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3 Make-or-Break Questions to Answer Before Starting Your Small Business

Norm Brodsky, columnist for Inc. Magazine and serial entrepreneur, asks three questions before starting a business. Have you answered these yet? 1) Has the concept been around for 100 years? While 100 is an exaggeration, the point he is trying to make is that he looks for an established concept because he says there is […]

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What Does Warren Buffett Think About Your Business?

The Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett, is often hailed as the world’s greatest investor but he doesn’t think of himself that way. He will tell you he is not an investor or stock analyst; he is a business analyst and buys businesses. What happens when we turn his analytic framework at your business? In a […]

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Why Are Volusia’s Best Entrepreneurs All Asking for One Million Cups (of Coffee)?

Why are Volusia’s best entrepreneurs all asking for 1 Million Cups (of coffee)? Because the area hosts a surprisingly strong entrepreneurial community that has managed to grow in relative anonymity and isolation. All it needs is you. With you, local innovators will connect and support the areas entrepreneurs every Wednesday for one hour only starting […]

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Entrepreneur Speaker Series Event October 21, 2014

The L. Gale Lemerand Center for Entrepreneurship and Daytona State College present this exciting Entrepreneur Speaker Series. L. Gale Lemerand is a serial entrepreneur, having founded more than 100 successful companies.  He was named 1995 Florida Entrepreneur of the Year and has authored “To Win in Business…Bet on the Jockey”, a book about his remarkable life. Speakers […]

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Business Success Explained: Why is Mark Cuban’s Viral Motivational Quote So Damn Inspiring?  

“Work like there is someone working 24 hours a day to take it away from you.” – Mark Cuban. This quote has been shared frequently online recently, and for good reason. It’s great. Few quotes elicit such a visceral reaction to roll up your sleeves and work through the night. But why? Why is this […]

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From Good to Great

When it comes to running a small business, many challenges may be faced and must be overcome in order to achieve success. Whether you have been managing your business for years or are just stepping out into the business world, SBDC Daytona offers supplemental courses that will give you the skills to grow and maintain […]

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Cairns Foundation Innovation Challenge

The Cairns Foundation and the Volusia County UCF Busines Incubator present the First Annual Cairns Foundation Innovation Challenge - This Challenge spotlights commercially viable technologies generated by the finest student minds at colleges and universities in our area. The final pitch will be held at the Daytona Beach UCF Business Incubator on April 16 at […]

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