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2025 Impact Report: Central Florida Charts a Bold Course to the Future
The Florida High Tech Corridor’s 2025 Impact Report celebrates a year of bold progress toward building one of the world’s...
Based on its success in Stage One of the Small Business Administration’s Growth Accelerator Fund Competition, the Florida High Tech Corridor (The Corridor) and its regional partners were selected for a $150,000 Stage Two-prize. The prize will enable Central Florida collaborators to enhance business support services for high-tech companies in the region’s rural areas.
Amy Beaird, Ph.D., chief strategy officer (CSO) for the Florida High Tech Corridor (The Corridor), was named among the Orlando Business Journal’s 2023 C-Suite Award winners.
The Corridor’s Cenfluence clustering initiative led the development of the application and will leverage existing regional assets in new ways to reach beyond urban city centers and serve organizations based in rural communities.
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will host America’s Seed Fund Week May 15-18, providing opportunities for small business startups to learn about the country’s largest source of early-stage funding.