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| 5/1/2017

FloridaSmallBusiness.com - All New for 2017

"Success Starts Here." Florida Trend's website, FloridaSmallBusiness.com, is full of practical information, tips and resources resources to help small businesses grow, including:
» Business Basics: Pre-plan to succeed
» Beyond the Basics: How to fund your dream, market and grow it
» Resources: Must-know regional, state and federal contacts
» dba Florida™: The Florida Division of Corporations' official guide to incorporating your business and required filings
» Find out how they did it: Success stories from Florida entrepreneurs

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Florida boasts large number of military vet-owned small businesses

According to the SBA, small business firms owned by veterans employed 5.03 million people, had an annual payroll of $195 billion and receipts of $1.14 trillion. Florida is one of the top three states for veteran-owned businesses. More from Small Biz Trends.

Executive order on offshore drilling sets up clash with Florida

President Donald Trump acted last week to expand offshore oil drilling, a move that could affect Florida, which seven years ago this month reeled from the BP catastrophe. More from the AJC.

Miami’s business community matures

As the region has grown, its economy has evolved with a strong service base in tourism, retail and hospitality and additional strengths in media, finance, fashion, design, medicine, logistics, aeronautics, bio-medical science, and even software development. More from the Miami Herald.

SpaceX launches secret U.S. mission, sticks Cape landing

SpaceX sent a classified U.S. spy agency mission on its way to orbit Monday morning, then brought the rocket’s first stage home for a landing, possibly to fly again. A 230-foot Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 7:15 a.m. More from Florida Today.

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Skeleton Optics

Entrepreneur Mark Llano, a former Marine who built a $200 million-a-year military supply business in Wellington, is scoping out a whole new market for his new business founded about six months ago.

» More from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

Florida Small Business
Florida SBDC Network to Celebrate National Small Business Week

To honor and support the continued success and growth of Florida's entrepreneurs and small business owners, Florida SBDCs will host a number of workshops, seminars, and special events throughout the week.