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.
Marc De Kuyper, 11th generation of the Dutch family that produces a rainbow of popular hard-partying liqueurs, didn’t exactly have a free ride into the business. He had to get the right degrees and succeed at several other jobs first. Finally, with an impressive resume in hand, he had to go through a series of formal interviews, business exams and psychological and IQ testing at De Kuyper Royal ...
The loosely knit members of the traveling counterculture known as the Rainbow Family move from state to state, camping on public lands for as long as a month before moving on. In Central Florida, they stay in the Ocala National Forest.
The Issue: Mitt Romney’s victory over Newt Gingrich in the Florida primary on Tuesday. *** I don’t know why so many of my fellow conservative Republicans believe Newt Gingrich is one of them (“Newt Nuked in Romney Romp,” John Podhoretz, Feb. 1). The Bush family refuses to back Mitt...
WASHINGTON – Somewhere in Central Florida, a family probably is dusting off the good silverware. And grabbing an extra chair or two. The reason? The White House announced today that First Lady Michelle Obama plans to eat dinner next Friday at the home of Orlando-area family “who has made changes to become healthier.” The visit is part of [...]
A founding member of Florida A&M University's Red Dawg Order was disgusted when 16 years after the group's creation it became part of the school's darkest period.