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Top 3 Myths About Emerge Tampa Bay

Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2014 By tampachamber

By Adrienne Morgan, Grow Chair Myth #1: "It's a Networking Group" Even the mere mention of the term makes millennials skin crawl. "Networking" is something our parents did. It's that situation where your business cards flow like water and your ...

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Chamber Announces 2014 Small Business of the Year Semi-Finalists

Posted Thursday, May 29, 2014 By tampachamber

Tampa, Fla. – Today the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce announced the semifinalists for the 2014 Small Business of the Year Awards, presented by Bay Cities Bank & Warren Averett CPAs and Advisors to be held on Friday, September 19 at the ...

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Hillsborough County Assists Small Businesses with Preparation

Posted Thursday, May 29, 2014 By tampachamber

Is Your Business Ready for a Disaster? Hillsborough County Assists Small Businesses with Preparation May 25th – 31st is National Hurricane Preparedness Week. Did you know that an estimated 40% of small businesses that close because of a ...

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Chamber issues statement on the passing of Malcolm Glazer

Posted Wednesday, May 28, 2014 By tampachamber

TAMPA, Fla. — Chamber President & CEO Bob Rohrlack released the statement below on the passing of Malcolm Glazer:“Under the ownership of Malcolm Glazer, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers emerged from the shadows to become a Super Bowl winning ...

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Chamber issues statement on the passing of Al Austin

Posted Thursday, May 22, 2014 By tampachamber

TAMPA, Fla. — Chamber President & CEO Bob Rohrlack released the statement below on the passing of Al Austin: “Our community lost a tremendous business leader with the passing of Al Austin. Al is largely responsible for the ...

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Chamber Announces Leadership Tampa Class of 2014 Graduates

Posted Thursday, May 15, 2014 By tampachamber

Leadership Tampa, the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce's leadership development program, is proud to announce the graduates of the Class of 2014. The graduates were honored at a commencement dinner on Wednesday, May 14, 2014.Renee Vaughn chaired ...

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TPD presents Chamber with Business Partnership of the Year Award

Posted Wednesday, May 7, 2014 By tampachamber

The Tampa Police Department presented the 2014 Business Partnership Award to the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, President and CEO Bob Rohrlack and the Leadership Tampa and Leadership Tampa Alumni programs on May 1, 2014.The GTCC has personalized ...

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New World Economy: LT '14 Economic Development Day

Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2014 By tampachamber

By Jill Witecki, Tampa Theatre A generation or two ago, Economic Development looked like steam and soot, steel and ships. But today’s economic engine is powered not by sweat equity, but by information and ingenuity. This “New World ...

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FICCI-IIFA Global Business Forum in Tampa

Posted Tuesday, April 15, 2014 By tampachamber

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Narayan Murthy, Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri and Shabana Azmi along with Indian CEO delegation to participate in FICCI-IIFA Global Business Forum in Tampa6th April, 2014 - The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) ...

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Our Experience at Leadership Tampa's Tallahassee Retreat

Posted Wednesday, April 9, 2014 By tampachamber

Brian CummingsAttorney – Greenspoon Marder, P.A.Leadership Tampa Class of 2014Leadership Tampa’s Class of 2014 solidified its legacy as the Best Class Ever during the recent Tallahassee Retreat, a two-day tour of Florida’s capital ...

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Area Chambers Oppose Public Records Bills

Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2014 By tampachamber

Tampa, FL – The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce, Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce, Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce, South Tampa Chamber of Commerce, St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce, ...

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Leadership Tampa's Government Day

Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2014 By tampachamber

Brian CummingsAttorney – Greenspoon Marder, P.A.Leadership Tampa Class of 2014The top elected officials from the City of Tampa and Hillsborough County took their hands off the levers of power momentarily to spend time with Leadership ...

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Hope - Leadership Tampa's Health Sciences Day

Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2014 By tampachamber

By Jill Witecki, Tampa Theatre“Hope” is the thing with feathersThat perches in the soulAnd sings the tune without the wordsAnd never stops – at all- Emily DickinsonWe hadn’t been with our M2Gen tour guide for five minutes ...

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Leadership Tampa's Sports Day

Posted Wednesday, February 26, 2014 By tampachamber

by Linda Porter, Skanska USA Building Inc.The group met at the Forum downtown Tampa for Program 7 of our Leadership Tampa 2014. A quick rundown of the day’s activities before we loaded the buses was given at the Forum. Our first stop was ...

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The Brand You

Posted Monday, February 24, 2014 By tampachamber

Written by: Stephanie Newton of Synergy Health A recap of Feb. 19th’s Branding Yourself Event On Feb. 19th, Emerge Tampa Bay presented Branding Yourself 101 at Pepin Distributing. The sold out event featured keynote speaker Bruce Faulman, with ...

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Startup Scholars Feature of the Week: KeriCure

Posted Monday, February 24, 2014 By tampachamber

KeriCure Inc. is a woman-owned company founded in 2011 in the state of Florida. Since then, we have grown to 4 employees and a team of 8 student interns, all working towards the development of novel, effective wound care products.Our strong ...

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