The Weekly Collective

Webinar on Preparing for Remote Work & Targeted Attacks
Tactical Advice and Resources to Make Your Company Digitally Secure
Presented by Rubica
Thursday, March 19 at 12:30PM ET (Today)

Female Founder School Workshops Series
Essential Skills for Early-Stage Entrepreneurs
Presented by Female Founder School
Workshops Start Thursday, March 19 (Today)

Business Resiliency
E-Summit Designed to Help You Navigate and Communicate Through COVID-19
Presented by Forbes8
Friday, March 20 at 12PM ET

Remote Work for Startup Founders
Q&A with Seasoned Remote Work Founders
Presented by Silicon Valley Bank
Wednesday, March 25 at 3PM ET

iFund Women Workshops
Virtual Workshops led by iFund Women Coaches Focused on Fundraising Topics
Presented by iFund Women
Workshops Throughout March

Navigating Disruption: A Live Documentary of a Disruptor's Disruption: Week 0
Medium • Founders of Tampa-based startup Edgility, a healthcare technology company eliminating waste in the healthcare system, share their experience navigating COVID-19. In the start of a new series that will publish weekly, they describe the beginnings of their startup and how they plan to work through this uncertain time.

Efforts to Stop the Spread of Infection Highlight Need for Immertec's VR Tools
St. Pete Catalyst • Immertec, a Tampa company with a virtual reality platform for medical device companies to train their physician customers in real-time, has a new research agreement with University of South Florida. Collaborative research will take place at the USF Health Center of Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS) to investigate the effectiveness of immersive training in medical education.

New App Prevents Exposure to Coronavirus in Medical Waiting Rooms
New York Post • Tampa-based DocClocker, a waiting room management solution for doctors’ offices, is looking to offer its solution to medical providers managing COVID-19. The app easily allows medical providers to communicate with patients and deliver waiting room times to curtail congested waiting rooms. DocClocker has made a free trial available for providers to help curb potential exposure to COVID-19.

Tampa Edtech Company Knack Helps Universities, Colleges as Teaching Goes Online
St. Pete Catalyst • Knack, a Tampa-based edtech company that allows students to find tutors, schedule a session and meet, is working with existing campus partners to help migrate their tutoring centers to fully virtual environments powered by Knack. To help campuses during COVID-19, Knack is offering free and unlimited access to its virtual tutoring environment until on-campus operations resume.

COVID-19 Resource Open Source Database
In an effort to keep entrepreneurs informed, well and productive, we've developed an open source database to compile resources available to support entrepreneurs and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic. This list includes professional and personal resources to help startup operators and their families stay healthy and effective during this time. We welcome you to share the list with peers and add any relevant or helpful resources to the database here.

Notion's Remote Wiki
With companies moving to remote work, many for the first time, it can be challenging to switch gears and start operations as a distributed team. Notion has compiled a wiki of helpful guides, tools and actionable advice to help startup operators maximize remote work. This wiki also includes information sources about COVID-19 and how to stay well.

Stay Human. Watch Movies Together with Netflix Parties
These are no doubt tough times for everyone. In the midst of adjusting and trying to make sense of the current circumstances, don't forget to take time to connect with people you care about. With the Netflix Party Chrome web extension you can watch Netflix videos with friends and distant family. There's even a group pause feature so everyone is watching the movie at the same part.

Opening Offices Outside of Silicon Valley (Live from Embarc Collective's Grand Opening)
upside's Jay Clouse sat down with Drift Co-Founder, Elias Torres, during Embarc Collective's grand opening, to learn more about how he built two software-based companies outside of Silicon Valley. In this interview, Elias shares his story and provides the listener with valuable tips for building effective and strong teams.
Listen Here

Inspired News Radio: Johnny Crowder of Cope Notes
Johnny Crowder shares his journey building Cope Notes, a daily mental health support platform delivered via text messages to thousands of users across the globe, with podcast Inspired News Radio. In this episode, he shares his goals for Cope Notes to serve as a platform to explore topics including mental illness and sobriety.
Listen Here

Technical Founder Track Virtual Masterclass
First Round is leading a masterclass for future first-time technical founders. The program will include remote sessions every other week over the course of April and May led by founding CTOs who've done it all before. There is no cost or equity agreement require to participate. Any engineer who is looking for a strong foundation before founding a company should apply.
Deadline: March 20
Apply Here

Lake Nona Sports and Health Tech Accelerator
Lake Nona is offering a six-month training program for startup operators to learn from experts in areas including growth marketing, sales and pitching. Program participants will have the opportunity to stress test their business plans and receive support on setting up their business documents and legal frameworks. Participating startups will also receive a cash investment of $75K.
Deadline: April 15
Apply Here

1517 Accepting Pitches for $1K Grants
1517 is taking pitches for $1K grants on ideas to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 crisis. Existing startups, entrepreneurs or anyone working towards a solution to help those affected by COVID-19 are encouraged to submit their pitch.
Deadline: Not Specified
Apply Here

Embarc Collective's facility is closed to the public temporarily due to COVID-19 to ensure the health and wellness of our community.