All About Entertainment: From Disney Employee to Entrepreneur

Walt Disney once said, “If you can dream it, you can do it.” For Jennifer Wilson, a former Disney Cast member, the dream of putting smiles on children’s faces became a reality. In 2003, Wilson c...

The National Leadership Institute: An Award-winning Producer’s Desire to Give Back

Countless nonprofits are born from a sincere, passionate desire to benefit and serve others. Yet, this is not a sufficient way to function as an effective, efficient and sustainable nonprofit. A su...

Empowered Girlz Power the World: Tech Sassy Girlz Aims to Close the Tech Gender Gap and Solve the Leaky Pipeline

What is the common denominator between Sheryl Sandberg and Laine Powell, M.Ed., MSM, founder and executive director of Tech Sassy Girlz? Both are graduates of North Miami Beach Senior High School and ...

2017 TechNovation Awards: Showcasing the Space Coast’s Innovative Expertise in Technology

Company: FracTEL President and CEO: Michael Crown Award: Rising Star in Technology Since 2007, FracTEL has p...

ITProTV: The Netflix of IT Learning

How does someone go from working eight years in the transportation industry to founding a multi- million dollar Information Technology training platform? Ask Tim Broom, CEO of ITProTV. “I started in...

They Can Keep the Big City, We’ll Take the Big Life.

Big Life on the Space Coast Extensive Career Opportunities: Space opened up more than new worlds Florida’s Space Coast is a case study for economic development and diversification. Business, governm...

The Corridor 2.0: The Legacy and Future of Florida’s High Tech Corridor

It can’t be described as the end of an era because the work Randy Berridge initiated is continuing unabated. Which is another testimony to the foresight of this visionary leader and evangelis...

OptiGrate: Lighting the Way from UCF Labs to International Markets

By Sebastian Northside If you work with lasers anywhere in the world, especially Taipei andMunich, you are familiar with OptiGrate Corp., a Central Florida company radically improving th...

BRIDG the Gap

BRIDG, FORMERLY ICAMR, IS BRIDGING THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT TO DRIVE A NEW TECHNOLOGY ECONOMY Building something significant. Something meaningful. Something transformative....

Business Incubation Works

THOMAS O’NEAL, PH.D. Associate VP for Research & Commercialization, University of Central Florida This issue of FloridaTrep features the UCF Business Incubation Program. Business incubation work...

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