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Empanadas Factory Finds Help From SBDC Amidst Pandemic

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, […]

Safe Solutions USA

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 […]

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 […]

Disaster Loan Allows Brewery to Retain and Support Employees

Grayton Beer Company was founded in 2011 in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. They are a locally-owned distributor and brewery with quality sourced ingredients. They operate out of a 30,000 square foot facility with their product […]

Navigating the COVID-19 Crisis: A Small Business Success Story

Pilar Guzman Zavala was still beaming with energy and excitement having just returned from an airport conference in Denver in early March. Her small business, HalfMoon Empanadas, was preparing to expand nationally, and the interest […]

Veteran-Owned Business Grows with Help from Florida SBDC, Florida PTAC at UCF

John Burns is an accomplished leader. He is a retired United States Army Colonel with a distinguished military career, including as a commander in combat. He built a successful IT consulting business after the Army. […]

Air Force Veteran Journeys to Business Ownership with Florida SBDC at UNF

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 […]

Air Force Veteran’s Small Business Flying High with Help from Florida SBDC at UWF

Flying is a family affair for Morris Jarmon, owner and operator of Island Air Express (IAE), and his son Ron. Morris’ aviation career began just two years out of high school. He recalls, “I joined […]

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 […]

Army Veteran Achieves First Contract with Help from Florida PTAC at UCF

Resolve. If there’s one trait that distinguishes successful entrepreneurs and their small businesses from the rest, it is their determination to accomplish their goals, undeterred by the obstacles they must overcome. Ashley (Green) Painter, the […]

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