Developing Your Business
Use our resources to learn about entrepreneurship, regulations, leadership, and strategies for developing small businesses.
UF/IFAS Publications
- Agritainment: A Viable Option for Florida Producers
- Associates and Motivation
- Business Analysis of Ornamental Plant Nurseries in Florida, 1998
- Community Development (series)
- Customer Complaints and Types of Customers
- Customer Service Training
- Developing SMART Goals for Your Organization
- Ecotourism
- Employment Laws and Regulations
- A Manager's Role in Obtaining a Fair Day's Work for a Fair Day's Pay: Part I
- A Manager's Role in Obtaining a Fair Day's Work for a Fair Day's Pay: Part II
- A Manager's Role in Obtaining a Fair Day's Work for a Fair Day's Pay: Part II
- Motivation and Productivity
- Primers on Exporting (series)
- Ten Frequently Asked Questions for Small Business Start-ups
- Transformational Leadership: The Transformation of Managers and Associates
- Understanding Motivation: An Effective Tool for Managers
- What Business Winners Do Right, Where Business Losers Go Wrong
- Welfare-to-work Programs
Other Sites & Publications
- Florida Resource Directory--Governor's Office of Tourism, Trade & Economic Development
- Florida Small Business Development Center Network (FSBDCN)
- Innovation Hub--Enterprise Florida
- International Economic Development Council
- Kauffman Foundation
- National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals
- National Coalition for Rural Entrepreneurship
- National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
- Office of Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)
- Rural Policy Research Institute
- SCORE: Counselors to America's Small Business
- Starting a Business in Florida--MyFlorida
- U.S. Association for Small Business and Enterprise Development
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- Wage and Hour Division (WHD)--U.S. Department of Labor
- Workplace Poster Requirements for Small Businesses and Other Employers--U.S. Department of Labor
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation Food Systems and Rural Development
- Return to Workplace
General Resources
UF/IFAS Sites
- Department of Agricultural Education and Communication
- Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences
- Economic Impact Analysis Program
- Florida Natural Resources Leadership Institute
- Food and Resource Economics Department
- Program for Resource Efficient Communities
- Small Farms & Alternative Enterprises
- Bureau of Economic and Business Health
UF/IFAS Publications
State & Federal Agencies
- American FactFinder--U.S. Census Bureau
- Florida Legislature
- Florida Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development (OTTED)
- Florida's Labor Market Statistics--Agency for Workforce Innovation
- Department of Business and Professional Regulations--MyFlorida
- Agency for Workforce Innovation--MyFlorida
- U.S. Census Bureau Economic Programs
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Community Services
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- U.S. Department of Commerce
Other University Sites
Organizations & Associations
- Community Development Society
- Florida Association of Counties
- International Association for Community Development
- National Association of Counties
- National Conference of State Legislatures
