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Yanina Rosario

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Assistant Director & Certified Business Analyst

Business Planning

Yanina Rosario, SBDC assistant director and Certified Business Analyst, specializes in business planning, marketing and certified business enterprise. Rosario’s expertise comes from 10 years of guiding pre-venture and well-established business owners through procurement, licensing, planning, marketing and financing at the Hispanic Business Initiative Fund of Florida, Inc. As the regional vice president she oversaw operations and developed a team of specialists to provide business assistance and education outreach. In ensuring that businesses have access to vital resources, she helped clients secure more than $3.2 million in small business loans. Rosario serves on the board of directors for the Tampa Bay WorkForce Alliance and the Tampa Bay Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. She’s also a member of the City of Tampa Equal Business Opportunity Advisory Committee and member of the Minority Enterprise Development Week (MEDWeek) planning committee. She obtained a bachelor’s in marketing from the University of Central Florida and a MBA in management from the Florida Institute of Technology.

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Douglass Screen Printers Keeps tradition with a new generation

Posted on March 15, 2013 by yrosario

Douglass Screen Printers, Inc. is a 74-year-old screen and digital printing company founded in Lakeland, Florida that’s venturing across the globe as it enters its third generation of family ownership. Lisa Kaiser Hickey, who joined the team in the 1980s

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Are you Still the Right Fit for your Business?

Posted on February 28, 2013 by yrosario

When you first started your business, you had a lot of passion and drive to get things going. Now, that you have been in business for a while, you should ask yourself if you are still the right fit to

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4 Steps to Increase Your Chances of Obtaining a Business Loan

Posted on February 19, 2013 by yrosario

Mistakes can be costly. Can your business afford to make a mistake? If not, then you need to continue reading so you don’t make any of the four most common small businesses loan solicitation mistakes. But, don’t stop there. All

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Communications Commander Grows Centurion Strategies

Posted on November 30, 2012 by yrosario

            It all started when young political science student, Michael Bilello, learned the importance of communicating the right message to the right target by working on  public relations campaigns for former Florida Governor Jeb Bush.

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4 Areas where a Business Plan is Needed

Posted on August 2, 2012 by yrosario

Many describe business plans as road maps for entrepreneurs. It is a permanent location to describe why the business was created and where it intends to go.   It outlines the goals and acts as a reference to measure progress. Should

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Our Nation’s Security Inspires Small Business

Posted on May 31, 2012 by yrosario

Without prior business ownership experience, Giovanni Suarez, a 10 year U.S. Air Force veteran, pursued his passion and expertise in IT security to start National Information Assurance Corporation (NIACORP).  In just seven years, he grew his business from a one-man

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Filling the Gap in the Consulting Side of Engineering

Posted on March 20, 2012 by yrosario

After long meetings around the kitchen table in the early 2000’s young engineers Julius Davis and Jorge Rivera, P.E. LEED®AP, designed VoltAir Consulting Engineers, LLC, to provide lighting, power distribution, plumbing and fire protection, and analysis and design for HVAC.

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Calling on all Small, Minority, Women and Disabled-Veteran Businesses

Posted on October 17, 2011 by yrosario

Calling on all Small, Minority, Women and Disabled-Veteran Businesses: More than 50,000 delegates, volunteers, journalists and visitors pouring into the Bay area for the Republican National Convention are expected to funnel $175 million to the local economy. The flow brings

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Small Business Development Center Gains Assistant Director & Consultant

Posted on October 17, 2011 by yrosario

The Florida Small Business Development Center at the University of South Florida (SBDC at USF) adds Yanina Rosario to its team of regional directors to oversee operations in Hillsborough, Pasco and Hernando counties. She also consults business owners in how

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