Where: SBDC at the University of South Florida, Tampa Port Authority Building, Tampa When: Friday, June 08, 2012 9:30 AM to 11:30 AMIf you are like 62 percent of business owners nationwide, then you don't have an emergency plan in place to handle a dis... Read More

Michael Lind has a great story at Salon.com today about how conservatives say one thing, but do another. I know that will come as a shock. Despite their claims of being the people bent on protecting Americans' freedoms, they are actually the people who have, over the past 60 years, most sought to curtail those freedoms. Lind is careful to make the distinction between true Libertarians and conservatives, and points out that, since World War II, conservatives have opposed every expansion of personal liberty in the U.S. This really is an article you need to read, especially if you are a conservative. Read More

Wake up and good morning. When the St. Joe Co., dominating real estate developer and land owner in the Florida Panhandle, decided to pull back and hibernate in the tough economy, nobody thought any mega-projects were forming in that part of the state. ... Read More

The annual shareholders meeting of JPMorgan Chase took place Tuesday morning at the bank's Treasury operations complex in Tampa, just off I-75 and Martin Luther King. Bank CEO Jamie Dimon managed to avoid the wrath of investors over the recen... Read More

The old saying, “Time is Money”, has not lost is meaning.  Yet we find it can be very easy to forget its truth. As small businesses look to market their company on social media sites in a way to generate more customers, many are forgetting “time is money”.  Let’s be clear here.  Using social media as … Read more Read More

Wake up and good morning. Time to get this issue more on the Tampa Bay business community's radar: Do the crime, poverty and generally rundown neighborhoods touching Fletcher and Fowler avenues in Tampa prevent the University of South Florida from beco... Read More

Wake up and good morning. PBSJ Corp. was a big, high-profile engineering and construction firm in Tampa Bay that ran into trouble and found itself sold for $280 million about a year ago. It now operates under the name of its new owner, U.K.-based ... Read More

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by Benjamin J. Kirby Of course, the debates we will have around issues like gay marriage, and the brave stance the president has taken on that one in particular, will drive some of what is at the heart of Election... Read More

Where: SBDC at the University of South Florida, Tampa Port Authority Building, Tampa When: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM, 6 sessions ending Tuesday, July 17Topic: Government ContractingGovernment Contracting Series June 5th - July 17th, 201... Read More