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Introducing our new Clients!
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Tampa Bay Innovation Center is proud to announce the following new clients.
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Do you have a great business idea? Test your idea in our StartUp Studio!
StartUp Studio is an interactive, high-energy workshop that allows you to roll up your sleeves and discover the business value for your idea. Designed for early stage ideas, StartUp Studio uses a dynamic coaching format with the proven So what? who cares? why you? ® methodology. You will work with Certified Coaches in weekly, small group sessions to apply a business focused lens to your idea and assess your readiness for the next stage of development - whether it is incubation, licensing, or partnerships
What makes StartUp Studio different? StartUp Studio is about the founder and their idea. This program focuses on vetting the idea and entry into the market. It is not classes oon how to start a business.
Details
AUDIENCE: Founders DATE: 8 weekly sessions beginning Wednesday, March 20th TIME: 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. LOCATION: Tampa Bay Innovation Center COST: $575* *Attention Military:
Enterprise Florida, Inc. and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity have provided funding to reimburse the program fees for up to 20 tech entrepreneurs with military service (active, retired or reserve) upon completion of the program (limited number available). Click here for more information about StartUp Studio or to apply!
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Speaker for Upcoming CEO Forum Announced Tony DiBenedetto, Chairman and CEO, Tribridge, will present at our next CEO Forum on Friday, May 17, 2013. Mr. DiBenedetto leads the strategic direction, growth and development of Tribridge, a national technology services firm specializing business applications and cloud solutions. The CEO Forum program is a series that brings together leaders of established growth-stage businesses in a confidential setting to meet and learn from CEO peers who have grown their companies into more advance stages of business development. Attendance to the CEO Forum is limited to presidents, CEOs and business owners. Click here for more information. Programmatic support for GrowFL is provided in-part by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. Recent CEO Roundtable Attendees
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Turning Talent into Performance
Recently, the president and CEO of Churchill Leadership Group, Jayne Jenkins, spoke at Tampa Bay Innovation Center's TECH Talk program. Following is a summary of her presentation. Churchill Leadership Group works with executives and companies to help raise productivity and performance by maximizing leadership and team performance with a focus on strengths.
Stanford, Carnegie and Harvard studies have indicated that up to 85 percent of business success comes as a result of people skills. It should be no surprise, then, that focusing on one's inner strengths is an important part of improving leadership skills, increasing productivity and obtaining great results in the workplace. In other words, the strength of one's business or career is dependent on the person's own strengths. (More...)
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"It's all about the Climb"
Presented by Crystal Culbertson, Founder & CEO, Crystal Clear Technologies, Inc
DATE: Tuesday, April 9, 2013
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
LOCATION: Microsoft, 5426 Bay Center Drive, 7th Floor, Tampa
COST: No fee to attend. Space is limited, advance registration requested.
REGISTER: http://www.tbinnovates.com/TECHTalk.cfm
Crystal Clear Technologies, Inc. (CCT) was founded by Mrs. Culbertson in 2002 with the intention of supporting the various Armed Forces entities of the United States Government by bringing cutting edge technology and world class support to their mission critical requirements. Mrs. Culbertson has over 14 years experience in the IT industry. Her career began at Tyndall Air Force Base, FL in 1997, as the Logistics Specialist working at Head Quarters Air Force Civil Engineering Support Agency
Presented by Tampa Bay Innovation Center as part of the eHub, TECH Talk is the area's premier networking and education event developed specifically to meet the interest of the local entrepreneurial community. |
Innovators and start up entrepreneurs have lots of questions, but often nowhere to go for answers. Tampa Bay Innovation Center mentors can answer your questions at our monthly StartUp Xchange, an informal way to get advice on targeting the right markets, exploring financing options, protecting intellectual property, defining your value proposition and many other start-up concerns. Learn more at www.meetup.com/startupxchange.
DATE: Wednesday, March 20, 2013
TIME: 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
MENTORS:
Mike Eitler, CFO, Rocaceia, LLC
Christopher Paradies Ph.D, President, Paradies Law PA
Dino Eliadis, Business Consultant, DE Inc.
Chuck Papageorgiou, Managing Partner, Ideasphere Consulting
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Join us for our next eHub lunch! Date: Thursday, April 4, 2013 Time: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Location: Tampa Bay Innovation Center Cost: $10 Register: www.tbinnovates.com/ehublunch.cfmThe eHub lunch is an opportunity to network with your peers, with three minutes to introduce your company or startup. This is a great way to share problems and successes with other entrepreneurs. |
In case you missed them, here are some recent articles and blog posts for innovators and entrepreneurs. Your Start-up Needs Some StructureBy Karl Stark and Bill Stewart for Inc.comAs your company grows you need to think less like an entrepreneur and more like a CEO. 6 Ways to Connecting with Influential PeopleBy Gwen Moran for Entrepreneur.comInfluencers-those well-connected, knowledgeable voices to which other listen and respond-are coveted connections. They can provide insight, recommendations, introductions and opportunities. How to Test Your Business IdeasBy Lisa Evans for Entrepreneur.comMany of the greatest inventors and entrepreneurs admit to having failed at some point in their careers, but Richard Christensen, entrepreneur and author of The Zig Zag Principle, says that while failing may be a normal part of business and life, most of us are ill-equipped to fail efficiently. Pitch Your Vision, Not Your ValuationBy David Cohen for The Wall Street JournalEarly stage startups should generally remain flexible on valuation. If you set your valuation too high, you run the risk of filtering out investors you might really want. Meet Your Investors in the MiddleBy Ajit Singh, managing partner at Artiman Ventures, for The Wall Street JournalStartup valuation is a particularly difficult challenge for early and mid-stage startups. With few assets, scarce customers and little or no revenue, how do entrepreneurs value their startup and predict its future worth? |
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Tampa Bay Innovation Center Events
March 20, 2013
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April 4, 2103 12:00-1:30 p.m. Largo, Florida April 9, 2013 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. Tampa, Florida |
Partner Events
Tampa Bay Inventors CouncilMonthly meetings March 27, 2013 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Largo, Florida Tampa Bay SCOREPreparing Your Business Plan March 16, 2013 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Tampa, Florida Pinellas County SCOREBusiness Start-up Basics March 18, 2013 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. St. Petersburg, Florida USF ConnectHow to spend LESS on marketing and get better results March 20, 2013 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Tampa, Florida Pinellas County Economic DevelopmentUnderstanding QuickBooks March 20, 2013 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. Clearwater, Florida BioFlorida10th Annual BioFlorida Celebration of Biotechnology May 9, 2013 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Alachua, Florida Florida Venture Forum2013 Early Stage Conference May 15, 2013 8:00 a..m. - 7:00 p.m. Orlando, Florida
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Community Events
7th Annual Florida Medical Device Symposium
May 6 - 7, 2013
St. Petersburg, Florida
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