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TechVillage Tampa Bay Selects Firms for “Incubation”
Posted: 1/7/2002
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Suzie Boland RFB Communications Group 813/259-0345 sboland@rfbcommunications.com
Netta Selego TechVillage Tampa Bay 813/917-5888 TechVillage Tampa Bay Selects Firms for “Incubation”
Tampa, Fla. – (Jan. 2, 2002) – TechVillage Tampa Bay, a not-for-profit technology business accelerator/incubator, has accepted its first three technology companies for physical location and business acceleration and mentoring services.
“We’re delighted to announce our first three member companies,” says Netta Selego, TechVillage client services manager. “They’ve passed a rigorous screening process conducted by members of the local technology community and have signed term sheets that identify specific services and achievement milestones.”
EFFICIEN Inc., www.efficien.com, provides an integrated web-based supply chain management software solution that addresses the cost inefficiencies in distribution and use of products in the healthcare industry. EFFICIEN has created a comprehensive suite of hospital supply chain applications and solutions to address the needs of today’s cost-conscious healthcare systems (HCS). EFFICIEN’s solution was created through its management healthcare supply chain knowledge and market access, strategic alliances with supply chain software solution companies and developmental vision. Greg Firestone is CEO. The Company plans to enter TechVillage in mid to late January.
ImagiNail Corporation, www.imaginail.com, entered TechVillage Dec. 28, 2001. ImagiNail has created a revolutionary device that paints photo quality images directly onto fingernails quickly, accurately and cleanly. Nail art is the fastest growing service in nail salons, and no other method of applying nail art provides the quality, variety or speed of the ImagiNail NailJetÔ Pro. Michael R. Weber is president and CEO.
LocalO, Inc., will provide a web-based membership management package, EasyMGR, that is designed to address the unique problems and challenges faced by membership-based organizations. This suite of management tools is integrated into the association’s website, allowing organizations to execute customary management activities more efficiently. The Company entered TechVillage Dec. 27. Jeeni Criscenzo is president.
TechVillage Tampa Bay is a not-for-profit technology business accelerator that fosters the growth and development of very early stage technology firms in the seven-county Tampa Bay Area through mentoring, technology, office sharing and other support from the public and private sectors.
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Contact information: EFFICIEN, Inc. Greg Firestone, CEO 727/772-0379
ImagiNail Corporation Michael R. Weber, president and CEO 813/263-5669
LocalO, Inc. Jeeni Criscenzo 813/258-4452
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