"One of the biggest challenges for small startups is to define clear roles that can be taken on. This is because startup teams often have to start small, and one person will have to wear many hats. CEOs are often the ones doing the marketing, HR, legal and sales. CTOs manage projects, operations and developers. This can cause numerous problems in the long term. Roles that aren’t clearly defined can create frustrations for every party involved."

— The Hub by Danske Bank on how to define roles on your startup team

 
Founder: Vikas Bhatia

Company: JustProtect

Thoughts: Talk to as many people with the pain as possible to identify their pain point and the value you can bring. Quantifying this is huge!

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Managing Up: Communicating With Remote Teams
Virtual Panel Discussion on Communicating with Remote Teams and the Future of Work
Presented by General Assembly
Friday, May 22 at 12PM ET


Why Entrepreneurship Now?
A Virtual Panel for Teens with NBA Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban and Sageworks' Brian Hamilton
Presented by Junior Achievement
Wednesday, May 27 at 3PM ET


Building Employee Community and Engagement Through Wellness
Webinar Led by Peerfit CEO Ed Buckley on Integrating Wellness in Company Day-to-Day Functions
Presented by Tampa Bay Wave
Thursday, May 28 at 10AM ET


Leadership - Building A Team
Virtual Workshop on How Leadership Style Informs Building and Scaling a Team
Presented by InLab@HCC
Monday, June 8 at 2:30PM ET


Synapse Converge
A Digital Interactive Conference with Programming, Networking and Other Resources
Presented by Synapse
Tuesday, June 9 through Thursday, June 11

Tampa to Open Second Round of Relief Fund with Looser Restrictions to Help More Businesses
TBBJ • The City of Tampa is rolling out a second round of its One Tampa Relief Fund to support local businesses. With a goal of supporting 800 businesses, the city is providing grants with looser restrictions such as eliminating the maximum employee requirements.


SiteZeus Announces Partnership with Planned Grocery
Cision • SiteZeus has announced a partnership with Planned Grocery, a fully integrated dataset focused on tracking the development cycle of grocery stores nationwide. The partnership will allow SiteZeus' predictive modeling technology to enable grocery brands to make enhanced market planning decisions quickly and maximize ROI.


BlockSpaces Announces Harmonia
BlockSpaces • Tampa-based BlockSpaces, a blockchain innovation studio, announced that its core product Harmonia has entered private beta with select partners. Harmonia is a platform that enables the integration of both public and private blockchains to conduct transactions that require different protocols to be executed efficiently from a single source.


SOMA Global Expands in Southern California Driving Cloud-Native Data Sharing and Interoperability for Law Enforcement
SOMA Global • Tampa's SOMA Global, a leading provider in Public Safety as a Service, announced agreements with Indio and Palm Springs Police Departments to deploy its SOMA platform. SOMA Global's technology will help agencies share and discover timely criminal information.

Company: Wedzee

Elevator Pitch: The first-ever two-sided, C2C/B2C wedding-focused marketplace that gives users an easier way to buy, sell and ship their new, used and custom wedding items securely nationwide.

Position: Marketing Intern

Position Highlights: Wedzee is looking for a Marketing Intern to join its team. This role will be responsible for creating content for social media and the Wedzee website including creating social media contests and campaigns. The Marketing Intern will also assist in community outreach to partners and potential sellers. The ideal candidate has excellent written communication skills, ability to take direction well, and interest in the wedding and bridal industry.

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When building your founding team, it is important to define roles early. Defining roles and delegating tasks effectively can take your startup a long way in the early stages, especially when you need to meet crucial deadlines and avoid duplicating efforts or wasting time. We've identified a few resources to help you think about creating startup roles, how to delegate tasks to your earliest team members and what to consider when growing your organizational structure.

💼  The Roles and Responsibilities of a Startup CEO and Its Founding Team - this resource takes a deeper dive into what CEOs should focus on in the early stages of their company to be an effective leader.

📈  What it Takes to Grow Your Startup 500% in Months - Paul Arnold, angel investor and advisor, shares how startups can achieve hyper-growth. He starts with a 101 on creating a strong org chart.

✍️  How to Create Startup Roles and Responsibilities - Connor Gillvan, Co-Founder and CMO of FreeeUp.com, shares what roles to consider adding to your founding team and how to take action, once those roles are onboard.

👥  How to Scale Your Startup: Organization Structure - the third part of this 4-part series from Hackernoon is really helpful in breaking down how to scale your organization structure by tightening your organizational design to maintain efficiency.

The Best Podcast Episodes to Help You Build a Team
Looking for the best podcasts on building a team? Check out this list from the Startup Mixtape. This list includes podcast episodes from the a16z Podcast, Mission and Values with David Cancel of Drift, and The Startup Chat.

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Synapse Converge Industry Showcase
Synapse is seeking companies thriving in Energy & Sustainability, AI, Cyber & Data Science, HealthTech and FinTech to showcase at Synapse Converge. Selected companies will have up to 5 minutes to present and must make a clear pitch in one of three categories: Pitching Investors, Recruiting Team Members, Customer Acquisition. You'll then have up to 5 minutes for questions from the virtual audience.
Deadline: Friday, May 22 (Tomorrow)
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Entrepreneurship World Cup
The Entrepreneurship World Cup is accepting applications from creative and innovative individuals anywhere on the entrepreneurship spectrum. With categories and prizes for idea-stage, early-stage and growth-stage ventures, the EWC customizes its accelerator resources available and ensures that the competitions are conducted on equal footing and for all industries. Participants have the opportunity to win significant cash prizes – up to $5 million in total – investment opportunities and resources and perks from their leading partners.
Deadline: June 1
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Salesforce Care Small Business Grants
Salesforce is partnering with Ureeka to offer eligible small businesses the opportunity to receive a $10,000 grant to help them through the COVID-19 outbreak. Companies that have between 2 to 50 employees, have been in business for 2 full years as of March 2020 and have an annual revenue between $250K and $2M are encouraged to apply.
Deadline: Not Specified
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USF Connect Student Innovation Incubator
SII (Student Innovation Incubator) helps turn current USF students' business ideas into reality by providing top-notch resources. Student ventures with scalable, commercial potential are given access to high-tech, collaborative office space, paired with industry mentors, subject matter experts, and community corporate partners to develop business plans, and market-testable products and services. Students attending the University of South Florida with a startup idea are encouraged to apply.
Deadline: September 25
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