Weekly Address: Speaking from Louisiana on the Oil Spill

In his weekly address, President Barack Obama underscored his commitment to helping the people of the Gulf Coast recover and rebuild from the BP oil spill that has threatened their livelihoods.   On Friday, the President heard from local residents and small business owners about the hardships that they are facing as a result of this [...]

SBA 2010 Update – American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

On May 4th, 2010 between 8:00am and noon, the Small Business Development Center at Indian River State College is offering a free small business workshop.
This informative session will provide Treasure Coast residents and small business owners with an update to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), commonly referred to as the Stimulus. ARRA was [...]

Treasure Coast Business Summit to be held in May

The Treasure Coast Business Summit, now in its second year, will be held Thursday, May 20 from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Port St. Lucie Civic Center.
There has never been a better time for local business owners to take advantage of networking, the opportunity to learn how to expand and to acquire the [...]

Show Off Your Business By Entering Business Beautification Contest

The Keep Port St. Lucie Beautiful Committee is proud to announce its sponsorship of a perpetual “Business Beautification Award Program” for local businesses in the city that take pride in the appearance of their properties.
If you think your business is deserving of such an award, this is the contest for you. The winning business will [...]

Where Do New Jobs Come From?

Over a recent 15-year period, small businesses created some 65 percent of the net new jobs in the private sector, according to conservative estimates cited in a new report from the SBA Office of Advocacy. In An Analysis of Small Business and Jobs, Advocacy economist Brian Headd notes that many of the new jobs are [...]

Attend the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour

On February 23, 2010, at the Sunrise Black Box Theatre, you are invited to attend the first-ever national entrepreneurship tour and features the country’s top young entrepreneurs and successful local entrepreneurs. This high-energy event has lots of music, movement, opportunities to receive over $300 in prizes and continental breakfast.  And It’s FREE!
The programming is sponsored [...]

Free Seminar: Tax “Secrets” & Business Strategies All Successful Businesses Should Know

On February 17, 2010, you can discover why & how to structure your business to maximize efficiencies and what to know when it comes time to sell.
The IRSC Business & Technology Incubator in partnership with the Entrepreneur Development & Corporate & Community Training Institutes @IRSC, the Economic Council of Martin County, Small Business Development Center [...]

Free Seminar: Learn and Lunch – Customer Service

On February 11, 2010, learn how you can improve your customer service skills and deliver the excellent customer service that others only talk about. When was the last time someone bragged about the excellent quality of customer service they experienced? The truth is that people brag about receiving excellent customer service because it is rarely [...]

Free Seminar: Trends in Manufacturing for the 21st Century

Come Celebrate Entrepreneurship Week on Wednesday February 24, 2010 from 7:30am to 10:00am.

22 Business Tips from the Country’s Top CEOs and Workers

Yesterday, the White House hosted a Forum on Modernizing Government, which was an opportunity to draw from experience and wisdom of some of the country’s top CEOs and Workers.
Over on the White House Blog, Jesse Lee highlighted the best ideas that came out of the Forum. While reading the 22 best ideas, we couldn’t help [...]

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