We've been encouraging our members to sign up for StartUp America Partnership for months now and the pay-out could not have come at a better time. 

"50,000 visitors and 15,000 members of the media are expected to descend on Tampa Bay during the RNC" says the 2012 Tampa Bay Host Committee, and some of our guys will be shining in that spot light. 

Well known internet newspaper Huffington Post recently approached StartUp America/StartUp Florida for a list of local startups they could cover during their time here in Tampa for the 2012 Republican National Convention. Twenty-seven startups were picked and of them eight are WaVE members! For those of you keeping count, that's one third of the startups that will be representing Tampa Bay WaVE! 

All of these ventures will shine in the Huffington Post Spotlight, as they will be invited to an exclusive Expo & special Huffington Post Oasis afterward that is sure to be packed with bloggers, journalists, and other members of the media. So keep your eyes and ears peeled. Follow @HuffPostLive & keep checking their website for updates. 

+ We are sure StartUp America Partnership will will continue to provide members with benefit like this. If you have not signed up your business yet, got www.s.co to sign up.