Event horizon: Faced with failure, entrepreneurs tackle a new frontier

When an event management company’s main revenue stream dried up, it reinvented itself. The payoff has been celebratory.

Mark Wemple. Frank and Laurie Powell and their Tampa-based business, EventPower, have weathered a storm of federal budget cuts.
Mark Wemple. Frank and Laurie Powell and their Tampa-based business, EventPower, have weathered a storm of federal budget cuts.
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EventPower Inc. founder Frank Powell got his start in the event planning and management industry during his college days, when he helped produce concerts.

 

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