The National Entrepreneur Center is a one-stop shop for entrepreneurship. Individuals thinking of starting a business or who have existing businesses can come the NEC and recieve free one-on-one business counseling, attend our affordable training seminars, participate in networking opportunities and have free use of our Business Information Center. For more information, please visit the Questions? Contact the National Entrepreneur Center or call 407-420-4848.
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Black Business Investment Fund | Financial Technical Assistance. Questions? Contact the Black Business Investment Fund at 407-649-4780. This program utilizes several approaches to assisting business owners in strengthening their management skills and capacity. BBIF’s Financial Technical Assistance services are designed to provide client firms with intensive management assistance and lead them to secure the best possible financing for their businesses.
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Black Business Investment Fund | Minority Business Institute. Questions? Contact the Black Business Investment Fund at 407-649-4780. Minority Business Institute is designed to provide assistance and support to minority businesses that are trying to expand their networking relationships for increased contract opportunities, and provide business leadership development.
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Hunter's Creek Business Council. If you have questions or are looking for networking opportunities, contact the Hunters Creek Area Council at 407-847-3174. The council provides a common voice in promoting the economic well being of businesses and to advance the civic, industrial, commercial, professional, educational, and environmental welfare of businesses in the Hunter's Creek Area.
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Kissimmee Main Street. If you have questions or are looking for networking opportunities, contact Kissimmee Main Street at 407-846-4643. Thinking of opening a second store, a new business, or expanding? Kissimmee Main Street would like to encourage you to look at Historic Downtown Kissimmee for your storefront, restaurant, or other business. Kissimmee Main Street and the Community Redevelopment Agency have a number of Grants to help with moving you business to Downtown Kissimmee, paying conditional use review fees, rehabbing your building façade, paying for signage, paying impact fees, and much more.
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Kissimmee Osceola County Chamber of Commerce. If you have questions or are looking for networking opportunities, contact the Kissimmee/Osceola County Chamber of Commerce at 407-847-3174. The mission of the Kissimmee/Osceola County Chamber of Commerce is to provide valuable member benefits, expand our economic base, support quality education, promote tourism, and economic base, support quality education, promote tourism, and encourage good government.
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Kissimmee Osceola County Chamber of Commerce | Celebration Area Council. If you have questions or are looking for networking opportunties, contact the Celebration Area Council at 407-847-4339. The Celebration Area Council’s mission is to provide leadership, education, networking and marketing opportunities for businesses located in the Celebration Area.
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Poinciana Area Council. If you have questions or are looking for networking opportunities, contact the Poinciana Area Council at 407-847-3174. The Poinciana Area Council provides a common voice in promoting the economic well being of businesses and to advance the civic, industrial, commercial, professional, education and general welfare of businesses in Poinciana and neighboring areas.
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Rollins College | Center for Advanced Entrepreneurship. Questions? Contact Rollins College at 407-691-1125. The CFAE provides MBA students, alumni and business owners of growth companies with a variety of practical experiences, both in and out of the classroom, that promote successful entrepreneurship and family enterprise. The CFAE’s primary area of focus is traditional entrepreneurship, with emerging areas of focus in social entrepreneurship and sustainable enterprise, and family enterprise and private wealth.
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St. Cloud Greater Osceola Chamber of Commerce. If you have questions or are looking for networking opportunities, contact the St. Cloud Chamber of Commerce at 407-892-3671. The Chamber benefits its members by providing numerous member-to-member activities and events to gather and network, a very powerful business-building medium.
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St. Cloud (Florida) Main Street. If you have questions or are looking for networking opportunities, contact the St. Cloud Main Street at 407-498-0008.
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Florida Chamber of Commerce. Questions? Looking for networking opportunities? Want to join as a member and promote your business? Contact the Florida Chamber of Commerce at 850-521-1200. The Florida Chamber aggressively works within the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of state government to advocate legislation critical to the continued improvement of Florida's business climate and sustained economic development across the state.
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Florida Chamber of Commerce | Small Business Council. Questions? Contact the Florida Chamber of Commerce at 850-521-1265. A council of the Florida Chamber of Commerce comprised of small business members united to be the voice of small business in transitioning Florida to a new and sustainable economy.
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Florida Venture Forum | Counseling, Educational Advice & Managerial Assistance. Questions? Contact the Florida Venture Forum at 813-335-8116. The goal of the Florida Venture Forum is to help ensure the success of entrepreneurial ventures by offering expert counsel, educational advice and managerial assistance.
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Florida Venture Sourcing | A free place for Florida's technology venture community to connect. Are you building a high growth, technology oriented company in Florida? Join Florida Venture Sourcing to give your startup visibility to the Florida investor and mentor community.
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Igniting | Innovation | Florida's Capital Acceleration Program. Questions? Contact the Igniting | Innovation at 321-872-1050. Florida’s i2 Accelerator was launched in early 2011 to provide promising technology companies in Florida accelerated access to industry and capital. i2 has quickly grown into a “front door” for growth-based technology companies to identify and access the rich array of technology entrepreneurship resources, industry partners, and investors that are located throughout Florida.
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Link to Expert | Connecting Executives and Experts. Questions? Contact the Link to Expert at 727-791-7338. LinktoEXPERT is an interconnected network of expert consultants, speakers, coaches, trainers, event professionals and executives from around the world. Our advanced search engine, comprehensive profiles and video previews of expert consultants, coaches, speakers, trainers and event professionals will allow executives to find the best possible experts for their needs quickly and effortlessly.
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Business and Professional Women/USA, founded in 1919, promotes equity for all women in the workplace through advocacy, education and information. With 1,500 Local Organizations across the country and members in every congressional district, BPW/USA is the leading advocate for millions of workingwomen on work-life effectiveness and workplace equity issues. BPW Local Organizations provide members with professional development programs, networking, participation in grassroots activism, and opportunities to support scholarships for disadvantaged women.
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To be an effective networker, you should constantly be strengthening your relationships with referral sources. This Entrepreneur.com article outlines 10 great ways to strengthen and build out your network.
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National Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc. Questions? Contact the National Minority Supplier Development Council at 212-944-2430. Providing a direct link between corporate America and minority-owned businesses is the primary objective of the National Minority Supplier Development Council, one of the country's leading business membership organizations.
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A mentor is someone who has been been down the same path you're taking. A mentor is experienced, successful and willing to provide advice and guidance–for no real personal gain. Learn more through this guide provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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The Office of Women's Business Ownership and the Online Women's Business Center are integral components of Entrepreneurial Development's network of training and counseling services. These services designed to help women start and run successful businesses
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