Helping Businesses Grow & Succeed
By Cynthia Corzo The Florida Small Business Development Center (FSBDC) at FIU Business has won the Small Business Development Center for Excellence and Innovation Center Award from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The award recognizes the accomplishments of one center each year. The FSDBC at FIU Business will be honored […]
Business & Entrepreneurship By Cynthia Corzo / FIU NEWS The Miami-Dade Small Business Resource Navigator project, headed up by the Florida SBDC at FIU Business (FSBDC), rounded out 2022 with strong results for local start-ups and growing small businesses – helping to launch five new ventures and assisting 700 already established […]
Small business owner Melissa Guzman offers the beloved foods of her Caribbean homeland – but she veganizes them for healthier living. She should know – it’s helped her, too. Now she wants to expand The Caribe Vegan brand into retail. Darren Mendoza’s Lutong Pinoy restaurants are wildly popular with the […]
By Cynthia Corzo – Guest Contributor Florida International University has received a $500,000 grant from the Blackstone Charitable Foundation, establishing a Blackstone LaunchPad at FIU. The program will augment entrepreneurship support already available at the university and provide students with skills, knowledge and guidance to transform ideas into companies. Open to students of all […]
This week, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced the launch of Strive305, a free virtual small business incubator that is a collaboration between the county and area partners Florida International University’s StartUP FIU, Micro Business Catalyst, BizHack and Femcity. Strive305 will help some 70,000 small and micro businesses with […]
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 […]
Even as the world begins to emerge from the Covid19 pandemic, its effects are still being felt throughout the supply chain that are resulting in delayed orders, rising prices, and customer frustration. Overall, 44% of small and midsize business decision makers believe supply chain issues could dampen holiday sales, a […]
This Saturday, November 26 marks Small Business Saturday, a day that encourages shoppers to patronize small businesses and invest in their local communities, and serves as the ceremonial kickoff to the holiday season. American Express launched this shopping holiday in 2010, at the height of the Great Recession, as a way of […]
Last month, Growbiz reported on Key West Marine Hardware, a family business through and through. Business owner Nick Formico says his grandfather opened the store in the 1960s and then raised Formico’s mother and uncle in the business, as well as himself. “I grew up in the store. I used […]
No matter how long you have run your small business, there is always something to learn about entrepreneurship. And in times of crisis, such as during the COVID pandemic, those lessons become even more important. Cristina Serralta is a believer in the never-stop-learning ethos. In recent years, she has gone […]