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How Entrepreneurship Really Works by Dave Troy
Checkout “How Entrepreneurship Really Works” from Dave Troy, entrepreneur and founder of Beehive Coworking located outside of Baltimore. In this post Dave summarizes the findings from research by Dr. Saras Sarasvathy on the defining characteristics of entrepreneurs and how rather than being aggressive risk takers they are more often just good problem solvers with a passion.
The key message of Dave’’s post is that effectual thinking [...]
BarCamp Orlando – Saturday, April 3rd
This year’’s BarCampOrlando is taking place Saturday, April 3rd at Wall Street Plaza, and registration for the event is NOW OPEN.
As always, BarCamp Orlando is Free, but don”t just show up for the T-Shirt. BarCamp is successful when people come ready to participate, present and become involved in fostering the growth of the local tech [...]
Kauffman – State of Entreprenuership Video
2010 State of Entrepreneurship Address
Carl Schramm, president and CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, delivered the “2010 State of Entrepreneurship Address” on January 19, 2010, on the heels of alarming unemployment numbers and citing sobering new data that show a majority of American entrepreneurs do not expect to create jobs in 2010. He called [...]
WuFoo Workshop – Converting free users to paid
Kevin Hale of WuFoo / Infinity Box will be leading a workshop to help web businesses convert free users to paid subscribers. This event is co-hosted by the Tampa WAVE & IdeaField Coworking.
The 2 hour workshop will help freemium model web businesses in the Tampa Bay area convert free users to paid users. The workshop is [...]
Newton’s First Law for Start-ups
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2nd Annual BarCamp a Big Win for Tampa Bay
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 [...]