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 […]
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 […]
Over lunch one day, Suzyjo Moore and Bobbie Vurro, both emergency room nurses, started talking about joining forces to open a new health and wellness small business. As they envisioned it, the IV therapy company would offer IV hydration, hangover relief, energizing vitamins, minerals, athletic performance and immune boosting infusions. […]
If you are new to government contracting, Florida SBDC at FIU can help you get started. As a first step, you need to look at whether it makes sense for your business. Does the government buy what you sell? What value are you bringing to them? You need to be […]
The story of Heiga Studios started in a garage, back in Malury Imbernon’s home country of Venezuela in 1998. After high school, Imbernon went to a recording school – she was the only female in her class — and after an internship at a large recording studio there she started […]
Franchising makes up 12% of our US GDP – a huge economic impact. But is it right for you? Read on. Go to entrepreneurship.com and look at the list of 500 largest opportunities in franchising, says George Ray III, a consultant for Florida SBDC at FIU who specializes in franchizing. […]
Why do you need to improve the systems you are using? You know the saying: You don’t want to be working in your business, you want to be working on your business. To create or improve your systems and processes, you need to get your mind on what you need […]
There’s no escaping the pandemic’s pounding when you own an events company. Just ask Yesenia Leon. She runs Pandora Events, along with her co-founders Allison Burgos and Amy Alonso (pictured above). For more than 20 years, they have been putting on events large and small in South Florida and the […]
During the unprecedented Covid-19 crisis, FSBDC at FIU triples its average caseload and also helps launch 116 new businesses Over the past 18 months the Florida SBDC at FIU Business has helped more than 3,000 local businesses in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties survive the COVID-19 pandemic and continue on the path […]
Are you running your business or is your business running you? If you answer with choice 2, this story is for you. Here are 5 ways to level up your skills as a small business CEO, from Florida SBDC at FIU business consultant Yanyn San Luis, who specializes in marking, […]