The Weekly Collective

Florida Funders Coordinates $4.1M Investment for Trash Butler
TBBJ • Florida Funders, a hybrid venture capital and crowdfunding group that helps investors effectively invest in tech-enabled startups in Florida, secured a $4.1M deal from 100 investors for Tampa-based startup Trash Butler. This is Florida Funders largest single investment to date. Trash Butler, led by the co-founders of College Hunks Hauling Junk, is a doorstep valet trash service for apartment communities.

Peerfit Attracts $18M Investment from San Francisco Fund
Tampa Bay Times • Tampa fitness startup Peerfit has received an $18M investment from Virgo Investment Group of San Francisco. As part of the deal, Virgo's Managing Director, Pooja Goel, will join Peerfit's board of directors as its first woman director. The investment will allow Peerfit to continue building their Medicare product, known as Peerfit Move, and prepare for international expansion.

How Robots, A.I. and Autonomous Vehicles Will Change Healthcare
St. Pete Catalyst • Keith Brophy, Director of the Business Lab for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Emerging Markets, spoke on Wednesday at the Sunny Side Up speaker series presented by the Kate Tiedemann College of Business at USF St. Pete. Based on his work at the Business Lab, he cited several tech trends he expects to make an impact on healthcare, including the healthcare needs of an increasing number of age 65+ baby boomers.

Company: Homee

Elevator Pitch: A technology company that provides on-demand property maintenance across all property types.

Position: Customer Success Associate

Position Highlights: The Customer Success Associate will be responsible for following up on completed jobs to ensure customer satisfaction, as well as triage and respond to customer service calls. Candidates must have a customer-first mentality, excellent communication skills, be self-motivated, flexible, and reliable. A strong candidate will have the ability to multitask and prioritize work, will be extremely detail oriented, and have the desire to grow as a part of an emerging department within Homee.

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15 Non-Traditional Marketing Methods to Build Your Business
When determining the best ways to market for your startup, a few marketing approaches always come to mind - promote on social media, add blog posts to your website, share press releases with journalists. However, with a bit of creativity, your company can stand out even more. Forbes featured 15 non-traditional marketing methods used by startup experts to build your business. These experts mention using platforms such as Reddit and Medium to connect with customers and the art of mastering microcopy to catch their attention span.

How to Make Connections That Count
Making connections to support your business's growth takes tremendous skill and effort. Silicon Valley veteran and self-described introvert, Karen Wickre, distills key lessons for nurturing contacts without straying too far from your comfort zone and instructs how to build these relationships into future opportunities.

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 (Tomorrow)
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Tampa Bay Wave TechDiversity Accelerator Program
Startups with 51% ownership or operated by a minority, woman, veteran or lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender person, or a combination thereof are encouraged to apply.
Deadline March 31
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