News

St. Pete Pride celebrates 17 unifying years

St. Pete’s first Pride Festival was a strictly grassroots affair, dreamed up by a group of Grand Central business owners in 2003.

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Feldman plans to crowdsource funding for Carillon office building

Here’s your chance to be part owner of an office building in Carillon.

Feldman Equities LLC and Tower Realty Partners are looking to raise about $6 million from outside investors as they purchase the Castille at Carillon, two Class A office buildings at 400 Carillon Parkway and 450 Carillon Parkway, with a total of 104,000 square feet.

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St. Pete tech company closes $2.5 million funding round

SavvyPhone LLC has fresh capital for growth.

The company, which does business as SavvyCard, raised $2.5 million, said co-founder and CEO David Etheredge. SavvyCard will use the new capital primarily for sales and marketing, with some capital for updates to the technology platform, he said.

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Media

He Said, She Said: On the road at the Florida Democrats' annual convention - Part 3

Dem consultant Kevin Cate; Heavy-hitting fundraiser Beth Matuga; What's next for Sen. Oscar Braynon

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Culture

ICYMI: Pride headliner Lisa Loeb makes her own ‘Rainbow Connection’

It’s been 25 years, almost to the week, since Lisa Loeb’s yearning “Stay (I Missed You)” became the Number One record in the United States, turning the shy, bespectacled Texan into an unlikely pop star.

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The Shuffle

Larry Costello
BayCare Health System

Zaps

The Hustle

Sophie Bel (Beyond Beauty Salon)

Sophie Bel's main focus as Beyond Beauty Studio's manager is to make her clients feel relaxed. In fact, her unique approach to skin care therapy is through the Ayurvedic healing treatment, a whole-body holistic system based on the entire wellness of the body.

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Profile

Quantum Spatial

Geospatial data hunter-gatherers, headquartered in St. Petersburg.

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Influencer

Diane Bailey Morton
Warehouse Arts District Association

Focus: Security

Four local BayCare beefs up hospital security with metal detectors, visitor badges

The top executives at some of the largest companies in the Tampa Bay area are part of a coalition of chief executives trying to get more corporate boards to create diversity plans at U.S. companies.

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Events

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June 27

The Ambitious Plan Behind Facebook’s Cryptocurrency, Libra

Mission: “a simple global currency and infrastructure that empowers billions of people.”

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