Critical Business Group

“Find a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” This was an important mantra to embrace for participants at the CREAT.ORS summit this past week in Tallahassee...

Believe it or not, our #summerinternship program is almost finished and we want to highlight the students who made it great!💡 Jenna Pirro, currently a sophomore, is a Finance major at Florida State University - College of Business with a passion for entrepreneurship and design. Originally from Columbus, Ohio, Jenna loves to travel and explore different cultures. Jenna was "excited to learn real-life business skills and contribute to such impactful projects" this semester. For the first time in our program, we welcomed an additional Finance major, Michael Scaramuzzo, a Junior from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Michael has "always had an interest in learning how businesses manage money and make key decisions regarding budgeting and managing assets.” Throughout the summer, Michael executed projects with these decisions in mind. Joining us for another semester was Giuliana Sarcone, who spearheaded our marketing strategy for Impact Week 2024. We were super excited to have Giuliana back, and are looking forward to her continued creativity! Finally, for another ‘first’, we proudly welcomed Amelia Sewell a Junior studying Economics and Sustainability at the University of Florida. An Orlando native, Amelia developed an interest in macroeconomic trends and small business success while working at a local bagel shop. Her hobbies include composting and gardening, which inspired her double major. We are grateful for the cohesion between our #interns, as well as the hard work they have been putting forth. #THANKYOU from CBG!💻 (NOT PICTURED: Michael Scaramuzzo, Giuliana Sarcone)

What lessons can we learn from the massively disproportionate majority of businesses in our economy? 🏢📈 Our Business Analyst, Noah Kalter, weighs in on 2 years of experience in the local consulting space... 🔍 #Smallbusiness #Scale #Blog #Strategy

One of the most misunderstood concepts in business is #strategy. Ask any novice, or the common professional, to describe it and they’ll say things like “strategy is planning”, or “it’s the correct approach to a problem”, but that’s not quite it. Goals, an action plan, a growth tactic, the team’s mission; strategy has to be disassociated from these terms. This is a huge problem that needs solving...

A Journey of Growth and Achievement: Reflecting on the Critical Business Group Fall 2024 Internship Program.

It’s 2004, and a lot is going on. September 11th is still a fresh memory in the American psyche. All the kids are playing Pokémon on beat-up GameBoys, waiting for new releases from Japan. And what’s this about social networking? MySpace? Facebook? With everything going on, you decide that it’s time to do some business…

The Spring Semester internship program is in full swing! #cbg #critical #tallahassee #fsu

As we reflect on our latest Internship Program this past semester, we would like to highlight the journey and successes of our interns! This semester, we challenged our interns with multiple tasks, including business planning, event management, advertisement, and various research initiatives. See below the skills these future leaders accomplished during their time with us: - Veronica Zasloff: A senior majoring in MIS and RMI excelled in creating a marketing and strategic plan for our local business OneLink. - Lukas Guerra: A senior majoring in Marketing with a keen eye for film and video editing. Lukas compiled hours of footage into a promo trailer for IMPACT WEEK’s 2024 campaign. - Jenna Kruse: Earning her Master’s in Public Administration, Jenna took on multiple responsibilities and found herself taking center stage at IMPACT WEEK. We are excited to have her return in the Spring to take on another role with Critical Business Group. “To say I am impressed by this group is an understatement; each individual played a crucial part in every project we took on,” said Noah Kalter, a Business Analyst who has been with Critical for almost 2 years. We have had an extremely positive year and are proud to share the following milestones: - Coordination and execution of IMPACT WEEK a week-long event featuring 45+ events and 30+ speakers - OneLink growth of Enterprise Solutions for large agencies and organizations. - Continued focus to and grow small local businesses. - Continued research and implementation of AI tools If you are a student or a young professional we highly encourage you to apply to our Spring Internship Program! We are looking forward to meeting the applicants and are excited for the future! #SpringInternship #Tallahasseework #Business #Development #Jobs

Some mornings I was juicing vegetables and arranging acai bowls. On the alternating days I delved into digital research and practiced insightful business consulting. Almost 2 years ago I started working for Rich Smith and Chad White as an intern with Critical Business Group. I was a Junior at FSU looking for work post-COVID. At the time I was working multiple retail jobs with no deeper purpose. I needed an opportunity to apply myself and grow as a young professional. That's when I saw this same job posting on the Florida State University - College of Business job board. I was one of the first interns at CBG. With no real direction in my professional scope, I took the risk and dove head-first into the world of business development and scaling. I had no portfolio, no metrics, or any success stories. Since I've began with Critical Business Group, here are just a few of things I've accomplished with the team: - Re-designing and consistently evolving our Internship Program - Scaling a local tech start-up business from just after its inception - Independently managed 3 internship cycles in cohesion with management - Established mutual connections with the FSU College of Business - Moderated multiple discussions on Sports and AI, as well as coordinated events, for Global Entrepreneurship Week - Implemented data-driven decision making in our program If you're looking for a transformative experience rather than just another internship to "check-off", I highly encourage you to apply today! #tallahassee #internship #2024 #techstartups #businessdevelopment #FSU