05/18/2016: How start ups gain traction and grow their business

Tsila Blomberg, consultant and Broward SCORE expert

Business traction refers to the progress of a start-up company and the momentum it gains as the business grows. Business consultant Tsila Blomberg shares her system for helping companies achieve traction and grow their bottom line.
 

Lesa Berg Kretschmer, Florida Reading & Vision Technology
Lesa Berg Kretschmer founded Florida Reading and Vision Technology 16 years ago to help the visually impaired access tools to help them see better. Today, the business has a retail location in Broward and a popular web-based store with customers across Florida. Lesa Berg Kretschmer tells us how she grew her business.

If you stop by Florida Reading and Vision Technology or shop online at FloridaReading.com, mention SCORE and receive a 10 percent discount.



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9/02/2015: Help for innovative and green businesses

Pandwe Gibson, EcoTech Visions
EcoTech Visions is a business incubator and accelerator designed to assist entrepreneurs in creating, planning, and launching innovative and "green" manufacturing businesses in South Florida. Founder Pandwe Gibson tells us why she started her business and how EcoTech also aims to generate business for communities in need. 

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07/22/2015: Knight Foundation's investment in entrepreneurship in South Florida and the Tom Tom Magazine SCORE business story.

Matt Haggman, Knight Foundation
The Miami-based John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has invested $50 million in supporting organizations that fuel startups and entrepreneurship. Matt Haggman, program manager for Miami, discusses Knight Foundation's investment strategy, its impact and future plans for South South.








Mindy Abovitz, Tom Tom Magazine
How do you start a magazine for female drummers? You turn to SCORE. That's what Mindy Abovitz of Brooklyn - yes, New York - did. Mindy is an avid SCORE client in NYC and in Fort Lauderdale. Mentors in both cities helped her start and grow her magazine, which will soon be available on Virgin Atlantic Airways.



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8/6/2014: Business Incubators

Leandro Finol, executive director, The Idea Center at MDC Wolfson

Business incubators are popping up all over South Florida. Many are based at colleges and universities like Broward Community College and FAU. The Idea Center at Miami Dade College will launch Create, a new incubator at the Wolfson Campus in downtown Miami. Leandro Finol joins us to tell us how incubators work.

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3/26/2014: How Broward Score helped a troubled business

SCORE Client Stella Amador from Florida Quality Roofing.           

Stella's business came to a halt when the economy soured. Over the past three years, however, the business has come back better than ever. Now Florida Quality Roofing is expanding its workforce and moving to a bigger more visible location.

Find out how Stella and her partner German Duarte are getting it done.


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