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.
Embarc Collective • Last week Embarc Collective hosted its annual Strategy + Leadership Summit, powered by ReliaQuest, for Embarc Collective member companies. This full day of sessions was led by executive leaders at ReliaQuest to help guide Embarc Collective members with their annual strategic planning.
St. Pete Catalyst • Fourteen women-led companies were selected to be a part of Tampa Bay Wave's TechWomen Rising cohort, powered by JP Morgan Chase. The cohort is made of founders from Florida and includes Embarc Collective members fayVen and Shufflrr.
Google • Embarc Collective members COI Energy, Shamrck, and Synsormed were selected among 50 startups to receive $100K in non-dilutive capital as a part of the 2021 Google for Startups Black Founders Fund in the U.S.
Elevator Pitch: TrustLayer is a 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:Business Analyst
Position Highlights: Our product offerings have a lot of moving parts and connections between our users, insurance brokers, and insurance carriers. It will be this role's core responsibility to work alongside a number of internal and external stakeholders to evaluate processes, gather requirements, and act as a liaison between technical and non-technical partners.
NASA iTech searches for and identifies advancements in technologies that are solving problems on Earth and have the potential to address existing challenges to enable NASA missions. NASA iTech has issued a call for inventive technologies as part of its Cycle II Forum.
This is 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.