Helping Businesses Grow & Succeed
Growing up in Wisconsin, Dustin Pfundheller knew family members that couldn’t afford dental care and thought it could be cool to create a dental practice that people could afford to use. “I would always ask people why isn’t there a clinic like this and why has nobody made one, and […]
“Government contracting is a long game – you have to be approaching it with a strategy,” says George Ray III, a consultant for Florida SBDC at FIU. “If you don’t have a plan, you almost plan to fail. It’s highly competitive, I can’t stress that enough,” Fortunately, Ray has great […]
By Dileep Rao – Guest Contributor Note: This is an excerpt from a series on unicorn-entrepreneurs. Jeff Bezos has left as the CEO of Amazon.com, a company he built from an idea to one of the world’s greatest companies (and I am not commenting on his HR policies). As he […]
The COVID-19 pandemic was tough for many businesses – that is an understatement — yet few industries felt the wallop as much as restaurant owners and their workers. But the restaurant businesses that were successful in navigating the crisis were flexible and adaptable. They were not afraid to pivot and […]
Starting over in a new country with a business of any kind is difficult. Setting up a manufacturing company in a new country for both exports and domestic sales is even more challenging. Now throw in a global pandemic. Despite it all, Carmine Colarusso, owner of Ultra1Plus, maker and seller […]
If you aren’t negotiating in your business, you are probably paying too much. That’s why negotiation skills are so important. But it goes beyond that. Small business leaders need to have strong negotiation skills not only to land the best deal, but to be able to negotiate long-term sustainable partnerships […]
In 2018, sisters Astrid and Katherine Lentino launched Inspiration Design Lab after searching for a business idea that would be an outlet for their creativity. They wanted to sell all-natural products that would bring happiness to people and were good for their health, without doing harm to the environment. “In […]
Whether you want to save the world or just save time in installation and upkeep, Charlotte Russell says her company offers an engineered stone product that is as beautiful as granite but doesn’t kill mountains in the process. Best of all it is manufactured right here in Florida. Russell is […]
Small business owners, do you need more information to make better decisions about exporting? Of course you do, and a recent Webinar by Florida SBDC at FIU provided a wealth of good advice about how to do just that. Here are some of the resources available through Florida SBDC at […]
Nesi Solutions, a small business founded in 2007 by Flor and Alfredo Utset, designs, implements and maintains HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) systems and building automation solutions for its commercial clients, using today’s technology to improve performance and energy savings while providing clean, comfortable air. Among its many services, NESI […]