There is a significant three billion dollar metropolitan transformation that
is taking place in Tampa Bay Florida called Water Street Tampa Jeff Vinik the
owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning and one of the leaders of the project is pushing
to make Tampa Bay a prime destination for diverse startup talent through
Embarc Collective a Tampa Bay-based innovation hub kept itself diverse from
accelerators and incubators offering customized support to each company's
needs
My name is Lakshmi Shenoy I'm the CEO of Embarc Collective the Bold Idea behind
Embarc Collective is that we can really elevate the profile of a region
specifically for us Tampa Bay by showcasing entrepreneurs and supporting
those entrepreneurs to really push through and be more than the local
success really be an international success as they grow their businesses
We're looking for early-stage technology startups first making sure that the
business has a viable business model that they have a great path to revenue
as in the path to revenue that will scale exponentially Secondly we're
making sure that their needs match what we can offer we have a value proposition
that has five pillars Customers Capital Product Talent and Culture and Coaching
and we want to make sure that where they need support is where we can plug in and
help and the third piece is really around a Cultural fit we are excited
that in the next few months we'll announce over 30 International
partners with groups that are local to Tampa Bay but also from all around the
world My dream is that Embarc Collective is a reputation beyond our region of
Tampa Bay I want people to know of Embarc Collective internationally and
I want them to know that the entrepreneur is coming out of Embarc
Collective are some of the most driven and disciplines entrepreneurs are going
to find
