Month: April 2019
Embarc Collective’s First Phase of Launch is Live (for over a month)
This gif says it well. My team has been heads down and focused—and in the thick of that focus, we’ve been slow to offer an update on the launch of Embarc Collective. In March, we began to roll out the first phase of our organization’s launch with support to 25 early-stage technology startups that are […]
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Lessons from Past Rise of the Rest Tours
We are excited to welcome Steve Case’s Rise of the Rest Tour to Tampa Bay on May 1st. This is an opportunity to shine the spotlight on our region and showcase the startups and entrepreneurs who grind towards success each day. In preparation for May 1st, past hosts of the Rise of the Rest Tours […]
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Rise of the Rest Homecoming: Interview with Genna Mckeel of Google for Startups
Genna McKeel, a Tampa Bay native, is Head of Global Partnerships for Google for Startups. Before joining the Google for Startups team, she was on Google’s central policy team where she led the team’s economic impact strategy and efforts to tackle forced data localization globally. Before Google, Genna received her MBA from London Business School […]
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The Spotlight is on Tampa Bay–It’s Time to Shine
On January 25, AOL co-founder Steve Case announced nationally on MSNBC that he saw the growth and momentum amongst new ventures in Tampa Bay and that he was going to visit to showcase the tremendous amount of progress here as part of his Rise of the Rest Tour. Now on his eighth tour, Rise of the […]
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Featured Founder: Adam Wisniewski of EX3 Labs
Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Adam Wisniewski, Founder & CEO of EX3 Labs, an experience design and product innovation firm that helps companies launch new ideas, digital products, and […]
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