YPN Miami, a Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce leadership group for entrepreneurs and professionals under 40, and Florida International University’s Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center are teaming up to present Part 2 of the Entrepreneur Education Series, providing a venue for startups, small business owners and those aspiring to launch businesses to learn the do’s and don’ts from successful entrepreneurs.

Part 1 covered basic topics on starting a business. Part 2 will offer a more advanced discussion for those who have already launched a business.

Topics for Part 2 include: Developing the Marketing Plan; Strategic Plan vs, Business Plan; and Launched the Business, Now What? The panelists will be: Felecia Hatcher, founder of Feverish Ice Cream; Cheretha Ferguson, director of marketing, The J3 Agency; Olga Ramudo, president of Express Travel; Erika Twani, CEO of Learning One to One Foundation; Andrew Yap, president of LEASA; and Mike Tomas, CEO of BioHeart and president of the ASTRI Group.

The event will be held Thursday, Aug.16, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Bilzin Sumberg, 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor, Miami.

The event is free to YPN members and FIU students, alumni, faculty & staff; $10 for non-members. For more information and to sign up, go to http://www.ypnmiami.com or entrepreneurship.fiu.edu.

NANCY DAHLBERG