Does your business have a customer or market niche? If so, you can conduct target marketing and focus your efforts directly on potential customers. If not, your business is functioning in a generic or commodity market where it is hard to distinguish your product or service from that of your competitors. Many businesses have products […]
Filed under: Small Business, Small Business Blog, Small Business Development Center at the University of North Florida, UNF SBDC, UNF Small Business Blog by Small Business Resource Center Wednesday, May 9th, 2018
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Interview with Marco Tran, I-Tech Personnel Services in Jacksonville In the latter part of this year, Hurricane Irma brought quite the impact to Florida’s First Coast, but there is a silver lining – the Florida SBDC was able to assist local small businesses, like I-Tech Personnel Services, in obtaining Emergency Bridge Loans to help “bridge […]
Filed under: Hurricane Irma, Jacksonville, Small Business, Small Business Blog, Small Business Development Center at the University of North Florida, UNF SBDC by Small Business Resource Center Wednesday, December 20th, 2017
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It’s that Time again. The 7th Annual FSBDC at UNF Nonprofit Conference will run from 7:45 a.m to 1: 30 p.m. on Friday the 6th of October. As always, we like to let all attendees know what they are getting! Lets start with the legendary Jane Jordan, who brings us a wealth of experience in […]
Filed under: UNF Nonprofit, UNF SBDC, Unfsbdc Blog, University of North Florida by Kevin Monahan Wednesday, September 20th, 2017
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Tell us about your business: LCN Enterprise, LLC is a human capital management consulting firm that incorporates education and career coaching to improve the workforce. We invest in individuals to have fulfilling lives by helping them accomplish their career goals. To us a fulfilling career contributes to one’s overall happiness in life. We offer services […]
Filed under: Uncategorized, UNF SBDC by Small Business Resource Center Thursday, July 9th, 2015
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They say if you can’t find something you want, maybe YOU should make it available. So it was with Evette Lemoine – Fernandez, our client who had a brainstorm! Where did you get the idea for this business?I have been cake decorating for several years. When I moved to Jacksonville Florida I was constantly traveling […]
Filed under: Baking Classes, Baking Supplies, Cake Baking Supplies, Evette Lemoine-Fernandez, FSBDC at UNF, Jacksonville Cake Supplies, UNF SBDC by Small Business Resource Center Tuesday, April 21st, 2015
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An article in today’s Rochester Democrat & Chronicle point out that Baby Boomers are selling and retiring from their small businesses at a higher rate. Reasons cited by owners include an inability to keep up with social media, higher taxes and economic uncertainty. In many cases, boomers don’t want to be working at 75 unless […]
Filed under: Baby Boomers, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, UNF SBDC by Small Business Resource Center Thursday, January 2nd, 2014
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By Cathy Hagan, Certified Business Analyst “Buzzword bingo” is a game used in meetings to track overuse of management “buzzwords” by the speaker to mask a lack of knowledge rather than providing information or actual value. The goal of the game is to get a certain number of words in a row and then yell […]
Filed under: Buzzword, UNF SBDC by Small Business Resource Center Wednesday, July 24th, 2013
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Our client Tammy Berning stopped in and we couldn’t resist interviewing her about Ms. Mulligans Consignment Boutique located in Mandarin. What made you want to open a consignment shop? I have always shopped in consignment stores and appreciated the savings in buying second-hand. I wanted to open a store where I could share this savings with […]
Filed under: Consignment, Consignment Boutique, Consignment Boutique Jacksonville, Consignment Jacksonville, Ms. Mulligan's, Tammy Berning, UNF SBDC by Small Business Resource Center Thursday, May 9th, 2013
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Kevin Monahan, Certified Business Analyst, interviews the founders of 12 World Challenges about their innovative business model that helps nonprofits raise funds and promote their organization at the same time. The company has grown by leaps and bounds thanks to their friends at the UNF SBDC.
Filed under: 12 World Challenges, Business Beat, Kevin Monahan, nonprofits, SBDC Blog, UNF SBDC by Small Business Resource Center Friday, March 1st, 2013
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UNF SBDC: Tell us how you first got started in alternative medicine. My healthcare venture began back in 1981 when I was a youth volunteer at Bay Pines VA Medical Center for five years in the rehabilitation department. This incredible experience afforded me to witness first-hand how to help restore function from “dysfunction”. The human […]
Filed under: Dr. Julee Miller, Health Pointe Jacksonville, Small Business Blog, UNF, UNF SBDC, UNF SBDC Blog by Small Business Resource Center Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
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