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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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Golf Resort Stays Afloat with Bridge Loan; Continues to Grow

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 and classes […]

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Gym Owner Uses Ninja Skills and Florida SBDC at USF to Succeed

Jubilee Gym of Hillsborough County Being a contestant on American Ninja Warrior three times, as well as a lifelong gymnast, has taught MaryBeth Wang that you must fight for what you want. Wang left entrepreneur […]

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Largo-Based Company’s Rapid Growth Leads to New Opportunities in International Markets

When BioDerm first opened its doors in 1991, it was strictly a research and development facility. Over the years, founder, Dr. Dennis Kay and his team developed a proprietary hydrocolloid that the company used as […]

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