Do you run a small business or is being your own boss in your plans?

Tickets are now available to attend The Miami Herald’s annual Small Business Forum on Thursday. Sponsored by Florida International University’s Eugenio Pino and Family Global Entrepreneurship Center and the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship South Florida, this year’s forum will feature business experts who have been in the trenches with small businesses, either as entrepreneurs themselves or as consultants and agency leaders who work with small businesses every day.

Hear from the leaders of South Florida businesses big and small talk about how they got started and overcame challenges to make their companies successful.

Miguel “Mike” Fernandez, chairman of MBF Healthcare Partners and one of South Florida’s leading serial entrepreneurs, will be the keynote speaker.

Panels will explore how to finance your business idea, launching and growing a Web-based business and seeking opportunities in international markets.

The forum will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 23 at FIU’s Modesto Maidique Campus, College of Business Complex, 11200 SW 8th St.

Tickets cost $25 and include a continental breakfast and lunch. Tickets must be purchased in advance.

To learn more about the Forum panelists, see Page 11. For more information on the agenda, see the ad below. And for tickets, go to www.miamiherald.com/smallbusiness.