by Mark Sharpe | Mar 8, 2022 | Sharpe Bytes, Events, News
Seven years ago – A small band of determined people took on the task of building the Tampa Innovation Alliance. Our early supporters understood that the University Area is more than just an “area” and far better and brighter than the ugly descriptive: “suitcase...
by Mark Sharpe | Nov 29, 2021 | Sharpe Bytes, News
Part I: Mirror World and the Emerging Metaverse: On a cold, snowy night in March of 2019, while riding on the A-Line train from the Denver Airport to Union Station – I glimpsed the future. An experiment which I began three years earlier, involving remote...
by Mark Sharpe | Aug 21, 2020 | Sharpe Bytes, News
“There is a goldmine in our backyard.” This was the opening statement from a presentation by the Tampa Organization of Black Affairs to the Tampa Innovation Partnership Advisory Board on August 20, 2020. Not long ago, America’s most popular astrophysicist, Neil...
by Mark Sharpe | Jun 2, 2020 | News, Sharpe Bytes
The COVID Crisis, poorly considered lockdowns and now righteous anger over the killing of George Floyd have laid bare the underbelly of America. No, I am not in any way justifying the violent elements of otherwise understandable anger, but I am making the case that...
by Mark Sharpe | Apr 22, 2020 | Sharpe Bytes, News
A decade ago I spoke before a large and angry crowd. The country was in the midst of economic turmoil and I was finishing my second term as a Hillsborough County Commissioner, and preparing to run for my third and final term. I remember the event well because it was...
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