BBB, SE Florida & the Caribbean

10/19/2026

We asked our board for their 2027 goals.

Florida is #1 for New Business*. We plan to be #1 for Trust.

Huge thanks to Brian McGuire, General Counsel at and our entire board for a tactful 2026

Cheers to 2026, and of course Happy Birthday BBB, SE Florida & the Caribbean CEO Rod Davis

*2025 business formations, Registered Agents Inc. via Business Observer.

10/15/2026

Who taught you to season?
For Rafael, it was his mom and his grandmother.

Every dish at Cooking With My Doctor starts with the people who taught us to cook.
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month

10/13/2026

10 years to get here.

Cooking With My Doctor is celebrating its 10th year, and co-founder Rafael Barrera shares what it took to reach major grocers: company background, legitimacy, quality, and consistency. Those standards matter to BBB too. Cooking With My Doctor is a BBB Accredited Business.

10/06/2026

09/30/2026

Community responsibility shows up in different ways at Feeding South Florida: Team Building in the form of Volunteering. Donations. Or just a share that puts this work in front of the right partner…

Every form moves the mission forward 🍎🍓🍍🍅

09/08/2026

Broward's entrepreneurs have something to say. OESBD built an event around listening to them.

The Business Listening Tour on September 14 is designed to gather direct feedback from founders and start-ups — and use it to shape the County's resources, grants, and technical assistance programs.

BBB is attending as an AERO partner. If you're building something or working alongside entrepreneurs in South Florida, this conversation matters.

📅 Monday, September 14 | 6–8PM
📍 Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation, 5th Floor
3100 Ray Ferrero Jr. Blvd., Davie, FL

Register:

This event is intended to allow entrepreneurs the opportunity to provide feedback to Broward County OESBD and to access resources.

08/15/2026

The numbers behind Miami-Dade’s local business boom.

U.S. Census Bureau Business Formation Stats rank Dade County #1 in the U.S. for new business filings per capita.

Miami-Dade’s total active contract portfolio.

Certified small businesses captured $455 Million last year.

Miami-Dade’s 10% Micro-SBE preference lets local small businesses out-price big corporate competition.

08/14/2026

Happy National Financial Awareness Day! 💡

Doing your own due diligence for financial info is more important than ever.

Rob Mascio (Director at FINRA’s Office of Investor Education) and our Cinthya Lavin (VP of Comms & Community Engagement) talk shop about how social media affects investing, how FINRA protects investors and a simple search trick to vet investment opportunities!

08/11/2026

Celebrating Black Business Month by connecting, empowering, and lifting up local entrepreneurs - and you already know you can find the best businesses, period, bbb.org

07/27/2026

Stop building a boring business

Torch highlights featuring keynote speaker & CITY HOME CEO Andrew Koenig | CITY HOME CEO