There are many local businesses that could offer experience to prospective students at the Florida State University, Panama City. These locations could provide workshops and other experience to students in their respective field, strengthening that students skillset and enabling a student to bring their personal projects to completion. The Florida State University, Panama City has not made any steps toward pursuing a co-educational relationship with these businesses, which is a great underutilization of local resources.
=== 1. iSirona/NantHealth<br/> ===
[[File:NantHealth.png]]iSirona/NantHealth is a medical application business that would target Computer Science students at Florida State University, Panama City. As they deal directly with the creation of Android and iPhone programming, they could offer workshops to students that help foster these skills. Furthermore, NantHealth could provide expert resources to the BIC to offer advice for the technology start-ups that occur there.