Blue Oven Kitchens | Cultivating Food Entrepreneurs. If you have questions, contact Blue Oven Kitchens at 352-278-7518. Blue Oven Kitchens is a 501c3 non-profit kitchen incubator serving North Central Florida. Blue Oven offers access to inspected, commercial kitchen space for community cooking classes and food entrepreneurs to rent for product production. Its mission is to foster a whole-system approach to the sustainable growth of North Central Florida food system.
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City of Gainesville (Florida) | Technology Businesses. If you have questions, contact the City of Gainesville at 352-334-5000. If you’re a technology business located in Alachua County or are considering relocation to Alachua County, review this page that outlines several available resources to assist your technology business in its formation, expansion or relocation.
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Florida High Tech Corridor Council (FHTCC) | Matching Grants Research Program. Questions? Contact the Florida High Tech Corridor Council at 407-708-4630. From the outset, the Florida High Tech Corridor Council’s (FHTCC) primary focus has been to foster applied research between Corridor universities and their high tech industry partners. Every year, dozens of companies across the 23-county Corridor participate in the Matching Grants Research Program to develop commercially applicable emerging technologies.
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The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at the University of North Florida (UNF). Questions? Contact the SBDC at UNF at 904-620-2476. We help businesses become more successful and meet the challenges of tomorrow. Whether you are starting a business, buying a business, growing a business, selling a business or looking for financing, we can help you!
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University of Florida | Major Analytical Instrumentation Center. If you have questions, contact the University of Florida at 352-392-6985. The Major Analytical Instrumentation Center (MAIC) is a materials characterization and analysis facility established to provide analytical support for Florida's scientific and engineering community in meeting the challenge of technology development.
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University of Florida | Office of Technology Licensing. If you have questions, contact the University of Florida at 352-392-8929. The Office of Technology Licensing at the University of Florida works with UF inventors with potentially patentable or copyrightable technologies and facilitates the transfer of technologies created at UF to the commercial sector for public benefit.
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University of Florida | Office of Technology Licensing | Technologies Available for Licensing. If you have questions, contact the University of Florida at 352-392-8929. University of Florida's prolific researchers generate 300 invention disclosures per year. You can view many of our top technologies that are available for licensing right here on our website.
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University of Florida | Sid Martin Biotechnology Incubator. If you have questions, contact the University of Florida at 386-462-0880. If you’re starting a bioscience company you’ll benefit from our community of companies, entrepreneurs and advisors and from our years of experience fostering the growth of therapeutic, disgnostic, device, energy, ag-bio and other startups.
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Florida Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) | Small Business Consulting Program. Questions? Contact the Florida Manufacturing Extension Partnership at 321-939-4000. Serving the manufacturing industry’s most vulnerable sector, Florida MEP’s Small Business Consulting Program provides expertise and leadership for small manufacturers with 10 employees or under to identify and solve their problems
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Enterprise Florida | University Technology Transfer Offices. Questions? Contact Enterprise Florida at 407-956-5600. Florida universities are highly regarded as some of the best in the country in technology transfer. Many university tech transfer offices are experienced in working with the private sector to commercialize the valuable research generated at Florida’s universities and research institutes.
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The Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Pubic Research. Questions? Contact the Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research at 561-368-8889. The Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research is Florida's One-Stop-Shop for investors and entrepreneurs who seek to identify new opportunities based on technologies developed through publicly-funded research
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Florida Small Business Development Center Network | Business Technology Commercialization Program. If you have questions, contact the Florida Small Business Development Center Network at 866-737-7232. Through the Business Technology Commercialization Program, the Florida Small Business Development Center Network provides support for small and medium-sized enterprises engaged in R&D or manufacturing in Florida.
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Florida Small Business Development Center Network | Consulting. If you have questions, contact the Florida Small Business Development Center Network at 866-737-7232. Consulting is available to entrepreneurs and existing businesses in Florida and is provided by professionally trained and experienced SBDC Certified Business Analysts (CBAs).
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Technological Research & Development Authority. If you have questions, contact the Technological Research & Development Authority at 321-872-1050. TRDA offers a variety of programs designed to foster technology entrepreneurship, with an emphasis on the formation, financing and growth of early-stage companies. We serve as catalysts for emerging companies by providing business mentoring, professional development, investor networking, and access to a network of innovative expert resources - increasing the odds of success and decreasing time to capital and markets.
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This articles provides new businesses with advice on pacing themselves to ensure survival such as: develop a company mission, develop product strategies, constantly generate new product ideas, create strategies for pricing, packaging, advertising strategies, and the success of new products must be measured.
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EquityNet is a leading private capital and support network that offers patented business plan software and analysis tools for entrepreneurs to efficiently plan their business, raise start-up funding, and seek support. Angel investors, venture capitalists, government entities, business incubators, service providers, and other members of the entrepreneurial community use EquityNet to capitalize and support young, privately-held businesses. Contact EquityNet today at 479-442-3638.
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Red Herring, Inc., founded in 1993, is a media company whose mission is to cover innovation, technology, financing and entrepreneurial activity. Its staff of award-winning journalists tell readers what's first, what matters and most importantly, why. Full access requires a subscription.
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SBIR is a highly competitive program that encourages small business to explore their technological potential and provides the incentive to profit from its commercialization. Learn more through this guide provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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The SBA offers various special purpose loans that can assist you and your business. Financing your business requires research to find the most appropriate funding model. Take some time to study the programs described on this page to see if you qualify to participate.
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