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• Dropost.it's Founder Ty Mathen Talks About How Startup Weekend Changed His Life

  
  03/19/12Ty knew he wanted a change. But how could he identify a path that would lead him to something new and inspiring? Two weeks before Startup Weekend Tampa, Ty found out about the event through the Tampa Bay WaVE Organization and decided to attend.

• Startup Bus from Tampa Bolsters Local Startup Culture & Ecoystem

  
  03/18/12Thank a bus fueled by startup energy for giving Tampa Bay's modest entrepreneurial ecosystem fresh momentum.

• Virtual Employment Agency vWorker.com Changes the Game for Employers and Job-Seekers

  
  02/02/12Virtual Employment Agency vWorker.com announced innovations which eliminate the biggest road-block to remote hiring: the hit-or-miss interview process and open up remote hiring to hundreds of thousands of businesses and job-seekers.

• Startup culture starts to set down roots in Tampa Bay business community

  
  12/18/11One of Tampa Bays most transforming business trends in years is emerging amid this difficult economy. It can be described in two words. Entrepreneurial ecosystem.

• Startup Florida Kicks Off at Tampa Bay WaVEs Global Entrepreneurship Week Tampa Bay Kickoff Event

  
  11/11/11Startup Florida, a statewide effort to support entrepreneurs and help startups drive job creation, will officially launch during Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) with five kickoff events including Tampa Bay WaVEs event on Monday, Nov 14th.

• Tech stars align as Tampa Bay kicks off Global Entrepreneurship Week on Nov. 14

  
  11/10/11The tech stars are about to align, and the result will be a convergence of the best and brightest Tampa Bay has to offer. The Bay areas kick-off to Global Entrepreneurship Week is set for Monday, Nov 14, 7 p.m., at the Tampa Museum of Art.

• Talent Sprocket Earns Business Opportunity through Twitter Post

  
  11/09/11Talent Sprocket, an automated hiring analytics company that streamlines the candidate selection process, didnt realize that 140 characters could lead to the opportunity to present in front of a group of venture capitalists and investors

• Startup Florida to Launch in Tampa Bay During Global Entrepreneurship Week

  
  11/08/11Startup America Partnership, announced by President Barack Obama in January 2011, is a coalition of mentors, advisors, funders, major corporations and service providers to strategically help entrepreneurs start successful companies.

• Staples Taps Tampa Bay WaVE Member Karen Post

  
  10/13/11Staples has tapped Tampa-based Karen Post, branding expert & author as the branding expert on their current print program for small businesses. Karens branding tips will be featured in their promo materials and she will be included in media interviews.

• Geeks And Drinks: Creating A Technology WaVE In Tampa Bay

  
  09/14/11Tampa Bay is known for many things. Technology entrepreneurship isnt one of them -- yet. For those whove been in the entrepreneurial trenches, and for those who think they might like to give the entrepreneurial life a try, theres Tampa Bay WaVE.

• Tampa Bay WaVE Is on a Mission to End High Tech Homelessness in Tampa Bay

  
  09/08/11Tampa Bay WaVE is on a mission to end High-Tech Homelessness in Tampa Bay with their Splash Bash fundraiser on Thursday, September 15th at The Roosevelt 2.0 in Ybor City.

• CrowdSavings Buys Deal Sites, Like One Almost Everyday

  
  08/17/11CrowdSavings is no where near as large as Groupon. It operates in 14 markets, has raised $1.9 million in capital and has 22 employees. Even still, it may hold the throne as being one of the most active acquirers of daily deal companies in the U.S.

• WaVE Members Take Top Spots in USF Business Plan Competition

  
  08/15/11This spring, Tampa Bay WaVE companies took 2 of the 3 finalist positions in USFs annual Business Plan Competition sponsored by Fintech. The companies included: Teburu, online ordering for restaurants, and YouExtra/Diligent Media, a web to app service.

• CheckOutMyURL.com and CityQuests.us take top 2 spots at StartupWeekend Tampa 2011

  
  07/10/11Tampa Bay WaVE members take top 2 spots at Tampas first-ever Startup Weekend. Actually, 5 of the 8 teams were led by Tampa Bay WaVE members. Check out CheckOutMyURL.com, CityQuests.us, Bread.ly, BoatingConnect.com and Dropost.it ... more to come!

• TOUR WRIST TAKES THE JUDGES AWARD AT COOLTECH 2011

  
  06/13/11On Friday, more than 550 people walked through MOSIs doors for TBTFs fourth annual coolTECH to see the latest technology and trends coming out of our region and beyond.

• Online Form Builder Wufoo Acquired by SurveyMonkey

  
  04/25/11Do-it-yourself survey company SurveyMonkey is acquiring Wufoo, a startup that lets users build online forms. Wufoo was one of the first companies to graduate from Y Cominbators accelerator program in the winter of 2006.

• CrowdSavings gets $1.3 million funding boost to expand

  
  04/15/11The company raised $1.3 million in growth capital from high-net worth investors in an offering. It will allow CrowdSavings to make acquisitions, hire more salespeople to expand its social buying website to new cities, and grow its database of users.

• Max Media to Acquire Golden Voice Media & Rights to Ted "Golden Voice" Williams

  
  02/28/11Max Media Group, Inc. announced that it will acquire majority control of Golden Voice Media, LLC ("GVM"), a multimedia advertising, production and distribution company that owns the Talent Development rights to Ted "Golden Voice" William.

• Calling all early-stage web innovators- pitch to Tampa Bay WaVE & STAR TEC

  
  02/17/11Calling all early-stage web innovators to participate in the next IDEA Camp, to be held on Friday, March 25, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Collaborative Labs at St. Petersburg College, 13805 58th St. N., Clearwater.

• Max Media Group Launches Free Classifieds for HotAutoWeb.com

  
  02/03/11Max Media Group, Inc. announces the launch of a new classified advertising application on www.hotautoweb.com, www.hotrvweb.com, www.hotcycleweb.com, and www.hotboatweb.com. In the past the company has sold over $15 million in Classic Cars.

• BarkingDeals.com and Dogster.com announce daily pet deals partnership

  
  01/10/11BarkingDeals.com and Dogster.com have partnered to share BarkingDeals.coms daily deals with the Dogster.com community.

• The Influencers: Five to Follow on Twitter for Crowdsourcing from VWorker

  
  01/06/11Here is VWorkers founder Ian Ippolitos list of the top Twitter feeds to follow to stay on top of popular and emerging trends in crowdsourcing:

• BarkingDeals.com featured on CBS The Early Show

  
  01/05/11BarkingDeals.com featured on CBS The Early Show

• SiteWit - USF Co-Op Programming Contest

  
  11/11/10We are looking for teams of two programmers to enter our programming contest for a chance to join our development group. Deadline is December 1, 2010.

• Commendable Kids and StudGuru Named as Finalists in Rails Rumble 2010

  
  11/03/10Now that Ruby on Rails is one of the most sought after domain of Web 2.0, hundreds of cool apps take part in the competition year after year. Read on to check out the list of web apps that made into the top of the list.

• GovLoop hosts successful Government Doesnt Suck rally

  
  10/30/10GovLoop.com, the leading social network connecting 37,000+ government leaders, hosted a Government Doesnt Suck rally on October 30th. The rally was covered in hundreds of news outlets including Washington Post, Fox News, and more.

• AdCommittee Named Finalist in Twilio + Union Square Ventures Developer Contest

  
  10/25/10AdCommittee Named Finalist in Twilio + Union Square Ventures Developer Contest

• First Winner Selected to Receive Support through the CampusGov-GovLoop Scholarship Fund

  
  09/27/10Today, GovLoop and CampusGov awarded the first scholarship through a newly created program designed to assist undergraduate and graduate students focused on a career in local, state and federal government.

• vWorker awarded 2010 Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Company Recognition

  
  08/26/10vWorker (through its former name of Rent a Coder) was awarded the 2010 Inc 5000: Fastest growing private company award. This is the fourth consecutive year in a row the company has been awarded this prestigous honor.

• STAR TEC Accelerator Adds Mini Cities as Client

  
  08/20/10STAR Technology Enterprise Center, an innovation and entrepreneurship center for technology businesses, has added three new clients: Mini Cities Inc., Calypto Media and NuEnergy Technologies.

• Jibidee Voted Top Killer Startup of July 2010

  
  08/12/10Jibidee Receives Most Votes out of Over 400 Websites Reviewed on Killerstartups.com

• CrowdSavings.com, Tampa-Based Deal of the Day Website, Continues National Expansion

  
  08/12/10CrowdSavings.com, a Deal of the Day social buying web site, is launching this week in its fifth market - San Francisco -- continuing its rapid expansion that began in Tampa in December 2009 and is expected to reach 30 major markets by December 2011.

• Max Media Group, Inc. Announces Closing of Small Cap Tube and the Launch of the Redesigned www.smallcaptube.com Web Site

  
  08/04/10Max Media Group, Inc. (Pink Sheets:MXMI) announced today that it has closed the acquisition of the web site www.smallcaptube.com. Read more here.

• The man behind 285,700 programmers

  
  06/01/10Ian Ippolito saw the potential of crowdsourcing. Now Rent A Coder is raking in millions.

• Innovation Wave

  
  02/25/10When you hear the words *tech startup* and *the Bay Area*, does Tampa come to mind? Learn more about Tampa Bay WaVE - a member based organization for local web venture entrepreneurs.

• Enthusem.com Debuts at DEMOfall 09

  
  09/22/09Prospect Smarter, Inc. will be unveiling the release version of their breakthrough web application Enthusem.com at the prestigious DEMOfall 09 conference in San Diego, CA.

• PeepNote Named a Finalist in Rails Rumble 2009

  
  08/27/09Weve tallied the results, sprinkled some magic dust about, and are now ready to announce the list of finalists for the 2009 Rails Rumble championship. Woo!

• Jibidee Launches at TechCrunch50 2008: A Consumer-Centric Take on the Webtop Concept

  
  09/10/08At TechCrunch 50 yesterday a company called Jibidee rolled out a public beta of their service.