In August, we told Growbiz readers about an upcoming deadline for Miami-Dade County BizUp grant applications. The recipients have just been announced: Bank of America, Miami-Dade County and StartUP FIU Local recently announced the selection of 14 Miami-Dade County small businesses as winners in the county’s BizUp competition. The 14 winners were […]
Author: Nancy Dahlberg
IV Hydration Station in Key West grows in healthy ‘leaps and bounds,’ with help of Florida SBDC at FIU
Over lunch one day, Suzyjo Moore and Bobbie Vurro, both emergency room nurses, started talking about joining forces to open a new health and wellness small business. As they envisioned it, the IV therapy company would offer IV hydration, hangover relief, energizing vitamins, minerals, athletic performance and immune boosting infusions. […]
Key to small business growth: Learning how to sell, create sales processes and track progress
A small business owner wears many hats, including chief salesperson. And in many ways, it may be your most important hat. How do you improve at selling? Here is some advice from our Growbiz experts. Start by understanding what you are selling. It’s not your product, it’s what the benefit […]
How can working capital loans help retail businesses grow? We answer some common questions
By Gerri Detweiler – Guest Contributor Retail businesses often take a lot of risk. Business owners manufacture or buy products hoping to sell them in the future. Sometimes sales come quickly, and sometimes it can take weeks or months (and some deep discounts or heavy promotion) to make a sale. And […]
Small business grants from the $20M Miami Foundation Open for Business Program are now available. Here’s how to apply
The Miami Foundation, one of the largest philanthropic institutions in South Florida, announced today that its Miami Open for Business program is accepting loan and grant applications from historically underserved small business owners in Miami-Dade County. Funded with a $20 million grant from Wells Fargo announced earlier this year, the program aims […]
Need to know: Here is a list of disaster assistance programs and other grant/loan opportunities
A number of programs have been activated to assist businesses impacted by Hurricane Ian. For the benefit of impacted businesses in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties, see below a list of available resources. Also included in the list are additional grant/loan programs. Please note that these may not be specific to […]
How to spot market shifts and react in a fast-changing world
The pace of change in the marketplace can be downright overwhelming. We’re talking technological changes disrupting industries, economic highs and lows and ever-rising customer expectations. Entire industries, such as taxis, didn’t see it coming and were clobbered. How do companies compete with all this market change and digital transformation seemingly […]
Grandson successfully takes the helm of Key West Marine Hardware, with the help of Florida SBDC at FIU
Key West Marine Hardware is a family business through and through. Business owner Nick Formico says his grandfather opened the store in the 1960s and then raised Formico’s mother and uncle in the business, as well as himself. “I grew up in the store. I used to work here every […]
New to government contracting? Here are some keys to success, including a double header of webinars
If you are new to government contracting, Florida SBDC at FIU can help you get started. As a first step, you need to look at whether it makes sense for your business. Does the government buy what you sell? What value are you bringing to them? You need to be […]
Here’s how the Florida SBDC will help small businesses across the state recover from Hurricane Ian
Here is a message from the Florida SBDC, which stands ready to help small businesses across the state impacted by Hurricane Ian. The Florida SBDC network has more than 40 centers around the state, including Florida SBDC at FIU covering Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties, whose disaster assistance specialists will be […]