More than two dozen FIU students and alumni competed in the FIU track of this year’s Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge, which offers entrepreneurs a chance to turn their business idea into reality or grow an existing business. The FIU Track finalists showcased concepts for education, the sharing economy, healthcare, finances and technology. The 2017 […]
The quest for the win is on. FIU students and alumni competing in the annual Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge recently pitched their ventures live before a panel of judges. They included e-commerce ventures, health and wellness platforms and a web-based debt negotiation service. Now through May 1, community members can visit miamiherald.com/challenge to watch […]
The 2016 Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge, designed to open doors for new business ventures and start-ups throughout South Florida, is now underway. Now in its 18th year, the contest is sponsored by FIU’s Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center. Anyone with a business idea or an operating startup that is under two years old can enter. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Is your entrepreneurial spirit roaring? Are ideas for the next business trend swirling in your head? Start working–the Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge and its FIU Track, exclusively for students and alumni, are up and running. The annual contest aims to showcase new ideas and provide a forum to attract investors. The challenge: to create […]
We are pleased to introduce you to the winners of the 15th Annual Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge. Several of today’s winners — and many of the finalists and contestants — were grounded in social entrepreneurship. Two other themes running through many of these entries: helping the self -employed and healthy living. So today’s emerging […]
There is never a shortage of entrepreneurial spirit in South Florida. Entries to our 15th Annual Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge poured in, making cases for businesses in nearly every industry imaginable. This year’s Challenge, sponsored by Florida International University’s Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center, drew a record number of entries — 238 in all — […]
Where others see garbage, this team sees green. As part of a class project, Irina Matyukhina, Erwin Tejos Jr., Fabianne Pompee and Keyla Castillo created a business plan for organic waste composting. They earned an A — and they also went on to win The Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge FIU Track for TruCycle, an […]
When Jean Paul Ciaramella and Daniel Naim got to talking several years ago at the Venezuelan Business Club, they discovered they both worked in the construction industry, were passionate for sustainability and possessed entrepreneurial spirits. That became the foundation for Ecode, a green-building resource site that won second place in the Business Plan Challenge FIU […]
