Tune in to Front Row Tampa Bay Today at 12:15 for “Entrepreneurial Ecosystem”

TBTF urges everyone to tune in to Front Row Tampa Bay today at 12:15 p.m. for the live-streamed discussion "Entrepreneurial Ecosystem” featuring former Florida Governor Jeb Bush; Garrett Johnson, co-founder of SendHub; Peter Cherukuri, vice president and general of the D.C. bureau for The Huffington Post and Heather Kenyon, president and CEO of the Tampa Bay Technology Forum. Led by co-anchor Kathy Fountain, the panelists will discuss the growth of technology-based companies and the importance venture capitalists bring to entrepreneur s ready to start their own business. To watch the "Entrepreneurial Ecosystem” and other Front Row programming, visit http://frontrowtampabay.com/.

"In order to develop a more diverse and sustainable economy, we must encourage and invest in the entrepreneurial efforts of local start-up companies,” Bush said in a news release.

Presented by the Tampa Bay Partnership, Front Row Tampa Bay is an unprecedented effort, built around the Republican National Convention, to promote regional and Florida businesses while giving business leaders prime meeting and networking opportunities to benefit from this unique event.

For four days from 9 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. on August 27-30, programming will be live-streamed to targeted influencers and business interests across the nation and will include: a focus on Tampa Bay’s key business sectors and leaders, commentary from top political leaders and a look at life in Tampa Bay and Florida.