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| "Florida Knowledge, Florida Prosperity" Research is Big Business in Florida |
| Wednesday, March 24, 2010 |
| Results from the ninth annual Florida Research University Technology Transfer Survey released in June 2009 underscore the value of university research in Florida. According to the survey, which is managed by the Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization at Florida State University, research expenditures at 13 Florida universities totaled more |
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| Startup Company Support |
| Monday, March 1, 2010 |
"We’ve barely begun talking about this, and the phones are ringing off the hook," says EDC Executive Director Jane Teague. "People are hungry for a focal point." |
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| Four companies to add 136 jobs in Palm Beach County |
| Friday, February 26, 2010 |
RoboLabs Inc. It's moving to 3701 FAU Blvd. in Boca Raton from Pennsylvania. It makes SmartMow, a robotic lawn mower. The robotics company plans to add 16 jobs over the next two years. |
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| Citrix founder comes back with software venture in Boca Raton |
| Friday, February 19, 2010 |
| Citrix Systems founder Ed Iacobucci has a new technology startup in Boca Raton.
The entrepreneur, who also founded DayJet, the ill-fated Boca Raton-based air taxi service, is trying to raise $4 million to $6 million to grow InfoFinder Search Technologies. Iacobucci said his U.S. incarnation of InfoFinder acquired 90 percent of InfoFinder AS, a Norwegian |
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| Enterprise Development Corp. expands with Miami incubator |
| Friday, November 20, 2009 |
"Incubation is a proven economic development tool for companies in early stages, when they're particularly vulnerable," she said. |
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| EDC: Entrepreneurs abound |
| Friday, November 13, 2009 |
Mike Levy, founder of the Fort Lauderdale-based Open Sports Network fantasy sports community, gave the keynote address. Levy, a serial entrepreneur who started SportsLine.com during the dot-com boom, dispensed some general wisdom. |
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| Tech firms set for boost from growth fund |
| Friday, October 9, 2009 |
South Florida technology companies are hoping for a boost from a $250 million state investment fund designed to spur innovation. The Florida Growth Fund, an arm of the state’s pension fund, is opening its main office in Fort Lauderdale and will be investing in companies throughout the state. |
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| Companies employ creative strategies for finding funding |
| Friday, September 25, 2009 |
| Beth Lahtela of Access Capital Funding says even traditional fundraising is being scrutinized.
Landing venture capital financing is now more difficult to secure, so investors, entrepreneurs and businesses have employed creative strategies to find money.
Additionally, lenders are asking for more owner equity in deals, industry experts say.
Jane Teague, |
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| South Florida EDC Aids Startups |
| Friday, July 31, 2009 |
“Jane just does a very masterful job,” says Mehta. “It’s a great gathering place for entrepreneurial companies.” |
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| Trendsetters: Young Entrepreneurs |
| Monday, June 29, 2009 |
| Ray Leavitt envisions a future in which helicopters and vertical takeoff planes, routed by his software platform, shuttle commuters for a pricey fare around south Florida and other congested metros. The 25-year-old’s dream isn’t that far-fetched. The model for his EvoLux Transportation is based on research Georgia Tech conducted for the Atlanta Olympic |
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| South Florida Business Leader, "The Power Issue" |
| Monday, June 15, 2009 |
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| BlackBox GPS moves to technology incubator |
| Friday, June 5, 2009 |
BlackBox moved from the Las Olas Boulevard area to the Enterprise Development Corp. (EDC) of South Florida’s technology incubator about a month ago.
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| UM ready to break ground on life sciences park |
| Tuesday, May 12, 2009 |
| The University of Miami has its own stimulus plan for South Florida: a life science park set to break ground in July with the expectation of creating 4,531 permanent jobs and a $253 million annual economic output.
The university has signed a development deal with Hanover, Md.-based Wexford Science & Technology for the first phase of the project, |
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| South Florida |
| Wednesday, April 1, 2009 |
| A CENTER FOR INNOVATION
IBM's first personal computer was not invented at the technology giant's headquarters in New York State. Instead, an outpost in South Florida provided the fertile ground for the invention of IBM 5150. In 1980 a group in its Boca Raton, Florida, lab claimed that it could develop a smaller, broadly useful computer in just |
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| Florida is a leader in startups |
| Friday, March 6, 2009 |
Now in its 15th year, the EDC is “seeing an increase in entrepreneurial activity as many people who find themselves without work decide to start their own businesses,” said Jane Teague, the EDC’s executive director for the past five years.
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