The entertainment incubator is one of several popping up in South Florida as an improving economy encourages more people to embrace the risks and rewards of entrepreneurship.

In July, a technology incubator opened in Coral Springs to focus on start-ups in the technology, digital art, and health care fields. Broward College is working to get a general business incubator up and running this fall. And the established technology incubator Enterprise Development Corp. at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton has expanded twice in the past year. Read here more about entertainment and digital media incubator.

Miami Design District´s transformation into a luxury shopping destination is underway

Valentino, Fendi, Tom Ford, Dolce & Gabbana, Harry Winston, Givenchy, Giorgio Armani and Van Cleef & Arpels. All those ultra-luxury fashion and jewelry brands - and many more - will soon open their gilded doors in Miami's redeveloped Design District, joining other high-end designers like Louis Vuitton, Hermès, Berluti, Emilio Pucci, Prada, Celine and Cartier, which have already set up shops. Read more about the plan here.

Florida exports down 3.6%

The latest international trade numbers show that $4.85 billion worth of goods left Florida for international markets in July, down 3.6 percent from June, according to Durham, N.H.-based e-forecasting.com. Exports of manufactured goods contributed significantly to the state's international trade, accounting for 75 percent of all state exports in July. Full article here.

GE has plans to relocate manufacturing plant from New York to Florida, like many other companies. 

A proposal by General Electric Co. to relocate a manufacturing plant from Fort Edward, N.Y., to Clearwater could bring hundreds of new jobs to the Tampa Bay area. Read more about it here.

What can you buy with $225,000 in Florida?

Median home prices in Southwest Florida are near five-year highs, and as a result, that midpoint on the price scale isn't buying what it used to.

The median price for a single-family home sold by members of the Sarasota Association of Realtors was $227,500 in July. That is $49,500 - or 28 percent - more than the same period last year. Full article here.

• November, 14th                 Why does my business need Social Media? 
• Social media experts sharing their thought on how to engage your business in social media the best possible way.                                        
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• December, 13th                 Annual Christmas party at Benvenuto restaurant
• Honorable Speaker: Ambassador Jarmo Viinanen,  Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations.

• January, 16th                      Lecture about Taxation & Investments                                          

• February, 8th                      Welcome to Florida / Tervetuloa Floridaan  

• February, TBA                     Nordic Summit with SACC and NACC. Stay tuned, more to follow.                                        
• March, 13th                        Lecture with a Education theme                                                                               
• April, 7-8th                         Palm Beach Strategic Forum. 
• More information about the keynote speakers here.

• May                                   ABICC Inauguration of the year
• Fantastic opportunity to our members to present your goods or services to an international audience in Miami.