Home-office licensing requirements in Miami-Dade and Broward

Municipalities in South Florida have different requirements for operating a home office.

SURVIVOR

E-business: Grocery Taxi

Jose Alfonso, founder of online grocer GroceryTaxi, has succeeded where others have failed.

HEAVY-LIFTER

E-business: AC Factory Outlet

The evolution of an air-conditioning business in Doral highlights the power of the World Wide Web.

OUTSOURCERS

E-business: iDiligence

The owners of iDiligence.net want to outsource basic legal work to highly qualified lawyers in India.

CALL SIGNS

E-business: mVisible

Start-up mVisible strives to cash in on the ring-tone phenomenon by bringing the technology to the masses

Healthcare solutions

Here are some tips on how small businesses can get employee health insurance.

BOOKS

Arm your business with knowledge

The right book can help your small business become a very big deal. Ideas and inspiration in these books could provide the boost you need to help your company take off.

Are you up for the Business Plan Challenge?

Dreamers of the world, this is the chance you've been waiting for. If you've got an idea for a business you think would be a great money-making enterprise -- and you live in South Florida -- enter our Annual Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge.

Ten tips to build a better business

Everyday pressures of a growing business can make it difficult to monitor your vital signs. Use these 10 tips by Jack G. Hardy to identify opportunities to reinforce your company's growth.

MIAMI HERALD BUSINESS PLAN CHALLENGE

The Judges

Nancy Audain Allen Allen is the president and CEO of the Women's Business Development Center, a nonprofit that helps certify women-owned companies and open doors to national contracting opportunities.