Miami, Fort Lauderdale hope to land Amazon’s second HQ
Miami-Dade County is bidding to become the site for Amazon.com Inc.’s second headquarters, potentially bringing to the region a $5 billion investment and more than 50,000 new jobs over the next...
Space Florida seeks FDOT approval to help SpaceX
Space Florida is looking to help SpaceX pay to update its launch pad.
The agency will ask Florida Department of Transportation for $5 million to contribute to infrastructure improvements on Spaceport Launch Complex 39A, which SpaceX hopes will...
Scripps president discusses research mission, new philanthropic fund
Visiting the island Thursday as president of Scripps Research Institute, Steve Kay brought along top scientists in fields such as molecular therapeutics, neuroscience, and metabolism and aging. At Scripps Florida, a...
ICAMR lands major international partner expected to create 120 jobs
The International Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing Research has made a huge leap in developing its Florida Advanced Manufacturing Research Center in Osceola County.
ICAMR has partnered with Imec, Belgium's Inter-University MicroElectronics Center....
Hitt: ‘Partnerships, entrepreneurship, innovation’ to advance from Medical City’s new health care leader
Tavistock Group's new health innovation officer, Thomas Graham, is creating excitement among Orlando's business community, as his expertise is expected to advance Lake Nona's Medical City.
“Partnerships, entrepreneurship and innovation are already at the...
University of Florida to launch its first Innovation Station in Sarasota County
With a bold vision for accelerating growth in this region's innovation economy, the University of Florida Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering will open the first UF Innovation Station in Sarasota County....
Sanford Burnham officials say they’re in talks with Governor’s office
Sanford Burnham officials said on Monday that they're “in active conversations with the Gov. Rick Scott's office,” about their potential move from Lake Nona and handing over the operations to the...
Orlando improves a little on key index of entrepreneurial activity
Orlando improved slightly on a key ranking of entrepreneur activity for 2016.
The Kauffman Index for Main Street companies ranked Orlando at No. 37 overall for entrepreneurial activity, up from No. 39...
The next tech mecca: An inside look at Osceola County’s NeoCity mixed-use campus
When Chester Kennedy looks out of a large glass window on the second floor of the $75 million Florida Advanced Manufacturing Research Center, he doesn’t just see vast grassy fields with...
Orlando tech leaders talk challenges, capital, talent
There was once a time when tech entrepreneur Josh Brownconsidered starting his company, PowerDMS, in Tampa because he thought Orlando lacked the necessary tech scene to recruit the talent he was looking...
