July 28, 2021

Movers & Influencers

Personal promotions, transfers, board appointments, civic accomplishments and philanthropic activities for the week of July 19, 2021.

Miami entrepreneur Evan Leaphart wants to teach kids about credit scores and finance

Evan Leaphart's Kiddie Kredit is an app for families, but Leaphart also partners with organizations like Equifax, the YMCA and municipalities looking for ways to engage their intended audiences.

Florida Trend's Top 350

Florida's biggest 125 Public and 225 Private companies, ranked by revenue.

Florida's Legal Elite

Now in its 18th year, Florida Legal Elite presents the state’s top licensed and practicing attorneys selected by their peers.

At 29, Jan Bednar's built an order fulfillment business that employs 1,000

Czech immigrant Jan Bednar's ShipMonk's investment in automation - including box-making robots - allowed it to process 3,000 orders an hour during the 2020 holiday season.

Climate First Bank plans to supercharge solar loan products

Climate First Bank's Ken LaRoe sees a big potential market in making loans to condominiums to do "deep" retrofits to become more energy efficient.

Higher Ed: Comings and Goings

Major personnel changes are in the works at Florida's colleges and universities like Madeline Pumariega, Miami Dade College's first woman president. "College is not the only path to success, but it certainly is a proven path to economic and social mobility," she says.

Florida property insurance is a sea of red ink

Insurers are dropping homeowners with roofs more than 10 years old.

The Florida Small Business Resource Guide

The Florida Small Business Resource Guide contains important contacts and outlines critical services available to support the goals and aims of entrepreneurs, whether looking to start or expand a business in the Sunshine State.

SinglesSwag ships 40,000 boxes a month

SinglesSwag ships 40,000 boxes a month and ranks No. 181 on Inc.’s national list of fast growers and No. 9 for Florida.

Florida transportation: A perspective on mobility law

"A most encouraging trend is a broad acceptance of public spending on shared mobility," says Mitch Bierman of Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman.

Southwest Florida

Among the Southwest Florida region's five counties, you'll find thriving businesses and communities that care deeply about preserving their natural attributes.

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Florida Business News

Trade rebounding at Florida ports after pandemic plunge

Florida port leaders say they have seen cargo trade rebound and see opportunities for growth in what the report describes as the “emerging post-pandemic world.”

For heart of hurricane season, drone boats sent from Jacksonville to face storms' fury

The key to making hurricane forecasts suddenly clearer and more accurate might have floated out to sea from Jacksonville last week on something looking like orange surfboards with wings.

Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance CEO and president steps down

Dom DiMaio, the chief executive officer and president of the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance, has accepted a new job as president of RITE Technology.

Plastic surgeon wants to open new medical school in downtown Celebration

The Center at Celebration, former home to Stetson University’s Central Florida campus, has sold for the second time in less than two years to a doctor who wants to open a medical school there.

Sarasota and Manatee counties take different approaches to red tide fish kills

Local municipalities are taking a variety of approaches toward cleaning up the dead fish and sea life killed by red tide, an effort that some experts could help stem the effects of of the ongoing bloom.