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This edition is a little different from the rest. We're highlighting our most popular reads in 2019!
Rise of the Rest Brings Its Focus on Startups to Tampa Bay, Awards IMMERTEC $100K Tampa Bay Times • Steve Case and the Rise of the Rest delegation made their stop in Tampa Bay on May 1. Starting in St. Pete and ending in Tampa, they visited Tampa Bay-based startups including The Penny Hoarder and AbleNook. Steve Case and Jeff Vinik held a fireside chat before the highly anticipated pitch competition for $100K investment from the Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. Congrats to IMMERTEC on winning!
Marketing Technology Firm Drift Opens Tampa Office Tampa Bay Times • Drift, a B2B marketing platform, has opened an office in downtown Tampa with plans to hire up to 100 employees by 2021. Drift founders mention Tampa Bay's universities and colleges are a big draw to the area as well as the growth of information technology jobs in the region.
Embarc Collective is Opening. What Does This Mean for Tampa Bay? Embarc Collective • Embarc Collective construction is wrapping up, and we're excited to have member companies start moving in soon. With this exciting milestone achieved, we wanted to share more about what this means for the Tampa Bay startup community and beyond.
Embarc Collective to Connect Local Startups With Nationwide Networks Embarc Collective • Knowing that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, we have partnered with 50 impactful organizations from around the world to help us support Tampa Bay startup talent. Our wide-reaching partnership strategy is designed to make the Tampa Bay area one of the most hyper-connected entrepreneurial communities in the country.
Roll Call: Women Founders & Investors in Florida We all know the woeful stats: in 2018, women raised less than 3% of venture capital funding, made up just 26% of the angel investor population, and comprised only 11% of decision-making roles at US-based venture capital firms. In our effort to narrow the gender investing gap in Florida, we created an open-source list to recognize women founders and investors statewide. With this list, we can collectively better distribute opportunities for Florida's tech community—enabling founders to develop a community of peers, investors to diversify their deal flow, conferences to identify new voices, and networking dinners and events to offer balanced representation.
A Ridiculously Detailed Fundraising Guide Most startup founders have heard the phrase, "fundraising is a marathon"—and early-stage founders are oftentimes unfamiliar with the fundraising process itself.A lot has been written about how to polish your pitch deck and how to start early conversations with investors but there is less information about the mechanics of running the process. Thankfully, the Founder Collective has you covered. The ridiculously detailed fundraising guide walks through the fundraising process with tactical to-dos to leverage your investor network.
Why Your Website Plan Needs a Sitemap Website planning is no easy task. It requires strategic thinking, solid creative and strong copywriting — all focused around the customer. But before jumping into the look and feel of your site, it's critical that you develop a sitemap. Sitemaps keep the vision of your website clear and help give you a holistic overview of how people will navigate and find information on your site. Our partner, Bayshore Solutions, outlines the basics of a sitemap, why you need one, and tools you can use to start building a sitemap of your own.
Using $1K to Build a $100M Deodorant Business Bootstrapping your startup doesn't always limit the speed of your startup's growth. In some cases, bootstrapping may be the best option to get your business off the ground. In a My First Million episode, Moiz Ali, founder of Native, shares how he built his startup from his brother's dining room table with $1K into a company that sold to Procter & Gamble for $100M, just 2.5 years after launch. Listen Here
NFL 1st and Future Analytics Competition Applicants will have access to NFL data sets to examine the effects that playing on synthetic turf versus natural turf can have on player movements and the factors that may contribute to lower extremity injuries. This challenge will utilize the data science platform Kaggle. Up to three of the best submissions will be awarded $25,000 each. The winning teams will be invited to present their submission in Miami, where they will compete to win two Super Bowl tickets. Deadline: January 2 Apply Here
YCombinator Startup School Winter 2020 YCombinator is accepting applications for its next iteration of Startup School. Startup School is an 8-week course that provides founders with the know-how on running a startup, access to YC mentors and high-value deals on services and tools to build their business. Startup School Starts January 20 Apply Here
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