# @martikabrianne on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXDwm8vjVkm
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63662475-martikabrianne-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-13T04:43:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Martika B. Jones (@martikabrianne) — https://gondola.cc/martikabrianne

## Caption

What makes you happy?

This. 🌊

What a weekend. BŪP Innovation Weekend 2026 was filled with innovation, late nights, big ideas, and some of the most electric energy this community has ever created. 

Tonight 6 incredible teams took the stage at South University Tampa and showed the world what they built in 3 Days — from scratch, using AI-powered tools.

The results speak for themselves.

🥇 1st Place: Alyra — $2,000 cash + executive coaching from Diane Buckley-Altwies at Core Performance Concepts

🥈 2nd Place: 2Fast Roadside Assistance — $1,000 cash

🥉 3rd Place: SmartEats — Executive Brand Elevation by Emmy-Winning Storyteller Kathy Times, M.S.

Total prize  value of $6,000!🎉✨

We are so proud of every single team that built, pitched, and competed this weekend. You did something most people only dream about. You showed up.

Thank you to our entire village for making this possible. 🙏

Emcee: tasha_cohen_glynn 

Organizing/Design Team: George Jones III 
 
Keynote Speakers: Cesar Hernandez, Omni Public & Francine Marquis — AI Program Manager, Google Cloud

Facilitators: Adalbert De La Cruz | Erik Maltais | Miranda Johnson | Ora Tanner

Mentors: Tracy Ingram | LaDonica Whitfield | Stephanie Grande | Vanessa Ferguson | John Rogitz | Sandy Agüero | April Caldwell | Ebony Vaz| Douglas Licker | Catherine Robinson, PhD | Diane Buckley-Altwies | Travis Russi | Rose LeJiste | Prasad Palthur, PhD, MBA. | Rose Jean Louis

Judges: Robyn Mussler | Daniel McDonald, MBA | Tobias Hartmann | Douglas Licker | Parul Garg | Raj Appavu | Francine Marquis

Sponsors & Community Partners: suncoastcreditunion | cityoftampa | southu | lovable.dev | mcelleaders | mirajocollective | nflalumnitpa Alumni Tampa Chapter | loomdesignofficial | tietampabay 

Tampa Bay built something real this weekend. 

We are just getting started. 🌊

#BUPInno #BUPInnovationWeekend #TampaBay #PitchNight #Hackathon VibeCoding TampaTech BuildInPublic Founders

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tampabay, pitchnight, hackathon, bupinnovationweekend, bupinno

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