The Weekly Collective

2019 New Venture Expo
Student Business Concept Showcase
Presented by The University Tampa Lowth Entrepreneurship Center
Friday, April 12 at 9AM - 12PM

The Art of Startup Storytelling
Workshop on Building a Bankable Story
Presented by TiE Tampa Bay
Tuesday, April 16 at 1PM - 5PM

Suncoast Developers Guild Demo Day
Graduating Developers Application Showcase
Presented by Suncoast Developers Guild
Friday, April 19 at 2PM - 4PM

The CEO Forum: Tampa Bay
Keynote from Julia MacGregor-Peralta of Global Safety Management, Inc. Presented by GrowFL
Thursday, April 25 at 5PM - 7PM

Tampa Bay Tech's poweredUP Promises Inspiration to Tech Talent
St. Pete Catalyst • Tampa Bay Tech's festival, taking place in St. Petersburg on May 23, will feature speakers from Salesforce, Xbox and local talent professionals making an impact in the technology industry. The annual event will also spotlight the results of the Tampa Bay Tech survey assessing the area's technology community.

MyArea Network Adds Former Catalina, Tribridge CEOs to Investor Lineup
TBBJ • Tampa-based digital media platform MyArea Network has added two seasoned former CEOs to its board of directors and team of investors. Jamie Egasti, former Catalina CEO, and Tony DiBenedetto, former CEO of Tribridge, made an undisclosed investment in a bridge round. These efforts will continue to help the company grow which currently publishes entertainment and lifestyle websites for over 150 cities.

Proposed Bill Would Forbid Big Tech Platforms from Dark Patterns
TechCrunch • A new piece of bipartisan legislation aims to protect people from dark patterns, a dodgy design strategy that often pushes users towards giving up privacy data unwittingly and allowing a company deeper access to their personal data. This bill will would create a standards body on user design best practices for online platforms and determine what design choices infringe on user rights.

Company: Presence

Elevator Pitch: A co-curricular engagement and learning software that helps universities increase graduation rates and workforce readiness.

Position: Junior C#/Angular Engineer

Position Highlights: As an apprentice engineer for Presence, you will be responsible for creating new apps and features, making existing ones better, and improving the speed, reliability, scalability, and efficiency of our software. Skills needed experience with C# and .NET Core, AngularJs (version 1.5+, components), JavaScript & TypeScript. Proficient in interfacing with REST APIs and using git.

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Customer Success: Best Practice from the Experts
For most B2B companies, having a solid customer success team will help close deals and grow new bookings. Unlike a customer service team, a customer success team serves as the white-glove reps to the customer and is proactive in addressing customer needs, supporting customers through on-boarding and providing tailored support during use of your product. Ashwin Vaidyanathan, Chief Customer Officer at Gainsight, mapped out the must-haves for your customer success team which is useful to scaling B2B sales operations.

Mastering the Art of Fundraising
Fundraising is always top of mind for early-stage startup founders. Trying to understand the full fundraising picture can be difficult if you're just beginning the process. This detailed Trello board provides a high-level overview of the fundraising process along with detailed tasks at each step. This resource is rich with almost everything a founder would need to start the fundraising journey, pitch to investors, close a deal and figure out what financing options will work best for them.