College of Business Centers
The "Centers of Excellence" within the USF College of Business are funded by grants or supported in part by private donations.
USF's nationally recognized Center for Entrepreneurship provides academic and practical learning programs for graduate students. Home of the Fintech Business Plan Competition, the interdisciplinary Center for Entrepreneurship also offers an undergraduate minor for students seeking to complement their business or engineering studies or for those studying in the humanities, arts, or other non-business programs. The Center is part of three colleges at USF: the College of Business, the College of Engineering, and the College of Health.
Contact: Michael Fountain, (813) 974-7900
The Business Communications Center, affectionately called the BizComm Center by students and faculty alike, helps students strengthen their communications skills with free workshops and one-on-one services. BizComm staff not only help students with academic papers, presentation skills, and etiquette in professional communications, but are also available to help students polish resumes and draft killer cover letters.
Contact: Pat Nickinson, (813) 974-6924
The Student Managed Investment Fund trains the investment professionals of the future by giving our top students an opportunity to pitch investment strategies and gain real experience in the world of high finance. The challenges, pressure, and money are real: students defend their decisions against questioning from top financial executives. Our return on this investment: students fully capable of researching stocks and recommending investments, graduates able to sell ideas and analyze success. Catch a glimpse of these students in action in this video.
Contact: Jack Rader, (813) 974-2084
As Florida's principal provider of small business assistance, the Small Business Development Center at the University of South Florida (SBDC at USF) provides free, one-on-one consulting and low-cost seminars to start-up and existing businesses. It assists them in various aspects of small business development and issues that are important to today's small business owners. SBDC's Certified Business Professionals are specialized in a variety of industry sectors, including marketing, sales, Web strategies, financing, accounting, business planning, government contracting, international trade, healthcare and more.
The SBDC at USF is a member of the Florida SBDC Network, a statewide service network funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration www.SBA.gov and a partnership with the University of South Florida College of Business Administration, serving Desoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota counties.
Contact: www.SBDCtampabay.com or 813.905.5800
