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Business Plan Challenge
Entries due March 11
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Information, registration
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Resources
Helpful links to launch or boost your small business
Upcoming Events
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10 creative ways to promote your business using Vine
Busy small business owners are always looking for quick, impactful ways to reach their customers. You’ve no doubt heard about Facebook, YouTube and other sites that provide easy platforms to engage customers online. But have you heard of Vine? It’s a new social media app owned by Twitter, the popular microblogging site where you’ve got 140 characters to get your message to the masses. With Vine, dubbed the Instagram of video by its 13 million users, you can upload and share six-second video clips.
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Small Business Makeover
Tutoring company learns how to grow
Carlos Delgado sought a makeover to help him grow his two-man tutoring business into a larger company.
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Miami Gardens
Miami Gardens makeup artist Kazumi Brown’s work a thing of beauty
A Miami Gardens makeup artist is giving local women a polished celebrity look for everyday and special events.
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Small Business Makeover: Finding the ticket to smarter marketing
Complete Ticket Solutions started in 2000 as a ticket seller but has expanded its services. The problem is its customers don’t know that.
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South Florida mompreneurs turn their parenting solutions into businesses
South Florida mompreneurs are finding solutions to parenting problems and turning them into business models.
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Crowdfunding opens doors for entrepreneurs
Kickstarter is the dominant player, but sites are popping up all over to help entrepreneurs with fundraising.
Multimedia
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SMALL BUSINESS
Pawn shops thrive in tough economy
The number of pawn shops in Florida has risen dramatically since before the recession, and Miami-Dade has m...
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Federal contracts
Record number of contracts for small businesses
Small businesses won a record $83.2 billion in federal prime contracts in fiscal year 2007, an increase of ...
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Government
Small firms lose faith in social security
About 77 percent of small business owners believe that citizens should be responsible for their own retirem...
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LAUNCH PAD
Risk alone doesn't reward entrepreneurs
Here we are at the end of this short series on how to start a business. We have had great feedback and it h...
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LAUNCH PAD
Know basics before spending on marketing
How do I put together a marketing strategy? Marketing is the area in which most businesses fail. Why? Becau...
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Small Business Resources
LOCAL RESOURCES Better Business Bureau of SE FloridaInfo. on your company, competitors Florida Divisi...
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Focus on Small Business Conference
Burger King franchisee talks about his unlucky store No. 13
At one point Al Cabrera was Burger King's second-largest franchisee, owning more than 250 restaurants. But ...
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