Thoughts: You need to really put yourself out there as the founder. You are the seller of your idea, and networking and validating your idea is crucial to its success and growth.
Tampa Bay Inno • iApartments, a member company at Embarc Collective, is building a smart home platform aiming to disrupt the apartment industry. The team has just closed its seed round to roll out across 200K apartment units.
Entrepreneur • Embarc Collective member company, Cope Notes, was profiled in this piece about how the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic led to new innovations.
Elevator Pitch: The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) was founded globally in 1992 in Silicon Valley and locally in Tampa Bay in 2012. With 15,000 members in 61 chapters across 14 countries, TiE's mission is to foster entrepreneurship through mentoring, networking, education, funding, and incubation.
Position: Executive Director
Position Highlights: The Executive Director is responsible for leading the day-to-day activities of the TiE Tampa Bay Chapter and will work closely with the President and the Board to achieve the goals of the chapter. The four main priorities of the role are Marketing & Communications, Event Planning & Execution, Stakeholder Engagement, and Fundraising.
⚡ Congratulations to the 2021 Stanley Cup Champions, the Tampa Bay Lightning! Inspired by the Bolts, this week we're focusing on how startups can celebrate wins.⚡
The MedTech Startup Pitch Competition is designed to give a leg up to underrepresented startups by connecting female founders and entrepreneurs of color in the MedTech sector with investors and industry leaders. Five finalists will pitch for over $8K in cash awards in front of a judging panel of decision-makers.
Powered by JPMorgan Chase, this program from Tampa Bay Wave is a 90-day business accelerator program designed for women-led startups enabled by technology. Participants will benefit from intensive mentoring, peer networking, investor coaching, and establishing business connections.
This an opportunity for early-stage startups and founding teams from across all verticals to join the 2021 Startup of the Year worldwide community. If you've raised less than $5M in funding and have a functional prototype, consider applying.
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