The Weekly Collective

Telehealth Firm Combines Virtual Doctor Visit with Medicine on the Spot
St. Pete Catalyst • Clearwater-based OnMed launched its OnMed Stations Tuesday morning, after six years in stealth mode. These stations are interactive computer kiosks in a private enclosure that connect you with medical consultants and include capabilities to process and dispense pharmaceuticals. Two units will go live in Mississippi next month.

The Tampa Tech Community Continues to Grow
CBS 10 News • Two recent graduates of The University of Florida have made Tampa Bay their home base to develop their fintech app, Grifin. The app is a patent-pending technology that automatically purchases stock where you shop. Their goal is to humanize investing for the people who have never understood it, had enough money, or felt it wasn't for them.

Texas Hospital Partners with ProCredEx
Texas Hospital Association • The Texas Hospital Association, which includes over 400 hospitals and 43,000 physicians, has endorsed Tampa-based ProCredEx as an exclusive partner to help Texas hospitals accelerate the process of credentialing healthcare practitioners. ProCredEx allows hospitals to accelerate and simplify credentialing without uprooting their existing systems or on-boarding process.

Company: Symphonic Distribution

Elevator Pitch: A 100% independent music distribution and marketing company.

Position: Full Stack Web Developer (PHP)

Position Highlights: The Full Stack Web Developer will be part of a team that develops and maintains the applications used by Symphonic Distribution clients and in-house departments to manage the catalog of music that they distribute to digital service providers like Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, and others. As a key member of this team you will be enhancing and modernizing their current PHP (LAMP stack) web applications and services. Success in this role will require a strong understanding of both legacy PHP application frameworks as well as modern design patterns, coding languages and cloud architectures.

Apply Here

How Connected is Tampa Bay?
In Embarc Collective's 2018 Community Survey, almost a third of founders identified improving connectivity as something the Tampa Bay region could do to support their companies' growth. We took a deeper dive to understand what connectivity looks like for this region. Read our recent report where we analyzed Meetup.com data of regional events as well as those in other cities to see how we stack up and identify opportunities for improvement.

Mistakes Founders Make When Getting Ready to Pitch to VC's
Most founders jump right to assembling their pitch deck once they have a VC meeting on the table. Eric Paley, Managing Partner at Founder Collective, thinks that is a mistake. In a Twitter thread, he suggests startups write 20 headlines that sum up their startup before building their pitch deck and provides reasons why. This detailed perspective from a seasoned VC on what stands out in solid pitch decks is a helpful resource if you're in the process of developing your deck.

Startup Pitch Competition & Showcase at INNOconf 2019
Apply to pitch to investors, corporations and VC's in New Orleans. Winner(s) will be fast tracked as one of the Top 100 Semifinalists to compete for Startup of the Year.
Deadline March 22
Apply Here

Women Startup Challenge Presented by Women Who Tech
Women founders or women-led startups can apply to win a $50,000 cash grant. Reach out to Embarc Collective if you'd like to be recommended.
Deadline March 28
Apply Here

Tampa Bay Wave TechDiversity Accelerator Program
Diverse tech startups are encouraged to apply.
Deadline March 31
Apply Here