Helping Businesses Grow & Succeed
In times of crisis, the importance of your team shines through. That’s why you spent so much time choosing the right employees for your small business in the first place. Earlier this week, we brought you a post on communicating with your customers in times of crisis. Today we look […]
While Congress works on adding another $250 billion to its $349 billion small business loan program, which could happen as early as this week, local resources for small businesses are growing. NEW WEBSITE WITH HELP FOR BUSINESSES A new website, Axis South Florida (AxisHelps.org), has brought together a list of […]
If you have been a regular GrowBiz reader – and we hope you are – by now you are fully versed on the small business loans and grants available from the federal and state government. You also know about other sources as small businesses fight back against the coronavirus assault. […]
Like you, Florida SBDC at FIU has been following developments with the Coronavirus (COVID-19). As a services to small businesses, below please find updated information on COVID-19-related resources and please share with other small businesses. SBA Disaster Assistance The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is now providing up to $2 […]
A restaurant owner converts to takeout but let go of most of his staff. An event planning company suddenly has no work for the next six months, and neither do the caterers she hires. A small manufacturer can’t find key parts needed to fill even its pending orders. The coronavirus […]
UPDATE: Florida Governor Rob DeSantis activates emergency bridge loan program to get interest free short-term loans to small businesses impacted by COVID-19. Read more here. Like all of you, Florida SBDC at FIU has been following developments with the Coronavirus (COVID-19). We’d like to share updated information on COVID-19-related […]
The recent Coronavirus epidemic has been a major wakeup call for consumers about the need for cleanliness and vigilance, but health and safety has always been front and center for Service Keepers Maintenance Inc. “We are a commercial maintenance and janitorial firm that has been operating in South Florida for […]
A small business that plans conferences for corporations and organizations is feeling the pain. Three conferences were cancelled just last week. So is a small business retailer who just found out she can’t get any more of her most popular item, a signature baby blanket, for the foreseeable future because […]
Despite frequent reports in the news of cyber attacks on businesses and privacy breaches, an alarming number of small businesses are not prepared. More than four of every 10 small business owners have no cybersecurity plan in place at all – leaving their most sensitive financial, customer and business data, […]
Twenty years after founding Spanx, Sara Blakely has no plans to slow down, despite becoming the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire in 2012. She continues to grow her billion-dollar business – now venturing beyond undergarments and into active wear for women and men – as well as expand her impact […]