Category: UNF

Margaret Johnson, owner of Salon Kyoor, LLC based in Jacksonville, Florida, started her career as a hairstylist in 2009. However, after a health scare, she learned that some chemicals used in the industry might present […]

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While many professionals warn against close friends going into business together, the Empanadas Factory Latin Fusion’s success started from a friendship and turned into a brand. In July 2018, Laura Fraga, Nadia Medrano, Catalina Valdez, […]

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Safe Solutions USA is a Jacksonville-based company that manufactures and distributes world class, premium passenger, guiding systems in North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean Islands. Until recently, there has not been a […]

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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 […]

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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 noticed […]

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Relocating one’s family from upstate New York is the perfect time to start a new career, a new profession, and a whole new experience. That’s exactly what Jodi Hague did when she and her husband […]

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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 […]

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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 ago […]

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In 2003, Jeff Turbeville opened the Sunshine Peanut Company, a family-owned company that produces more than 10 million pounds of wholesale peanut butter nationwide annually. He founded the business with his father, who operated a […]

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