USF - Florida SBDC

Bridge Loan Helps New Port Richey Dentist Stay in Business

Disaster is a team effort. Read this story about partners working together to help Florida’s small businesses recover from Hurricane Irma. Located in New Port Richey, Dr. Cristen Mendoza wasn’t sure how she was going […]

Bridge Loan Helps Tampa-based Manufacturer Weather the Storm

Disaster is a team effort. Read this story about partners working together to help Florida’s small businesses recover from Hurricane Irma. While Carbon Marine’s headquarters are based in Tampa, the company’s client-base stretches from Key […]

Bridge Loan Helps Tampa-based Car Dealer Continue Operations

Disaster is a team effort. Read this story about partners working together to help Florida’s small businesses recover from Hurricane Irma. As Hurricane Irma approached Florida, she took a toll on the bottom line of […]

Bridge Loan Helps Sarasota-based Practice Save Jobs, Serve Patients

Disaster is a team effort. Read this story about partners working together to help Florida’s small businesses recover from Hurricane Irma. Located in Sarasota, Gulf Coast Psychotherapy is a small, private group psychotherapy practice that […]

Bridge Loan Helps Tampa-based Bankruptcy Firm Retain Clients Following Irma

Disaster is a team effort. Read this story about partners working together to help Florida’s small businesses recover from Hurricane Irma. Located in Tampa, Debt Relief Legal Group is a bankruptcy firm with an average […]

Local Gun Shop Learns How to Market, Grow with Florida SBDC at USF

When the real estate market went down, Jeri Canale decided to retire as a realtor and jump into something new. Canale made the unusual switch to start up and operate her very own gun and […]

Medical Manufacturer Utilizes Export Marketing Plan for Expansion Plans

Adrian LaTrace has more than 25 years of varied experience in entrepreneurship. With varied work in start-ups and corporations, LaTrace has spent his career in growing sectors such as healthcare, renewable energy and aerospace. In […]

Franchise Business Grows with Help from the Florida SBDC at USF

People pursue the life of an entrepreneur for many different reasons. Some people are born entrepreneurs, others learn the skills to become an entrepreneur. For Beatriz Cardona, it was fulfilling a lifelong desire of owning […]

Manufacturing Company Finds International Success through Export Marketing Plan

J.T.D. Enterprises is a second generation, family-owned business of 35 years specializing in manufacturing tubing ensembles for sporting goods, tailgating, and defense industries. Originally from Michigan, J.T.D. Enterprises has come a long way from relocating […]

Polish Distillery Opens in St. Petersburg with Help from Florida SBDC at Pinellas County

Originally starting as their father’s idea in 2005, Kozuba & Sons Distillery of Pinellas County has jumped many hurdles since then. The distillery began in Poland offering two flavored cordials: cranberry and colonial. When the […]

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