October 3, 2025

In today's newsletter:

  • Register for our Finishing Strong year-end workshop
  • Watch 5 of our members in the WBENC Pitch Semifinals!
  • See photos from the Go for the Greens conference
  • Check out these national and regional opportunities

Didn't Hit All Your 2025 Goals?

Join us for this workshop on resetting for 2026

Finishing Strong:

Reset. Refocus. Reignite.


Date: Wednesday, October 29

Time: 12:30 to 2 p.m.

Where: Online

Price: Complimentary


Join WBEC Florida for a special virtual event designed to help you reflect on your 2025 goals, reset your mindset, and refocus your strategy for 2026. WBEC Florida President and CEO Nancy Allen will lead us through a workshop that starts with letting go of guilt and ends with a blueprint for making next year your best ever!


Let’s finish 2025 strong and set ourselves up to thrive in 2026!


A Zoom link will be provided after registration.

Get Ready for the Semifinals!


5 WBEs from Our Region to Compete in WBENCPitch

Date: Oct. 27-28, 2025

Time: 2 to 5 p.m.

Location: Online


WBENC has announced the names of the companies nationwide that will participate in the WBENCPitch ACCELERATE Semi-Finals. Five are from the WBEC Florida region: four who participated in the regional pitch and one who is our WBE Star for 2025. Good luck, ladies!


Globowl

Merritt Business Solutions

Private Label Staff

Wise Owls Education

Yuj Soft Baked Granola


WBENC and WBEC Florida

Meet Up at Go for the Greens

Posthumous Award Honors Pam Eason

WBEC Florida members gathered for the recent 3-day Go for the Greens 2025 conference at Walt Disney World, meeting with corporate and government representatives and women business owners from all over North America.


Laura Taylor (pictured above), WBENC Senior Vice President of Strategic Financial Services and WBE Engagement, accepted the prestigious Mary Schnack Award on behalf of WBENC President and CEO Pamela Prince-Eason. Go for the Greens Foundation Co-Founders Cindy Chace and Diane Sears presented the award. A memorial for Pam, who passed away June 30, is scheduled for 10 a.m. Oct. 9, and virtual attendance is available.

See more at the Go for the Greens photo gallery


Link to attend Pam Eason's Celebration of Life virtually

Opportunities


Date: Wednesday, Oct. 15

Time: 2 to 3 p,m. ET

Location: Online

NATIONAL OPPORTUNITY


Fall Retail Series:

Powering Your Path to Capital


Explore funding opportunities and capital-readiness strategies to grow your business. This is the second in a WBENC series sponsored by Target, Macy's, and other retailers.

NATIONAL OPPORTUNITY


The CEO Financial Mindset: Aligning Business Growth

& Personal Wealth


This webinar is part of the WBENC Lift program sponsored by MassMutual.

Date: Thursday, Oct. 16

Time: 1 to 2 p,m. ET

Location: Online


REGIONAL PARTNER OPPORTUNITY

From our partners at Orange County Business Development:


Scale Faster, Stress Less


Date: Thursday, Oct. 30

Time: 10 a.m. to noon

Location: National Entrepreneur Center, 3201 E. Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL

Speakers: Ashleigh Guerra, CEO of Birdhaus Brand Studio; and Kimberly Dupper, CEO of KJ Transactions

Cost: Complimentary


View the flier here

REGIONAL PARTNER OPPORTUNITY


Our regional partner Moffitt Cancer Center is expanding, and you might be able to help. Find out about RFPs and other supplier opportunities available there.


Click Here

REGIONAL PARTNER OPPORTUNITY

NATIONAL PARTNER OPPORTUNITY

NATIONAL OPPORTUNITY


Submit Your WBENC Economic Impact Story


Every business owner has a valuable impact story to tell, whether that be new products or services, market expansion, community giving, job development, or other ways of demonstrating impact.


Read some of the Economic Impact Stories of WBENC members


Submit Your Story



Celebrating 25 Years of Impact


Learn about how WBEC Florida has continued to serve our community over the past 25 years. family has continued to grow. Relive past events through our photo gallery.

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WBEC Florida and WBENC Anti-Discrimination Policy


As a community of entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and economic development thought leaders, WBENC and the WBEC Florida Regional Partner Organization are committed to the elimination of discrimination in all areas of business and the provision of equal opportunity when accessing capital, contracts, and contacts. In compliance with state and federal laws and regulations, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status in any of our policies, procedures, or practices. This anti-discrimination policy covers admission and access to, and treatment, in all programs and activities.

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