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The Tampa Bay Chamber proudly celebrated the Tampa Bay Business Accelerator’s (TBBA) Class of 2025. For the past two years, this cohort of entrepreneurs strengthened their companies and expanded their networks while contributing to the ...

Tampa Bay Chamber Foundation Receives $1 Million Grant Through the 2024 TD Ready Challenge to Support Small Businesses The grant will support Tampa Bay Chamber Foundation's solution designed to help underserved small business owners develop, ...

WFLA Daytime spotlighted this year's recruitment for the Minority Business Accelerator's 2026 Cohort! Host Maggie Rodriguez interviewed Edwin Narain, Chair Elect of the Tampa Bay Chamber Board of Directors, and Michael Flores, Chair of the 2024 ...

Se Habla Español! Solmart Media has launched the region's first Spanish language interview segments focused on the Chamber. The weekly segments with the Tampa Bay Chamber will spotlight Hispanic owned Chamber Member companies as well as ...

The Tampa Bay Chamber is proud to announce that two entrepreneurs in the Minority Business Accelerator Cohort '24 have been named among the top 100 visionary leaders in the Tampa Bay Business community. Congratulations to Courtney Jackson of Paragon ...

Congratulations to Chamber Member MAS Global on being featured in Forbes Magazine's June/July 2024 Issue! "I am grateful to be featured on Forbes," said MAS founder Monica Hernandez, interviewed on how companies are harnessing the power of data to ...

Babcox Media, serving the auto dealer, auto care and enthusiast industries, is sharing Ashley Butler's story with readers nationwide! The graduate of the Tampa Bay Chamber's Minority Business Accelerator 2021 Cohort is called a "Vehicle Care ...

Spectrum's News cameras visited Ortega Custom Cabinets, as part of their story on the $134,000 Grant from JPMorgan Chase to the Tampa Bay Chamber's Minority Business Accelerator. CEO Damaris Ortega, a graduate of the accelerator's 2023 Cohort, was ...

Florida Trend Magazine’s feature on “Rising Executives” profiled Tampa Bay’s own Sherrel Sampson. The career switch from corporate America to entrepreneurship was documented in the story creatively headlined ...

In the December issue of Florida Trend, reporter Nancy Dahlberg spotlighted Chamber Member and alum of the 2022 Cohort of the Minority Business Accelerator, Tony Selvaggio. The native of Venezuela's story was featured in the Next Gen section. It's ...

News cameras of ABC Action News visited the U.S. headquarters of MAS Global in Tampa to showcase the work of its Founder & CEO to increase the number of women and Latinas in the technology industry. The news coverage comes after Monica Hernandez ...

MAS Global’s Monica Hernandez: in 2024's Top 100 Most Influential Hispanic Technology Leaders October 3, 2023 – The Hispanic Technology Executive Council honored the nation’s most influential Hispanic tech executives selected from ...

September 18, 3023 - Attorney Edward Reyes, in the Chamber's Minority Business Accelerator 2024 Cohort, was interviewed on Tampa Bay's Morning Blend Show on safeguards to protect assets and ensure that your financial and physical assets are ...

August 30, 2023 – Apple Newsroom – Minority Business Accelerator Alum Tony Selvaggio is one of twelve entrepreneurs in the nation, and the only one from Florida, that Apple has selected for its Impact Accelerator. This is part of the ...

Tampa Bay Business & Wealth Magazine – Managing Editor Jo-Lynn Brown spotlighted the Chamber’s Minority Business Accelerator being recognized at the World Chambers Congress in Switzerland this summer. In the interview, Avril Stinson, ...

Floyd Freeman, MBA Cohort 2023, was profiled for his work in the construction of the new Judy Genshaft Honors College at USF. Freeman is a graduate of the USF College of Engineering (Class of 96) and 27 years later his company, CableLytics, ...

Business Accelerator 2024 Cohort’s Sherrel Sampson was spotlighted by the Moffit Cancer Center Endeavor digital newsletter, which sees on average more than 116,000 unique visits per month. Congratulations to Sampson, Founder of Canviiy, LLC. ...