by Steve Willingham | Sep 7, 2020 | AMRoC, Education, Entrepreneurship, Professional Development, Training, Volunteer
This week, we highlight one of our Equity in Entrepreneurship mentors from across the Bay: Tonya Elmore, President & CEO of Tampa Bay Innovation Center, Pinellas County’s premier tech business accelerator. The Innovation Center, an accelerator for...
by Steve Willingham | Aug 24, 2020 | AMRoC, Education, Entrepreneurship, Foundation for Community Driven Innovation, Membership, Professional Development, Programming, Projects, Resources, STEM, Training, Volunteer
This post also appears at FFCDI.org The goal of this effort is to engage with the heart of our community, the residents and businesses of Uptown, to truly understand needs and challenges, and provide meaningful resources, services and programs in the service of real...
by Steve Willingham | Aug 18, 2020 | AMRoC, Education, Entrepreneurship, Fab Lab, Programming, Resources, Training
Our Equity in Entrepreneurship students are benefitting from a diverse pool of expertise in our amazing mentor team. Our next Mentor Spotlight shines on Dr. Diana M. Hechavarria , an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of South Florida (USF)....
by Steve Willingham | Aug 18, 2020 | AMRoC, Art, Education, Fab Lab, Projects
August is American Artist Appreciation Month and we’re celebrating at AMRoC – with a twist.. American artists have embraced a variety of art like painting, quilting, sculpture, photography, etching, textile art and more, across styles like Postmodernism,...
by Steve Willingham | Aug 17, 2020 | AMRoC, Education, Entrepreneurship, Professional Development, Programming, Training
Our next Equity in Entrepreneurship Mentor Spotlight, welcomes Justin Heacock to our program. Justin currently works at Florida Polytechnic University as the Entrepreneurship Center Coordinator where he founded the Entrepreneurship Program in 2016. That program has...
by Steve Willingham | Aug 10, 2020 | AMRoC, Education, Electronics, Fab Lab, Programming, Projects, STEM
Larsha Johnson, founder of Bits4Bots, LLC, has been a longtime friend and program partner to AMRoC Fab Lab. This summer, she put together a great early electronics class for elementary school children that can be taught in a small group on-site session as well as...