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FirstWaVE Venture Center: Shared Space In Downtown Tampa For Startups

By Chris Kuhn Tuesday, December 18, 2012
A focused team of business leaders and visionaries try to answer the million-dollar question: What do Tampa Bay startups and innovators need to succeed? A collaborative work space is born thanks to a million-dollar federal grant.

Talent Sprocket Tweaks E-Recruiting For Better Results, Tampa Bay

By Janan Talafer Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Tony Duda is focused on improving the hiring process with a new high-tech, platform that improves employers' odds for finding the right candidate for the right job. He and his team at a Tampa Bay-based startup company called Talent Sprocket have developed an innovative software platform that targets some of the flaws in the current e-recruiting process.

Photo Slideshow: Buy Local Gifts, Tampa Bay

By Julie Busch Branaman Tuesday, December 04, 2012
Looking to do your part to help boost the local economy? Spend some money shopping this season in local shops that carry products designed, created, manufactured and/or sold by Tampa Bay residents.

Health Hero: Tampa Bay Startup Uses Technology To Encourage Employees To Get Healthy

By Janan Talafer Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Costs for health benefits continue to climb even as employers and employees seek tangible ways to reduce them, say the founders of a new Tampa startup company called Health Hero. Health Hero’s mission is simple but vital: Save money by creating a healthier workforce. The company is betting on the power of social media to help make it happen.

Not Your Average Speakers: It's All About Success, Tampa Bay

By Diane Egner Tuesday, November 20, 2012
What does it take to create the primordial ooze necessary for startups, innovators and entrepreneurs to thrive in Tampa Bay? Better telling success stories. Shifting mindsets. Creating a community "can-do'' attitude. Setting new priorities. Engaging leadership, both corporate and community. Convincing the big guys to help the little guys. And so much more!

Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Birthday! 83 Degrees

By Diane Egner Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Wow! Three years and counting. 83 Degrees Media, launched in November 2009, continues to be thankful for your encouragement, support and sharing of our stories.

Graduate Tampa Bay: Colleges, Employers Team Up To Offer On-Site Degrees

By Megan Hendricks Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Hillsborough Community College is among Tampa Bay area colleges and universities offering on-site degree programs at companies like Tampa Electric as a convenient way to help employees further their education and increase local college degree attainment.

Designing For Disaster: The AbleNook Story, Tampa

By Christina Barron Tuesday, October 23, 2012
University of South Florida alumni and architect Sean Verdecia is almost done with his first masterpiece. After years of planning and prototypes, his "multiuse portable dwelling,'' AbleNook, is planned for mass production in 2013. The journey from idea to reality has transformed the project from a local university assignment to a highly anticipated, fully functioning living module in the global marketplace.

"Not Your Average Speakers'' Engage On Innovation, Tampa

By Diane Egner Tuesday, October 23, 2012
The I-4 Corridor stretching from Tampa to Orlando is already seen from afar as a hotbed for designing and developing new technology. So what will it take to nurture startups and retain the talent already here while attracting others to help shape Florida's economy as well as the nation's? Join the conversation as 83 Degrees Media's "Not Your Average Speakers'' talk innovation.

Bar/Code Camp Attracts Florida Entrepreneurs

By Diane Egner Tuesday, October 23, 2012
At Bar/Code Camp 2012, about 850 people gather at the USF College of Business in Tampa to share ideas, make connections, consider collaborations and talk about what more is needed to nurture a vibrant yet fledgling startup community in the Tampa Bay region.

HARVST Project Pops Up Fine Art In Downtown Tampa

By Matt Spencer Tuesday, October 09, 2012
The HARVST Project brings together more than 20 musicians, sculptors, dancers, painters and photographers for a multisensory celebration of Tampa Bay talent for a pop up exhibit at the downtown offices of Tampa-based ad agency PP+K for one night only on October 13.

Mobile App Designers, Developers Do It In Tampa Bay

By Chris Kuhn Tuesday, October 09, 2012
Mashable ranks the Florida High Tech Corridor among the top and fastest-growing tech centers in the nation. Meet four experienced innovators who contribute to that narrative as mobile app creators and builders in Tampa Bay.

Opportunity Knocks: Not Your Average Speakers, Tampa

By Matt Spencer Tuesday, October 02, 2012
Shared risk-reward are key to successful P3s -- public private partnerships -- agree panelists representing both sides of the equation at 83 Degrees Media's latest "Not Your Average Speakers'' event. As the local economy rebounds, lots more opportunities for such partnerships will emerge in downtown Tampa and surrounding neighborhoods.

North Tampa Neighborhoods Attack Poverty Through Partnerships

By Megan Hendricks Tuesday, September 25, 2012
A group of nonprofit organizations in North Tampa is transforming neighborhoods around I-275 and Fletcher Avenue into a vibrant, sustainable community where safety is paramount and the workforce nurtures its residents.

SERF Creates Collaborative Space For Sustainability Solutions, Tarpon Springs

By Matt Spencer Tuesday, September 18, 2012
After witnessing the confusion surrounding the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Tarpon Springs business owner Stephen Hickok wanted to use his space along the Anclote River to launch marine searches, sustainable building methods and a collaborative environment where business, nonprofits and students could work together toward innovative renewable energy solutions. His initial idea grew into a new nonprofit called Sustainable Environment Research Foundation.
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