"A personal vision statement is about you. Who you are becoming. Life is not about achieving, it is about becoming."

— Rob Petrini on the importance of personal vision

Founder: David Capece

Company: CROOW

Thoughts: Get to market as quickly as possible.  We achieved prototype at 3 months, alpha at 6 months, and beta at 10 months.

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Black Innovation CensUs

A National Inventory of Black Innovator Support Organizations (BSOs)

Presented by Black Innovation Alliance

Thursday, October 28 at 1PM ET

Homebrew Hillsborough with TiE Tampa Bay (Virtual)

Collaborative Networking with Techies and Entrepreneurs

Presented by Hillsborough County EDi2

Friday, October 29 at 8:30AM ET

2021 Fire Awards

Celebrate the Hottest Innovators, Startups, and Companies in Tampa Bay

Presented by Tampa Bay Inno

Tuesday, November 16 at 4PM ET

More Women Are Investing Florida's Startup Scene, New Report Says

Tampa Bay Inno • Last week Embarc Collective released its Glaring Gap Report, which outlines the state of tech entrepreneurship for women in Florida. This report observed a significant increase in the number of women at venture capital and private equity firms compared to last year.

Collective Wisdom: Network-Focused Startup Hub Quickly Surpasses 100 Members

Business Observer • Earlier this year, Embarc Collective reached 100 member startups, making us the fastest growing startup hub in Florida. This piece details our approach to supporting startups.

Company: BlockSpaces

Elevator Pitch: The BlockSpaces Platform connects business applications to enterprise blockchain networks through managed infrastructure and configurable drag and drop workflows with clicks-or-code.

Position: Senior Project Manager

Position Highlights: As a Sr. Project Manager, you will be instrumental in the product development lifecycle of our core platform as well as instrumental in the onboarding of new customers onto our platform. This role combines practical application of Agile and PMI principles as well as industry-specific information to help guide the product development roadmap from concept to fruition.

Apply Here

As part of Embarc Collective's programming this week, we are digging into building your personal vision and brand. Here are some resources to help:

💫 The Ultimate Annual Review - this guide outlines how to gather the inputs from the past year that will 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 - create a marketing and content plan once you've developed your personal vision and brand.

Glaring Gap Summit

This Glaring Gap Summit is a virtual, intensive investor education training for 50 Florida-based women—free to attend through the support of JPMorgan Chase. Women who are accredited investors, emerging professionals, and college students are encouraged to apply.

Deadline: October 27

Apply Here

SXSW Pitch

SXSW Pitch showcases innovative new technology to industry experts, high-profile media professionals, venture capital investors, and angel investors. Eligible companies will have launched their product no earlier than March 12, 2020.

Deadline: November 1

Apply Here

CyberWorks

CyberWorks is a workforce development initiative to help address our nation’s critical cyber workforce shortage by preparing career-changers for new roles as cyber defense analysts. This intensive 12-week program prepares students to enter the cybersecurity workforce as Tier 1 Security Operation Center (SOC) Analysts, a position with an average starting salary of $65,000.

Deadline: November 21

Apply Here