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SBA Lending   

Business owners often think that U.S. Small Business Administration loans are funded by the government. They’re not. SBA loans are made by commercial lenders who only receive a federal-government guarantee for part of the loan. [read more]


Taking on the World   

When Bobby Serros boards an airplane these days, it’s likely he’s heading to a country that most Floridians know very little about — Cameroon, on the west coast of Africa. [read more]


Surviving and Thriving During Hard Times   

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10 Steps to Preparing a Business Plan   

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HydroMentia Is Green and Back Cleaning   

Water cleanup company HydroMentia, based in Ocala, is stepping up its projects despite a setback. [read more]


Small Business Economic Trends - Feb. 2009   

For small business owners, January started off as badly as December ended. The Index of Small Business Optimism fell 1.1 points to 84.1 (1986=100), the second-lowest reading in the 35-year history of the National Federation of Independent Business survey. [read more]


UCF's Seminole County Incubator Program Graduates First Company   

Spectrum Bridge, Inc., which provides new internet marketplace and mapping technologies to help the wireless industry identify, lease and make use of underutilized and available radio spectrum, has become the first client company to graduate from the UCF Incubation Program’s Seminole County/Winter Springs Incubator.  [read more]


Startup Aims to Make Braces Invisible    

A Naples startup company is working to make wearers feel less self-conscious with a new generation of braces and retainers that have nearly invisible wires. [read more]


2009 New Year   

It is so important to remember that we have gone through 13 recessions since the great depression and we have come out of each one of these.  [read more]


Letting Workers Go   

Before even considering letting any worker go, it is so important to exhaust all other possibilities for reducing costs. [read more]


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