You Don’t Want to Miss…   The 17th Annual Small Business Week CelebrationPresented by: the SBDC at UNF & WorkSourceWith Support From: American Enterprise Bank and theJacksonville Business Journal Date:         April 30, 2009  Time:         11:30 am -1:30 pmLocation:    UNF University Center Join the SBDC at UNF and WorkSource as the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) honors North Florida’s small business leaders and champions at the […]

Filed under: Small Business Administration, Small Business Development Center at the University of North Florida, Tom Szaky by Small Business Resource Center Monday, April 20th, 2009
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After 24 years in the Navy as a registered nurse, Kathryn Murphy retired as a Commander and was selected to serve as Director of Health Services for the Mayo Health Plan, an HMO owned by the Mayo Foundation. After five years in corporate America, Kathryn was ready to write the next chapter of her life […]

Filed under: Comfort keepers, Kathryn Murphy, Small Business Administration, Small Business Development Center at the University of North Florida by Small Business Resource Center Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
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At the Small Business Development Center, we have been getting a lot of inquiries about free money for people who want to start a business or are in small business debt. Take our word for it, there are no small business grants (and there never have been). There is a pervasive rumor being spread nation-wide […]

Filed under: ARRA, Grants, Lesko, National Grants, SBA, Small Business Administration, Small Business Development Center at the University of North Florida, Stimulus by Small Business Resource Center Saturday, March 28th, 2009
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We are thrilled with our latest client success story. Jacksonville has a brand new running shoe store that makes it easy called the Jacksonville Running Company. Located on the Southside at Tapestry Park (off of Gate Parkway near Southside). Here is their story from a UNF SBDC perspective: It was early in June 2008 when […]

Filed under: American Enterprise Bank, Jacksonville Running Company, Jo Shott, Ownn Shott, Small Business Administration, Small Business Development Center at the University of North Florida, Ted DeVos, UNF SBDC by Small Business Resource Center Friday, March 13th, 2009
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It does not look like there is a lot of direct relief for small business in the current plan. Creating spending is certainly an indirect stimulus as goods and services will be needed. Not all businesses will be able to capture spending from the bill which leads many to believe small business recovery will be […]

Filed under: Barack Obama, Small Business, Small Business Administration, United States House Committee on Small Business by Small Business Resource Center Thursday, February 12th, 2009
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This just in from the Florida Times-Union! A federal program designed to assist small businesses in the inner city is coming to Jacksonville in 2009. The U.S. Small Business Administration announced Tuesday that Jacksonville is one of five new cities being added to the Emerging 200 initiative. The other cities are Detroit, Dallas, Denver and […]

Filed under: Dennis Byrne, Jacksonville, SBA, SBA Emerging 200 Inititiative, Small Business Administration, Small Business Development Center at the University of North Florida, UNF SBDC by Small Business Resource Center Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
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For those of you who were handicapping the potential pick for who would lead the U.S. Small Business Administration, the race is over and Karen G. Mills from Maine is the winner. Here is some information on Ms. Mills as submitted in a Portland Press-Herald article. President-elect Barack Obama on Friday officially named a Maine […]

Filed under: Bowdoin College, Brookings Institute, Karen G. Mills, Maine Technology Institute, Portland Press-Herald, Small Business, Small Business Administration, Solera Capital, UNF SBDC by Small Business Resource Center Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
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