Helping Businesses Grow & Succeed
By Ellen Forman – Guest Contributor Expanding its strategic outreach and assistance to small businesses at the heart of their communities, FSBDC at FIU Business (FSBDC), the Florida Small Business Development Center at FIU Business, has partnered with the City of North Miami Beach and its Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) to […]
By Dileep Rao – Guest Contributor Given the current habit of labeling all types of equity financing as venture capital and all ventures receiving VC as startups, things can get a little confusing. Not all VCs are created alike and not all startups are at the idea stage. All VCs are […]
By Susan Guillory – Guest Contributor Do you dream of owning your own business? There’s more than one way to make this dream come true. Some entrepreneurs launch a business from scratch, while others buy an existing business. There are certainly advantages to buying a business that’s already established…but is […]
Did you know that in 2021, Canada accounted for 17.5% of the USA’s total export sales, while countries in Europe comprised another 21.2%? These markets come with clear opportunities but also unique challenges for exporters, including legal differences, languages, units of measurement, and currencies. When it comes to sales in […]
By Gisela Valencia – FIU News FIU and the city of Miami have partnered to help businesswomen of color get the attention of venture capitalists. Led by alumna Kenasha Paul ’10, an attorney and founder of the Black Professionals Network, the new initiative aims to fix a problem that threatens […]
By Dileep Rao – Guest Contributor The current thinking in high-potential venture development, and what many business schools teach, is mainly focused on the opportunity and venture capital method. This thinking has popularized pitch competitions and led to the concept of the minimum viable product (MVP). When strategy is considered, […]
By Gerri Detweiler – Guest Contributor The end of the year is often seen as a perfect time of year to reflect and plan for the year ahead. But the reality for most business owners is that it’s crazy busy and it may feel like all you can do to […]
More than 1,000 small business owners will receive assistance This week, Wells Fargo awarded an Open for Business Fund grant to Florida International University to launch a robust, virtual platform at StartUP FIU Food, a small business incubator that serves food and beverage micro-entrepreneurs in South Florida. The $750,000 grant […]
The Health Foundation of South Florida, Miami-Dade County, the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and the Coalition of Miami-Dade Chambers of Commerce have joined forces to launch the “We Did It,” a pledge program that calls on the region’s small businesses to encourage employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The […]
By Ellen Forman Back in 2015, Richard Laviña (MAcc ‘13) was rising through the ranks at accounting giant PwC. He was offered a job at the firm’s national headquarters in New Jersey, required for all partnership candidates, which meant leaving his Miami home and family. Hitting what he called “a fork in […]