Contributor Info

Jeremy L. Knauff, Wildfire Marketing Group

Wildfire Marketing Group is a full-service marketing firm working with a diverse global client-base. Founded in 2005 by author and CEO Jeremy Knauff, they have been featured in Fortune Small Business, Entrepreneur and on CNN. In addition to the services they provide, Wildfire Marketing Group also offers free marketing resources, such as their marketing tips blog and the Wildfire Marketing Forum.

Julie Heidelberg, Heidelberg PR

Since 2001, Heidelberg PR has been serving Tampa Bay clients across diverse industries such as healthcare, real estate, professional services and retail. Led by seasoned practitioner, Julie Heidelberg, Heidelberg PR’s customized client services include strategic communications planning, PR campaign design, media relations and event planning. Notable clients include Wal-Mart, Westfield town centers, BayCare Health System and the University of South Florida.

Small Business Development Center, University of South Florida

The Mission of the Small Business Development Center is to provide accessible, affordable, and professional counseling, training, and resources to start-up and existing businesses, and assist them in various aspects of small business development.

The SBDC conducts more than 300 entrepreneurial programs annually on topics and issues that are important to today’s small-business owners. These low cost and no-cost workshops and seminars are taught by industry experts and SBDC professional counselors.

Clestine Herbert, Divine Discipline

Divine Discipline is a life development coaching practice dedicated to assisting individuals (especially women) with the cognitive tools needed to discover their passion and purpose, then strategically transitioning into not just “doing” in life but “being” in life. Divine Discipline was founded by Clestine, The Purpose Coach, a speaker, life coach and author, whose life experience, engineering degree and unique talent, has enabled her to design coaching tools, that assist her clients with the ability to dig deep, and uproot those things that are hidden so they can get unstuck and move forward to their next level in their personal, professional and spiritual life. She has the ability provide a comfort “zone” for her clients that allows her to tap into what is “really” going on deep down inside.

Karen Gillman, Intelligent Office

Intelligent Office is the leader in virtual office solutions, shared serviced office space, and receptionist services. We offer professional, temporary and virtual office space with all the amenities of a real office. Intelligent Office provides virtual office memberships including: address services, remote receptionists, phone numbers, ala cart business services and nation-wide meeting spaces. All services are customizable to fit your business needs, offering a smart, affordable and easy way to work from home, another office, or on the road. Our Tampa location currently serves over 250 business professionals.

Rosella Rinaldo Paul, CPA

Rosella Rinaldo Paul CPA is a CPA firm specializing in income tax preparation and planning for individuals and businesses, estates and trusts. We are committed to providing sound income tax advice that is based on 19 years experience in the field, thorough knowledge of the tax code and it’s nuances and extensive and continuing education and research. In addition to solid accounting and income tax expertise, we also have a strong background in corporate and financial matters.

We also focus on start-up businesses and small business development. We are able to assist business owners in determining their proper business structure, preparing and filing the required federal, state and local organizational and licensing requirements, preparing a business plan, and adopting budgets and goals for short and long term success. If you have a tax matter to resolve, turn to Rosella Paul, because a good CPA can count for you.

David Bell, PA Printing Services

With over 25 years in the printing industry, PA Printing Services has first-hand experience with every printing technique imaginable, and are we specialize in time-sensitive requests and unusual printing projects.

Louis Ayoub, IntelliTechs

IntelliTechs provides Information Technology Services to both businesses and homes in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas. With us, there is never a need to unplug your system, load it into the car and haul it across town. We come to you, your computer and work in the environment where you do.

Our many techs range from A+ to Cisco certified, there are no requests outside the scope of our capabilities and we guarantee our work. We can set up as few as one computer or handle a complete network architecture supporting an unlimited number of users, and everything in between.