Strategic planning is an organizational management activity that is used to provide direction to an organization. Through this activity, the mission, vision, values and goals are identified. While not always an easy process, the results are well worth the effort. Going through this process allows the organization to set priorities, determine where to focus energy […]
Filed under: Florida Small Business Development Center at UNF by Small Business Resource Center Tuesday, September 1st, 2020
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A lot of adjectives have been used to describe our current situation: chaotic, once in a lifetime, strange, unusual, and unprecedented, along with others that are less politically correct. Everybody using one of them agrees that this is not a normal time. But what is normal? Dictionary.com defines ‘normal’ as “conforming to the standard or […]
Filed under: Florida Small Business Development Center at UNF by Small Business Development Center Thursday, April 23rd, 2020
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Federal appropriations for the SBA EIDL (loans and advances) and the Payroll Protection Program (PPP) have been exhausted. Additional funding is being considered by Congress. The Florida SBDC at UNF is here to provide access to the disaster capital and resources your business needs to recover, rebuild and grow. For businesses adversely impacted by COVID-19 […]
Filed under: Florida Small Business Development Center at UNF, SBA, SBA Loan, Small Business Blog by Small Business Development Center Monday, April 13th, 2020
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What do you most want to accomplish in 2020? Business growth? Better health? Less stress? Make a written list so you can see it in black and white. There! You have taken your first step in creating clarity for the New Year! Believe it or not, that’s quite an accomplishment. Many people say they want […]
Filed under: Florida Small Business Development Center at UNF, Small Business Blog by Small Business Resource Center Friday, January 10th, 2020
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The Speaking of Business blog is running a bit behind this month due to my taking some vacation time. This is the first blog of the month, and that means time for Alphabet Soup, the series that takes a letter of the alphabet in turn each month and examines some business concepts, topics, and words that […]
Filed under: Florida SBDC at UNF, Florida Small Business Development Center at the University of North Florida, Florida Small Business Development Center at UNF, Small Business, Small Business Blog, UNF Small Business Blog by Small Business Resource Center Monday, July 24th, 2017
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