 ANNOUNCEMENTS:
 Seasoned Entrepreneur Named Chairman of FIU’s Entrepreneurship Center
Watch the Finals of the 2008 FIU Entrepreneur Challenge
Tuesday, May 13th, 9:00 a.m. to Noon, FIU University Park Campus
Open to all South Florida residents and not-for-profit businesses!
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The Eugenio Pino and Family Global Entrepreneurship Center at Florida International University, founded in 2003 with a grant from the Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City , facilitates all entrepreneurial activities at FIU. The Center provides campus-wide awareness of entrepreneurship as an approach to life that enhances and transcends traditional academic experiences. It is woven into the fabric of the university through entrepreneurial activities and courses across the university. The multi-dimensional nature of the Center allows it to address the unique entrepreneurial needs of one of the nation's largest ethnically diverse academic institutions, located in one of America 's most entrepreneurial and dynamic international cities, Miami . In 2004 the Center was named for Eugenio Pino a Cuban-American serial entrepreneur and his family.
Dr. Alan L. Carsrud, Executive Director
Whether in the arts, sciences, business, engineering, or humanities, Entrepreneurship at FIU adds value to every discipline and enhances the creativity and innovation of students, faculty, staff, and alumni. In addition to facilitating course development throughout FIU, the Center fosters new technology firms, strengthens existing family-owned and managed firms, researches important issues, encourages new community enterprises to improve the economic vitality of South Florida and the Americas, and develops entrepreneurial leaders in all areas... more
Click here to view the Center's Video 
FIU's Eugenio Pino and Family Global Entrepreneurship Center has been designated a Kauffman Campus by the Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City. For more information about the Kauffman Campuses Initiative, click here.
The Entrepreneurial Academy coordinates all academic courses in entrepreneurship and other educational activities offered on a campus-wide basis. The number of such courses has expanded substantially over the last three years and is expected to grow over the next two years... more 
The
Institute for Family Business fosters the growth, survival, and economic sustainability of family-owned and managed companies in Florida and the Americas through education, research, and outreach... more 
The Institute for Technology
Innovation’s mission is to create both an environment and an infrastructure for technology innovation and support commercialization at FIU. The Institute focuses on stimulating university-wide
faculty, student, alumni, and staff engagement in technology ventures throughout their academic and professional careers ... more 
The Entrepreneurship
Research Institute serves as the Center's research and public policy arm. Its mission is to foster better understanding of the
various aspects of the entrepreneurial venture's life cycle ... more 
The Institute for Community
Innovation is the Center's vehicle for social entrepreneurship. Its principal mission is to promote both social
innovation and the economic sustainability of community organizations, arts groups and other not-for-profit enterprises in South Florida... more 
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