News

Laser Spine defends abrupt shutdown as legal action looms

Laser Spine Institute has told state regulators it was forced to close its operations after the company’s lenders unexpectedly took actions that left it without any operating capital.

St. Pete travel insurance highlights its values through contests

Look for more contests in the next few months from the St. Petersburg travel insurance comparison company that just gave away $30,000 in prize money.

The 'Pays to Read' contest launched Feb. 11 and offered a $10,000 prize to the first person to respond by email.

Vology, Google Cloud celebrate partnership

Vology, a Clearwater-based managed services provider, has been a premier partner to Google Cloud since November. Vology and Google Cloud celebrated their partnership Tuesday, when they invited IT leaders to Amalie Arena for a get-together to talk about how shifting some of their operations to the cloud could help their businesses.

Episode 3: He Said, She Said: Legislative Preview

Peter Schorsch and Michelle Todd Schorsch give their take on the upcoming legislative session and talk the aftermath of Hurricane Michael with Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis.

Spotlight: Palladium Chamber Players

The quartet performing tonight (March 6) at the Palladium includes Multer on violin, with Danielle Farina, viola; Julian Schwarz, cello; and Jeewon Park, piano.

The Shuffle

Cami Gibertini
Pilot Bank

Zaps

The Hustle

Atlas Body + Home

Tony Loeffler and Michael Griffin know fashion. They recently opened Atlas Body + Home, a men's lifestyle boutique in the EDGE district. As interior designer's by trade, they had planned to open a home furnishing shop, but that idea quickly blossomed into more.

SVP Tampa Bay

Combining business acumen with philanthropic passion, Social Venture Partners Tampa Bay helps local nonprofits better the community.

Influencer

James Faison
The Mainframe

Focus: Facebook

Report: Facebook has lost 15 million U.S. users since 2017 [Fast Company]

The biggest drop, writes Marketplace, is in the “12- to 34-year-old group.” And this should be a huge deal inside Facebook, which is always trying to stay relevant with the young folks.

Events

Tonjua Williams at Vinoy

Mar. 11

FIBA Demo Day 2019

Mar. 12

St. Pete on the Rise: Preservation vs. Development

Mar. 21

What’s all this talk about lunch? St. Pete startup Lunchpool wants you to take back lunch time

Lunchpool began as a way to help people build connections over common topics during their lunch break. Since starting this project, however, we’ve unearthed a world of research that points to a very large problem: The lunch break as we know it is being threatened.

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