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Before the pitch, find the holes
Orlando’s StarterStudio teaches tech founders to test demand, win customers and face the awkward questions investors ask. Its most useful lesson may be knowing which idea to stop building.
Joe Nunziata Built a Mortgage Company, Sold It, Then Bought It Back
Joe Nunziata’s career is a study in the rarest corporate maneuver: building a company, selling it, and returning to buy it back. Two decades later, his Orlando card-table startup has become the base for a wider real estate services role.
Conquest Research Found Drug Development's Most Human Bottleneck: The Patients
Drug makers can design a promising study and still lose years waiting for the right people to enroll. Conquest Research built a local, patient-facing machine to make that slow middle move faster - then took it across three states.
The 280 People Who Sell 75 Million Vacations a Year
It owns no hotels, no theme parks, no roller coasters. Yet Visit Orlando's small team turns Orange County's hotel tax into a $94.5 billion visitor economy - and 468,000 jobs.