Farming for New Business

While economic development groups wring their hands over how to boost job creation on the Gulf Coast, informal groups of entrepreneurs are already incubating companies that will drive the new wave of growth.

“We're not sitting around waiting for the government,” says Yuliya Goldenberg, a New York City advertising executive who relocated to Naples to be closer to her family.

Goldenberg and several business partners launched Idea Farm South in Bonita Springs (ideafarmsouth.com), a loose-knit group of entrepreneurs who want to create a cooperative business environment for startups.