Helping Businesses Grow & Succeed
The Florida SBDC at FIU Business (FSBDC), the small business development center at FIU’s College of Business, opened its doors in January 2014. Since that time, it has helped countless small businesses in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties access capital to start and grow their businesses. Recently the center celebrated a […]
Ray Juncosa, a consultant with the Florida SBDC at FIU, specializes in finance and helping small businesses get access to capital. Juncosa spent four decades as a banker, where he generated close to a billion dollars in loans and held senior management positions, and is an adjunct professor. He is […]
Here’s a question for business owners who import or export: Do you have a tariff strategy? Shelly Bernal is an expert in international business and business strategy and she’s a consultant at Florida SBDC at FIU, the small business development center within the university’s College of Business that offers no-cost […]
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 […]
From time to time, GrowBiz brings you information on grants, loans, and other resources offered in the community. The Miami Foundation, one of the largest philanthropic institutions in South Florida, recently announced that its Miami Open for Business program is accepting loan and grant applications from historically underserved small business owners […]
On GrowBiz from time to time we bring you the lowdown on programs and services available to eligible small businesses. Here is information on one of them: The State Small Business Credit Initiative. WHAT IT IS: The State Small Business Credit Initiative, or SSBCI, has been allocated more than $488 million […]
Is your company export ready? To find out, says Florida SBDC at FIU consultant Shelly Bernal, answer the following questions: Does your company have a product that has been successfully sold in the domestic market? Can your company commit sufficient production capacity to the export market? Is your company willing […]
Think your growing small business already has a handle on cash flow? Think again. To be sure, businesses as small as the tiniest mom and pop store to as large as GE struggle with cash flow. But growth-stage businesses need to know this: Cash flow problems can impede your growth. […]
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 […]
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 […]