As the proud founder of a family-owned business, your eventual goal is to pass it to your children. You would like to do this when you retire, so you're putting together a succession plan to make it happen. It's very important to get this right, both for the business...
Business Formation & Planning
Who will serve as corporate trustee in your succession plan?
Succession plans are detailed documents created by those in executive, ownership or managerial business positions. As someone with a high degree of business responsibilities, you need to make sure the business can continue to operate if anything happens to you. ...
Accelerating Central Florida social entrepreneurship
Most Brevard County residents understand the importance of both tourism and Orlando to our region. When people in the city an hour to our west talk about broadening their economic base, we know it will affect us as well.We read recently an op-ed in the Orlando...
A proposal to boost the start-up survival rate
It is so easy to shop online. You don't have to get into your car or brave the heat or traffic of a Brevard County summer day. You don't have to walk the aisles of enormous stores and you don't have to stand in line to make your purchase. Add it all up and there is...
A Florida startup swings for the green
If you drive south of Brevard County for a couple of hours, you'll arrive in Palm Beach County. The area is famous not only for its beaches, but also its art museums, nature preserves, zoo, fishing and water parks. And of course, one of the biggest draws to the county...
Brevard County jobs report: the boom is on
The jobs news is good for the state of Florida and especially good here in Brevard County. According to the Department of Economic Opportunity, the number of employed people here in the county rose by nearly 11,000 to just over a quarter-million. At the same time, the...

