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Beyond the Beach: Local Retailers Can Thrive Year-Round

  • Planning
  • April 22, 2025

By focusing on community engagement, diversification, collaboration, and strategic support, retailers can ensure steady growth beyond the busy summer months and thrive year-round.

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Checklist

14 Steps to Make Your Business Legit

  • Planning
  • March 27, 2025

Ready to turn your dream of starting a business into reality? Here’s a simple list of steps that will help you lay the foundation for success in starting up.

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2025 National SBDC Day

Celebrate National SBDC Day!

  • Impact
  • March 11, 2025

Learn how you can join the Florida SBDC Network in celebrating National SBDC Day for business owners in Northwest Florida.

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Florida SBDC at UWF Assistant Director John Emsing and client Kiani Richardson who owns and runs Navarre Montessori Academy

Florida SBDC at UWF Elevates Entrepreneurs

  • Impact
  • September 12, 2024

Lewis Bear Jr. College of Business resource center is geared toward impact.

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Taste of Pensacola entrepreneurs Tia Robbins and Ricki Stewart pose with award and SBDC Associate Director Christa Wilson.

Client Taste of Pensacola Wins Big

  • Awards
  • August 30, 2024

Local small business and students clench State Small Business Student Project of the Year.

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Pensacola Bay Bridge

How Do You Fix a Broken Bridge?

  • Planning
  • April 12, 2024

Many of us don’t give much thought about how to fix a broken bridge. From our view, we see a few options.

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Who Moved My Plan?

Who Moved My Plan?

  • Change
  • April 12, 2024

If one thing is constant in life, it’s change. In any business it’s necessary to stay relevant, but how successful are we in implementing change?

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2019 SBDC Region of the Year

FSBDC at UWF Takes Top Two Awards

  • Awards
  • July 17, 2019

The FSBDC at UWF won Region of the Year in 2019, and one of their own clenched the State Star award.

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A Powerful Resource for Northwest Florida’s Small Businesses

The Florida SBDC at UWF is funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Department of Defense, State of Florida, as well as other private and public partners. The University of West Florida serves as the designated lead host institution for the Florida SBDC Network, which is nationally accredited by the Association of SBDCs.

State Designated as Florida’s Principal Provider of Business Assistance [§ 288.001, Fla. Stat.]

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