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Award-winning small business AmePower exemplifies how a success story is made

Vision. Expertise. Tenacity. Hard work. Perseverance. Teamwork. Resilience. These are ingredients of a successful small business. AmePower, an industry-leading technology company in the transportation and renewable energy sectors, is a success story.

Leaping into business ownership becomes a ‘magical’ experience, with help from SBDC at FIU

When Kenerly Wright and her husband decided that she would leave her job as a successful property manager to be a stay-at-home mom for several years after her children were born, she discovered that she was having so much fun being home with her kids.

FSBDC at FIU earns top national award from the SBA.

The Florida Small Business Development Center (FSBDC) at FIU Business has won the Small Business Development Center for Excellence and Innovation Center Award from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The FSDBC will be honored at a ceremony April 30, 2023, in Washington, D.C.

Serial entrepreneur Marc Lore shares one of the secrets to his success.

For serial entrepreneur Marc Lore, these can come from a variety of places, including e-commerce, tech, food delivery and even sports. Now co-owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves & Lynx, Lore is well known for his development of e-commerce brands such as Diapers.com, Jet.com and most recently, the Wonder Group, a “fast-fine” food delivery service.

Local entrepreneurs find success with guidance from Business Navigator program

The Miami-Dade Small Business Resource Navigator project, headed up by the Florida SBDC at FIU Business (FSBDC), rounds out 2022 with strong results for local start-ups and growing small businesses – helping to launch five new ventures and assisting 700 already established throughout South Florida.

Grant to establish Blackstone LaunchPad for FIU student entrepreneurs

Florida International University has received a $500,000 grant from the Blackstone Charitable Foundation to establish a Blackstone LaunchPad at FIU to augment entrepreneurship support already available the university and provide students with skills, knowledge, and guidance to transform ideas into companies.

How to spot market shifts and react in a fast-changing world

The pace of change in the marketplace can be downright overwhelming. We’re talking technological changes disrupting industries, economic highs and lows and ever-rising customer expectations.

Heiga Studios finds the formula for success as a one-stop-shop for recording artists and companies

The story of Heiga Studios started in a garage, back in Malury Imbernon’s home country of Venezuela in 1998. After high school, Imbernon went to a recording school and after an internship at a large recording studio there she started her company in her home.

Alumnus wins pitch competition with food smart locker company

As consumers quest for convenience to enjoy a good meal at home and many restaurants struggle to improve their online-driven delivery and take-out services, a new tech venture, co-founded by an FIU Business alumnus, aims to streamline the process.

A new generation of small businesses was born during Covid. Here’s what they’re like.

The next generation of small and medium-sized businesses is here, and they are on the rise. Riding on the back of the 2020 work-from-home revolution, digital acceleration, and the great resignation, we saw a new type of founder (and a new type of SMB) rise from the ashes.

FSBDC at FIU helped launch 114 small businesses and secure $117 million in investments, making it the 2022 Center of the Year.

The Florida Small Business Development Center at FIU Business (FSBDC) has been recognized as the Florida SBDC Network Center of the Year for 2022.

3 models of entrepreneurship: Why Unicorn-Builders do better than Unicorn-Starters

The conventional wisdom is that there are two kinds of entrepreneurs: Small-Midsized Business Owners (SMB) and Unicorn-Starters (U-Starters). However, there is a third, and mostly unpublicized, kind of entrepreneur – the Unicorn-Builders.

How to build a marketing mindset for success

The world of marketing is always changing, says Orlando Espinosa, of Emineo Media. As buyer expectations shift while technology continues to advance at a rapid pace, marketing cannot stand still. Yet, he says, marketing is often not top of mind for growing small businesses.

Newly created executive board at the Pino Center aims to expand business and student connection.

Highlighting the importance of entrepreneurship, directors of the Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center at FIU Business have established an executive board comprised of business and corporate executives.

Early-stage food entrepreneurs: apply now for Cultivate Small Business program.

Calling all early-stage entrepreneurs running woman-, immigrant- or minority-owned food businesses: Are you hungry for knowledge, funding and individual coaching to help you build and grow your business?

FSBDC at FIU Business partners with City of North Miami Beach to offer no-cost consulting for local businesses.

FSBDC at FIU Business (FSBDC), has partnered with the City of North Miami Beach and its Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) to provide confidential, free consulting to small businesses in its three major commercial districts.

What makes your company investable by equity investors?

Is your company appropriate for venture capital investors? Ricardo Weisz, a Florida SBDC at FIU consultant, knows a thing or two about this topic. He’s been a business operator multiple times and has invested in dozens of startup companies over the years.