Orlando, Fla. (February 17, 2024) Last month, the Florida Small Business Development Center at the University of Central Florida announced its Entrepreneur of the Year nominees and awards.
Congratulations to Brisa America Corp. on being one of 13 nominees in Central Florida for this award. Brisa America Corp. is a client of the UCF Business Incubator in Kissimmee.
“The team at Brisa America Corp. have worked extremely hard over the past few years to become established in the United States and I’m very proud for them to receive this recognition,” says Esther Vargas, site manager, UCF Business Incubation Program. “Being nominated clearly shows they have achieved a level of success, which is validated through third-party assessments such as this.”
According to its release, “the FSBDC at UCF Small Business Excellence Award program recognizes local small business owners for their innovation, determination, and resilience as demonstrated by the growth of their business and through their contributions to their communities.
“Nominations from across Central Florida were made by FSBDC at UCF consultants to acknowledge their clients’ significant growth; their resourcefulness in overcoming the challenges presented by small business ownership; and their involvement in their communities.”
Brisa America Corp. joined the UCF Business Incubation Program in 2017 and offers software development and IT services for government and commercial clients. The company has operated in Brazil for more than 30 years before entering the United States market.
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For more information, please contact:
UCF Business Incubation Program: Carol Ann Logue, 407-635-9882, carolann.dykeslogue@ucf.edu or Alan Byrd, Alan Byrd & Associates, 407-415-8470, Alan@ByrdConnections.com
About the UCF Business Incubation Program: The University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program is a community resource that provides early-stage companies with the tools, training and infrastructure to become financially stable, high-growth/impact enterprises. Since 1999, this award-winning program has provided vital business development resources resulting in over 300 local startup companies reaching their potential faster and graduating into the community where they continue to grow and positively impact the local economy.
With nine facilities throughout the region, the UCF Business Incubation Program is an economic development partnership between the University of Central Florida, the Corridor, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia Counties, and the cities of Eustis, Kissimmee, Orlando and Winter Springs. In 2023, current incubator clients supported over 1,000 employees and generated over $120 million in revenue. Nineteen companies graduated from the program and remained in the local community. For more information, visit www.incubator.ucf.edu.
