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== Small Business Development Center<br/> ==
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The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is a newly created business incubator housed within the Gulf Coast State College's Advanced Technology Center. It is very similar to the FSU-PC Business Innovation Center, but is also directed toward existing small businesses.
=== Entrepreneur Club<br/> ===
[[File:Fsupcentre.jpg|thumb|Fsupcentre.jpg]] The FSU-PC Entrepreneur Club is the premier group that sponsors I-E related events. In the Spring Semester of 2014 the Entrepreneur Club will be mobilizing to bring more speakers to the campus, as well as coupling with the Business Innovation Center to create a "shark-tank" competition, Nole Tank.
=== Nole Tank<br/> ===
[[File:Noletank.jpg|thumb|Noletank.jpg]]The Nole Tank competition is the first Business Plan competition to occur at FSU-PC. It was created through a union between the Entrepreneur Club and the Business Innovation Center. The Nole Tank is a "shark-tank" competiton that pits 5 entrepreneurs in a business plan presentation in front of local business and community leaders. The competition has two phases:
'''Phase 1: '''Submit an elevator pitch. 5 elevator pitches out of the pool of submissions are selected blindly by a group of judges. If selected you move on to Phase 2. Each of the 5 winning pitches get $100 in cash.
Currently, the award for winning Phase 2 is $1000 in cash.
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