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ORLANDO,
Fla. (Aug. 10, 2009) ---The
University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program plans
to open the UCF/Sanford Business Incubator at 110 W. First
St. in Sanford.
Dr.
Tom O'Neal, founder and executive director of the UCF Business
Incubation Program, said the UCF/Sanford Business Incubator will
focus on small business enterprises that exhibit the most potential
for growth and development.
Business
incubation helps entrepreneurs start and grow small business
enterprises efficiently and effectively," O'Neal said. "Development
of small business enterprises is a decidedly more efficient strategy
to improve the local economy, and the benefits are widespread
and long-lasting," he explained.
Our
job is to help businesses create jobs," O'Neal said.
For
more information about this release contact:
Dr.
Tom O'Neal, Executive Director, UCF Business Incubation Program,
407 882-1120, oneal@mail.ucf.edu;
Larry
Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142
or LvershelCo@aol.com
About
the UCF Incubation Program:
Since
its founding in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has helped
more than 100 emerging companies (including nearly 70 current clients)
create over $500 million in annual revenue and more than 1,600
new jobs with an average salary of $59,000. With five facilities
across the Greater Orlando community, the Incubation Program is
a collaboration in economic development between the University
of Central Florida, the City of Orlando, Orange County, Seminole
County, the City of Winter Springs, Lake County, the City of Leesburg
and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. For
more information, please visit www.incubator.ucf.edu. |
