Entrepreneurship

Long seen as a perfect place to pioneer ideas and make investments, the Tampa Bay region has a well-earned reputation for growing the smallest seeds of entrepreneurial spirit into grandiose plans to solve the world's problems. Take air conditioning, for example. Few places contain a richer history that promises more for the future.

Entrepreneurship Features

Green Beings Feed A Hunger In Tampa Bay

By B.C. Manion Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Residents of the Tampa Bay region don't have to travel far to find Earth-friendly green businesses that cater to every whim. Shops run by dedicated environmentalists and entrepreneurs remain true to Mother Nature and Father Time by engaging in sales and trades designed to ensure our sustainability.read on…

Clothesline: Hanging Sarasota Art Out To Dry (In A Good Way!)

By Jessi Smith Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Clothesline, a hip T-shirt shop in Sarasota, provides artists a unique outlet for their work as prints literally roam the streets on the fronts and backs of teens and other casual dressers looking to make a statement. The shop on South Pineapple in the downtown central business district will soon also begin selling some of the best art supplies on the market.read on…

Tampa Vet Sees That The Eyes Have It

By Jeff Berlinicke Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Most of the vision problems Veterinarian Dr. E. Dan Wolf of Tampa sees involve cataracts. He specializes in a technique that he says is simple and mostly painless to the animal. Basically, he places a lens inside the eye of the animal. It's a relatively common procedure, similar to a human putting in a contact lens; only with an animal, it's permanent.read on…

Photo Slideshow: Stand Up Fitness, St. Petersburg

By Julie Busch Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Brody Welte's Stand Up Fitness combines outdoor exercise with scenic natural beauty by offering paddle tours of the waters around Tampa and St. Petersburg. The tours often include trips along the Hillsborough River. read on…

The Box Social: A Beacon In Sarasota's Night Scene

By Jessi Smith Tuesday, December 15, 2009

At the end of the day, when the commercial 9-to-5 businesses that have been the anchor of downtown Sarasota for so long are turning out the lights and locking their doors, The Box Social springs to life as a symbolic representation of the "everything more" aspects that the city has to offer.read on…

Trader Planet Revolves In Wesley Chapel

By Chris Kuhn Tuesday, December 01, 2009

An innovative Wesley Chapel entrepreneur is connecting investors with information, other traders and organizations they can collectively support � and he's doing it all online.read on…

Fueling Sarasota's Rebirth

By Kim Cartlidge Tuesday, November 17, 2009

A recent collaborative, mixed-media art show by the artists of s/Art/q in a once-empty storefront near Sarasota's Main Street signifies a potential shift in the region's economy with the emergence of several new tech-creative industries.read on…