Lisa Pelc is the owner and chief executive of Bella Casa Staging & Redesign in Melbourne, a home staging and interior design company with experts in preparing homes – both occupied and vacant – for […]
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Organic Pet Food & Product Manufacturer Grows with Help from Florida SBDC at UCF
Every entrepreneur has a story, one that tells you where their new business idea came from and what ignited their passion to turn that idea into a going concern and then into a success. Most […]
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Across Borders Grows Revenues with Help from Florida SBDC at UCF
Vijay Krishnan and Arathi Rajagopalan, husband and wife, are co-founders of Across Borders Management Consulting Group dba Integrass, an IT services and solutions company with a goal of delivering “Innovation through Strategic Thinking.” “We didn’t […]
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Temple Gym & Fitness Opens with Help from Florida SBDC at UNF
Mitchell Smith is a veteran with a long-time dream of providing mentorship and assistance to youth in Jacksonville. After looking into various ways that he could help the community, Smith arrived at an idea to […]
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Eastside Pizza Serves Success By the Slice with Help from Florida SBDC at UNF
Anthony (Tony) Burch has spent the last 30 years working at local pizza and burger restaurants. He and wife, Beverly, dreamed of having their own restaurant. When the local Subway franchise in east Gainesville on […]
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Blue Angels Music Sings Sweet Success with Help from Florida SBDC at UWF
Blues Angel Music was founded in Pensacola in 1997 by retired Navy Captain and fighter pilot Jim DeStafney. He and his wife Nan, a retired Navy forensics officer, have grown the store from its one-man, […]
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JIRACOR Becomes Established Defense Contractor
Florida PTAC at UCF Assists Company Gain Government Contracting Success Doing business with the government can be challenging for a small business. But it can also be extremely rewarding. Once the choice has been made […]
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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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Revology Cars Expanding Production Thanks to New Capital Investment
Florida SBDC at UCF Supports Reproduction Classic Car Manufacturer With Business Training and Capital Access Consulting Smart entrepreneurs are the ones who know they don’t know everything. And who then go out to find the […]
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Bridge Loan Helps Accounting Firm Recover, Reopen Following Hurricane Irma
Disaster is a team effort. Read this story about the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Florida First Capital Finance Corporation, and the Florida SBDC Network’s partnership to help Florida’s small businesses recover from Hurricane Irma. […]
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