To learn more about what is happening in Tampa Bay’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, visit StartupDigest Tampa Bay, and join us at any of our perennial events:
- Bar/Code Camp Tampa Bay
- BizTech Innovation Summit
- coolTECH
- Entrepreneur Social Club
- Florida Venture Forum Early Stage Conference
- Founder Institute Tampa
- HealthCamp Florida
- Ignite Tampa Bay
- Southeast Entrepreneurship Conference
- Startup Bus
- Startup Weekend
- Startup Weekend Next
- Startup Xchange
- TBTF Industry Achievement Awards
- Tech Jam
- Tech Trends
- Tech Tuesday
- TECH Talk
- TEDxTampaBay
Startup Resources
- FloridaStartup.com (free startup checklist)
- Florida Small Business Development Center at USF (free, confidential consulting)
- Florida Virtual Entrepreneur Center
- GrowHighlands.com
- Pasco Enterprise Network
- Regional Business Resource Center of Florida Gulf Coast
Coffee Shops
- Buddy Brew the café hangout spot in Tampa
- The Campus Grind the café hangout spot at USFSP
- Kahwa the café hangout spot in St. Petersburg
- Oxford Exchange the café hangout spot across from UT
- Tre Amici the café hangout spot in Ybor City
CoWorking spaces
- CoCreativ (St. Petersburg, FL)
- Commerce Club at Oxford Exchange (Tampa, FL)
- CoWork Lab (Clearwater, FL)
- CoWork Tampa (Tampa, FL)
- Launch Lab CoWorking (Largo, FL)
- Wave CoWorking (Tampa, FL)
Incubators
- FirstWaVE Venture Center
- Tampa Bay Innovation Center
- Tampa Bay Research & Innovation Center at USF Health CAMLS
- Tampa Bay Technology Incubator at USF
Funding Programs
- Awesome Tampa Bay/Awesome St. Petersburg (micro-grants)
- Pasco EDC Microloan Program (micro-loans)
- Gazelle Lab (seed stage)
- Florida Venture Forum (early and later stage)
Growth Programs
University Entrepreneurship Programs
- University of South Florida (program | club)
- USF St. Petersburg (program | club)
- University of Tampa (program | club)
K-12 STEM & Entrepreneurship Programs
- The Academies of Pinellas
- Career Technical Education Foundation, Inc. (CTEF)
- Next Generation Entrepreneurs