CEO & Entrepreneurship Speaker Series Fintech Founder's Journey with Rachel Carpenter of Intrinio Presented by USF Connect Wednesday, April 10 at 12PM - 1:30PM
Tampa EdTech Company Prepare for High-Profile Pitch Competition St. Pete Catalyst • Knack, a Tampa-based EdTech startup that provides a platform for peer-to-peer tutoring amongst college students, is one of three finalist for the Lumina Foundation Education Innovation Challenge. The Lumina Foundation competition offers access to potential future investors and business partners, as well as equity-free grant prizes. Knack will compete for the prize in San Francisco later this month.
Wellness Done Better: An Interview with Peerfit's Ed Buckley Forbes • Peerfit CEO, Ed Buckley, is leading one of the most innovative fitness tech companies in the market. Peerfit provides corporate wellness solutions to keep employees fit. Buckley shares how this technology will change the wellness industry and the key features that make the Peerfit platform unique.
Meet the Eight Startups Pitching to Rise of the Rest's Steve Case TBBJ • Rise of the Rest, coming to Tampa Bay May 1, announced the 8 local startups that will compete in their $100K pitch competition. The Rise of the Rest Tour, headed by AOL co-founder Steve Case, announced in February that it will be touring across Florida and Puerto Rico.
Company: PikMyKid Elevator Pitch: A comprehensive student safety platform for schools that mitigates risks and distractions during school dismissal.
Position: Senior Web Engineer
Position Highlights: The Senior Web Engineer position will be responsible for supporting all of the PikMyKid applications with a sophisticated knowledge of both front-end and back-end technologies. They will develop and architect custom features that can easily communicate with products utilized in the ED-Tech industry, such as SIS integration.
Tackling the Fundraising Marathon Growing a startup requires a proactive approach to secure funding. It's important to prepare, practice and embrace feedback from inevitable rejections. Eric Paley, Managing Partner at Founder Collective, shares what really goes into the 'fundraising marathon' in a recent Twitter thread. He starts with the mindset you need to have going in and provides a tactical playbook to make fundraising efforts more successful.
The Right Way to Get Your First 1,000 Customers As an early stage startup, you don't always have the resources necessary to build a strong customer base. Thales Teixeira, an associate professor at Harvard Business School, says "by focusing too early on technology and scale, entrepreneurs lose out on the learning that comes from serving initial customers with an imperfect product." Listen to his audio interview where he lays out how startups can grow their customer base by focusing on the feedback from your early customers.
Techstars Atlanta Accelerator A 13-week mentorship-driven accelerator program designed for technology startups. Deadline April 7 Apply Here
2019 Startup of the Year Applications The top 100 will compete for the Startup of the Year title and a potential $100K investment. Deadline April 30 Apply Here
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