Creating Opportunity for Transitioning Workforce
Can Be an Opportunity for Regional Businesses Fifteen million dollars is a lot of money. It’s $5,000 for every satellite operating in Earth’s orbit, or more than $25 for each Brevard County resident, or about a dollar for every car that will be sold in China this year. More importantly, it’s $15 million in Brevard county that will be shouldering the economic brunt of changes to NASA’s space program, and of which about 63 percent will go toward enabling regional businesses to step up their hiring over the next 24 months. The United States Department of Labor (USDOL) National Emergency Grant that ...
Nurturing an Economic Renaissance
Why the Entrepreneurial Spirit is the Answer en·tre·pre·neur (ŏn'trə-prə-nûr', -nŏŏr') n. A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk of a business venture for economic gain. As my friend and mentor, entrepreneur Bernie Simpkins commented, “It is easier to make money than manage it.” In other words, it is easier to build or create than to keep and sustain. That is not only true with a business or with finances, it is also true of the spirit that ignites and inspires new businesses. The attitude of the entrepreneur is about growth, not status quo. I believe we are all entrepreneurs at ...
Now is a Good Time to Get In Shape
Is it Time to Give Your Company a Check- Up? In a tough economy like we are currently seeing, now is the time to measure the health and fitness of your company’s structure and operations. In recent years, our local economy saw huge growth and we enjoyed much prosperity. Now, we are on a forced diet and have to examine what we’re doing to stay “in shape.” Like a friend or relative who received a wake up call following a medical episode that requires them to adjust their eating and exercise habits, it’s time for us all to look at our ...
The Entrepreneurial Journey
Starting with an Idea, a Prayer and a Plan So you want to own your own business? I am often asked how we were able to build a successful company that is excelling in the most uncertain of economic times. The response I provide is that succeeding in entrepreneurship means traveling down one of the most rewarding, and at times, one of the most trying paths of your professional life. Although each business will take a different journey to eventual success, many of the standard entrepreneurial elements can be found in Luke & Associates’ early roots. Simply put, Luke began with ...
Pam Gatto: 2010 Entrepreneur of the Year
You won’t find Pam Gatto tinkering under the hood of a car, but she certainly has mastered the mechanics of operating the family-owned chain of tire and automobile repair shops that bear her name. The highly-recognizable blue and gold edifices with the memorable “gottago2gattos” slogan etched on their signage have made Gatto’s Tires & Auto Service one of Brevard’s most identifiable retail brands, while its president and CEO has changed an industry once considered to be male-only territory. “My dad told me, ‘You can never run this business . . . because you can never have a beer with the boys ...
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