May 16, 2012
Small Start up Businesses are Leading the Nation’s Economic Recovery - By Dr. Tom O’Neal
(Ed Note. Dr. Tom O’Neal associate vice president for Research and Commercialization at the University of Central Florida is founder and executive director of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program and president of the Florida Business Incubation Assn.)
As America searches for solutions to its economic woes, one of the most innovative and productive job creating engines is being overlooked. It’s a case of not seeing the trees for the forest.
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February 16, 2012
Florida Business Incubation Assn. concludes bi-annual Conference in Largo
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Florida Business Incubation Assn., a coalition of business incubation programs throughout Florida, recently held its bi-annual conference at the Tampa Bay Innovation Center in Largo.
Dr. Tom O’Neal, president of the Florida Business Incubation Assn. and founder and executive director of the University of Central Florida’s Business Incubation Program said the annual conference participants came for a chance to compare notes, establish best practices and set the agenda for 2012
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March 16, 2012
Incubate Miami
Incubate Miami launched its third Startup Accelerator Program on September 15, 2011 with some of the best technology entrepreneurs from South Florida. The program companies joined a mentorship-driven, structured environment focused on accelerating their business models during a three month period. Mentors from the South Florida community have come together in support of the program entrepreneurs and have already led more than 40 workshop sessions on topics ranging from business development practices and fund-raising to individual advisory board sessions. The entrepreneurs will officially launch their new businesses during Incubate Miami’s Demo Day event on January 19, 2012. Preparations for Demo Day are underway as there will be some great announcements from the companies!
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April 6, 2011
Harris Corporation to Create $100 Million High-Tech Engineering Center in Central Florida
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company joined with state and regional economic development leaders to announce plans to create a new $100 million high-tech center on its Palm Bay campus that will become the centerpiece for some of the company's most advanced engineering efforts. The planned six-story, 450,000-square-foot center is part of a broader modernization initiative designed to foster engineering innovation, while retaining existing and attracting new highly skilled engineers to the region.
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April 6, 2011
Startup Florida Launches at Global Entrepreneurship Week
Startup Florida, an initiative to accelerate the creation and growth of businesses in high-growth industries, launched on Friday in South Florida, as well as in Tampa and Orlando. It is part of the Startup America program announced by the White House in January.
The new program, which brings together universities, incubators, law and accounting firms, investors, large companies and government, aims to provide high-growth businesses in healthcare, energy and technology with what they need in both their “ramp up” and “speed up” phases, including help with capital-raising, marketing and technology, said Maria Hernandez, director of strategy and transformation for IBM and an advisory board member for St. Thomas University.
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