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Lucy Qui\u00f1ones addresses guests during the Oct. 1 grand opening of Business Growth Gallery at Edison Mall in Fort Myers. Qui\u00f1ones describes the new venture as a business intelligence and growth hub offering services to help entrepreneurs build and scale their businesses.<\/p>\n
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Lucy Qui\u00f1ones throws a great party.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The grand opening of her new business, Business Growth Gallery at Edison Mall in Fort Myers,<\/a> was at once a high-energy networking event, Instagram-ready spectacle and inspirational-spiritual ceremony.\u00a0<\/p>\n Unlike most of the mall\u2019s shops, Qui\u00f1ones\u2019 space near Macy\u2019s men\u2019s and children\u2019s departments is not a retail store.\u00a0<\/p>\n A longtime Southwest Florida real estate professional and mentor, Qui\u00f1ones described it as a \u201cbusiness intelligence and growth hub.\u201d The Gallery sells a one-stop range of services dedicated to helping local businesses and entrepreneurs grow.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI want people to learn they have a place they can come to learn, grow, build and scale their business,\u201d said Qui\u00f1ones, who often goes by \u201cCoach Lucy Q.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n As attendees arrived Thursday evening, Oct. 1, mocktails and business cards flowed hand to hand and Kool & The Gang\u2019s \u201cCelebration\u201d blasted through a DJ\u2019s loudspeakers. A team of videographers captured the crowd while photographers sold on-the-spot business headshots.\u00a0<\/p>\n People packed into a corner of the otherwise quiet mall between a clothing store and a jewelry retailer, where Qui\u00f1ones, family, friends, associates and officials celebrated the occasion.\u00a0<\/p>\n Qui\u00f1ones also is known for her Southwest Florida Real Estate & Business Academy, which offers real estate licensing courses. She said her new Gallery is aimed at all types of businesses as they navigate growth.\u00a0<\/p>\n Lucy and Rey Qui\u00f1ones join supporters for the ribbon-cutting celebration at Business Growth Gallery in Edison Mall. The new Fort Myers venture is designed to connect entrepreneurs with services and resources aimed at business growth.<\/p>\n Evan Williams<\/p>\n That includes helping clients gain visibility through an increasing number of traditional and virtual media channels, be it artificial intelligence-powered search platforms, Zoom calls or print newspapers.\u00a0<\/p>\n Qui\u00f1ones represents \u201csomeone to guide you through that and keep a watchful eye on it,\u201d said Cape Coral City Council member Bill Steinke, who attended the opening.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the biggest things people fight for in today\u2019s business world is visibility,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s easy to get lost in space, so to speak.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Other supporters and visitors at the gathering included Ver\u00f3nica Montoya, general manager of El Gaucho Inca Restaurant in Fort Myers; Max Tymoshyn, founder of web design firm Norml Studio; Silvia Diez, president of the Southwest Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; and Steve Weathers, Fort Myers economic development director.\u00a0<\/p>\n Weathers said he wants the Gallery to have a symbiotic relationship with the city\u2019s small-business incubator, Southwest Florida Enterprise Center.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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