By: Scott Gottlieb, YP-Tampa, St Petersburg & Sarasota Tampa Bay is a marketplace rich with opportunity. The metro area is not only one of the wealthiest in the state with an aggregate net worth near $300 billion, it is also one of the largest ...
By: Pat Huston, Business Consultant - SBDC Hillsborough County Just in case you missed it……here are a few of their suggested tips. For your Facebook page: Cover photo: NO text please. This is your biggest piece of real ...
By Leonardo Dosoretz, Voice Committee Member On Monday, July 28, 2014, Florida Governor Rick Scott took a ride in a driverless car on the Selmon Expressway as part of an ongoing trial for the new technology. The event reflects the evolving nature of ...
By: Sarah Schwirian You’ve heard us talking about Emerging with Influence (repeatedly, I’m sure!), but what exactly IS it? Emerging with Influence is Emerge Tampa Bay’s premier signature event that provides Emerge Tampa Bay ...
By Jessica Muroff, Frameworks of Tampa Bay One of the reasons why many of us applied for Leadership Tampa was to learn more about how we could best serve our community. It was very fitting that Community Outreach Day was our first official program ...
Justin Laden, Public Policy / Voice Committee Member Young professionals want more out of the Tampa Bay area – more options and more influence. This was the unanimous message that Emerge Tampa Bay members and other young Bay area ...
Need assistance growing your business? Want to take advantage of available business resources at no cost? Need to take your business to the next level? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then contact the Florida Small Business ...
Tracy Wilson, Director, Membership You are challenged to build better professional relationships, but how? Be selective. Be selective of which networking events you participate in, be selective of who you interact with and be selective of your ...
I would personally like to invite you to join us for the Tampa Bay Trade Mission to Chile scheduled for December 1 – 5, 2014. This mission marks the first official activity of the Tampa Bay Export Alliance, a partnership between the Tampa ...
In partnership with The University of Tampa and Michigan State University's Collegiate Employment Research Institute (CERI), we invite you to take a survey on recruiting trends for students transitioning into the labor market. A part of the ...
Join Tampa Bay's leading young professionals to develop a young professional's vision of Tampa. How do you want Channelside to look in five years? How would you develop downtown Tampa? What transit options are important to you? Come share your ideas ...
SBOY Chair Gwynn Davey (Hillsborough County Market President, Bay Cities Bank) and SBOY past winner Scott Riley (CEO, Fintech) sat down withDaytime to discuss the 2014 Small Business of the Year Awards including the application and selection process ...
Adrienne Morgan, Grow Committee Chair Generational differences can create a great deal of issues in the office. They do not communicate effectively. We say: Yes, texting is a perfectly normal form of communication and I should be able to work ...
By: Allison Wallrapp, Voice Committee Member Tampa Bay residents may soon have a more robust set of options when it comes to public transportation. Last week, Hillsborough County made public the documents outlining their initial plan to overhaul ...
Jason Chavez, Platinum Information Services Jason Chavez Congratulations to Jason Chavez, Regional Account Manager with Platinum Information Services in Tampa Bay, for being our Ambassador of the Quarter! After finishing college in Colorado, Jason ...
Andy Peluso, Connect Committee Member On Wednesday, July 9th, Metropolitan Ministries hosted Emerge Tampa Bay for a lunch program at its facility in Tampa Heights. President and CEO Tim Marks, members of the board of directors, and members of the ...
Close to 500 attendees had an opportunity to cast their ballot at the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce’s 2014 Political Hob Nob held this evening at the Tampa Bay Times Forum, including 44 candidates for office. The event was sponsored by AAA ...
The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce announced the finalists 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 David A. Straz, Jr. Center ...
Justin Laden, Emerge Tampa Bay Voice Committee Member Until this week, I never thought small talk could make me reexamine my political goals. On Wednesday June 25th, Emerge Tampa Bay hosted the third annual “Unfiltered” town hall event ...
With Florida’s economic recovery continuing to outpace the nation, small businesses reported higher company sales and increased optimism in a new Florida Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index Survey released today. The survey, conducted in ...
UNFILTERED Town Hall to provide an open forum for young professionals to hear and be heard about transportation issues in Tampa. Tampa, Fla. (June 18, 2014) – Multi-modal transportation on the agenda – High-speed ferry gets funds ...
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 ...
TAMPA, Fla. – The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce and South Tampa Chamber of Commerce have endorsed the Greenlight Pinellas plan for bus improvements and future passenger rail service in Pinellas County, with connections to Hillsborough ...
TAMPA, Fla. – The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Bob Rohrlack released this statement following Governor Rick Scott signing the state budget:“On behalf of our 1,200 members in Tampa and across the Tampa Bay region, I ...
Distinction Honors State and Local Chambers for Joining Mission of Helping Veterans, Transitioning Service Members, and Military Spouses Find Meaningful Employment WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation today announced that ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...