Coffee Talk

Quote of the week

Michael Kovac, executive director of High Technology Engineering Development, University of South Florida. Sept. 16, to an audience at the North Port Economic Development Forum.

'Florida is fifth in the nation in terms of high-tech employment. We got that almost by being asleep. Look at Silicon Valley - it has a culture of risk-taking, entrepreneurship and intelligent discovery. Florida's High-Tech Corridor is our Silicon Valley. Seventy percent of the high tech activity in Florida is coming out of the High Tech Corridor, anchored by the Technology Bay on the west and the Space Coast on the east.'