Helping Businesses Grow & Succeed
Do you think your small business might be a candidate for government contracting opportunities? That’s great, but where do you start? Fortunately, Florida SBDC at FIU and the government-funded APEX Accelerator are here to help. Why government contracting? The massive opportunity is a reason to look into it. There is […]
Gilad and Anabelle Savion founded Lavior Pharma in 2010 to treat severe skincare issues. Their mission was to create a natural product without side effects, one that would address the root cause of skincare issues and change people’s lives, while also being accessible and affordable for their customers who suffer […]
Born and raised in Miami, Jeanne Luis sees her small business as a gift to families in the city she loves. Her business is built around ABA – or Applied Behavioral Analysis – which is behavioral therapy that focuses on building social skills, communication skills, and other milestone skills that […]
If you’ve ever played a round at the Palmetto Bay Golf Club or walked the new sidewalks and admired the monument signs in Pinecrest Gardens, you’ve experienced Miliani Construction Corp.’s work in South Florida. The Miami company’s renovations can also be found in restaurants and hotels, including a new project […]
Imagine starting a new business amid the pandemic. Now imagine starting from zero: “No connections, no money, no capital, no partners.” That’s what Juan Santos says he faced, along with a stiff learning curve, when starting his business, Smart Home Studio, from scratch. He had a successful event marketing business […]
By Michelle Lopez Alden Chance began working in the kitchen almost 20 years ago, after he and his family came to the U.S. from Jamaica in 2005. He started as a dish washer and eventually worked up the ranks to becoming a chef. In 2010, after a night out with […]
Like this company’s name suggests, South Florida Integrative Medicine is on a mission to deliver mental health care in an integrative, holistic fashion. Dr. Hugh Humphery, who owns the business with wife, Reed Haslach Humphery, explains that while this medical practice and small business based in Coral Gables specializes in […]
Imagine this. It’s a child’s birthday party and all his little friends are with him having fun and admiring the beautiful, multi-tiered cake. And when that big, magical moment arrives – to sing Happy Birthday and cut the cake – the guest of honor can’t participate because he has a […]
Grit and hustle can get your small business off the ground but strategic thinking and planning can put the company on a strong growth trajectory and ensure its sustainability. Reliance Contractors is an example of that. Reliance Contractors is a Miami-based facility support services company owned by Joshua Becker and […]
After Jose David Tobon and Juan Garcia threw a party for a friend on a 50-foot catamaran, everyone who attended loved it and started calling them wanting to know how they produced such an event. “We started seeing that there was a very big potential in the entertainment industry,” Tobon […]