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Applications open for the American Academy of Entrepreneurs

GrowFL Now Offering American Academy of Entrepreneur's (AAE) Program GrowFL launches the application process to identify the next cohort to be selected for the American Academy of Entrepreneurs, a mentoring program created by the Edward Lowe Foundation to accelerate second-stage business success.  America is built on the backs of entrepreneurs. If successful entrepreneurs band together to work collectively, they will make a powerful investment in the future of America. Edward [...]

2024-05-09T13:34:10-04:00September 8, 2021|News|

GrowFL Announces New Leadership

In 2018, after working through a strategic plan for the future of GrowFL, Jennifer Barrows and David Carrier could not have imagined what would happen between then and now. But although the path has not always been straight, mostly because of COVID-19, the results have been very positive, Barrows said. “Over the course of the last two years, we had to pivot and adjust,” Barrows said. “The pandemic actually provided [...]

2021-08-31T09:01:19-04:00August 31, 2021|News|

Finalists Announced for the 11th Annual GrowFL Florida Companies to Watch

Companies now in the running to be selected as an Honoree for this year's award GrowFL is pleased to announce that 82 second-stage growth companies are now in the running to become the next class of GrowFL Florida Companies to Watch Honorees. Now in its 11th year, the finalists will work to complete a second-round application and go through a final round of judging in the coming weeks. The [...]

2024-01-29T18:05:13-05:00August 24, 2021|Florida Companies to Watch, News|

Building Businesses That Last – A Community Perspective

By Dr. Tom O'NealFounder, GrowFLUnleashing a spirit of entrepreneurship can happen anywhere, but it does not typically happen by accident. It requires a specific environment where innovation, collaboration, cooperation, and regionally based support systems are aligned to create the cooperation that makes an economic impact. That is where GrowFL comes in. GrowFL supplies an environment for CEOs to connect and learn from each other while supporting the continued growth of [...]

2021-05-14T14:54:03-04:00May 14, 2021|News|

Florida Business Leaders Inducted into the American Academy of Entrepreneurs

Florida becomes the third state in the nation to participate in a mentoring programGrowFL is pleased to announce its first group of entrepreneurial leaders inducted into the American Academy of Entrepreneurs (AAE). In September 2020, GrowFL launched the AAE program making Florida only the third state to offer this mentorship program for second-stage businesses.Hosted by GrowFL, and supported by the Florida High Tech Corridor Council, and Stankowski Advanced Strategies, in [...]

2021-03-30T16:42:44-04:00March 30, 2021|News|

33 FLORIDA COMPANIES TO WATCH HONOREES NAMED TO INC. 5000 LIST

33 FLORIDA COMPANIES TO WATCH HONOREES NAMED TO INC. 5,000 LIST More than 30 past GrowFL Florida Companies to Watch Honorees have been named to the Inc. 5,000 list recognizing the fastest-growing private companies in the United States. According to Inc., the companies that made the list have grown by six times, on average since 2016. The 2020 Inc. 5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2016 [...]

2024-05-09T12:36:05-04:00January 1, 2021|News, Press Releases, Success Stories|

GrowFL Announces 50 Florida Companies Worth Watching

Orlando, FL (November 10, 2020) - GrowFL is pleased to announce the 50 companies selected as this year’s GrowFL Florida Companies to Watch honorees, a statewide competition that identifies companies expected to see significant growth over the next several years. The 2020 GrowFL Florida Companies to Watch awards celebration is brought to you by Nperspective CFO & Strategic Services, in association with the Edward Lowe Foundation.Companies to Watch was developed [...]

2020-11-12T17:13:00-05:00November 12, 2020|News, Press Releases|

GrowFL is Proud to Announce Nperspective CFO & Strategic as title sponsor for the 2020 GrowFL Florida Companies to Watch Awards Celebration

GrowFL is pleased to recognize Nperspective CFO & Strategic Services as the title sponsor for the annual GrowFL Florida Companies to Watch awards celebration. Like GrowFL, Nperspective CFO & Strategic Services supports the success of scalable second-stage growth companies across the state of Florida, offering fractional CFO and financial services. "We’ve been a supporter of GrowFL since the beginning and we’re excited to continue supporting them as the title sponsor this year,” [...]

2020-08-31T11:14:30-04:00August 31, 2020|News|

An Emphasis on Customer Service and Adapting to Challenges propels College HUNKS Hauling Junk & Moving forward in 2020

Omar Soliman (left) and Nick Friedman (right)Co-Founders and Visionaries With 140 franchises across North America, you’ve likely passed a bright orange and green moving truck on the highway. If the colors didn’t catch your eye, ‘College H.U.NK.S. Hauling Junk’ along the side probably did. What started after he borrowed his mom’s cargo van, Omar Soliman’s journey as co-founder and visionary of College HUNKS Hauling Junk & Moving has been one [...]

2020-08-27T15:08:00-04:00August 27, 2020|News|
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