Helping Businesses Grow & Succeed
Hundreds of Florida SBDC consultants, small businesses and state leaders gathered for the 2026 Small Business Success Summit this month, sharing advice and resources. The year’s conference, celebrating the 50th birthday of the Florida SBDC Network, was held at the Sunseeker Resort in Charlotte Harbor. Key themes included success strategies, […]
For many small business owners, pricing can feel like a guessing game. What will customers pay? What are competitors charging? Am I too expensive? Am I not charging enough? That uncertainty is certainly natural, says Roslyn Rice, a business consultant with the Florida SBDC at FIU who has deep expertise […]
For Diana Figueroa, building a business was never only about selling products. It was about creating a movement centered on health, wellbeing and human transformation. As founder and president of Intus Health, Figueroa has transformed a deeply personal passion for wellness into a growing e-commerce company that offers Ayurvedic herbal […]
As 2025 comes to a close, small businesses can set themselves up for even more success in 2026 by pursuing key educational opportunities. Right now, your small business can apply for exceptional grant-funded small business programs taking place next year. Don’t delay: For two of the programs, applications close in […]
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 […]
Grit and hustle can get your small business off the ground but strategic thinking and planning can put the company on a strong growth trajectory and ensure its sustainability. Reliance Contractors is an example of that. Reliance Contractors is a Miami-based facility support services company owned by Joshua Becker and […]
Even some of Pilar Guzman’s mentors advised her not to expand her Miami small business nationally, yet she persisted. Today, the tasty creations of this entrepreneur’s Half Moon Empanadas can be savored in locations across the US, particularly in airports, with more expansion on the runway. With trial and error […]
When it comes to raising capital, Florida SBDC at FIU consultant Ricardo Weisz has experience in the trenches on both sides of this entrepreneurial challenge. While an executive at The Walt Disney Company, he launched operations in multiple countries, and over the years he has headed and or invested in […]
For Karina Vaguez, owner of a full-scale meetings and events production company, the pandemic could have been a time to retrench. Obviously, a business like hers was going to be hit hard with convenings shut down. But instead of wallowing in worry, Vaguez used this traumatic time to prepare her […]
Vision. Expertise. Tenacity. Hard work. Perseverance. Teamwork. Resilience. These are ingredients of a successful small business. AmePower, an industry-leading technology company in the transportation and renewable energy sectors, is a success story. This week, as part of National Small Business Week, the Miami small business’s CEO, Luis Contreras, and President, […]