"The objective is what I want to have accomplished. The key results are how I’m going to get it done. The objectives are typically longer lived. They’re bold and aspirational. The key results are aggressive, but always measurable, time-bound, and limited in number."

— Daniel McGin on how VC John Doerr sets (and achieves) goals

Featured Growth Story: Dillon Culp

Role: Full Stack Developer

Organization: Grifin

Hometown: Clearwater, FL

Tactical advice on building a startup: Remain present in everything you do, hone your skills deliberately, build your connections sincerely, and know your value and ability.

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Pitch Night
Company Pitches from Tampa Bay Wave's Fall Cohort
Presented by Tampa Bay Wave
Thursday, January 23 at 6PM - 8:30PM


FinTech 2020: Financial Services and the New Digital Economy
One-Day Conference Led by Experts in the Financial Tech Industry
Presented by BlockSpaces, USF Sarasota-Manatee and Northwestern Mutual
Friday, January 24 at 8AM - 4PM


The Psychology of Being An Entrepreneur
Workshop from Dr. Carlos Garcia on Strategies to Manage Stress
Presented by Operation Startup
Tuesday, January 28 at 9AM - 10:15AM

Meet FIBA's Latest Class Picked by Ballast Point, BayCare and Cushman & Wakefield Advisers
TBBJ • Florida-Israel Business Accelerator announced its latest class of startups that were vetted by Tampa Bay executives. The latest cohort of nine startups will be part of FIBA's LAUNCH program, which has a specific focus on health tech and urban tech.


Tampa Bay Venture Capital Firm Ranks as Top VC Fund in the State
TBBJ • Florida Funders was named the most active VC fund in the State of Florida in a recent report from CB Insights. The Tampa-based VC invested over $22M in 2019. The organization plans to invest in varied entities and is keeping an eye on the uptick of startups with a focus on enterprise software, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.


Tampa's Fast-Growing Peerfit Lines Up Another $10M in Investment
Tampa Bay Times • Peerfit, a digital platform for employers, insurance carriers, and brokers to offer wellness solutions to their clients and employees, filed details today on its latest $10M in investment. The wellness digital platform hopes to use the funding to help grow their total enrollment to 1 million users.

Company: Presence

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

Position: Community Engagement Intern (Paid)

Position Highlights: Presence is looking for a Community Engagement Intern to join its team. This role will be responsible for creating content for Presence's social media profiles, curating content across web on the higher education industry, designing graphics and working alongside the marketing team to distribute content.

Apply Here

The Ultimate Resource Hub for Objectives and Key Results
Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), a collaborative goal-setting tool used by teams and individuals to set challenging and ambitious goals with measurable results, can help early-stage startups plan big goals to reach their toughest milestones. Medium has sourced all the top resources on its platform around ORKs in one place. In this list, you can find advice on effectively implementing OKRs and how to continue to use this model to drive results for your company.


OKRs Team Playbook
If you're looking to implement OKRs, Atlassian created a robust OKRs team playbook that can help your team get started. When adopting OKRs across your team, regardless of size, it is important to get all your team members on the same page. Transparency is key to strong OKRs. The playbook outlines how much time your team should set aside, what team members should bring to the workshop and what the outcomes of your workshop should be.

Company and Value Scaling with OKRs
On The OKRs Podcast, Marcin Kleczynski, CEO and Founder of Malwarebytes, shares why OKRs are foundational for next-level growth. He credits the model to motivating and engaging the large engineering organization and accelerating company growth.
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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


Volunteer at the 2020 Synapse Summit
Synapse is looking for volunteers to help with the 2-day conference taking place February 11 and 12. Volunteers are needed to help with pre-event, during event and post-event tasks. Participating volunteers receive a free ticket to the rest of the event with event parking comped, a Synapse t-shirt and a unique networking opportunity.
Deadline: February 9
Apply Here


Techstars Allied Space Accelerator
Techstars Allied Space Accelerator is a 13-week mentorship-driven accelerator program that provides in-depth foundational content that prepares you to run your startup. The virtual accelerator program is interested in the next generation of space technologies with a concentration on companies in the commercial space industry.
Deadline: March 1
Apply Here