By: Walker Peek, CEO, Residential Acoustics It’s challenging to get your business idea off the ground from an initial concept to putting money in the bank. Even tougher, but rarely discussed, is “crossing the chasm” to that larger ...
Kaila Barrington, Paycom, Emerge Professional Development Committee Member Once, I performed an exercise called the "triangle of success." The instructor asked the audience what characteristics we thought made up a successful person. We all shared ...
Scott Leslie, Steve Stanford, Adrienne Wells, SrA Ted Henderson, Mike Shreeve, Michale Hauck By: Steve Stanford, Plantz I had a great morning with a fine serviceman – Senior Airman Ted Henderson of the United States Air Force. SrA Henderson is ...
Inside this Week's Member HighlightsMember News Absolute Mobile Solutions’ Alfred Goldberg Provides Expert Advice to Budding Entrepreneurs at 2015 Startup Surge DCE Productions Establishes New Corporate Headquarters and Audio Visual Staging, ...
By Sid Werner The term "irrevocable" sounds pretty permanent, so many people assume once they've finalized an irrevocable trust there is no turning back. If you're having second thoughts about your irrevocable trust, know that under the right ...
Inside this Week's Member HighlightsMember News Absolute Mobile Solutions’ Alfred Goldberg Helps Make Tampa a Better Place through Technology at the Third Annual Code for Hillsborough Summertime Savings at Aloft The Dikman Company Facilitates ...
Lance Lansrud, Florida Executive RealtyLeadership Tampa Alumni – with leadership from Susan Maurer, Leah Carden, Kerri-Lyn Francis and Chris Maltezo – had the opportunity to engage with some youth who attend Robinson High School. Through ...
By Suzanne Lambert, KPMG LLP, Emerge Tampa Bay Membership Committee Member When I moved to Tampa from Atlanta last summer I was fresh out of college, brand new at my job and felt somewhat disconnected from the Tampa area. All of my professional and ...
Inside this Week's Member HighlightsMember News Save the Date: 2016 Florida State Fair The Omnia Group Launches The Omnia Cognitive Assessment Thomas Howell Ferguson donates to the Florida State University, College of Business, The Florida ...
Inside this Week's Member HighlightsMember News: Saint Leo President to Deliver Final Commencement Address in Tampa ChappellRoberts Adds Staff and Accounts to Agency Roster All Children’s Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine Collects Saliva for ...
Inside this Week's Member HighlightsMember News 'Wine Down Wednesday' Debuts New Happy Hour Menu at Council Oak Steaks & Seafood Lounge Greenberg Traurig Affirms Commitment to the Tampa Bay Area, Signs 10-Year Lease in Bank of America ...
Megan Brown, Northwestern Mutual/ Emerge Tampa Bay Community Outreach Committee Member I occasionally ask myself, “Is it better to give than to receive? Is there something missing in my life when a philanthropic spirit is not woven into my ...
By: Alex Kaptzan, Visit Tampa BayWith bittersweet emotions, we gathered in the lot near the Yacht Starship to embark on our last official day of Leadership Tampa. Though every outing this year had its own learnings and fun, ending with Tourism Day ...
By: Courtney Fernald Limited liability companies, or “LLCs,” have become an increasingly popular business entity choice in Florida due to their combination of favorable legal, business and tax attributes. Most of the appeal of the LLC ...
Chamber’s Advocacy for U.S. – Cuba connections in the Sunday New York TimesNext week, the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce will conduct its third mission to Cuba, but first, the efforts of the Chamber and Tampa business and elected ...
Leadership Tampa, the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce’s leadership program, is proud to announce the graduates of the Class of 2015. The graduates were honored at a commencement dinner on Wednesday, May 6.Jim Porter, Partner at Adams and ...
By: Robert Hyde, Commander, U.S. NavyFaithful adherents to various denominations of Islam are at odds with each other; the US is wrestling with a number of poor options in identifying a national policy stance on the Middle East; extremism is ...
Inside this Week's Member HighlightsMember News HART 2015 Summer Blast Pass Chamber Member Company Now HiringMember Events May 22: Tampa Bay Storm “Seats for Service” May 25: Athletic Club & Spa Harbour Island Annual Memorial Day ...
Emerge Tampa Bay, Tampa’s young professional leadership program, is proud to announce that this year’s Nonprofit Volunteer Fair will take place on Tuesday, May 5th, 2015 from 10:00am to 1:30pm at Channelside Bay Plaza in coalition with ...
Legislative Session Ends Early; Special Session Needed for State BudgetIt appears that the Legislative Session that was set to end on Friday came to an end on Tuesday when the Florida House adjourned sine die. The Senate ended their session today. ...
Inside this Week's Member HighlightsMember News USF Health's CAMLS Offers Unique Meeting/Event Venue Florida Poly Successfully Wraps Up First Academic Year Tampa Bay Buccaneers Names ChappellRoberts as Agency Draft Pick Port Tampa Bay a Part of ...
The Board Chairs of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce and the Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce contacted the members of the Florida Senate representing Hillsborough and Pinellas counties to ...
Inside this Week's Member HighlightsMember News Ana G. Méndez University System and Valencia College Join in Historic Collaborative Agreement for the Development of Bilingual Professionals in Law Enforcement Port Tampa Bay Touts Newly ...
Top Honor for Local and State Chambers That Demonstrate Leadership in Connecting Companies with Talented Veteran and Military Spouse CandidatesThe U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation announced on April 17 that the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce ...
Inside this Week's Member HighlightsMember News Florida Poly’s Annual Industry Partner Summit Brings Together Leading Minds in High Tech Schifino Lee Utilizes Locations throughout Tampa Bay to Shoot New Television Commercial for Westshore ...
By: Luis Martinez-Monfort, Gardner Brewer Martinez-Monfort, P.A.One of the benefits of being a member of LT ’15 (Best Class Ever!) is that in nine short months you get access and exposure to people and places that are otherwise unattainable to ...
Inside this Week's Member HighlightsMember News Fifth Third Bank Partners with Metropolitan Ministries to Fight HungerMember Events April 11: Dress to Impress for 13 Ugly Men “White Party” Hosted at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Pool April ...
By: Barry Kanner Usually the biggest stress in having a party is getting every RSVP, but being a host can expose you to more than a partygoer’s critiques of the décor and food. If you have a holiday party at your office or home and you ...
Inside this Week's Member HighlightsMember News OAI Visual Branding Services Support NCAA Women's Final Four Branding Program BKS-Partners Colleagues Donate Hair to Improve Quality of Life of Those in Need Feldman Equities LLC/Tower Realty Partners ...
By: Owen LaFave, The Bank of TampaIf you were to design a day to showcase Tampa called “Tampa Day,” perhaps your visioning session would start with thoughts of pirates, Cuban sandwiches, cafés con leche, and hand-rolled cigars in ...