"The role of a CEO is to be able to steer and balance a company with limited resources on a path toward profitability, financing, and/or an exit."

—Michael Katz on the top 5 priorities for a startup CEO

Founder: Leah Del Percio

Company: Trustate

Thoughts: …you are making hundreds of decisions a day, and nearly every one of them is based on imperfect information.

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Tampa Bay Innovation & Tech Happy Hour

A Casual Gathering of Entrepreneurs, Investors, Innovators and Tech Talent

Presented by Hi Tampa Bay

Thursday, June 16 at 4:30 PM at Grand Central Brewhouse

Interested in hosting an event at Embarc Collective? Reach out here.

Ankr Partners With Pocket Network to Propel Web3 Into a New Era

Blockchain News • Embarc Collective member company Pocket Network announced its partnership with Ankr to push forward a fully decentralized infrastructure for the betterment of the entire Web3 ecosystem.

ReliaQuest to Buy Digital Shadows for $160 Million

Wall Street Journal • ReliaQuest announced that it will buy threat intelligence specialist Digital Shadows Ltd., giving ReliaQuest access to needed tools for threat intelligence and darknet monitoring. Embarc Collective’s Board Chairman is ReliaQuest CEO Brian Murphy.

Company: Threshold 360

Elevator Pitch:  Over the past few years, we’ve built the leading SaaS platform for 360° virtual tour creation and publishing, and have aggregated the largest licensable library of 360° immersive experiences. Threshold content is viewed more than 2 million times every day on a wide variety of digital platforms and is licensed by hundreds of leading companies in Hospitality & Travel.

Position:  Senior Ruby Engineer

Highlights:  With our ever-accelerating growth, we are now seeking to add a Senior Ruby/Rails Engineer to our team. You’ll be responsible for a significant part of our back-end technology stack - as well as managing the conversion of strategic parts of this stack to other languages.

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Learn more about all open jobs from startups at Embarc Collective here.

Mastering your role as a startup CEO is ever-evolving and requires continual attention to succeed in the job. Here are a few resources to help you prioritize as a startup CEO:

💥 Prioritize These 5 Things Every Day To Be A Better CEO - This simple list can be incorporated into your life to help you optimize your impact.

🚀 14 Awesome Hacks Shared By A Startup CEO That Will Super Boost Your Productivity - This is a helpful list of tools to use and clever ways to be more productive as you lead your company.

⚡ 70% of Time Could Be Used Better - How the Best CEOs Get the Most Out of Every Day - This piece from First Round Capital gives very direct and tactical guidance on how to be more productive each day.

GrowFL Florida Companies to Watch

Developed by the Edward Lowe Foundation, Companies to Watch is a unique way to honor second-stage companies headquartered in Florida that demonstrate high performance in the marketplace with innovative strategies and processes.

Deadline: June 24

Apply Here

VHLX

The virtual 20-week fellowship for Latinx founders in partnership with Google for Startups. You will receive $10,000 in non-dilutive capital to help kickstart your idea. Following the program, you will be able to apply for additional funding of up to $150,000 from Visible Hands.

Deadline: June 24

Apply Here