Mark Penn, author of "Microtrends Squared," speaks at a free Miami Herald event May 10. Winners of the 2018 Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge will also talk about their winning plans.
Major Marketplace won third place in the 2018 Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge FIU Track. It seeks to link products made by minority businesses with consumers.
V-Drill matches athletes with trainers who create individualized workouts delivered via an app. The concept took second place in the FIU Track of the 2018 Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge.
Miami startup Redify won first place in the FIU Track of the Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge. It also was chosen the People's Pick. The app scans consumer products to identify potentially harmful ingredients.
LuxeFete, a dinner party in a box, is the brainchild of event planner Nathalie Cadet-James. The concept won first place in the community track of the 2018 Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge.
A trio of students at Miami's Gulliver Prep have devised technology for interchangeable soccer soles, eliminating the need for multiple pairs of cleats. They won third place in the 2018 Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge.
In its 20th year, the Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge drew more than 150 business plans from adults and teens in South Florida and from students, alumni and staff of Florida International University, the Challenge sponsor. Here are the Challenge finalists and runners-up in our three tracks.
Jessica Kizorek and Michelle Villalobos partnered to create Make them BEG, the 2013 Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge winner. That forced them to reckon with an essential truth: their paths to success led in different directions.
Recipe Costing Software, which won the Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge in 2010 as Kitchen Porter Tech, is still alive and kicking eight years later.
Since 2016, Candidate.Guru has grown its date-driven hiring platform through a critical partnership with eHarmony. It has a new name: Elevated Careers.
The 2014 Business Plan Challenge Winner, Munchkin Fun, has expanded in five South Florida areas and is launching a newsletter for families of all abilities.
