MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Leading venture capitalists, international business experts and entrepreneurs will convene in Miami this November for the first venture capital conference of its kind to focus on Latin American enterprises. The 2010 Americas Venture Capital Conference, presented by Florida International University’s Eugenio Pino and Family Global Entrepreneurship Center, will take place on November 17-18, 2010 […]
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Center for Hispanic Leadership and its Founder/CEO, Glenn Llopis Featured as AOL Latino ICONOS
The Center for Hispanic Leadership (CHL) and its Founder / CEO, Glenn Llopis have been featured in AOL Latino’s new ICONOS section that currently showcases 100 Hispanic notables who are making a difference in the world through leadership, entertainment, sports and philanthropy. Accordingly to Llopis, “I am honored to be included in AOL Latino’s ICONOS […]
Catalyst Financial appoints president
Catalyst Financial, LLC, an investment banking firm, has appointed Kevin Gordon as its new president. Among his professional contributions, he is a business partner of the College of Business Administration at Florida International University. . . . Read: “Catalyst Financial appoints president,“ an article by iStockAnalyst.com.
New Dean’s Council member profiled in The Miami Herald.
Romaine Seguin, newly appointed as president, UPS International Inc. Americas Region, has joined the Dean’s Council in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU). Her background as a 27-year veteran of UPS and details about her leadership style were the subject of an article in “Business Monday” in The Miami Herald. Read: […]
Campaign to boost ranks of Hispanic professionals will visit FIU
When Glenn Llopis was 23 and starting his career at beverage giant Sunkist, an executive gave him some advice. “You’re a little too passionate,” Llopis recounted the senior executive saying. He didn’t take the tip. Instead, Llopis listened to his dad. “Don’t ever stop being who you naturally are,” Llopis said, reciting his dad’s words. […]
International students with MBAs struggle to land jobs in U.S.
Oscar de Lima, a 25-year-old native of Caracas, Venezuela, seems like an appealing job candidate: He’s smart, ambitious, articulate and has an MBA from an American university. Yet, one of the biggest hurdles facing international students like de Lima, who recently attended an MBA job fair at McCormick Place in Chicago, is whether they can […]
FIU Brings Together Top Haitian Entrepreneurs
Florida International University, a component of the state university system, issued the following news release: The top Haitian entrepreneurs of 2010 sharpened their business skills as part of a CEO retreat at FIU’s Modesto A. Maidique Campus Nov. 10-12. Twenty-four finalists of Digicel’s Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 program attended the three-day workshop, organized by […]
Innovation: The Next Challenge
Competitiveness requires more than sound macro policies and a good business environment. With the recent release of the World Bank’s Doing Business 2011 report, Latin America and the Caribbean have much to cheer about with more advances than declines in key categories of conducting business. Mexico and Peru scored highest—first and second place, respectively. For […]
CNN en Espanol interviews Irma Becerra-Fernandez in regards to the Americas Venture Capital Conference
CNN en Espanol interviews Irma Becerra-Fernandez, director of the Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center, in regards to the Americas Venture Capital Conference (www.AmericasVCConference.com). [flv:http://business.fiu.edu/biznews/2010/11/cnn-en-espanol.flv 480 360]
Capital Sources: Venture capitalist conference focuses on the Americas
Baby Abuelita Productions is a Miami company with both an unusual name and an unusual line of products. “We create, manufacture and distribute a line of plush singing dolls, musical books and animated DVDs, and we target Hispanic families — children, parents, grandparents,” said Carol Fenster, who co-founded the business in 2004 with Hilda Argilagos-Jimenez. […]