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  • Jax Chamber outlines a playbook for business adoption

    Jax Chamber outlines a playbook for business adoption
    2026/06/18
    Kent Justice talks with Dr. Carlton Robinson, Chief Innovation Officer at the Jax Chamber, about how Jacksonville can stay competitive as AI shifts from buzzword to workplace reality. Robinson explains why the Chamber launched its new Center for Applied Infrastructure—framing “human-centered AI” as the next kind of public infrastructure—and why the goal is augmentation, not replacement: identifying what must remain human-led and using AI to remove friction in everyday work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 分
  • Haymaker’s founder on hard work, pivots, and rapid growth

    Haymaker’s founder on hard work, pivots, and rapid growth
    2026/06/11
    Jacksonville entrepreneur Eun Cho shares how he went from Wall Street fund manager to co-founding Haymaker Coffee Company in 2021 - and why the brand is built around hard work, perseverance, and community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    19 分
  • Why Beef ‘O’ Brady’s says Jacksonville still has room for more sports pubs

    Why Beef ‘O’ Brady’s says Jacksonville still has room for more sports pubs
    2026/06/04
    Beef ‘O’ Brady’s COO Scott SirLouis says Jacksonville is one of the biggest remaining growth opportunities for the 40-year-old, Florida-grown “family sports pub” brand. He explains how Beef’s uses site analytics (cell phone and purchase-pattern modeling) to pinpoint strong neighborhoods, why grocery-anchored centers outperform mall-front real estate for them, and what makes the chain different in a crowded sports-bar category: kid-friendly booths and game rooms, community events like trivia and bingo, and a bar program that’s part of the mix—but not the identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    20 分
  • Why a former congressman says the future belongs to skilled trades

    Why a former congressman says the future belongs to skilled trades
    2026/05/28
    Workforce expert and former Congressman Dr. Jason Altmire joins Kent Justice on "This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition" to talk about his new book, Trade Up, and why he believes the future of American competitiveness depends on rebuilding the skilled-trades pipeline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    16 分
  • Exploring Dapper D's new concept in downtown Jacksonville

    Exploring Dapper D's new concept in downtown Jacksonville
    2026/05/21
    Entrepreneur Darien “Jack” Jackson returns to This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition to open his newest downtown venture in the Elbow: Dapper Cheesesteaks downstairs paired with a cigar lounge experience upstairs in the former 11 Ocean space.Jackson walks host Kent Justice through a year of delays—from a slow permitting process and repeated plan revisions to contractor turnover that even led to litigation—before finally landing with a new construction team and clearing inspections ahead of a Friday grand opening.He also explains why this project was bigger than his previous Dapper D’s locations: he’s effectively launching two businesses at once inside a 1909 building with major structural challenges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    13 分
  • Jacksonville city leaders push for practical money skills in schools

    Jacksonville city leaders push for practical money skills in schools
    2026/05/14
    Florida now requires a stand-alone personal financial literacy course for high school graduation - but guests on This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition say the real question is whether it changes behavior. Host Kent Justice talks with Dr. Ronetta Wards of the Jacksonville Public Education Fund (JPEF) and Howard Dale of the Rotary Club of Jacksonville about what “financial literacy” should actually mean for 17- and 18-year-olds: credit, debt, taxes, budgeting, savings, investing, and even emerging currency like crypto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    19 分
  • Former Jags linebacker helps athletes translate sports skills into business moves

    Former Jags linebacker helps athletes translate sports skills into business moves
    2026/05/07
    Kent Justice talks with former Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Akin Ayodele, now Gallagher’s market leader for North Texas, about the Gallagher Partnership Internship Program with the Jaguars—designed to help pro athletes translate what they’ve built in sports (resilience, preparation, competition, leadership) into post-playing careers, especially in consultative sales and risk management. Ayodele explains how the program works (typically in the offseason), what interns experience day-to-day inside Gallagher, and why he believes employers should value an athlete’s mindset even if the résumé doesn’t look “traditional.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 分
  • Riverfront project key in $2.5B downtown developments

    Riverfront project key in $2.5B downtown developments
    2026/04/30
    In this episode, Colin Tarbert, the new CEO of Jacksonville’s Downtown Investment Authority (DIA), outlines the agency’s dual role as both a community redevelopment agency and the city’s economic development arm for downtown, using tax increment financing to drive growth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 分