Does Tampa Bay have a shot at being a hub for tech business?

Tampa Bay's mission to become a global tech hot spot had made great strides of late. One notable advantage, says one executive, comes from a talent pool without an "extensive entitlement" mindset.

  • By Jim Stinson
  • | 5:00 a.m. December 1, 2023
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California is in a small crisis, and that could be an opportunity for Tampa Bay.

California's main economic jewel is not its vast farms, where mass volumes of fresh greens and almonds are grown. It's not Hollywood, because shooting movies there is sometimes so expensive, filmmakers leave for Canada, New York or even New Orleans.

 

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