ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – (June 23, 2016) – Tampa Bay Innovation Center, an innovation and entrepreneurship center for technology businesses, will hold its July 2016 TECH Talk program on Tuesday, July 12 at 8:30 a.m. at Microsoft Headquarters office, 5426 Bay Center Dr., Suite 700, Tampa.
July TECH Talk, moderated by Innovation Center Director JJ Roberts, will feature a panel of Innovation Center mentors who have been closely involved in the program, advising numerous member companies over the years. Innovation Center mentors for the event will be:
[if !supportLists]· [endif]Chris Paradies is a Florida Bar certified intellectual property attorney and registered patent attorney. His law firm, Paradies® law, helps you own, protect and grow the most valuable assets of your business — your intellectual property, or “IP.” Legal services span from corporate formation to global protection of patents, trademarks and copyrights, and include customizing terms of use and other agreements for protection and licensing of your IP. He is also the founder of IPmasterclass.com.
[if !supportLists]· [endif]Ron Stein, president of FastPath Marketing and founder of the More Customers Academy, works with small business owners, helping them energize their marketing and selling efforts. His successful 7-step approach to winning new customers, the FastPath to More Customers© Program, is the result of his experience as a small business owner, tech startup CEO, marketing and business development executive, salesman and mentor at two nationally recognized business accelerators. He writes a column on marketing and selling for Florida Trend business magazine.
[if !supportLists]· [endif]Dino Eliadis, founder and president of DE Inc., is a strategic thinker, author, entrepreneur and coach with more than two decades of experience helping small business owners achieve the personal independence and financial freedom they dreamed of when starting their business. He has developed the SPARC Business Growth Framework as a method of systematically assisting business owners in growing a self-sustaining business.
Presented by Tampa Bay Innovation Center, TECH Talk is the area’s premier networking and education event developed specifically to meet the interests of the local technology community. Attendees include new and start-up technology companies, as well as entrepreneurs and those interested in the growth and success of technology innovation and entrepreneurism in the Tampa Bay area.
There is no fee to attend, but space is limited. Advance registration is suggested at http://techtalkjuly.eventbrite.com. Additional information is available by contacting Mary Rodriguez Gort at 727-547-7341 or gortm@tbinnovates.com.
Tampa Bay Innovation Center, through TEC Garage, offers a number of programs geared toward entrepreneurs, innovators, investors and others interested in the growth of the local technology community.
About Tampa Bay Innovation Center:
Tampa Bay Innovation Center supports entrepreneurial success, fosters the creation of high-tech jobs and develops new sources of technology and manufacturing capabilities by nurturing early stage ventures as they grow and launch their products into the marketplace. Through its TEC Garage, the Innovation Center offers programs that are tailored to the innovator/entrepreneur and address business intelligence, planning and business formation, strategy execution and technology transition. Follow TEC Garage on Twitter, https://twitter.com/TECGarageStP, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TECGarageStP. Follow Tampa Bay Innovation Center on Twitter, www.twitter.com/tbinnovates, and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/tbinnovationcenter.
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