Small Biz Florida
Small Biz FL was designed to highlight issues and promote business assistance resources available throughout the state of Florida.
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Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Gerry Hoeffner is President of Personnel Dynamics Consulting Group, which specializes in Change Management, Corporate Culture Enhancement and Employee Development.
Personnel Dynamics Consulting specializes in Change Management, Corporate Culture Enhancement and Employee Development. We have decades of experience in transforming the human side of your business.
In this episode host, Tom Kindred talks to Gerry Hoeffner about the workforce shortage affecting many enterprises in the state of Florida, they explore the changes occurring in work environments, and they discuss new ways to attract, and retain employees.
– Check out Personnel Dynamics’: www.PersonnelDynamics.net
For more segments like these, subscribe to Small Biz Florida and Follow the official Small Biz Florida Instagram! This and the following segments were recorded at this year’s annual FloridaMakes MakeMore Summit hosted at the GuideWell Innovation Center Orlando, Florida.
– To learn more about FloridaMakes, visit their website here.
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Monday Nov 07, 2022
On today’s episode we are joined by Dr. Christopher Laney who serves as Senior Workforce Strategist at Lightcast. Lightcast is unlocking new possibilities in the labor market and illuminating the future of work with data-driven talent strategies. Listen to this episode to hear about reports like the “Skillfit Report” and more of the services and products offered by Lightcast.
Formerly Emsi Burning Glass, Lightcast finds purpose in sharing the insights that build communities, educators and companies, and they take pride in knowing that their work helps others find fulfillment, too.
Lightcast brings clarity to the labor market, guiding customers through a complex and changing world and giving them the competitive advantage they demand. Their expertise provides the lens to connect the right people with the right roles (and training) in the right places.
Data isn’t just numbers — each data point represents real people and real opportunities for growth. Their solutions not only progress companies, educators, and communities but also individuals in their careers.
– Check out Lightcast: https://lightcast.io/
For more segments like these, subscribe to Small Biz Florida and Follow the official Small Biz Florida Instagram! This and the following segments were recorded at this year’s annual FloridaMakes MakeMore Summit hosted at the GuideWell Innovation Center Orlando, Florida.
– To learn more about FloridaMakes, visit their website here.
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Brittany Greer who is the Executive Director of Rosie Riveters sits down with Small Biz Florida to help us understand this important program and movement.
Rosie Riveters' goal is to close the gender gap in STEM. In 2019 women made up only 27% of the science and engineering workforce in the U.S. Our programs work toward achieving gender equity in the field by starting early (they begin in preschool and extend through middle school), engaging repeatedly, and building confidence via productive struggle.
So how does this work? To put it simply, our projects are designed so that participants get it wrong before they get it right. Rather than being presented with a list of instructions, our participants are given examples of projects to examine and work from and a table full of materials. There are no directions. Participants will inevitably (and intentionally) fail as they attempt to create their own STEM projects.
This is an incredibly powerful experience, and it forms the core of our programs. It’s about STEM of course - the perseverance it takes to succeed as a woman in a male-dominated field, the comfortability with failure that is required of engineers and scientists, etc. - but it’s also about the confidence you gain when you just jump in and try, when you get it wrong before you get it right, when you’re not afraid to ask questions, or be the only girl in the room. Overall, Rosie Riveters equips young women with the confidence to try - in STEM and beyond.
– Check out Rosie Riveters’: https://www.rosieriveters.com/
For more segments like these, subscribe to Small Biz Florida and Follow the official Small Biz Florida Instagram! This and the following segments were recorded at this year’s annual FloridaMakes MakeMore Summit hosted at the GuideWell Innovation Center Orlando, Florida.
– To learn more about FloridaMakes, visit their website here.
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Monday Nov 07, 2022
As a 21-year educator, Brandy Jackson is proudly serving the students and community in preparing kids to exit their senior year as career-ready adults.
Through the work she has created with ACERN she is able to provide experiential learning lessons that make hands-on learning easy, quick and effective. Scoutlier is a digital assistant that helps you design, scaffold, and personalize your lessons and deliver them on any device so that your students learn more independently and engage more deeply with their activities. While they work, you monitor their progress in real-time and coach them when needed, and finally assess their progress based on multimodal work products.
AMRoC aims to inspire personal empowerment through creative self-expression and to bridge the manufacturing and industry talent gap through robust project-based engineering education and training.
AMRoC Fab Lab is a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Manufacturing) learning and idea development center.
Today on the show host, Tom Kindred is joined by Brandy Jackson who serves as CEO of Scoutlier by Aecern. Brandy helps us understand the incredible work being done in the Tampa Bay Area through places like AMRoC and her very own experiential learning curriculum-building business that has helped make the transition easier. Hear more of her story and what she is doing for her community.
– Check out AMRoC: https://amroctampabay.com/ – Check out Scoutlier: https://scoutlier.com/
For more segments like these, subscribe to Small Biz Florida and Follow the official Small Biz Florida Instagram! This and the following segments were recorded at this year’s annual FloridaMakes MakeMore Summit hosted at the GuideWell Innovation Center Orlando, Florida.
– To learn more about FloridaMakes, visit their website here.
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Monday Nov 07, 2022
ResourceMFG is the first and largest national staffing company specializing in manufacturing, working alongside top plants and facilities to provide jobs in production, quality, maintenance, supervision, and all levels of management.
Today, host, Tom Kindred is joined by Alex Vasquez. Alex serves as Vice President at ResourceMFG. Alex helps us understand the role of ResourceMFG, and what the organization does, and talks about the talent shortage the state is facing. Listen to this episode to hear more about this organization and the Top 3 things individuals want from employers.
– Check out ResourceMFG: https://www.resourcemfg.com/
For more segments like these, subscribe to Small Biz Florida and Follow the official Small Biz Florida Instagram! This and the following segments were recorded at this year’s annual FloridaMakes MakeMore Summit hosted at the GuideWell Innovation Center Orlando, Florida.
– To learn more about FloridaMakes, visit their website here.
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Today’s episode features the founder & CEO of Kira Labs Inc, David Rosen. Host, Tom Kindred talks to David about his early adoption of the eCommerce revolution and the rapid growth of Kira Labs. Together they address key entrepreneurial concepts and talk about what they look like in the real world.
David Rosen is the founder & CEO of Kira Labs Inc, a beauty innovator and cosmetic manufacturer established in 2003. An early adopter to the eCommerce revolution, David was online as early as 1999 and manufacturing since 2003. Kira Labs has since grown to vertically market & manufacture over 30 brands worldwide B2B & B2C with the support of a strong design, marketing, manufacturing & executive team. David is a lean practitioner and ever-learner having most recently been named as Florida exporter of the year.
Kira Labs was founded in 2003 with a debut line of highly effective skin care products including natural cleansers, glycolic peels, and hyaluronic and squalane moisturizers. Today you can find our products on store shelves selling in over 100 countries with product lines for men and women, salons, spas, and medical professionals. All of our formulas are made in-house by our expert chemists, and bottled and distributed from our own facility.
– Check out Kira Labs Inc.: https://www.kiralabs.com/
For more segments like these, subscribe to Small Biz Florida and Follow the official Small Biz Florida Instagram! This and the following segments were recorded at this year’s annual FloridaMakes MakeMore Summit hosted at the GuideWell Innovation Center Orlando, Florida.
– To learn more about FloridaMakes, visit their website here.
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Allison Chase, with more than twenty-five years’ experience, has dedicated her career to the employment of people with disabilities. As President & CEO, Chase is committed to ensuring The Able Trust is the leading expert in Florida for disability workforce inclusion, providing valuable resources to businesses, employment service providers, communities and Floridians with disabilities. Today’s episode is all about National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) which begins October 1 and commemorates the contributions of people with disabilities to America’s workforce and economy.
Tom and Allison explore the resources that The Able Trust provides and help you understand their process of working with businesses to spread awareness about employing individuals with disabilities.
– Check out Able Trust: https://www.abletrust.org/ – Learn more about NDEAMt: https://www.abletrust.org/deam/
For more segments like these, subscribe to Small Biz Florida and Follow the official Small Biz Florida Instagram! This and the following segments were recorded at this year’s annual FloridaMakes MakeMore Summit hosted at the GuideWell Innovation Center Orlando, Florida.
– To learn more about FloridaMakes, visit their website here.
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Monday Nov 07, 2022
The primary purpose of Small Biz Florida is to highlight and create awareness for all of Florida’s small business assistance and resource programs. One of the most effective ways to learn about, gather and share information on these resources is to attend and work at Florida’s top small business and economic development conferences.
One of these important business events was the recent FloridaMakes MakeMore Summit hosted, at the GuideWell Innovation Center in Orlando, Florida. Small Biz Florida was on the scene during the conference, recording and producing segments.
We would like to thank The FloridaMakes Team and Event Organizers for allowing the podcast to be part of the recent conference.
The next 14 segments of Small Biz Florida were all produced and recorded at the conference-hopefully the segments will provide our listeners with valuable and beneficial information.
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We are so thankful for the growing and overwhelming support of our listeners. We hope our work is inspiring and helping all business owners in Florida and Nationwide!
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Friday Nov 04, 2022
FRANdata works with clients on their most challenging performance issues, investing significant time and effort in developing and renewing a knowledge base that offers unique perspectives and insights.
Today’s show features Paul Santomauro who serves as director of lending and risk products at FRANdata. Host, Tom interviews Paul on the opportunities that exist for Entrepreneurs looking into franchising, How banks really think when it comes to franchises, and the hottest franchise segments entrepreneurs need to consider when franchising.
– Check out FRANdata: https://www.frandata.com/
For more segments like these, subscribe to Small Biz Florida and Follow the official Small Biz Florida Instagram! This and the following segments were recorded at this year’s annual Florida Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders Conference hosted at the JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes.
– To learn more about FLAGGL, visit their website here
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Entero Energy works with building and land owners to develop, design, and build solar energy systems that provide strong financial returns and lower carbon footprints. Today’s guest is Mark Henderson who serves as Director of Government Financing Services at Entero Energy.
Mark comes on the show to talk about Entero Energy’s role and process in assisting borrowers in taking advantage of additional dollars given due to an Energy Public Policy to implement and embrace sustainable energy in small businesses.
– Check out Entero Energy: https://enteroenergy.com/
For more segments like these, subscribe to Small Biz Florida and Follow the official Small Biz Florida Instagram! This and the following segments were recorded at this year’s annual Florida Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders Conference hosted at the JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes.
– To learn more about FLAGGL, visit their website here