{"id":6311,"date":"2010-01-11T11:23:16","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T15:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=6311"},"modified":"2010-01-11T11:23:16","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T15:23:16","slug":"get-a-financial-workout-at-business-plan-bootcamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2010\/01\/get-a-financial-workout-at-business-plan-bootcamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Get a financial workout at Business Plan Bootcamp."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dreaming of starting your own business? Want to get a head-start on The Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge? Then take advantage of the opportunity to attend a Business Plan Bootcamp on Wednesday Jan. 20 at The Miami Herald Building, One Herald Plaza, Miami.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/business_plan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6312\" title=\"business_plan\" src=\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/business_plan-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The Business Plan Challenge, presented by Florida International University, kicks off Feb. 15. This year there will be three tracks: one for the community at large; another for FIU students, faculty, staff and alums; and a third for high school students that will be judged by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<p>The evening bootcamp will give you the tools you need not only to prepare a first-rate Business Plan Challenge entry but also to put together a comprehensive plan for launching a business.<\/p>\n<p>Keynote speaker is Melissa Krinzman, founder and managing director of Venture Architects, which helps capital-seeking private companies develop business plans, financial projections and presentations for investors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/business.fiu.edu\/pdf\/PrintJan2010\/get-a-financial-workout.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Get a financial workout at Business Plan Bootcamp<\/a>,\u201c an article from the MiamiHerald.com.<\/p>\n<p><em>The annual Entrepreneur Challenge Business Plan Competition is designed to provide a platform for FIU affiliates (including students, faculty, staff and alumni) to showcase new ideas, while providing a forum to attract investment for their business models. The business model must prove itself to have breadth and sustainability; as well as demonstrate that it possesses, or can acquire, the resources to actually launch and be viable. Since 2004, the Pino Center has recognized approximately fifty-five noteworthy student business plans that have received a cash gift and have launched new ventures. This year, the Pino Center and the FIU\u2019s College of Business have joined forces with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Miami Herald<\/a>, and for the first time the Pino Center will be the naming sponsor for the Miami Herald\u2019s Business Plan Challenge.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Miami Herald Business Plan Competition, presented by the Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center, will offer two tracks for the competition: one open only to FIU affiliates and a second track open to the South Florida community at large.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For more information please visit the <\/em><em>Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center<\/em><em> web site at <a href=\"http:\/\/entrepreneurship.fiu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/entrepreneurship.fiu.edu\/<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dreaming of starting your own business? Want to get a head-start on The Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge? Then take advantage of the opportunity to attend a Business Plan Bootcamp on Wednesday Jan. 20 at The Miami Herald Building, One Herald Plaza, Miami. The Business Plan Challenge, presented by Florida International University, kicks off Feb. 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