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Florida Small Business website: all new for 2015

Your source for how to start a business in Florida is ready to serve. Explore the how-to information and practical advice found in these sections:

Florida Trend May 2015 Dream It Plan it Build it Protect it Fund It Guide It
  • Dream It
    Business Ownership
  • Analyze It
    Industry • Market • Financial
  • Plan It
    Business Plan Basics
  • Build It
    Corporate Structure • Naming Your Business • Permits and Licenses • Location
  • Protect It
    Insurance • Intellectual Property • Disaster Preparedness
  • Manage It
    Labor Law • Records and Accounting • Taxes

» These articles, and much more at FloridaSmallBusiness.com.


Sales and Marketing Advice for Florida Business
Thinking of advertising? Follow the money first

Is advertising dead? You’re thinking this is old news and I must have run out of topics to write about. No, that’s not it at all. I have clients that ask me about this all the time...  Ron Stein's column continues here.


Small businesses expect to expand and hire

End of an Era
Overtown’s last cobbler

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For decades, frugal men and women have brought their shoes to Lovell Singletary’s shop in search of his increasingly rare talents and equipment.

The cobbler, now a month shy of his 85th birthday, bought Economy Shoe Repair here in 1966, back when Miami’s black community was thriving and shine stands were full.

» More from the Miami Herald

More than six of 10 small-business owners in South Florida say they haven't fully recovered from the recession — even six years into the recovery, according to a Bank of America survey released Monday. More at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.


Conference will give eMerging businesses the stage

As eMerge Americas opens for a second year, chances are that behind the cool technology on display is the work of a scrappy startup. The homegrown technology conference will feature hundreds of startups, through its Startup Showcase, its emerging technology expo areas and company booths. More at the Miami Herald.


Small Business Advice
Managers: Let your expectations be known

Managing people requires a broad array of skills, but basic management skills are sometimes overlooked. For example, managers sometimes forget how important it is to be clear about their expectations so their staff will understand what they desire. Read the column from Jerry Osteryoung.

Out of the Box
Helicopter-Yoga

cameras While yoga is widely known as a grounding experience, a Fort Myers-based helicopter-tour company is taking the practice to new heights with a “Heli-Yoga” offering that highflying clients describe as “surreal,” “amazing” and “out of this world.”

» More from the Naples Daily News

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New security cameras in downtown Lakeland are raising concerns about privacy. The Lakeland Downtown Development Authority has begun installing 13 new security cameras on streets, sidewalks, and alleyways, and there are mixed feelings about them.

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