What Happens After Someone Meets You at an Event? (Hint: They Google You)
You have a great conversation at an event. You connect. There's interest. Maybe even a "we should talk more." What happens next? Most busine...
May 4, 2026
Relationships, Not Networking
At Flagler College's Business Week, during the Lion's Cage pitch event, we had the opportunity to step into one of those conversations that stays with you a little longer than expected....
May 4, 2026
Where Students, Ideas, and Opportunity Come Together
Some events are about presentations. Others feel more like a turning point — where ideas, people, and opportunity start to connect in a more intentional way....
April 22, 2026
Jacksonville, Florida: Redefining the Future of a Tech City
I was at a local Jacksonville Business Professionals Spring Educational Event recently as a panelist and Katie Bakewell of NLP Logix said something that stuck with me. She emphatically stated th...
April 21, 2026
AI, But Practical: A New Program Built for Business Owners
There's no shortage of conversations about AI right now. But for most business owners, the real question is still the same: What do I actually do with it? Tha...
April 21, 2026
Innovation, Robots, and a Room Full of Curious Minds
Walk into the Innovation Symposium at The Link and you immediately get the feeling that something interesting is happening. On February 26th, we joined the ga...
April 18, 2026
Why Your AI Project Will Fail Without IA First
Every business leader we talk to says the same thing: "We need AI." Nobody says: "We need to automate our broken workflows first." That's the problem....
April 18, 2026
The Unsexy Truth About Entrepreneurship: It’s Not Ideas, It’s Grit
Every entrepreneur has heard the pitch deck questions: "Great idea! Market fit? Right team?" Everyone gets these questions. Most people focus on perfecting th...
April 18, 2026
Why Most Business Networking Events Don’t Turn Into Leads (And What To Do Instead)
You showed up. You shook hands. You had good conversations. So why didn't anything come from it? This is one of the most common frustrations I hear from business owner...
April 18, 2026
AI, Visibility, and Building What Jacksonville Actually Needs
Some conversations about AI start with the technology. This one started with a better question: why do you need AI in the first place? In a recent episode of...
April 18, 2026