From Startup to Acquisition: Refactr Climbs Ranks and Pays it Forward to Entrepreneurs
Cybersecurity leader, SOPHOS, acquired Refactr just months after graduating from Tampa Bay Wave’s inaugural CyberTech|X Accelerator in 2021. Air Force veteran Founder and CEO Mike Fraser established Refactr alongside his fellow founders, Korrine Fraser, and Anthony Rowlands. The company built the Refactr Platform, a DevSecOps Automation Platform, to help bridge the gap between DevOps and cybersecurity. Post-acquisition, […]
Startup Stories: Peerfit Creates ‘Wake of Success’ in Tampa Bay
Hot off the heels of the (mega) sale of Peerfit’s intellectual property to a publicly traded, global company, Jamie Sewell sat down with Peerfit founder and CEO, Ed Buckley and Peerfit Investor and Arc Applications Managing Partner, Dan Greco, to get the scoop. Our conversation didn’t stop there – we talked about Peerfit’s early […]
A Smarter Way to Approach Charitable Giving
A Smarter Way to Approach Charitable Giving by Danyell Jones, Wealth Management Specialist, Accredited Asset Management Specialist, and Financial Advisor. Two new studies conducted at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University found that giving to others makes us happier than giving to ourselves. What many people may not realize is that philanthropic giving can […]
An Introduction to SEO and SEM for Startup Businesses
An Introduction to SEO and SEM for Startup Businesses by Amanda Peterson, Contributor at Enlightened Digital. You’ve built a business, and now your website is up and running. But how can you drive traffic to this site? One way is by optimizing it for search engines. There are two different ways to increase a site’s […]
Sneaking in Wellness
Sneaking in Wellness by Shuchi Vyas, CEO of Guestbox This Summer, I got a scholarship to Wanderlust, a global yoga festival to attend at their flagship location in the lush Squaw Valley region of Tahoe. Amidst multiple ‘no’s I was hearing this Spring, Wanderlust was my tiny win just before momentum picked up with my […]
Why SXSW Matters for Entrepreneurs and Innovators
By Accelerator Manager Basha Holloway Where can you find a multi-day, hyper interactive experience that attracts some of the best talent and leaders in the tech and innovation space? SXSW. This year I had the pleasure to represent the Tampa Bay Wave Accelerator Team in Austin at the SXSW Conference. It was a great experience […]
The Way You Do Anything is Probably The Way You Do Everything
A mentor of mine used to tell me “Look at the way you do anything because it’s probably the way you do everything.” This is from a conversation with a client some time ago that I was reminded of today. It’s slightly altered for the usual reasons. Ideasphere Partner (me) – So, if I understood […]
Top 5 Tips in Raising Capital
By David Etheredge, CEO & Co-Founder of SavvyCard
