking for deal flow for Florida Funders.
Elevator Pitch: We are a high-growth, venture-backed B2B SaaS company that reduces friction and builds trust between businesses. We allow users to automate the verification of insurance, licenses, and compliance docs of their business partners (e.g., vendors, subcontractors, suppliers, borrowers, tenants).
Position: Marketing Manager
Position Highlights: We're looking for a team member who can manage HubSpot publishing, lead capture, and automation as well as creating landing pages and sales funnels for inbound sales and other tasks.
Building a startup is one of the most taxing endeavors to take on. This week at Embarc Collective we are sharing resources for supporting your own wellness as a founder. If you need immediate support, call 2-1-1 to get help from the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay.
Dreamit is a growth program and venture fund. During the sprint, you will meet with senior executives to dramatically reduce your partnership and sales cycles.
Morgan Stanley’s Multicultural Innovation Lab is an in-house accelerator for technology and technology-enabled startups across industries that are led by women and multicultural entrepreneurs.
Participate in this Southeast competition by TiE Atlanta. The first place winner will receive up to $150K & an opportunity to present at TiECON Atlanta 2021. Post-revenue startups with at least one underrepresented founder are welcome to apply.
Growing our region's startup community takes all of us. Here are quick ways you can help Embarc Collective member startups:
🍎Tampa Bay Healthcare Collaborative won the Synapse Innovation Award. Check out the app that is attracting the buzz in the App Store, Google Play Store, or Desktop.
💲SpendCapital offers practical tools to help understand and improve your financial choices, save and spend smarter, and ultimately live better. Download here.
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