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Receivabull aims to unlock liquidity in revenue-based finance Receivabull logo over dark background with the words “Fixing Capital Flow”

Receivabull aims to unlock liquidity in revenue-based finance

Chuck Merlis January 19, 2026

Receivabull is building a secondary market to make revenue-based finance more liquid and flexible.

Why Tampa Bay growth requires learning not just hiring A professional meeting scene shows a smiling young man in a blazer speaking with a colleague across a table, with the words “Learning Drives Growth” overlaid at the bottom.

A professional meeting scene shows a smiling young man in a blazer speaking with a colleague across a table, with the words “Learning Drives Growth” overlaid at the bottom.

Why Tampa Bay growth requires learning not just hiring

Contributed Content January 16, 2026

Sustainable growth in Tampa Bay depends on developing people not just hiring them.

Serial entrepreneur builds AI platform for marketing decisions MADTECH.AI branding graphic highlighting faster marketing decisions through AI

MADTECH.AI branding graphic highlighting faster marketing decisions through AI

Serial entrepreneur builds AI platform for marketing decisions

Chuck Merlis January 12, 2026

Bill Lederer builds an AI platform designed to help marketers make faster, smarter decisions in real time.

National firms back $6.8B Gas Plant District proposal Rendering of a proposed redevelopment concept for St. Petersburg’s Historic Gas Plant District, showing a large public venue, green space and surrounding development.

Rendering of a proposed redevelopment concept for St. Petersburg’s Historic Gas Plant District, showing a large public venue, green space and surrounding development.

National firms back $6.8B Gas Plant District proposal

Chuck Merlis January 12, 2026

National firms and local organizations line up behind a $6.8B Gas Plant District redevelopment proposal.

How Trustate uses automation to cut estate work for firms Trustate software dashboard shown on a laptop displaying estate workflows and client projects

Trustate software dashboard shown on a laptop displaying estate workflows and client projects

How Trustate uses automation to cut estate work for firms

Chuck Merlis January 5, 2026

Trustate helps law firms automate estate administration and reduce manual legal work.

Why Eskuad sees field operations as tech’s next frontier Eskuad field operations platform displayed across desktop and mobile devices, showing offline reporting tools designed for remote industrial environments.

Eskuad field operations platform displayed across desktop and mobile devices, showing offline reporting tools designed for remote industrial environments.

Why Eskuad sees field operations as tech’s next frontier

Chuck Merlis December 29, 2025

Tampa-based Eskuad is building technology for the world where work actually happens, far from Wi-Fi, dashboards and...

Tampa health tech firm debuts fully cellular thermometer Smart Meter logo displayed beside a lineup of cellular-connected medical devices, including the iDigiTemp thermometer, with “Product Launch” text overlay.

Tampa health tech firm debuts fully cellular thermometer

Chuck Merlis December 18, 2025

A Tampa health tech firm is launching a fully cellular thermometer for remote patient monitoring.

Meet Dieumerci Christel, whose journey from a refugee camp is reshaping student-teacher connections Dieumerci Christel sitting in a conference room wearing an NDSU sweatshirt while working on Enlightapp.

Dieumerci Christel sitting in a conference room wearing an NDSU sweatshirt while working on Enlightapp.

Meet Dieumerci Christel, whose journey from a refugee camp is reshaping student-teacher connections

Chuck Merlis December 9, 2025

Born in a Tanzanian refugee camp, Dieumerci Christel is building Enlightapp to help schools strengthen connection and...

How CareerSource’s new CEO is rebuilding Tampa Bay’s workforce CareerSource Tampa Bay logo featuring four geometric shapes in orange, green, blue, and light blue, arranged in a triangular formation with the words “CareerSource” in green and orange and “TAMPA BAY” in blue.