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"Consider the best companies over time. None of them emerged overnight, nor was there a single inflection point that determined the success or notoriety of these companies. The line of separation between the “great” companies of all time and the “not so great”, is their ability to stand the test of time."

— Steph Smith on how to be great by just being good, repeatedly
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Founder: Ed Buckley

Company: Peerfit

Thoughts: The piece of advice I’ve been giving out to founders is more on managing your own emotions and communication style so you can help your team manage theirs.

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Women in Cybersecurity Panel
Panel Discussion on Improving Representation in the Field
Presented by Cyber Florida
Thursday, June 20 at 5PM - 6PM


Run Your Business Like a Campaign Driven Enterprise
Webinar Presentation from Daniel Priestley, Entrepreneur and Bestselling Author
Presented by Entrepreneur Magazine
Tuesday, June 25 at 1PM


Digital Summit Tampa
Digital Marketing Sessions with Keynote from The Onion Founder, Scott Dikkers Presented by Digital Summit
Wednesday, September 11 - Thursday, September 12
Discounted Ticket Rate Ends Friday, June 21
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Two Tampa Bay Area Entrepreneurs Named Winners at Annual EY Awards
TBBJ • EY's Entrepreneur of the Year 2019 Awards took place in Orlando last week. The awards highlight entrepreneurs excelling in innovation, financial performance and commitment to the community. Five Tampa Bay executives were selected as part of a larger finalist pool for Florida and two Tampa Bay executives took home the prize.


Embarc Collective Partners with Florida Business Development Corporation to Develop Coaching Support for Entrepreneurs
Embarc Collective • In partnership with the Florida Business Development Corporation, Embarc Collective is providing on-the-job training to high potential talent building high-growth technology startups. The support is initially available to 25 startup members of Embarc Collective and includes weekly interactive sessions curated by the specific needs of the startups being supported.


Tampa Startup Snags $50K with Johnson & Johnson
Tampa Bay Inno • Tampa-based startup, The Natural Nipple, was awarded $50K from Johnson & Johnson to develop their seamless, stress-free bottle that mimics a woman's breast down to the shape, feel and flow. This award follows a prior $53K award from The National Science Foundation and $10K from Florida Blue. The company plans to use this funding to move the product into the beta testing phase. More on The Natural Nipple here.
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Company: Presence

Elevator Pitch: A campus engagement and learning platform for institutions that provide world-class student opportunities to learn and succeed.

Position: Campus Outreach Coordinator

Position Highlights: Presence is seeking a Campus Outreach Coordinator to join their team. This role will be responsible for building relationships with prospective clients across the US and world, employing technical tools to manage your database of institutions, contacts and outreach activities, and consulting with SAP pros, divisions and institutions as a whole to identify how Presence helps solve critical issues like engagement, retention, and workforce readiness. The Campus Outreach Coordinator will also pair institutions with Engagement Specialists and helping setup product demonstrations to advance deals.

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4 Paid Search Tips to Boost Your Startup's Visibility
Paid search is a cost-effective and measurable way to attract your audience online. For early-stage startups, it can be challenging to determine a paid search strategy, how much to budget and what tactics are necessary to see results. Our partners at Bayshore Solutions shared 4 paid search tips your startup can use today to help boost your online visibility. This resource breaks down the essentials to building a strong campaign and includes tips the pros use to improve paid search conversions.


8 Go-To-Market (GTM) Tactics Every Enterprise Founder Needs to Know
The hard part about enterprise GTM is not the 101, but rather the 202 — where once you get the sales motion going, there feels like countless places to optimize. So much of enterprise sales can only be learned through direct experience. To share the learnings from those experiences, Work-Bench, a NYC-based venture fund, held an Enterprise GTM Summit for their founders and summarized the 8 takeaways from the summit speakers in their latest Medium post. Experts who have been through it all shared their top lessons and learnings from their own enterprise challenges on how to execute effective go-to-market strategies.
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GSV Labs Entrepreneurship World Cup Accelerator
Open to any entrepreneur at all stages. Gain access to world-class content, coaching to improve pitching, and engage with a network of mentors with opportunities to compete for prizes, establish business opportunities and investments.
Deadline June 29
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PS27 Leadership Week
Receive a scholarship to the program which offers intense, hands-on and highly interactive sessions for founders guided by experienced subject matter experts in leadership. Startups have a chance to pitch to investors and win $10K.
Deadline September 1
Apply Here