Helping Businesses Grow & Succeed
By Karen-Janine Cohen – Guest Contributor Growing up in Haiti, Macdeur Alabre (FIU MBA ’21, FIU BBA ’19) – known to most as “Mac” – was pretty sure he would be a doctor. After all, law or medicine were family traditions. But then the entrepreneurial bug found him after a […]
The end of the year is a great time to take stock of your small business, and Growbiz is here to help. It’s a good time to do a check-up on your brand, and it may be time for a refresh, said Orlando Espinosa, of Emineo Media, who gave a […]
If your small business is experiencing supply chain interruptions, you are not alone. Not a week goes by that I don’t hear about another small business experiencing supply chain issues. Miami Foods, an industrial bakery in Hialeah couldn’t get shaved coconut. This is an issue: Miami Foods only makes desserts […]
Supply chain issues mean small businesses are raising prices, the highest levels since 1979. The so-called Great Resignation of 2021 is hitting small businesses too. A record number of U.S. small businesses reported that they raised salaries last month in order to attract and retain their employees, according to a […]
10 winners of the Miami Small Business Bootcamp will be showcased at the Holiday Village at the Underline. , Let’s meet them. Running a small business is not something you can learn a set of skills for and you’re done. It’s an always-be-learning process and that’s why resources like the […]
Small business owners only have until Dec. 31 to apply for the Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan and the $10,000 Targeted EIDL Advance cash grant. Applications up until that deadline will continue to be processed until the agency’s money runs out, according to the SBA. While these SBA […]
By Dileep Rao – Guest Contributor The current thinking in high-potential venture development, and what many business schools teach, is mainly focused on the opportunity and venture capital method. This thinking has popularized pitch competitions and led to the concept of the minimum viable product (MVP). When strategy is considered, […]
We’ve always known that South Florida is a small business economy. Florida SBDC at FIU even put out a report, Small Business, Big Impact, about that just before the pandemic, a report that showed just how important small businesses are to the economy. But did you know that Miami is […]
Shopping Small this holiday season can have a profound impact on Small Businesses. According to the American Express Shop Small Impact study, consumers shopping small this holiday season have the potential to contribute an estimated $695B into the U.S. small business economy. As we all know, the pandemic has impacted […]
The COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and EIDL Advance programs are coming to an end. Here is what small businesses need to know. The programs still have billions of dollars available to help small businesses hard hit by the pandemic, the US Small Business Administration says. More than 3.8 million […]