Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge
Contact Us
- Eugenio Pino and Family Global Entrepreneurship Center
T: 305.348.7156
F: 305.348.0011
E: entrepreneurship@fiu.edu
Have the next big idea?
Enter the 2013 Miami Herald Business
Plan Challenge presented by
FIU's Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center and
College of Business
Entry Dates: January 28th through
March 11th, 2013
Entering the challenge can give you
valuable media coverage in The Miami Herald as well as exposure to
possible investors in your business.
The FIU Track is open
to all current FIU Students & Alumni.
Click here to review the 2013 Challenge rules and application procedures.
Submit
your entry (Executive summary up to 3 pages, minimum 10pt font) via email to
fiuchallenge@miamiherald.com.
Why should you participate? Learn insights from 2011 Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge finalist Frankie Coletto, founder of PassTheNotes.com and his experience in the Challenge.
Got questions about how to best prepare your entry? Find out tips on preparing your executive summary from John Fleming, Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center Advisory Board member and Technology Practice Lead at Biztegra Partners.
Important Challenge Dates
Monday, Jan. 28th - Official Call for Entries and cover story in The Miami Herald Business Monday
Friday, February 22nd - Perfect Your Pitch for the Challenge Presentation
Tuesday, February 26th - The Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge Bootcamp
Monday, March 11th (11:59p.m.) - FIU Track entries due
Monday, April 8th- 12 finalists in the FIU track featured in The Miami Herald Business Monday
Monday, April 15th - Announce top 6 in each track
Monday, April 15th to Monday, April 21st - People's Pick Voting begins at www.MiamiHerald.com/Challenge
Monday, May 6th – The Miami Herald Business Monday cover story will announce judges' winners and People's Pick with profiles of winners.
Thursday, May 23rd - FIU Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame
2013 FIU Track Judges
John C. Fleming
Technology Practice Lead
Biztegra Partners
Robert H. Hacker
Partner, GH Capital Partners
Adjunct Professor, Florida International University and
MIT Sloan School of Management CFO,
One Laptop per Child Association
Mike Tomás
President, The ASTRI Group
CEO, BioHeart, Inc.
Chairman of FIU's Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center Advisory Board
Erika Twani
Founder
Learning One to One
Ricardo Weisz
Investor
Northvest
For more information regarding Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge, please visit:
www.miamiherald.com/Challenge
Resources
Miami Herald: Last Week to enter the Challenge
by Nancy Dahlberg
Miami Herald: With business plans, content is king
by Nancy Dahlberg
Miami Herald: Experts share helpful tips on creative the most effective business plans
by Nancy Dahlberg
2012 Business Plan Bootcamp Presentation
Led by Melissa Krinzman, Managing Director, Venture Architects, LLC and
Darius Nevin, Co-founder, G3 Capital Partners
2011 Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge FIU Track Winners
2012 Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge FIU Track Winners
