At Startup Summit, Vinik discusses his road to success in business and philanthropy

The city that's known for its Stanley Cup-winning hockey team, booming development scene and rise of tech companies is greatly due to the success of business mogul Jeff Vinik.

Vinik, best known as the owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning and engine behind Water Street Tampa, is one of the speakers at the Startup of the Year Summit in Tampa that spotlights growing tech startups in the region.

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Yo ho ho: Saturday is Gasparilla Day in Tampa

On the Pinellas side of the bay, you didn’t used to hear a lot about the Gasparilla Pirate Festival. It was a purely Tampa thing, since its earliest days well over 100 years ago. As the distance has (figuratively) shrunk over the last decades – “Tampa Bay” is now a single community, in the eyes of more than a few people – the whole Gasparilla thing has become part of our collective culture.

And since the 2022 edition is taking place this Saturday, here’s a quick primer on Gasparilla past and present.