Our T-U has been gaining a lot of online fans lately due to their innovative and interactive web presence. Now the Times-Union is asking small business owners to attend a focus group session. Their intent is to use attendee input to help develop T-U online based solutions for small businesses. Attendees will be asked questions about how […]

Filed under: Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville.com, Small Business Development Center at the University of North Florida, Wayne Ezell by Small Business Resource Center Friday, May 1st, 2009
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Nice story in the Florida Times Union featuring Mary Tappouni, 2009 Small Business Person of the Year. Quite an achievement in what is a very competitive process. Mary runs Jacksonville’s Breaking Ground Contracting and it is great to see a local (and green) entrepreneur win. Here is the article as it appeared in the Florida […]

Filed under: Breaking Ground Contracting, Florida Times-Union, Green Business, Mary Tappouni, SB, Small Business Development Center at the University of North Florida, Small Business Person of the Year by Small Business Resource Center Monday, April 6th, 2009
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Examples of Glenn Ivie’s work. Glenn Ivie started a business in Jacksonville called Your Photo to Painting with the idea of taking photographs that mean something to people. Through his special process, he creates a highly realistic digital painting to a customers preferred size, from 8 x 10 up to 24 x 36, printed with […]

Filed under: Doug Wilder, Florida Times-Union, Glenn Ivie, Kevin Monahan, Small Business Development Center at the University of North Florida, University of Florida, Wall Street Journal, Your Photo to Painting by Small Business Resource Center Friday, January 16th, 2009
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I really like Tony Jarvis. Here is a guy with an advanced degree that decided in 1998 that Jacksonville really needed a touch of New England in the form of a neighborhood breakfast/lunch/coffeehouse. As a CBA, I have seen coffee concepts come and go, but his Cool Moose Cafe is a neighborhood favorite. Located at […]

Filed under: CBA, Cool Moose Cafe, FastTrac, Florida Times-Union, Red Sox Nation, Tony Jarvis, University of Florida, Yankee by Small Business Resource Center Thursday, November 20th, 2008
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