The Paper Seahorse proprietress Tona Bell, who speaks at Tampa Bay Startup Week on February 8, 2019. Credit: The Dashing Ginger

The Paper Seahorse proprietress Tona Bell, who speaks at Tampa Bay Startup Week on February 8, 2019. Credit: The Dashing Ginger

Tampa Bay Startup Week kicks off on Tuesday in St. Petersburg and then moves to Tampa next Thursday before wrapping on February 8. The four days will be jam-packed, too, thanks to a staggering 189 scheduled speakers (including The Paper Seahorse's Tona Bell) who’ll expound on more than 17 topics ranging from education, food and beverage, fashion, social media, tech and more. Somehow, some way (read: sponsors), Startup Week has managed to make the event free of charge

3 Daughters Brewing (222 22nd St. S, St. Petersburg) and Tampa Armature Works (1910 N. Ola Ave., Tampa), startupweektampabay.com.

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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...