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• Row Sham Bow (d/b/a SPLYT) Acquired by Knetik Media
  

  Row Sham Bow, d/b/a SPLYT, an Orlando startup developing a contextual data processing analytics platform, was acquired by Knetik Media, a Longwood trans-media management services company.  Terms of … Continue reading

• Women’s Business Center in Orlando to Hold Grand Opening March 12
  

  The Women’s Business Center in Orlando, Central Florida’s newest resource for economic growth, will hold a grand opening from 2-3 p.m. Thursday, March 12 at the Exchange Building, 101 S. Garland Ave. in Orlando. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs are scheduled to join Florida Institute of Technology President and CEO Anthony J. Catanese at the public event.
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• How Jeb Bush’s big bet on Florida economy may come back to haunt him
  

  In October 2003, Jeb Bush unveiled one of the largest economic projects in Florida history: a $500 million plan to bring Scripps Research Institute to the state and build a biomedical hub he said would generate nearly 50,000 jobs in 15 years. As governor, he described it as a “seminal moment,” comparable to Walt Disney World’s arrival in Florida in 1971, which brought billions of dollars in tourism, spawned tens of thousands of jobs, transformed the economy and created the world’s most-visited vacation resort. Continue reading

• Hispanic entrepreneurs surging in central Florida
  

  Richard Coronado says the whispers still exist.The Plainfield, N.J.-born entrepreneur, who owns a technology business in Orlando, says despite years of experience, his accent convinces people he may not have the intelligence to run a business. Continue reading