Helping Businesses Grow & Succeed
If you run a growing small business, there is a good chance you are facing one or all of these challenges. We picked the brains of some small business experts to help you find a way to overcome them. You are slow getting to market with your product or service. […]
Are you hoping to export for the first time? Or perhaps your small business exports to one country and you want to know: What are the most strategic markets to target next? What online tools can help you find new markets? And how can you use trade data and other […]
Timothy Dunlap saw the potential for turning recycled shipping containers into creative, affordable spaces for entrepreneurs to showcase their products, and started his company Cepods to design and lease containers for use as pop-up retail. “I thought I could put together event-type pop-up retail spaces,” said Dunlap, the Miami entrepreneur […]
Franchised businesses in the United States number nearly 1 million and together generate 15% of private sector jobs and 12.5% of private sector payrolls. Clearly franchise businesses are a force in the economy, but is owning a franchise right for you? GrowBiz talked to George Ray, a consultant with Florida […]
The day-to-day demands can be so overwhelming and time consuming that most small business owners are thankful to have overcome their challenges of the hour – never mind the ones that are coming around the corner. So it’s not surprising that forecasting industry changes and problems for your company before […]
Are you listening to what your analytics are telling you? When it comes to marketing your small business, digital tools can offer you valuable insights about your company and can help you assess the performance of your digital marketing efforts. But to do digital marketing right, you need to have […]
If you are a small business that has determined federal contracting may be right for you and you have identified some potential contracts to pursue, you need put your best foot forward to get in the door. By now we hope you have read our two previous posts about […]
While small businesses may have been spooked by the recent government shutdown, you should know that the federal government is the largest buyer in the U.S., spending billions of dollars annually on products and services in construction, R&D, manufacturing, logistics, IT and other industries. Federal agencies also have prime […]
It’s easy to get caught up in the thinking that acquiring lots and lots of customers is the fast pass to success, but many small businesses and startups try to do that too quickly and that may be a mistake. Even fast-growing technology companies like Amazon, Airbnb and Uber acquired […]
For Olivia Wong, being a key player in the family agriculture business wasn’t always part of the plan – well, her plan anyway. When she chose her double majors at the University of Miami – motion picture production and history – it was about as far away from produce and […]