The year 2020 kicked off like a winner for Cheeseburger Baby. The Super Bowl, the Miami International Boat Show and the South Beach Wine and Food Festival were huge for the small Miami Beach business known for its tasty classic-style burgers and accompaniments that have served celebrities, residents, workers and […]
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COVID resources: Free 5-hour digital marketing course available for small businesses
BizHack Academy and the Village of Pinecrest have joined forces to offer any business impacted by COVID-19 a 5-week crash course in digital marketing – at no cost to the small business. This training is funded through the federal CARES Act. This five-hour course will cover how to use digital marketing to drive revenue and increase brand awareness. Each week, it will […]
What is a Trade Reference and when do you need one?
By Gerri Detweiler – Guest Contributor A Trade Reference is a report detailing the payment history between a business customer and its supplier or vendor. Trade references may be supplied verbally, in the form of a trade reference letter, or by reporting payment history to commercial credit reporting agencies such […]
New Florida COVID-19 survey reveals how small businesses have fared and how they try to fight back
The majority of small businesses in Florida have been greatly negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. That was one of the key findings of a new survey and report on the state’s small businesses conducted by the Florida Chamber Foundation, the Florida Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network, and the […]
How a small business 10Xed revenue by diving into e-commerce and learning from others
Remaking an old-school B2B company into an e-commerce success story would not have been possible without a lot of hustle and the power of a knowledgeable network. In 2017, after Dan and Kim Hannon moved to Palm Beach County, they acquired Aabaco Environmental Industries, a spill containment and safety supply […]
2021 Florida International Trade Expo is going virtual
COVID-19 shut trade shows down, closing off one of small businesses’ largest marketing and networking channels. Even so, the shows have gone on – albeit virtually. One small business owner told me this week he was supposed to be at his industry’s largest trade show but instead he is on […]
Surveys say: Relief efforts can’t come soon enough
Stimulus efforts for small business relief are stalled in Washington, and that does little to help America’s small business owners who remain in dire need of assistance to battle the COVID-19 economic crisis, according to new data from the National Federation of Small Business and from SCORE. Last week, the […]
If your PPP loan was for $50,000 or less, forgiveness just got a bit easier
By Gerri Detweiler – Guest Contributor If you took out a Paycheck Protection Program loan for $50,000 or less, you may be able to use a new application — Form 3508S — to obtain forgiveness. This application does not make forgiveness automatic, but it will make it easier for some […]
Interested in Opportunity Zones? We have some resources for you
“Opportunity Zones” — everybody seems to be talking about it these days. If you’ve been wondering what this investment tool is all about, you’ve come to the right place. What are Opportunity Zones? Created by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Opportunity Zones are an important economic development tool […]
A fighter, Half Moon Empanadas rolls out new branding, store reopenings and expansion strategy
Nearly six months ago, I interviewed Pilar Guzman Zavala, owner of Half Moon Empanadas, after she had to shut all but one of her company’s 13 locations for Argentinian style-empanadas, including the lucrative Miami International Airport sites. She and her husband and co-founder, Juan Zavala, were looking at zero sales […]