Helping Businesses Grow & Succeed
In light of what may be in store for our area next week with a tropical storm or potential hurricane threatening, this is the time to prepare your business. Here are a few key things you can do right now: Update employee contact information. Make sure that includes emergency contacts […]
Daniel Quinones worked for 10 years in the consumer goods and packaging industry for companies like Nabisco and Coca Cola. And while working with them during the pandemic, he realized he has always had a love for emerging brands. The small independent companies that had fabulous products, but they didn’t […]
Step into Old Town Fitness in Key West, and it is like stepping back into the ‘60s. Think about the type of gym Rocky Balboa would want to work out of – old school, no frills, you are there to sweat. And yes, you will sweat: There’s no AC – […]
Comcast today announced it will award $1 million in grants to 100 small businesses owned by women and people of color, including Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, and Asian American owners, among others, in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties, bringing the Comcast RISE program’s total investment in South Florida to $2 million. Comcast RISE […]
Last month we told Growbiz readers about an upcoming deadline for Miami-Dade County BizUp grant applications. The recipients have just been announced: This week, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and County Commissioner Jean Monestime announced the seven recipients of small business grants totaling $400,000 through the Business Innovation Start-Up […]
The story of Heiga Studios started in a garage, back in Malury Imbernon’s home country of Venezuela in 1998. After high school, Imbernon went to a recording school – she was the only female in her class — and after an internship at a large recording studio there she started […]
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and Commissioner Jean Monestime launched a new round of grants from BizUp, a $1 million business innovation start-up grant program for local small businesses. Businesses can apply online now through Aug. 28. This program is managed in partnership with StartUP FIU and Bank of […]
Interested in local procurement? Here’s a free event, a procrurement expo, you may be interested in. It’s 10-2 Aug. 9, 2022 at 101 Flagler St., Miami. More details are below. Want more information on government contracting? Turn to GrowBiz. Check out all the stories under the government contracting tab on […]
By Susan Guillory – Guest Contributor Do you dream of owning your own business? There’s more than one way to make this dream come true. Some entrepreneurs launch a business from scratch, while others buy an existing business. There are certainly advantages to buying a business that’s already established…but is […]
Banesco USA will be offering low-interest commercial loans to Miami-area companies, mainly minority-owned small businesses. The Coral Gables-headquartered bank, which focuses on commercial lending in South Florida and Puerto Rico, received a $250 million capital injection from the U.S. Treasury. With that money it will increase lending to small and […]