by tmw2010 | Apr 17, 2015 | Entrepreneurship, inventors, MakerCon, Makers Festival
He was Making before Making was cool! Anyone who’s been involved in the inventors community in Tampa Bay for any length of time knows Wayne Rasanen, long time leader of the Tampa Bay Inventors Council, but first and foremost, an inventor himself, creator of...
by tmw2010 | Apr 16, 2015 | Entrepreneurship, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, inventors, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival
Gulf Coast MakerCon will feature a lot of tech related Makers and exhibitors, but we also have a big complement of crafters, who are equally the Makers we celebrate when we talk about the DIY Inventive Spirit. “Inventive” doesn’t automatically...
by tmw2010 | Apr 16, 2015 | 3d printing, Cosplay, DIY, Education, Energy, Entrepreneurship, Gaming, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, Handcraft, Heritage, inventors, MakerCon, Makers Festival, Makerspace, Music, Props, Robotics, Science, Sponsors, STEM, Young Makers
Gulf Coast MakerCon 2015 promises to be our biggest and best event yet, and a sign of things to come, as our Maker community continues to grow and connect. Check out our 2015 event program and start planning how you’re going to Make your Day at Gulf Coast...
by tmw2010 | Apr 14, 2015 | Entrepreneurship, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, inventors, Makers
Invention is the heart and soul of any maker event, that Inventive Spirit that we celebrate made whole, visible and viable through the ingenuity and hard work of curious and resourceful problem solvers. Terry Nehring is one of those problem solver, founder and...
by Terri Willingham | Apr 14, 2015 | Entrepreneurship, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, inventors, Makers
Invention is the heart and soul of any maker event, that Inventive Spirit that we celebrate made whole, visible and viable through the ingenuity and hard work of curious and resourceful problem solvers. Terry Nehring is one of those problem solver, founder and...
by tmw2010 | Apr 14, 2015 | Apprenticeship, Education, Entrepreneurship, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Mentoring, Young Makers
One of our goals with Gulf Coast MakerCon is to build a premier community maker event for youth and adults highlighting the practical and useful as well as the fun. This year, we’ve got some great groups helping us do just that, and showing how native interests...