How big is your market? This is one of the most important metrics to determining the success, failure and growth potential of a business. We will run through questions like: How do you determine your target customer?How do you estimate market size?What is your market potential? Who is David Alecock?David Alecock is Studio Director for […]

Steven is both an entrepreneur and an advisor to startups with special expertise in product in management and retail advertising. He spent nearly ten years with local success story Channel Intelligence, that was sold to Google in 2013 for $125 million. Steven continued his executive career with Google after the sale where he led teams […]

Join us for free Diversity Coworking Day at StarterStudio Downtown in partnership with Black Orlando Tech. We will have snacks, music, and space for you to create, build and run your company in community.Need help establishing your business or have an idea you want to build out? We will have some additional resources and information […]

You’re Not Crazy; You’re an Entrepreneur – Identify and Manage Your Roadblocks to Growth All companies go through growing pains, but it is often easier to feel symptoms than to understand their root causes. To some degree, businesses will always experience highs and lows, but gradually, recurring frustration, anxiety, and uncertainty can plague a business’s […]

Meet the CEO and CTO of PowerDMS - an Orlando-based SaaS company with a passion for helping organizations grow trust, integrity and accountability between themselves, their employees and the communities they serve. Heath Hensley is the Chief Technology Officer at PowerDMS, a SaaS company providing high-trust organizations a solution to manage and share crucial content. […]

Join Melissa Koch from InFront Compliance and Akerman LLP on her journey from Tech Lawyer to Techstars. This will be of particular interest to those who want to pursue parallel career tracks, have ambition to create technology products, or otherwise enjoy discussing innovation and technology. Co-Founder & CEO | Business, Technology & Data Lawyer | […]

Scott Mann is an Emmy-winning creative director, a traveled business speaker, a serving non-profit board member for a number of regional organizations, an SEO specialist, a certified Google Partner and a social impact advocate.He founded Highforge in 2001 as a boutique digital marketing and support agency with the purpose of helping good people grow good […]

Ravel and Andrés are two of the three co-founders of HotSwitch, a SaaS company developing Interactive TV tools and Engagement Analytics for entertainment media companies. Among the company’s products are a white-label mobile solution for streaming video content and live chat rooms, a web and native social layer for pre-existing apps, and a content manager […]

The entrepreneur’s journey can seem overwhelming. In this workshop, Financial Advisor and Author, Mike Brodsky, will share ideas you and your employees can implement in your company right away to make improvements in several different areas, including marketing, finance, operations, human resources, and more. Come prepared to discuss your company’s biggest challenges and obstacles, and […]

BLOOMING SOLID: An Uncomfortable WorkshopFind your hidden potential and use it to start taking radical action. This workshop is focused on teaching creative entrepreneurs how to get out of their comfort zones, step into their potential and start taking radical action. Maya Siobhan is a 25 year old writer, songstress, performer and Orlando Native who […]

The total number of Smart Speakers (Amazon Alexa, Google Home and Apple Siri) owners has reached over 50 million and the numbers continues to rise. Google revealed that more than one Google Home Smart Speaker product was sold every second between October and December in 2017. With that type of adoption expected again this year […]

When we think of companies, we often think of discrete parts that make up the broader experience of your brand. But when you put all of the siloed components together into a whole experience, your operational blindspots can create dysfunction. With more and more emphasis being placed on a holistic, integrated UX, this cacophony within […]