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Cosmetic Chemist Helps Protect Waters with Reef-Safe Products

Stream2Sea of Hardee County As an avid scuba diver, Autumn Blum, founder and CEO of Stream2Sea, thought something wasn’t right with the current sunblock products being offered to the public when she noticed an oil […]

Bowling Center Fills a Need in the Community

Husband and wife duo, Randy and Stacy Crews, became the owners of a local family bowling center in Hardee County when they were approached by the original owners with a proposition to buy the center. […]

Florida SBDC Network Recognizes Outstanding Staff, Partners

Posted on September 6, 2024 (September 6, 2024) by Mary Healey

(Pensacola, Fla.) – The Florida SBDC Network, the state’s principal provider of business assistance, along with the Florida APEX Accelerator recently announced the recipients of its annual staff awards. The awards, which were presented at […]

Father’s Example Leads Son to Open Dream Practice in Odessa

Beatific Vision of Pasco County Following in his father’s footsteps, Dr. Nicholas Bottaro started his career in the medical field knowing that he wanted to serve his family, patients, and the community, in the same […]

Mental health support company changing lives one text at a time – Cope Notes of Pinellas County

Already a touring musician, company founder, and TEDx speaker, one would think that Johnny Crowder has led a charmed life. Look a little deeper, and you’ll see Crowder’s long-standing struggle with mental health. In and […]

Pinellas County -based catering company reinvents itself to survive COVID-19

Laurie Simpson, co-owner of Delectables Fine Catering, knew when coronavirus made it to the United States, that it wasn’t going to be an easy obstacle to overcome. “[Our business] really depended on large groups of […]

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 father’s footsteps, as an entrepreneur. He decided to take what he’d learned in the hospitality industry about […]

Symphonic Distribution Experiences Revenue Growth with Help from Florida SBDC at USF

Symphonic Distribution, founded by president Jorge Brea in 2006, is a digital music distribution company that works with independent artists to help get their music on Spotify, Amazon, Pandora and various other outlets all over […]

Bridge Loan Helps Paff Landscape, Tree Service Stay in Business

John Paff, owner of Paff Landscape, Inc., and Paff Tree Service, LLC, provides tree trimming and removal services, as well as sod installation and roadway mowing for commercial enterprises, in the Brooksville-area. After Hurricane Irma […]

Contracting Business Earns Government Contracts

Dan Fernandez has been in construction for 39 years and has had the opportunity to start and grow his own business in McKenzie Contracting LLC. McKenzie Contracting is a heavy civil contractor with an emphasis […]

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