Featured Growth Story: Will Kelly

Role: Head of Operations

Organization: Knack

Hometown: Raleigh, NC

Tactical advice on building a startup: Building a startup is no easy task, but if you are resilient and fully committed to doing whatever it takes to succeed, then you’ll have a good chance to make it happen.

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Blockchain Meets Business: The Past, Present and Future
Panel Discussions on Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology
Presented by Masterminds Tampa, BlockSpaces & High Tech Connect
Thursday, August 8 at 6PM - 9PM


Synapse Summit Launch Event
Learn How to Maximize Your Company's Experience at the Synapse Summit
Presented by Synapse
Tuesday, August 20 at 5:30PM - 7:30PM


Connection to Innovation
Panel Discussions on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Food, Beverage & Restaurants
Presented by Florida-Israel Business Accelerator
Wednesday, August 21 at 5:30PM - 7:30PM

HCC Veterans Entrepreneurship Program Partners with Syracuse U
83 Degrees Media • Hillsborough Community College announced the launch of a new partnership to support businesses founded by military veterans and their spouses. The new program, The Startup Training Resources to Inspire Veteran Entrepreneurship (STRIVE), is a three-phased program with a mix of online training, in-person training and access to a nationwide network of advisors, mentors and subject-matter experts.


Florida Team Makes Final 3 in StartupBus Competition
St. Pete Catalyst • Hyve Email, a tech company formed last week by a local StartupBus team, made it to the final three spots in the national StartupBus pitch competition. Hyve is a simple interface that provides you with disposable virtual email addresses to buy online, subscribe and contact unfamiliar people, with the ability to cut the email addresses off when they get spammy.


Tampa Bay Innovation Center near downtown St. Pete lands $7.5M Federal Grant
TBBJ • The new Tampa Bay Innovation Center will soon call St. Pete's Innovation District home. Pinellas County has receive a $7.5M grant to help build the new innovation center. The new center will provide businesses and entrepreneurs with technical assistance and workspace.

Company: MyArea Network

Elevator Pitch: A fast growing media tech company that redefines local and social marketing.

Position: Customer Success Manager

Position Highlights: MyArea Network is looking for a Customer Success Manager to pioneer ways to connect local businesses and communities, collaborating with the best of the best, you will feel challenged and inspired to do breakthrough work. This role will be responsible for driving a consistent and positive client experience, work with team members to get issues solved, help clients adopt the toolsets, serve as a point of escalation for any client issues, take the lead on client’s behalf with other teams (e.g. Content, Sales) to make sure they are getting the full benefit of our marketing reach and local brand.

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From Zero to IPO: How Growth Needs to Evolve at Every Stage
Trying to determine what growth should look like as an early-stage company can seem like a daunting and unrealistic challenge. Dreaming about growth is easy. Building to sustain growth requires strategic planning and a strong growth strategy. Brian Rothenberg, Co-Founder of SkillSlate, interviews with First Round Review to share the core principles startups at any stage should keep in mind as they develop a growth strategy. He also provides three broad phases of the startup lifecycle, identifying goals and pitfalls particular to each stage and how you can leverage these lessons to build a strong growth strategy for your startup.


The Entrepreneur's Guide to Building a Personal Brand
Personal branding, either from a founder or startup team members, can help elevate your brand and boost your startup's credibility. It can also serve as a platform for you to build a community of professionals and customers who engage and subscribe to the content you have to share. Much like a company brand, a personal brand needs strategy in order to yield effective results. Forbes published a quick guide to help entrepreneurs nail the basics of a personal brand strategy, starting with assessing your expertise and finishing with a plan to execute.

Dreamit Accelerator
Dreamit offers programs that provide startups with direct access to customers, investors, executives, and thought leaders in three verticals. Healthtech (digital health, med device, and diagnostics), Securetech (cybersecurity, anti-fraud, and physical security), and Urbantech (real estate & construction tech) startups that are pre-Series A can apply.
Deadline August 3
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Ignite the Night Orlando
Non-government funded technologies that are addressing the following focus areas: Improve Energy Storage Density; Radiation – Protection, Mitigation, and Hardware; Power Efficient Technologies; Medical Breakthroughs; and X-Factor (basically anything so cool that NASA should know about it) should apply.
Deadline August 30
Apply Here