Archive: Business Research

Hanan Hamed-Furqan has had many successes as a small business operator, including being named the 2017 U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) North Florida District and State of Florida...

Founded on Beach Street in 1996, the Daytona Diner has grown to be a Daytona Beach institution over the years. Owner Linda Toffolon has worked ceaselessly 7:00am 3:00pm six days a week, year after...

Music finds people in many different ways. For some people, it was the guitar their parents bought for them as a child. For others, it was the tunes their parents played on the radio. For Maestro...

Success costs money. Business owners learn quickly that they often need additional funds to finance their growth. Sometimes it can come from their cash flow, an investor, or from a bank. One thing is...

Originally starting as their fathers idea in 2005, Kozuba & Sons Distillery of Pinellas County has jumped many hurdles since then. The distillery began in Poland offering two flavored cordials:...

A story about partners working together to help small businesses overcome challenges to grow and succeed. Cheval Golf and Athletic Club is a country club that offers a vast amount of fitness clubs...

One of the greatest challenges a small business faces is transitioning from its startup phase to being an established, high-performing second stage company. It is not for the faint of heart. The...

Since 1998, Miranda Contracting, Inc. has provided site and utility contractor services in support of government public works projects, retail and commercial developers, and residential communities....

Tionna Bishop opened her first Bishop’s Coffee and Tea shop in Mary Esther in 2007 and has since opened a new Bishop’s Coffee and Tea on Alcaniz Street in Pensacola. Her success has been...

The definition of “one who undertakes an enterprise” places emphasis on the risk and the personal efforts of the individual who owns and manages the business. By definition John Rampino,...