Ep. 73 | Is your Business a Second Stage Company? Here is how GROW FL can help you! | Jennifer Taylor President/CEO of GROW FL

“Second-stage growth companies have at least six employees and $750 thousand in revenue and possess the intent and desire to grow beyond second-stage.” –GROW FL.

If your company is at this stage, this episode is for you. Today on Small Biz Florida, Tom Kindred and Dr. Herbert Ricardo co-host the Podcast and interview the President and CEO of Grow FL, Jennifer Taylor.

As a seasoned economic development professional, Jennifer Taylor managed lead generation and business recruitment efforts for the Central Florida Development Council and the EDC of Sarasota County.

Before this, she spent more than 15 years as Vice President of Business Development for the Tampa Bay Partnership – an eight-county, regional economic development organization.

Throughout her career, she has worked with corporate and industrial expansions and relocations such as McDonnell Douglas, Bristol Myers Squibb, Publix Super Markets, McKinsey Consulting, Depository Trust & Clearing, Nucor Steel Florida, Valmont Newmark, Amazon Air, and others that resulted in more than $1.8 billion in new capital investment and the creation of 8,500 new full-time jobs in Florida.

Follow this conversation to learn about the resources available to Second-Stage Companies in Florida as Jennifer Taylor walks us through her new role and Grow FL’s numerous resources.

Grow FL is dedicated to supporting and accelerating the growth of second-stage companies throughout Florida, by providing their leaders focused, efficient, and timely access to resources they deem important, such as connections with other second-stage company leaders, and to professional organizations whose expertise, experience, and products lead to the second-stage company’s continued growth and prosperity resulting in diversification and growth of Florida’s economy. 

– Learn more about Grow FL: https://www.growfl.com
– Connect w/ Jennifer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifertaylortampabay/

For more segments like these, subscribe to Small Biz Florida and Follow the official Small Biz Florida Instagram! This and the following segments were recorded at this year’s annual Florida Economic Development Council Conference hosted at the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront in St Petersburg, Florida and cohosted by Dr. Herbert Ricardo Professor at the School of Business at Indian River State College.

– Connect w/ Dr. Herbert Ricardo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/herbert-ricardo-ph-d-91b1ba225/

– To learn more about the FEDC Conference, visit their website here

– To visit the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront in St. Petersburg, Florida, visit their website here