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Florida SBDC: A Gainesville Business “Best Kept Secret”
According to the US Small Business Administration, greater than 90 percent of all businesses in the US are small. Employing more than 60 percent of all workers, these small businesses also create 80 percent of new jobs in the US. Clearly, small business is the backbone of our nation’s economy and their success is crucial....
Company Culture…What Is It Anyway?
When Goldman Sachs vice president Greg Smith resigned he wrote in a New York Times op-ed: “Culture was always a vital part of Goldman Sachs’ success…The culture was the secret sauce that made this place great and allowed us to earn our clients’ trust for 143 years.” Whether culture is a secret sauce that makes...
Matheson Museum Library and Archives Honored by the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation
Organization Accepts the 2018 Historic Preservation Award for Meritorious Achievement/Adaptive Use Goodwin Company, pioneers of River-Recovered® heart pine and cypress, has announced that the Matheson Museum Library and Archives renovation project was awarded a 2018 Historic Preservation Award for Meritorious Achievement/Adaptive Use by the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation. Goodwin Company nominated the project for...
Santa Fe College Opens Innovative Product Development Center
Santa Fe College has announced the opening of the Innovative Product Development Center (IPDC) at GTEC. The IPDC was formed as a collaboration between Santa Fe College and the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS) program. The IPDC will work with community-based entrepreneurs with commercially-viable discoveries to be paired with seasoned entrepreneurs and...
Capital and Cash Flow: How Does a Small Business Finance Success?
Small businesses power the American economy. Thousands of regions and communities across the nation rely on them to facilitate economic growth and job creation. When small businesses succeed, Greater Gainesville and other markets like it succeed. Access to capital is important for small business development. How many people are in the small business community? The...
AxoGen, Inc. Announces Closing of Public Offering of Common Stock
AxoGen, Inc., a global leader in developing and marketing innovative surgical solutions for peripheral nerves, has announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 3,450,000 shares of its common stock, at a price to the public of $41.00 per share. The number of shares sold by AxoGen includes an aggregate of 450,000...
Medicine at the Mall: UF Health Opening Locations at Gainesville’s Oaks Mall
University of Florida Health is riding the crest of a national trend of bringing leading-edge health care services closer to the community by opening three specialty practices at The Oaks Mall. UF Health The Oaks will feature ophthalmology, otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat) and audiology services provided by UF faculty in the 139,000-square-foot former Sears...
Altavian Awarded $250M US Army TUAS Contract
Altavian, Inc., an Alachua county-based Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) engineering and manufacturing firm, recently announced the award of a $250MM Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract with the US Army. Under the Program Executive Office Aviation, Products Office for Tactical Unmanned Aircraft (TUAS), Altavian will be supporting the largest small UAS program in the world. The...
UF Small Business & Vendor Diversity Relations: Connecting Small and Diverse Businesses to Opportunities at UF
With an annual spend that can easily reach nearly a billion dollars and an economic reach that is felt locally, regionally, nationally and internationally, the University of Florida is an entrepreneurial hub on the move! Everywhere you look there’s a new building or a new development which means opportunity. The division leading the charge to...
Local Project Receives Beautification Award
The Grove Street Neighborhood Murals Project has been awarded the 2018 City Beautification Award for an Outstanding Public Space and Community Project. The annual City Beautification Awards recognize excellence in a variety of design categories. The awards highlight projects of outstanding aesthetic and artistic appeal. Projects are evaluated for originality, innovation, and creativity, as well...