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Read More →Meet the Entrepreneurs: Selling to the Government
100 PODS Franchises Learn How to Sell to the Government Owners of one of the nation’s leading storage units started the company in 1998 in Clearwater by delivering storage containers to local residence homes. As an alternative to expensive van lines, the PODS® packing and […]
Read More →Douglass Screen Printers Keeps tradition with a new generation
Douglass Screen Printers, Inc. is a 74-year-old screen and digital printing company founded in Lakeland, Florida that’s venturing across the globe as it enters its third generation of family ownership. Lisa Kaiser Hickey, who joined the team in the 1980s as her father become the […]
Read More →Transition from Fortune 500 to Florida Mid-Size
Transitioning from a multinational Fortune 500 company, to a Florida mid-size business is filled with challenges. When Steve Collins purchased Coast Brothers from the original owners in 2010, he took over the 13,000 square foot warehouse and its 10 employees and 8 account managers in […]
Read More →Wesley Chapel Tree Company Partners Pave the Way for Successful Business Acquisition
Marine Corp veteran Wayne “Buck” Rollings’ contact with the SBDC at the University of South Florida in Tampa began in 2008 when he attended a Government Contracting Seminar. Four years later, he is the owner of Omega Tree and Nursery. Started by Jerry Kinney, Omega […]
Read More →Mixing Love & Business: Tips to Owning a Business with Someone you Love
The Spice of Mixing Love & Business: Pros, Cons & Tips to Owning a Business with Someone you Love Unless you’re mixing love and business, cash flow projections, feasibility analyses and marketing plans aren’t in the typical date night convo. But for the 19,000 husband-wife […]
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