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By Julie Landry Laviolette

Special to the Miami Herald

In 2010, when he was a high school junior, Chad Kalecky wanted to make a little extra money. The 16-year-old, always a tinkerer, started repairing his friends’ smartphones. But the teen saw a bigger business opportunity. While still a student at American Heritage School in Plantation, he started buying used smartphones online, repairing them and reselling them.

When Chad went off to the University of Miami, he talked his dad, Dan Kalecky, into opening a 3,000-square-foot smartphone store in Fort Lauderdale. They opened in 2011, with Dan

As a celebration of this milestone, SCORE Peoria honored the talents and achievements of small business owners Guest speakers included Bo Steiner, U.S. Small Business Administration - District Director; Bob Kasprzak, SCORE - Regional Vice

BY JULIE LANDRY LAVIOLETTE

Special to the Miami Herald

In the 1990s, Steve Landis was a single dad working at UPS and not spending enough time with
his kids. He quit his job and went through his savings to look for more family-friendly work.
One day, he saw a neighbor pressure-cleaning a sidewalk. A city boy, Landis said he had never
seen a pressure cleaner before, but he loved how fresh it made everything look. He borrowed the
machine to brighten his own walkway. Then a neighbor asked him to do hers.

Landis saw an opportunity. He rented a pressure cleaner from Home Depot and began knocking
on doors

BY JULIE LANDRY LAVIOLETTE
 

Special to the Miami Herald
 

It’s tough to run a small business. Business owners wear a lot of hats, work long hours, and often wing it when it comes to making marketing or growth decisions.
 

For the past several years, the Miami Herald has stepped in to help Broward County entrepreneurs through its Small Business Makeover series, bringing in mentors from Broward SCORE to advise owners on marketing, sales, operations and growth strategies. During a makeover, SCORE mentors typically meet with owners three times to assess their needs and come up with an action plan.
 

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The annual Entrepreneur Summit at Nova Southeastern University was another success this year. Hispanic Unity of Florida brought together professionals, educators, entrepreneurs, sponsors, and business owners for a day of networking, seminars, and workshops. "Is your Business Ready for the Hispanic Market" was a very informative discussion that identified the need to understand the buying habits, customer service expectations, etc. of different cultures.

George Gremse and Jennifer Brin Kovach                                                                                                        

Los Angeles, CA. September 21, 2015 – Many SCORE Greater Los Angeles business advisers to entrepreneurs and start-ups will go to great lengths to provide advice, even by making “house calls” to brick and mortar businesses. SCORE Greater Los Angeles has been helping entrepreneurial start-ups and small business owners for fifty years with free mentoring from mentors all over Los Angeles County. It all adds up to an entrepreneur having a better likelihood of starting a business and a small business staying in business.

When Richard Florczak of Fame Pizzeria in the San Fernando Valley called

Broward SCORE members participated in the Sixth Annual Small Business Workshop Event organized by Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. The Congresswoman detailed President Obama’s support efforts for growing small businesses as a source of new jobs.

After opening remarks by the Congresswoman four workshops were held: Fundamentals of a Business Plan, Finance & Credit, Social Media & Web Marketing, and The Advantages of certification.

Broward SCORE Chapter Chairman George Gremse led the workshop on Business Planning. SCORE Volunteer Paul Bosley ran the workshop on Finance & Credit.  The SBA

YaYa LeGrand had been running her wholesale, private-label wine distributor for several years when she realized she could use some professional insight to take it to the next level. So LeGrand attended  a daylong marketing seminar hosted by SCORE's Miami chapter. She learned, for example, how companies like McDonald's and Apple make their brands stand out, how to use social media, and why consistent messaging is important. "I was able to get all that information in a few hours and at a low cost" she says.

Could your business benefit from SCORE as well? Click here to read on to find out.