Could you imagine what Gainesville will look like when sustainable energy powers our homes? When autonomous cars and buses become the norm, and car accidents will be shocking to hear about – not an everyday occurrence? What about when advances in robotics and artificial intelligence have opened up an entire new world of work and […]
As a health services innovation company, Optum is dedicated to helping people live healthier lives and helping make the health system work better for everyone. Our team of over 190,000 professionals deliver simple, effective and comprehensive solutions to organizations and consumers across the whole health system. Transforming health care togetherOptum serves many constituents of
Angela Renick Owner – A`Vie Events Angela Renick has been planning events in Gainesville for 30 years. She began in 1996 with a part-time wedding coordination business, which has continued to expand over the years. She has planned many events along the way during these years. In 2005, she opened up A`vie Events and built
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MissionOur mission is to provide the highest level of event planning services while dramatically impacting and building relationships within the community and our clients one event at a time. Our VisionTo become North Florida’s most desired event planning company by creating the ultimate event experience for each client. , Elite Event Planning and Coordination
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Ask any company, and they will tell you they want to innovate. They will tell you that ‘digital’ is the path to their survival and growth over the next era of business. They will speak of the need to attract more versatile talent. They will talk of the focus on owning their marketplace. And they
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Innovation means constantly learning from experiences of the past and using those as guideposts and insights to invent a better future—in this case, to make the health care system serve everyone better. Innovation can mean many things. I look at Innovation using a lens of small “i” and BIG “I” models. Small “l” innovations are
Uptake’s vision is to create a world that always works: One where people and machines work together to power the world. These are the machines that light our homes, take us to new places, and create more prosperity than ever imagined.Today’s world is data-rich—we know data is vast and valuable, yet most remains untapped. Industrial
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Elio is North Central Florida’s premier entertainer. No matter what kind of event you’re having, Elio brings the fiesta to you! He is passionate about creating experiences for people to dance, laugh, and let loose. He doesn’t want to give the message; he wants to be the message. Elio began entertaining at 9 years old
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Innovation to me is working to never settle… and to continually be obsessive over creating a continued better experience and product. This means that status quos need to continually obsess over all spectrums and that we need to realize that the greatness that got us to this point will not necessarily continue to take us
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Jeanne Glass Founder & CEO, Virtualz Computing StartUp Draws on Minnesota’s Legacy of Tech InnovationAlthough several of my family members and friends worked at Honeywell, Sperry-Univac, Unisys, and Control Data, until founding VirtualZ, I didn’t have a full appreciation for the contributions of Minnesotans in creating the computer industry. Now I’m proud to know Minnesota
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We promote learning by providing clear instructions and alternative solutions for customers to choose. Our curriculum matches with the individual to make sure they are absorbing information at the right level for their understanding. When our techies do have to fix something, they make sure the customer can replicate the process when we are not
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Experience Selling Is Here To StayWith the creativity of design professionals combined with the power of web-based analytics, we’ve been able to give leaders in organizations across the spectrum unparalleled opportunities to make presentations come alive. How? By transforming information and design into experiences that viewers can hear, see, and feel. We’re talking about sales
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Coming back from the brink of death sounds so dramatic, but that’s truly how I feel. In 2012, I was literally dying. I had been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and, a few months into my treatment, I learned that my cancer was resistant to the drugs. My only treatment option at that point was maximum
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Henry Hintermeister Publishing Partner – INNOVATE® Minnesota A century ago, my father and his Minnesota peers were making the switch from using horses to farm their land to new-fangled contraptions called tractors. Many of these Minnesota natives rarely left the state to travel, their lifestyle centered on dutiful labor that required long hours and attention
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Duncan Kabinu is a serial entrepreneur and CEO and co-founder of Gainesville Dev Academy, a coding school started in 2015. GDA continues to make a lasting impact in Gainesville technology circles with its comprehensive curriculum and experiential teaching methods. Its real-world dev skills and techniques prepare graduates for careers in web, mobile, and desktop application
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I can’t think of a better place to start a business than Gainesville. When my business partner and I started here more than 25 years ago, it was the location that drew us. Geographically we’re at the hub of a wheel–just two hours from Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa–so we had easy access to a
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HealthJoy is a first-of-its-kind platform on a mission to simplify the benefits experience for employees everywhere. With a mobile platform built around personalized guidance and AI technology, HealthJoy empowers employees to better use and understand their benefits. It’s no secret that our healthcare and benefits systems are broken. At HealthJoy, we’re striving to solve a
Patients, companies and regulatory agencies are in a race against the clock. Many serious diseases and medical conditions progressively worsen over time. This creates an unavoidable tension between the need for new therapies that can halt or potentially improve patients’ lives and the critical requirement to ensure the safety of every person who volunteers to
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The leading source for training, staffing, and career transitions, General Assembly fosters a flourishing community of professionals pursuing careers they love. What began as a co-working space in Manhattan in 2011 has since evolved into a global education and career development company, with more than 70,000 graduates and 32 campuses worldwide. General Assembly’s Chicago campus
Dan Rua CEO – Admiral Dan Rua, Runnin’ Down a Dream in Hogtown I remember my first day in Gainesville, move-in day at Hume Hall in the summer of 1986. I was an “Apple kid”, dreaming about Apple’s startup story, moving in with my Apple II+ and I was lucky enough to land the same
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Technology is changing rapidly these days. What was once considered relevant is now long forgotten, and cutting-edge tends to become yesterday’s news. How to afford and best leverage the latest technology to advance and grow is not always a simple question to answer for most small to mid-sized businesses in Canada. Yet the core underpinnings
The New Jersey Hospital Association, founded in 1918, has a long tradition of supporting the state’s hospitals, health systems and healthcare providers across the entire continuum of healthcare. But as the organization enters its second century, its focus extends outside hospital walls and into the community. Research from the National Institutes of Health finds that
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Fueled by ideas, expertise and dedication across borders and beyond service lines, Cushman & Wakefield, a leading global real estate services firm, creates real estate solutions to prepare its clients for what’s next in today’s ever-evolving marketplace. The company is confidently global and expertly local in every facet of commercial real estate. Creating Meaningful Value
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Jason has spent over 25 years providing operational and financial expertise in leadership positions for rapidly growing companies such as Conversant (MOSAID), AVID Technologies, and IBM (Cognos). He started Positive Venture Group with the mission to help growth-stage businesses reach their full potential. “Most entrepreneurs start a venture because they feel passionately about a product
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