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Justine Benstead

Justine Benstead is a writer and social media manager who lives in the sunny Hyde Park neighborhood of Tampa. She grew up in New Jersey and then Florida, graduating from the University of South Florida with a BA in English. She aspires to become a Jeopardy! champion and enjoys reading, kickboxing, taking her dog on long walks, and photography. Follow her on Twitter at @JustineinTampa. Justine enjoys telling stories and writing profiles about Tampa Bay's emerging technology and innovation news scene and entrepreneurs.

Justine Benstead's Latest Articles

Hiring in Tampa Bay: November 2015 job news

Find a new career by the end of the year. Here's who's hiring in Tampa Bay and St. Petersburg in November 2015.

NEWgenerator
USF researchers develop off grid NEWgenerator to treat waste around globe

2.6 billion people in the world could benefit from a new wastewater treatment technology developed by a University of South Florida research team.

USF students gain real-world experience by shadowing alumni in new program

USF alumni are wanted for a new program, Shadow-A-Bull. USF students will shadow USF alumni and gain industry experience through the free program.

Career fair for active, retired military Oct. 29 near Orlando

Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) is hosting a career fair from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., with seminars beginning at 8:30 a.m. on October 29 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, 

Startup Weekend brings Global Startup Battle to UT campus in November

Innovators and aspiring entrepreneurs are invited to take part in Startup Weekend Tampa Bay, part of the Global Startup Battle and Up Global, which will take place at the University of Tampa's Entrepreneur Center November 13-15, 2015.

Military Hackathon challenges developers to innovate solutions to DoD challenges

Civilian and military developers and programmers came together Oct 23-25 to compete in the Military Open Source Software Hackathon in Tampa, Florida.

Tampa Bay WaVE grand opening.
Tampa Bay WaVe moves into new downtown digs

Tampa Bay WaVe's success at building, launching and growing startups is evidenced by the numbers: 107 new companies, 424 jobs, $14.2M in outside capital -- all combining to create transformational change in Florida's new economy. 

Brent Britton shares his experience at F*ckUp Nights Tampa.
Successful entrepreneurs swap business failure stories at new Tampa Bay meetup

Everyone is eager to share success stories in business and in life, but who wants to talk about failures? Welcome to FUNTampa Bay, a new networking group that focuses on learning from failure.

Tampa Innovation Alliance hosts global thought leader at dinner

Tampa's Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) will host author Bruce Katz at a dinner for the Tampa Innovation Alliance on October 29. 

Unconference draws tech crowd to USF College of Business

BarCamp Tampa Bay returns for its eighth year; the 2015 tech conference took place at the University of South Florida Muma College of Business on October 17, 2015.  

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