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SpotlightSmall Businesses Won $183 Billion in Federal Contracts. Luther Pierre Helps One CompeteWashington set a record for small-business contracting and missed its HUBZone goal. In Miami, a business development manager sells for a company built for both.
SpotlightAja Duke Works a South Florida Market Shaped by New Condo LawsThe Fort Lauderdale Realtor with Douglas Elliman sells in a region where Florida’s condo safety rules now set inspection and reserve deadlines.
SpotlightErica Burns Takes On Injury Cases Under Florida’s Two-Year ClockThe Orlando attorney, raised in South Florida, works in personal injury, the field Florida’s 2023 tort reform rewrote.
SpotlightKandace Jackson Cares for Miami’s Sickest Kids as Virus Season BeginsA pediatric nurse practitioner in intensive care at Jackson Memorial, a mom of two, and a creator who keeps working-mom life real.
SpotlightKarisma Ray Brings Georgia’s Gullah Geechee Coast to Atlanta BloggingRaised in coastal Crescent, Georgia, the Atlanta lifestyle blogger has been writing since she was 12 and blogging since 2007.
SpotlightMichael Conward Wants Anyone to Build an App by Describing a ProblemThe Miami engineer behind MyLÚA Health built Henway, an AI app builder for people who aren’t technical, and took it through Black Ambition’s founder lab this fall.
SpotlightMichelle Riverón Designs Flowers in the City Where America’s Flowers LandMost Valentine’s flowers sold in the U.S. come through Miami. The floral designer behind Riverón turns blooms into installations for fashion houses, art week and homes.
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