National Entrepreneurship Month: Here Are the States Where Millennials Venture the Most

National Entrepreneurship Month is celebrated in November every year, and it’s the perfect time to explore the prime destinations where millennials are channeling their efforts and resources into launching their new enterprises. Even though only 7% of millennials own a small business in the country, Scholaroo’s Best and Worst States for Millennials 2023 report – the second…

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Achieva Credit Union purchases Cannella Insurance Services

Dunedin, FL  – Achieva Credit Union announces that they recently acquired Cannella Insurance Services and will continue to operate under the same management and team under the new name, Achieva Insurance Agency, LLC. Cannella Insurance Services was founded in 2003 by Joseph H. Cannella, a third-generation native of Tampa, as a result of a split from Allines…

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CareerSource Southwest Florida Receives A+ Performance Letter Grade from the State

Fort Myers, FL — CareerSource Southwest Florida (www.careersourceSWFL.com) — recently received its annual “letter grade” of an A+, from the CareerSource Florida Board of Directors.  Letter grades are assigned on an annual basis once the program year has ended and all program year data is finalized. CareerSource regions throughout the state received letter grades for only the second time since the inception…

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Adam Palmer Elected to Serve as CCIM Global President

Naples, Fla.  – The CCIM Institute (CCIM) announced the election of Adam Palmer, CCIM, SIOR as its 2024 First Vice President during its annual Governance Meeting in Seattle. CCIM is hub to the world’s most advanced commercial real estate experts and is widely considered as the industry’s “gold standard” designation; one in which less than 10% of professionals hold. Its…

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No Never Means No: Beating the Fear of Rejection

By Shari Levitin, author, speaker and CEO of Shari Levitin Group Are you paralyzed by fear? Good. What you’re afraid to do, you must do. The question you’re afraid to ask, you must ask. In this article I will look at “getting out on the skinny branches.” Failure is inevitable. Resilience is a life skill,…

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SBA Celebrates National Veterans Small Business Week

WASHINGTON, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) marked the start of National Veterans Small Business Week today, with a series of virtual and in-person events throughout the country occurring from October 30 – November 3 to highlight the entrepreneurial journeys of veteran- and military spouse-owned small business owners, the agency’s support of this important community,…

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Luminary Hotel & Co. Receives Prestigious Alice S. Marriott Award

FORT MYERS, Fla.  – Luminary Hotel & Co. has been honored with the prestigious Alice S. Marriott Award for Community Service, presented in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Oct. 16. The esteemed award recognizes Luminary’s exceptional efforts in organizing a rally in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian to provide aid, an example of the hotel’s unwavering…

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