Growth and new opportunities led the founders of Revpar Guru, a back-end revenue management engine for hoteliers, to the SBDC at FIU. Today, the Miami Beach-based venture is on track to enter its next stage. The services offered by the SBDC at FIU and its expert financial consultants have been formative for Revpar, noted CEO […]
SBA Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet shared insights from her days as an entrepreneur and her career as a Cabinet member with South Florida small businesses gathered May 3 at the College of Business. Her audience: entrepreneurs hungry to get a business off the ground or to drive their ventures to the next level. During the roundtable […]
Presenting an affordable solution to the growing elder care crisis, Room2Care emerged a winner in this year’s Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge, co-sponsored by the College of Business’ Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center. The cost-sharing program, founded by an FIU student and a doctor, won first place in the annual contest’s FIU Track and was named […]
As the academic year draws to a close, College of Business students shared a night of networking and reflection with the mentors that have shared career advice, industry-specific insights and real-world business experience. The College of Business’ year-end reception for the Mentor Program was held April 9 at Smith + Wollensky. As some students prepared […]
Innovation for social good was the leading theme among the six semifinalists chosen in the FIU Track of the Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge, co-sponsored by the College of Business’ Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center: Court Buddy offers affordable access to legal services; Relentless Roasters aims to create a specialty coffee bar and collaborative workspace for […]
Research. Strategize. Create. Execute… and learn from errors made along the way. Rolling up your sleeves to put marketing ideas into practice for real-world clients is the purpose behind the American Marketing Association’s (AMA) Roaring Concepts, the College of Business’ student-run marketing agency. Managed by students who are members of the AMA’s FIU Collegiate Chapter […]
In the quest to help women alumni grow professionally and engage with their alma mater, FIU’s College of Business has recently established the Business Women’s Alumni Council. “The focus is on networking and professional development,” said Yanyn San Luis, assistant director, alumni relations for the College of Business, who serves as liaison to the new […]
A new College of Business student group will use its introductory meeting to highlight eMerge Americas, the global tech conference coming to Miami this May. The Society for Collegiate Leadership and Achievement’s new FIU Chapter will host “eMerge into the Movement” on April 9, from 2 to 4 p.m. in room 155 of the College […]
FIU’s College of Business has added five South Florida business leaders to its Alumni Board, which aims to increase engagement between and college and its 47,000-plus graduates. The new Business Alumni Board members are: Yuni Navarro (BBA ‘99) – executive vice president of Human Resources at Ocean Bank Fidel Chacon (MIB ’03) – business development […]
With a changing landscape that demands greater focus on critical thinking, analytical skills and the ability to negotiate, business-to-business sales is increasingly capturing students’ attention. At FIU’s College of Business, they’re tackling the selling hands-on. Using role-playing techniques, 42 students in the FIU Professional Sales Program participated in the annual Sales Tournament. At the March […]
