"The sign of a good team is that they can have healthy debate, but once a decision gets made whether they won the debate or not, they need to line up behind it. If you don’t have that feature in your team, it is hard to scale."

— Brian Halligan on scale-up leadership lessons learned over nine years as HubSpot's CEO

 
Founder: Mark Engelen

Organization: RxLive

Thoughts: Building a business is a team and family sport. 

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Exploring Decentralized Finance & Why Self Custody Matters
Learning Session on Managing Crypto-Based Assets with Paul Puey
Presented by BlockSpaces
Tuesday, January 14 at 7PM - 9PM


Protect Your Business From Fraud
Financial Seminar on Fraud Prevention Planning
Presented by Tampa Bay Wave
Thursday, January 16 at 1PM - 2:30PM


Product Management vs UX/UI Design
Webinar on Understanding Product Management and UX/UI Design Roles
Presented by Thinkful Tampa
Saturday, January 18 at 1PM - 2:30PM

Embarc Collective, Tampa's Newest Startup Space, Opens First Phase
TBBJ • Earlier this week, Embarc Collective soft opened to its startup membership. Embarc Collective members are gradually moving into the 32,000 square foot space designed for entrepreneurs to build and collaborate with all move-ins expected to be complete before the public open house on February 12.


Tampa Entrepreneur Texts the Way to Mental Health
St. Pete Catalyst • Johnny Crowder, Founder of Cope Notes, which provides daily affirmations through text messages that offer advice and encouragement, shares his growth story with St. Pete Catalyst. The Tampa startup went international last year and plans to focus on its enterprise division this year.


Blind Tiger Owner Soft Opens Endeavr Coffee
Tampa Bay Times • Roberto Torres, Owner of Blind Tiger Cafe, soft opened Endeavr Coffee located at Embarc Collective. The coffee shop concept is inspired by the entrepreneurial journey of those building in Tampa Bay and 


Tampa's eNotaryLog Startup is More Than Electronic Notarizing
Tampa Bay Inno • Tampa founders Joseph Bisaillon and James Mitchell share how they built eNotaryLog, an online notarization platform that allows users anywhere in the world to notarize forms, which are all HIPAA compliant. Product features also include secure records of all documents signed and notarization that takes place over video to verify each client.

Company: The Penny Hoarder

Elevator Pitch: One of the largest personal finance websites that helps millions of readers earn and save money by sharing unique job opportunities, personal stories, freebies and more.

Position: Web Developer Lead

Position Highlights: The Penny Hoarder is looking for a Web Developer Lead to join its team. The role will be responsible for leading onsite and offshore developer resources, provide technical solutions for achieving The Penny Hoarder's product and business needs, coach and train teams for continued success, collaborate with Scrum Master, and spend 75% of time coding.

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Examples of Effective Email Blurbs
Intros through emails are some of the most viable ways startups make connections, fundraise and help further their business. Understanding how to write a strong email blurb can help increase the result and potentially the success of your introduction. In this piece from Renaissance Collective, they share how to nail writing an effective email blurb with some tips to help you stand out.


Founder Superpowers - What Makes a Successful Founder?
Over the last year, Basis Set Ventures asked early stage investors representing north of $40B in AUM to rate 60+ founders on a number of dimensions including demographics, behavioral and psychological traits, in an effort to understand what makes a successful or struggling founder. In this report, they identify six founder archetypes, or six types of superheroes, that founders may identify with as well as nine take aways from their research.

Pioneering Peerfit with Chairman and CEO Ed Buckley
Joe Vennare, host of Fitt Insider, interviewed Ed Buckley, Chairman and CEO of Peerfit, on how he pioneered the concept of "fully-funded fitness" and built a company that bridges the gap between fitness and healthcare.
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Dreamit Health Program 2020
Dreamit is accepting applications for its health-focused program. Startups that have developed a product and demonstrated early traction in areas of digital health, medical devices or diagnostics and have demonstrated early product-market fit are encouraged to apply.
Deadline: January 15
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NASA iTech Ignite the Night Tampa
10 companies will be selected to present at the upcoming Ignite the Night NASA iTech event. The top presenters will land a spot as one of the top 25 semifinalists for the current NASA iTech Cycle. Companies who are developing technologies that could be potential solutions for NASA's challenges are encouraged to apply. Deadline: January 17
Apply Here