John Burns is an accomplished leader. He is a retired United States Army Colonel with a distinguished military career, including as a commander in combat. He built a successful IT consulting business...
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Air Force Veteran Journeys to Business Ownership with Florida SBDC at UNF
As an Air Force Veteran working for big corporate business for over 30 years, Ralph Sevearance knew one day he wanted to be a business owner. Both he and his son Josh knew the owners of a local...
Air Force Veteran’s Small Business Flying High with Help from Florida SBDC at UWF
Flying is a family affair for Morris Jarmon, owner and operator of Island Air Express (IAE), and his son Ron. Morris aviation career began just two years out of high school. He recalls, I joined the...
Veteran-Owned Business Awarded First Contract with Help from Florida PTAC at USF
David Hahn decided to take a leap of faith and leave the hospitality industry to follow in his fathers footsteps, as an entrepreneur. He decided to take what hed learned in the hospitality industry...
Ice Cream Maker Tastes Sweet Success with Help from Florida SBDC at FIU
Success tastes sweet for Fruitique, a Hialeah-based ice cream manufacturer that is expanding beyond the South Florida market. Launched in 2011, this family business has scooped up a niche in the...
Florida SBDC at UNF Helps Veteran-Owned Marine Construction Company
During the summer of 2018, Mark Johnson made an appointment at the Florida SBDC at UNF to discuss his plans to start Johnsons Coastal Marine Construction along with his father and his brother. They...
Sign Company Grows with Help from the Florida SBDC at UNF
As an immigrant and an Army veteran duo, Franziska and Joseph Scone are no strangers to hard work and dedication. While proud of the family and law practice they raised, the couple knew they wanted...
SBA Names Alluvionic State of Florida Woman-Owned Small Business Person of the Year
In 2013, Wendy Romeu founded Alluvionic, a company that specializes in project management, process improvement, and engineering solutions for clients including Google and the Orange County Clerk of...
AceApplications Founder Named Minority-Owned Small Business Person of the Year
Headquartered in Orlando, AceApplications is a premier technology solutions provider. Founder Courtney Powell comes from humble beginnings, having immigrated to the U.S. from Jamaica. After a...
U.S. SBA Recognizes A Good Hart
Dallas Hart is the founder and chief executive officer of Hart 2 Hart Academy, an early learning childcare center and private school in Lake City. Hart founded Hart 2 Hart Academy almost ten years...
