This past weekend Tampa’s tech community gathered for the annual unconference known as BarCamp. Not your typical convention or seminar, BarCamp’s are organized and hosted by volunteers and feature presentations given entirely by the attendees. Easel-sized Post-It notes act as the just-in-time agenda and in the first 30 minutes are quickly filled in with topics [...]

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This weekend (Sept. 26th & 27th) is Tampa’s 2nd annual BarCamp. Once again the event will be held at the College of Business building on USF’s main campus (see campus map). BarCamp is a worldwide movement with events being organized on a local level by volunteers and local businesses that want to see their tech [...]

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The Eric Schoenfled TechCrunch article on Top VC Blogs got a fair amount of play on Twitter last week, but the background for this post originates on Larry Cheng’s site where there is a much more comprehensive listing of 100+ VC Bloggers (ranked by number of subscribers). The posts on these blogs range from superficial insight [...]

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I found a great post last week @ GenYstartup.com: As far as Start-ups are concerned, a Mentor is someone who has been in the industry for much longer and has been involved in a number of startups himself/herself. The duty of this person is to advice you based on their experience and also help you [...]

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The folks at BLANKSPACES have done it again. A simple yet elegant commercial explaining the power of Coworking. Fill in the BLANK from BLANKSPACES on Vimeo. You guys rock! Want the coworking experience in Tampa? Join us at IdeaField for the creative, collaborative workspace that helps you get shit done.

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