TAMPA – Local investor Jeff Vinik will join Rebecca White, director of UT’s Lowth Entrepreneurship Center, for a fireside chat at this year’s State of the Tampa Bay Entrepreneurial Ecosystem event.
The event will be held on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 2:30 p.m. in the Sykes College of Business Lowth Entrepreneurship Center in the Daly Innovation and Collaboration Building on UT’s campus.
Vinik, a former hedge fund manager who owns the Tampa Bay Lightning, has been a leader in the effort in downtown Tampa to develop Water Street Tampa.
Additionally, Speros Margetis, UT professor of finance, and Thomas Pittz, UT assistant professor of management, will join White in reporting on the growth and progress of Tampa Bay’s entrepreneurial energy. They will also compare today’s ecosystem to the findings of the original Kauffman Foundation study three years ago.
The Kauffman Foundation research was a year-long project that yielded a model for strengthening entrepreneurial ecosystems in Tampa Bay and other cities nationwide. The project was spearheaded by White, along with a team of professors across the nation, and included in-depth surveys of entrepreneurs and their businesses in Tampa Bay.
This event is free to attend, but seating is limited. Please RSVP by Nov. 13 at https://entecosystemreport.eventbrite.com/. The event will also be streamed live on the Lowth Center’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/utecenter/. Contact the Lowth Center atecenter@ut.edu, or (813) 257-3227.
The University of Tampa is a private, residential university located on 110 acres on the riverfront in downtown Tampa. Known for academic excellence, personal attention and real-world experience in its undergraduate and graduate programs, the University serves approximately 10,000 students from 50 states and 132 countries. The majority of full-time students live on campus, and about half of UT students are from Florida.
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