Trend to Watch: Amid Pandemic, New Businesses are Being Created at Fastest Pace on Record Tom Kindred, FSBDC at IRSC Regional Director While there is not much positive to say about the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic locally and nationally, there is at least one silver lining. And with what we [...]
FSBDC at IRSC Profit Mastery Program The Florida Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Indian River State College (IRSC) will hold another round of Financial Training, formally known as Profit Mastery, on the IRSC Blackburn Campus in Fort Pierce starting Tuesday, January 11, 2022, at 6:00 P.M. EST. This is an eight-week program offered [...]
GEICO Opens New Vero Location Maggie Deng, head of GEICO's local office in Vero Beach. GEICO has opened a new local office at 921 15th Place in Vero Beach to serve customers living in Vero Beach, Sebastian, Fort Pierce, Indian River, St. Lucie and Okeechobee counties. Maggie Deng leads the new office. Deng [...]
Tips for Managing Cash Flow What's the No. 1 reason small businesses fail? Cash flow, not lack of profits. About 80% of small business failures happen because of poor cash-flow management. Mike Bernard, a consultant at the Florida SBDC at Indian River State College and a financial specialist, says he hears it all the [...]
The Gift One Year Later Graduation ceremony photographed on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, at Lawnwood Stadium in Fort Pierce. One year ago, author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott pledged $45 million to Indian River State College (IRSC), the largest individual donation in the College's 60-year history. The gift came without prescription-Scott writes [...]
FSBDC at IRSC Highlights Client Success Staff with Al Coffey, Owner of DragonFly Graphics. (Michael Spooneybarger/ Florida SBDC Network Headquarters) What started as a family business twenty years ago has grown to a recognizable and respected brand across the Treasure Coast. DragonFly Graphics, located off Bayshore in Port St. Lucie, Florida, understands [...]
Marine Bank & Trust Expands Lending Team Kristy Contreras, Marine Bank & Trust Marine Bank & Trust has announced that Kristy Contreras has joined its residential lending team serving Martin and St. Lucie counties. She will be based in the Bank's commercial and residential lending office at 240 NW Peacock Boulevard, [...]
Board-certified family medicine physician joins Cleveland Clinic Martin Health Board-certified family medicine physician Jenny Berezanskaya, DO has joined Cleveland Clinic Martin Health. Dr. Berezanskaya is board-certified in both sports medicine and family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine, as well as family medicine by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Medicine. [...]
Catch the Wave of Hope names new Director Photo provided by Catch the Wave of HopeSarah Marie Henry, Community Development Director, CWH The Board of Directors of Catch the Wave of Hope (CWH) has announced the appointment of Sarah Marie Henry, BSW, as Community Development Director. Henry is a Certified Child Welfare Licensing [...]