05/25/2016: How Riverside Market Grew Their Business; new Overtime rules

Lisa and Julian Siegel, owners, Riverside Market

Lisa and Julian Siegel stumbled upon a business idea - selling craft beers. Their venture - Riverside Market - quickly became a popular hangout and now the couple is planning their third location in Broward County. Lisa and Julian talk about how they grew their business. 

Ken Fordik, HR Solutions and Miami-Dade SCORE
The U.S. Department of Labor released new overtime rules, which will raise the threshold for salaried employees who qualify for overtime. Ken Fordik explains the changes and the effect on small businesses. 


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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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Sponsored by Florida Reading and Vision Technology

02/18/2015: Suzy Batlle from Azucar! on the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program.

Suzy Batlle, founder of Azucar Ice Cream Company, and a graduate of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses
Suzy Batlle started Azucar! in 2011, and today its a thriving business that has helped revive Miami's Little Havana. The ice cream company is world renowned for its unique flavors. Despite her success, Suzy attended the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program at Miami Dade College to improve her business management skills. She tells us about this free program and how other South Florida small businesses can apply.


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10/29/2014: More about the top HR issues affecting small business owners and a Broward SCORE success story

Our guests:

Janelle Rodriguez, Paychex HR Expert
We brought Janelle Rodriguez back to finish talking about the list of the top 10 HR issues affecting small business owners. If you have employees - 1 - 500 - you'll want to hear this discussion.

Sumayya Newman, Let's Get Laced
Sumayya turned to SCORE to grow her $2500 a week business. Today the company makes $75,000 a month, with the help of her SCORE mentor. She tells us her story.

Marshall Cohen, Broward SCORE
Marshall has been with Broward SCORE for 11 years. His relied on his retail expertise to coach Sumayya to success.


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8/13/2014: Keeping a Family Business Alive and Thriving

Marilynn Hatcher, Hatcher Mango Hill
Marilynn Hatcher became the owner of a her husband's family buisness - a mango grove - overnight. Faced with the death of her husband and a grove ravaged by hurricanes, Marilynn could have easily sold the property for millions. Instead, she stayed, rebuilt the grove and diversified the business. Find out how she did it.

Click here to listen to the podcast.http://browardscore.org/podcast/Score-8-13-14.mp3

5/22/2013: About Business Plans and Going Gobal

Business Plans: Why You Need One  Dave Harris - Broward SCORE Mentor & Business Plan Expert Jacqueline Granville - Pearly White Network, a SCORE Client  Taking Your Business Global  Charlotte Gallogly, World Trade Center Miami and Miami World Trade Month

2/12/2013: Guerrilla Marketing

Jody Rafkind: 

Guerrilla Marketing Expert Jody Rafkind talks about how to launch your own campaign. Jody also gives a great workshop on guerrilla marketing for Broward Score. 

8/8/2012: How Top Follow Up in Business

Nancy Matthews, Business Strategist, Author & Speaker

Ms. Matthews talks about her new Broward SCORE workshop - How to Follow Up in Business. She has devised a 12-step program that makes following up easier, fun and eventually profitable for your business. 

8/1/2012: Workshops for Small Business Owners

George Gremse, Chair, Broward SCORE

Mr. Gremse discusses Broward SCORE's slate of fall workshops that run through the first part of December. SCORE offers more than 100 workshops for small business owners and for those interested in starting a business

03/07/2012: Part 2: Export for Small Businesses

Mary Hernandez, Regional Manager of Export Solutions for the Small Business Administration in Miami 
Ms. Hernandez is back this week to continue our discussion about how small businesses can grow by exporting with the help of the Small Business Administration.

• Why Export
• Export Loan Program 

Althea Harris, Assistant District Director Marketing & Outreach, Small Business Administration in Miami
Ms. Harris shares success stories of small businesses that have expanded when they started to export. 

http://browardscore.org/podcast/Score-for-3-7-12-FINAL.mp3

01/18/2012: Increase Your Revenues Without Spending A Dime

http://browardscore.org/podcast/Score-for-1-18-12-FINAL.mp3

Mark Gibbons
Mr. Gibbons is the lead business developer for MYM Business Services, LLC. For the past 20 years, he has helped small to medium sized businesses increase revenues and profits into the tens of millions of dollars.