MiamiHerald.com: Business Monday http://www.miamiherald.com/business/business-monday/index.html MiamiHerald.com: Business Monday http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/business/business-monday/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2012 MiamiHerald.com Business Monday 60 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:00:55 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com <![CDATA[Dating sites become mainstream and focus on more niche markets]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/12/2637659/dating-sites-become-mainstream.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/12/2637659/dating-sites-become-mainstream.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:00 EST

Miami Beach-based Avalanche offers nearly 20 general and niche dating sites online to give everyone a chance to find that special match.

]]> <![CDATA[Express your economic thoughts with haiku poetry]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/12/2631021/express-your-economic-thoughts.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/12/2631021/express-your-economic-thoughts.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:53 EST Business Monday is looking for haiku with an economic them. Are you impacted or concerned about unemployment, low housing prices, too many foreclosures, Europe on the brink, pay cuts and layoffs. Are you still fed up or do you see better days around the corner? Please feel free to riff on our current economic conditions but make sure you keep it to 17 syllables and wrestle it into three unrhymed lines in the 5-7-5 format. Haiku should also express a thought, feeling or mood. Send your contributions to Business Monday Editor Rochelle Koff (rkoff@MiamiHerald.com) by Feb. 20 and include your name and where you live. We’ll print our favorites.

]]> <![CDATA[Former federal prosecutor turns to private investigations]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/06/2626150/former-federal-prosecutor-turns.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/06/2626150/former-federal-prosecutor-turns.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:07 EST

Andrew Levi, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney in Miami, has turned from public to private investigation as head of the Miami office of a global firm.

]]> <![CDATA[2012 BUSINESS PLAN CHALLENGE RULES]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/05/2624682/2012-business-plan-challenge-rules.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/05/2624682/2012-business-plan-challenge-rules.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00 EST Have you hatched a great idea for a business? If your business is less than 2 years old or exists only on paper, you can enter our 14th Annual Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge, co-sponsored by Florida International University’s Eugenio Pino & Family Global Entrepreneurship Center.

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Find the contest rules and all you need to get started on your entry, but first let’s look back on the progress of last year’s winners.

]]> <![CDATA[Lessons learned: Be nimble, stay focused, don’t give up]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/05/2623910/lessons-learned-be-nimble.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/05/2623910/lessons-learned-be-nimble.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:41 EST

Challenge Champion Raw Apps found ways to execute its strategy in the mobile market.

]]> <![CDATA[Business Plan Challenge launches new features, opportunities for entrepreneurs]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/05/2623742/business-plan-challenge-launches.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/05/2623742/business-plan-challenge-launches.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:00 EST At an event last week, an audience member gave an elevator pitch for his company called Sweat EquiTees, which sells t-shirts with slogans like “Run LLC” and “Kiss me, I’m an Entrepreneur.”

]]> <![CDATA[Share haiku on an economic theme]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/05/2626291/share-haiku-on-an-economic-theme.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/05/2626291/share-haiku-on-an-economic-theme.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:00 EST Two years ago, Business Monday asked readers to use the Japanese poetry form haiku to express themselves. Now we’re asking for new submissions.

]]> <![CDATA[Advice from the judges on business plans, entrepreneurship]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/05/2624681/advice-from-the-judges-on-business.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/05/2624681/advice-from-the-judges-on-business.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:46 EST Here is advice on writing a business plan from the 2012 Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge judges:

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<span class="leadin">Susan Amat </span>is co-founder and executive director of The Launch Pad at Toppel, an entrepreneurial career center at the University of Miami that has helped hundreds of startups. Amat ventured into the music business as a concert promoter at age 15. A serial entrepreneur, she started and ran a successful record label and developed a television show that aired on the E! Network as well as the first CD-Rom magazine. She teaches business strategy, entrepreneurship and organizational behavior at UM and leads Startup Florida.

]]> <![CDATA[Franchising a viable alternative in a tough economy]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/05/2626143/franchising-a-viable-alternative.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/05/2626143/franchising-a-viable-alternative.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:00 EST You are a successful mid-level executive or high-level corporate officer and have suddenly fallen victim to corporate down-sizing due to the economic crisis. Or you are moderately successful in your present employment or small business, but your daily routine is no longer exciting. What are your options if you choose to change jobs or even careers in order to pursue The American Dream?

]]> <![CDATA[Passion, persistence, partnerships mark winners’ year]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/05/2623734/passion-persistence-partnerships.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/05/2623734/passion-persistence-partnerships.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:00 EST

First Place winner DonorCommunity is building a name in the nonprofit industry.

]]> <![CDATA[Is Facebook advertising right for your small business?]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/05/2626892/is-facebook-advertising-right.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/05/2626892/is-facebook-advertising-right.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:20 EST BizBytes 101 shares tips for navigating the issues of social media advertising.

]]> <![CDATA[Meet the judges: FIU Track]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/05/2623704/meet-the-judges-fiu-track.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/05/2623704/meet-the-judges-fiu-track.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:00 EST

<span class="leadin">John C. Fleming</span>, a serial entrepreneur, is the technology practice lead at Biztegra Partners, a social web agency based in West Palm Beach. He started his career as a software developer in 1979 and has worked nationally and internationally in engineering, sales, marketing, services and general management in industries ranging from high tech to real estate. Fleming has started companies, raised money and has been part of teams that built products that became market leaders in their space.

]]> <![CDATA[Check out corporate America’s favorite fall reading]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/11/27/2518740/check-out-corporate-americas-favorite.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/11/27/2518740/check-out-corporate-americas-favorite.html Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:00 EST 800-CEO-READ, a direct supplier of book-based resources, compiles a monthly list of best-selling business books based on purchases by its corporate customers nationwide. Here are the best sellers for October 2011, plus descriptions of the Top 10.

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