Tech sector godfather pulled back in to industry

A been there, done that tech entrepreneur relies on some old standbys to build and grow businesses: outwork the completion and hyper-focus.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 6:00 a.m. October 5, 2018
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Tom Wallace works with tech startups statewide through Florida Funders, where he’s a managing partner.
Tom Wallace works with tech startups statewide through Florida Funders, where he’s a managing partner.
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In several ways, Tom Wallace is the godfather of the burgeoning Tampa Bay tech startup scene. He’s had lots of successes, a few failures and tells great war stories about the business. He loves to mentor young up-and-coming entrepreneurs and, significantly, recently had a Michael Corleone “just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in” moment.

 

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