Eugenio Pino and Family Global Entrepreneurship Center

Outthink the Competition

Outthink the Competition

Lecture by author and FIU Adjunct Professor, Kaihan Krippendorff

FIU Adjunct professor and Wharton alum Kaihan Krippendorff has just published his fourth book, “Outthink the Competition: How a New Generation of Strategists Sees Options Others Ignore,” and will be in Miami to deliver a lecture on Friday, February 3, 2012..


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Deals done, networks forged

Deals done, networks forged

FIU’s 2011 Americas Venture Capital Conference

With rising global interest in Latin American ventures, Florida International University’s (FIU) 2011 Americas Venture Capital Conference brought together entrepreneurs, investors and service providers in Miami for two days of deal-making, networking and education.

Speakers from the top echelons of Latin American entrepreneurship, venture investing, international finance and government addressed the conference, held November 16-17, 2011 at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables and presented by FIU’s Eugenio Pino and Family Global Entrepreneurship Center and College of Business Administration.


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Entrepreneurship Workshop Series

Entrepreneurship Workshop Series

Practical knowledge for developing your business

The FIU Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center’s popular workshop series delivers practical tools and real world knowledge to launch your start up and to make your venture grow.


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FIU Alumni Entrepreneur Awareness Campaign

FIU Alumni Entrepreneur Awareness Campaign

Recognizing successful entrepreneurs

Each year, the Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center, in partnership with the FIU Alumni Association and Business Alumni, honors distinguished alumni through their annual Alumni Entrepreneur Awareness Campaign. It is the through this endeavor that the Center recognizes alumni who have created their own businesses in order to spread the word and spirit of entrepreneurship across disciplines.


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Entrepreneur's "How to" Webinar Series

Entrepreneur's "How to" Webinar Series

Broadcasted seminars you can access from anywhere

All webinars are held online, requiring telephone and internet access. For more information, please contact the Pino Center


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Dr. Jerry Haar, Director

Jerry Haar

Whether in the arts, sciences, business, engineering, or humanities, Entrepreneurship at FIU adds value to every discipline and enhances the creativity and innovation of students, faculty, staff, and alumni. In addition to facilitating course development throughout FIU, the Center fosters new technology firms, strengthens existing family-owned and managed firms, researches important issues, encourages new community enterprises to improve the economic vitality of South Florida and the Americas, and develops entrepreneurial leaders in all areas.

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The Pino Center’s mission is to create entrepreneurial leaders and organizations in all segments of society, throughout South Florida and Internationally.

The Pino Center provides the FIU community of students, alumni, and professionals with the knowledge and contacts that enable them to reach their entrepreneurial objective of designing and launching successful new ventures based on innovative concepts.

Our vision is to be a recognized international leader in entrepreneurship research, education, and outreach, as well as to be ranked among the nation’s top entrepreneurship centers. 
The Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center is focused on four guiding principles:

  • International: to work with companies seeking to co-venture with emerging companies in Latin America and South Florida, leveraging the geographic significance of South Florida as the Gateway of the Americas
  • Innovation: to leverage cutting edge technology and management strategies
  • Inflection Point:  to help take organizations to the next level
  • Involvement: within FIU’s sister units and external partners