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Immigration Reform : The Biggest Topic out of DC this week! Local Polk County DEC. Additionally Career Day hurry and SignUp...PR/Hispanic Business Convention for the Americas September 5 & 6...Ribbon Cutting's & more!

6/26/2013

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The Polk County DEC is hosting a non-partisan event to provide information on the challenges faced by people we share our schools, grocery stores, churches and every day to day activity with. The members of the panel, primarily Hispanic students and young people that attend local High Schools and centers of Higher Education, and are being chosen independent of political, social, or religious affiliation by an independent group of affected individuals. It will be held on July 8, 2013 in the Polk County Commission Chambers in Bartow, Florida at 6:30 pm. Moderator is Mayra Hidalgo Salazar, Florida Immigrant Coalition (Immigrant youth issues and Immigration Policy)


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August 12 from 9:30 am to 1:00pm

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Career Day is our newest B2B for your to network and meet qualitative personal vs quantative applicants. Sign up today space is limited.

Booth Space still available at The Imperial Hair Show! Show is on Sunday 7/7

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News in Business TODAY!

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What should self-employed people do now? Start learning as much as you can. Will your state be operating the exchange, or will it be the federal government? If you have health insurance and you’re self-employed, call your carrier and confirm whether the plan is grandfathered in—whether the plan qualifies for minimum coverage requirements—so you know if you need to buy coverage or not. If you don’t have coverage now, you’ll need to look at purchasing something, or find out what the penalties are for going without. I’d be ready to price it all out. Open enrollment is Oct. 1 through March 31, but there’s no reason you can’t price it all out now.

Member Highlight

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After practicing law for several years with both the State Attorney's Office and the Office of Public Defender, Gil Colón, Jr. founded the firm in 1992 with one attorney and one secretary in a small, rented office in Bartow. Ten years later, the firm celebrated a decade in practice with three attorneys, 13 support staff, and three locations throughout Florida. We now have 5 offices to better serve our clientele Gil is an accomplished trial lawyer representing the injured and accused. Gil has been involved in over 180 trials in multiple venues and courts, both on the Federal and State levels. He is an experienced litigator who has handled trials throughout central Florida including hundreds of death penalty, drug trafficking, and major sex offense cases. Gil graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and earned his law degree from Rutgers College of Law. Gil is a former First Lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve, Armor Division. Born in New Jersey and raised in Puerto Rico, Gil is fluent in both Spanish and English. Gil's professional affiliations include the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Lakeland Bar Association, National Association of Criminal Lawyers, Polk County Trial Lawyers Association, Polk County Criminal Defense Lawyers, Polk County Lawyers Association, and the Florida Bar Lawyers Referral Service. Gil and his wife Felicia have three children and live in Lakeland, Florida where they attend Highland Park Church of the Nazarene. He enjoys golf, swimming and spending time with family. Learn more about Gil on a video and article from The Ledger: Video - Three Questions with Gil Colón. Article - 'Perry Mason' Inspired Lawyer To Be One of 'The Defenders'
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Get your self  ready for remainder of 2013! Grand Ribbon Openings & Career Day August 12

6/19/2013

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HURRY SIGN UP!
MEMBERS LOOKING TO HIRE A NEW TEAM
PAY ONLY $15 NON MEMBERS $25 TO SETUP

WE WILL HAVE THE TABLE & 2 CHAIRS FOR YOUR USE

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Click here to pay for your participation fee. 

SignUp by August 15 

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Convention prices are for TWO DAYS!! That is one heck of a deal!!

Want to host a breakfast network event? Call us so we can get it scheduled for you and showcase you!

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We are needing more members hosting member get togethers. Networking A Rapido Networking would be awesome! Wont you signup to host one! Just two hours that is all we need. Call us 863-838-2084
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Click on image for invitation to the JUST DANCE Ribbon Cutting ceremonies!

Business highlight of the Week

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IMMIGRATION LAWYER

This is the Law Offices of O. Frank Valladares & Associates practicing primarily in the area of Immigration throughout the Southeastern United States. Our offices are conveniently located in Lakeland and Saint Petersburg, Florida.

We have the experience of a large immigration law firm, but we offer and deliver personalized client representation to meet the specific needs of your particular case. Each case and situation is unique and you will be treated with respect, honesty and dignity. We a have a passion for helping people and will personally represent you and give you the personalized attention you case deserves.

We are prepared to help clients in the following areas of Immigration Law and more:


• Deportation Defense
• Asylums
• Family based adjustment of status 
• U Visas and other Nonimmigrant Visas
• TPS
• I-601 Waivers
• Naturalization
• Paroles
• I-751 Removal of Conditions to Conditional Residencies
• LPR renewals
• Work Authorization
• Prosecutorial Discretion
• Immigration Consequences of criminal activity
• Criminal defense in State Courts
• Motions to Reopen
• Immigration Bond Hearings
• Post Conviction Relief (Kentucky v Padilla)
• Appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)

• Appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals of the 11th Circuit


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Thank you Lakeland Funeral Home & Memorial Gardens for hosting & thank you for attending the 2nd chamber meeting. New friends and new programs addressed. Remainder calendar of events for 2013.

6/12/2013

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Lakeland Funeral Home & Memorial Gardens

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Just Dance Academy
July 5 Ribbon Cutting

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July 5 at 6:30pm come join us in their grand opening & ribbon cutting ceremonies! Party with them and get some dance lessons too! Kentucky Ave in downtown Lakeland

Immigration Reform NOW ... help small businesses NOW

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RUBIO: WE WILL HAVE IMMIGRATION REFORM IF WE CAN SECURE THE BORDER “I think today’s vote is a good sign. It shows there’s strong bipartisan support for solving our immigration problem. At the end of the day, I think it’s all going to hinge on whether we can secure the border and have real security measures to ensure that this never happens again in the future. But what this vote today proves is that most of my Republican colleagues are prepared to vote for immigration reform – as long as we can ensure that we don’t have another wave illegal immigration in the future. So I think it’s a good start, we have some work to do still.”

BRAVO 2nd Anniversary June 15

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Visit BRAVO Saturday June 15 with an all day celebration of their 2nd anniversary at the HWY 98 N location. Miss Polk Latina will be there to greet and take pictures.

July 7 
Imperial Hair Show

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Business of the Month

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THE 2013
PUERTO RICAN/HISPANIC BUSINESS
CONVENTION FOR THE AMERICAS - Sept 5 & 6 / Ft Lauderdale FL
Broward County Convention Center

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SPONSORSHIP/PARTICIPATION CLICK HERE 

SIGNUP NOW! TABLES GOING VERY FAST!! last date to signup 8/15

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RSVP for 2nd Member Meeting of 2013. Hosts are Lakeland Funeral & Memorial Gardens - JUNE 11 at 5:30pm Bartow Rd in Lakeland

6/5/2013

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Join us Tuesday JUNE 11 at 5:30pm for a meet and greet of the PR/HCCPC Members and their friends. We will be networking amongst ourselves and new prospective members plus greeting new friends. Addressing the remainder of 2013 and where will we go in the fall. Please RSVP space is limited to 863-838-2084 Refreshments , wine and appetizers will be served.

Financial literacy leads Latino business owners to success

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Read this very important article on how to become more informed on setting up your road to a successful business
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Trend watching has emerged in big business as a discipline of business management and a popular topic among top media publications and futurists. Small business can benefit from trend watching, too. This week's feature is on the hottest trends for business of all sizes.

Trends are far easier to observe than time. Timing of entering into a growing trend market can be costly if the trend has yet to enter public consciousness. My personal experience in timing a trend came in 1993, while trying to explain the Internet to advertising executives who had no idea of its existence. The best time to enter the market is when the trend is entering mass awareness so educating a market is less expensive. The following 4 trends were selected for longevity, market awareness & potential profitability.

Hottest Trends in Business

Youth Market: The Y generation is a market force to be reckoned with. This power is why a small-town pop sensation, Avril Lavigne, can go from obscurity to the 5th most searched word on the Internet and move to the number 2 music spot on Billboard's Top 200 charts. This power is also, why the auto industry can expect peak numbers from 27 million teen car buyers, and 4 million new buyers, a year for the next 8 years.

A quick, trend-spotting technique is to take a stroll to your local magazine rack. You can get a fast take on a market by looking at the thickness of the publication. Computer & business magazines, Red Herring and Fast Company, have thinned from an absence of advertisers. Take a look at the huge size of Muscle Magazine and Muscle & Fitness as the teenage bodybuilding markets have grown, so has the advertising.



Opportunities: Serving the teen auto aftermarket with customization should be hot. Try the Classic Driving School, a unique, teen driver training experience with a Porsche. Youth sport supplements should continue growing but with fierce competition. Look for avenues in fitness mixed with extreme attitudes.

Green Power: The environment trend has been around and been a struggle for many companies, such as automakers with electric cars trying to capitalize on the green awareness. The care of Mother Earth is still a big concern of society. According to a recent Harris Poll, over 74% of American adults believe in the global warming theory. Over 73% of U.S. citizens approve of the Kyoto agreement for countries to limit their carbon monoxide and greenhouse gas emissions. Although, the United States has not signed the accord, countries like Canada, that have accepted, the accord will be a watch place for the impact.

Opportunities: This trend will be supported by businesses reducing reliance on oil & gas with new forms of energy like wind power. Wind power experienced a 1.7 billion dollar increase in new equipment during 2001 (American Wind Energy Association). Also, look to companies helping companies reduce energy consumption with new forms of energy saving products. For example, one small business is profiting from installing energy efficient shipping doors for corporate shipping operations.

Quality of Life: The wellness and health trend shows no sign of slow down since it's early infancy during the 80's fitness movement. This trend is the convergence of rising health care costs in all developed countries, the aging of the baby boomer, the desire to keep our youth, and growing life expectancy.

Paul Zane Pilzer, world economist & entrepreneur; predicted with accuracy, the U.S. Savings & Loans crisis, foresees the wellness industry will be worth a trillion dollars by the year 2010. Wellness encompasses: looking good, feeling great, being healthy, and fighting aging and disease.

Opportunities: A wide range of products and services such as; botox and energy drinks, to nutraceuticals & wrinkle creams, to serve this large and steady trend. The energy drink market alone grossed $275 million in 2001, more than doubling the profits from the previous year.

Internet: The Internet meltdown was a period of shakeout for capitalists wanting to make a quick million. At the beginning of the century, many companies were formed to take advantage of the birth of the auto industry. Only a handful of players emerged to become household names but opportunities were plentiful in the area of; building roads, suburban communities, and restaurants. The Internet represents a similar venue.

Internet usage continues to grow. Pollster, Ipsos-Reid's, Internet usage survey shows 72% of Americans have gone online at least once during 30 days in the past year. Canada has the second largest usage penetration with 62% of Canadians online. With increased usage comes more online spending. According to the Internet measurement firm, comScore Networks, total online spending in 2004, grew by 26 percent to a record level of more than $117 billion.

Opportunities: With billions of dollars of goods sold online, many businesses will need assistance in website rebuilds and search engine optimization. Look for growing markets in e-learning and online gaming. Don't forget computer security. Gartner Group estimates only 35% of small & medium businesses have disaster recovery.

The impact of these long-term trends will continue to shape markets and industries. For new entrepreneurs, gauge the market closely. If you are expanding a business, look for complementary markets to those you are currently serving. For existing businesses with no growth plans, observe and plan for how these trends may impact your industry.


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