Broward SCORE counselors recently completed a Business Makeover of Digital Cut Productions of Fort Lauderdale in conjunction with the Miami Herald.  Digital Cut Productions contacted The Herald “Business Monday” editors and requested assistance with revamping their business strategy.  Herald editors reached out to Broward SCORE for counseling assistance on the project, and our Turnaround Team was assigned to the client. 

For almost two decades, Rick Dickinson has been providing Westporters with sweet treats from his Great Cakes bakery.

Over the past few days, however, Dickinson's customers have been treating him after learning the bakery was in financial straits and that its closing seemed imminent.

Dickinson needed $4,000 within 24 hours to save his business. And the story of how his customers rallied to rescue the business illustrates the power of both new-age social media and old-fashioned customer loyalty.

Three and a half years of hard work is paying off for personal trainer Jaimi Ellison, with the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship naming her its 2013 Woman Entrepreneur of the Year.  Ellison, 30, owner of Santa Cruz Core Fitness, was nominated by Jack Zahorsky, a business consultant who volunteers with Santa Cruz SCORE counseling startups.

While many 72-year-olds are either in retirement or beginning to think about wrapping up their life's work, Middleboro resident and recent small business grant recipient Joe Gulino is starting a new chapter of his. With a new cookbook "Let's Eat with Joe Gulino" for sale and a second book waiting to be published, the former hairdresser continues to keep his plate full.