An encompassing
experience that will
transform your life!
Spring, 2015
About Miami Business Pro
Who are we?
Mission
Our
is to develop top talent in the Americas
and accelerate new companies through high quality
business programs, internships in leading organizations,
and the creation and acceleration of new ventures.
Miami Skyline
About Miami Business Pro
Who are we?
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Quaxar, a Community and Loyalty Solutions company, founded MBP in 2010, since then
it has provided high quality educational programs for more than 150 students by
combining academic experience with internships in companies in South Florida.
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In March 2014, MBP opened its programs to graduate students from any university and
country in the Americas with the objective of attracting the best talent in the region and
promoting the creation of new start-up businesses.
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In March 2014, MBP partnered with successful talent development organizations and
incubators in Latin America in order to improve the talent pool. These include the iLab
Veracruz, Fundación CA, and El Nido San Miguel de Allende.
“ On the first day they told us: “This
experience will change your life”. I had
never imagined that their words would be
proven so true. The chance to work and study
at the same time changes your life. It opens
your eyes, it challenges you every day and
invites you to venture out into the real
world.”
María José Garrido
Lic. Mercadotecnia
ITESM - Campus Querétaro
Quaxar
Director of San Miguel de Allende Economic
Development and Tourism
About Miami Business Pro
Why Miami?
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Miami has been growing as a center for entrepreneurial and technical innovation. The
city’s unique positioning as the hub for the Americas is attracting investment in
entrepreneurial activity from around the United States and the world.
MBP seeks to capitalize on this excitement about Miami as a center for business and
technical talent. We are working with local organizations that form part of this movement,
such as:
 Endeavor
 eMerge Americas
 The Lab Miami
 Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
This is MIAMI…
About Miami Business Pro
Who applies to our programs?
• Graduate and final semester undergraduate students from universities
throughout the Americas.
• Someone who has identified an unserved business opportunity and has an
idea to solve it
• Students of outstanding academic achievement.
• Fluent in English (third language is common but not required).
• Responsible and highly motivated.
• Eager and willing to experience and adapt to competitive, multicultural
settings.
Commencement. Class of Spring 2011
Commencement. Class of Fall 2011
Diploma with
Internship
Programs
Start February, 2015
About Miami Business Pro
The Diplomas (6 month Internships)
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Diploma in Digital and Loyalty Marketing:
– From creative writing to the latest use of social networks and measuring
ROI in a Digital Marketing campaign, our students acquire abilities that help
them plan, execute and add value to business with Loyalty and Digital
Marketing initiatives.
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Diploma in International Finance and Investments:
– From Corporate Finance to buying stock and evaluating investment
opportunities in real time, our students acquire the technical tools and
business insight to make and evaluate financial decisions for business
success.
Diploma in Starting New Ventures
– From getting the idea to proving your customer need, to conducting the
necessary R&D and innovation to create a product prototype that can be
market-tested, preparing a financial projection, entrepreneurial finance
structures and creating a business plan to present to potential investors, our
students will experience what it is to create and fund a start up. Those
projects that truly stand out may be funded by the MBP accelerator.
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The Diploma Investment
Educational component (Starts Feb 12th, 2015)
$ 6,000 dls (30% during application, and 70% in August 2014)
Visa, insurance and administrative Fees
$ 2,000 dls (approx.)
The Payback
Internship Stipend
Approximately $7,500 dls for a 6 month internship.
Work on a real project in class that can be implemented after the MBP
program
Most of our students create new business plans, develop and deploy digital
marketing in real companies, work on family business projects, and more!
Return home and find a great job with a very good salary
On returning to their home countries, most of our students secure high quality
jobs with high profile companies, earning competitive salaries.
About Miami Business Pro
Our Teaching and Mentoring Team
60 hours of teaching by experts with a wealth of
high-level academic and professional experience
Leonel Azuela
Grupo Brisa, Quaxar,
MBP
Harvard
ITAM
Miguel Molina
Intellego
ITESM
Roberto Seira
Laura Maydón
Molson Coors
Brewing Co.
Columbia University
ITAM
Endeavor Global
Harvard
ITAM
Juan Carlos Ortiz
President & CEO,
DDB Latina
Carlos Baruki
Quaxar MBP
Hilton Worldwide
IHG
UFRJ/ PUCRJ
Max Becker
Juan Meza
Wells Fargo
Advisors
Universidad
Iberoamericana
Sony Electronics
University of
Pittsburgh
6 months of practical experience
within companies located in Miami,
Florida and the surrounding area.
The Internship Component
The internship recruitment process
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The J1 Visa (for interns)
The J-1 visa is
granted to
international
interns working
in the U.S.
MBP currently
works with Cultural
Vistas to process J1 visas for interns
participating in MBP
programs in Miami.
In order to file the
request of an
international intern,
Partner must fill out
a Training Plan
describing the
duties and projects
in which the intern
will be involved in
and send it to
Cultural Vistas
The J-1 visa
processing fees
are the students
responsibility
…What the students must know
• The MBP Partner must complete an evaluation of their intern as part of the
MBP diploma credits.
• The internship program lasts for six months of full-time placement. This is
agreed with the student prior to visa processing.
• Students must work full time during the regular working hours of the MBP
Partner. From 36-40 hrs/week.
• The student must have a mentor or supervisor at the Partner’s office.
• The Partner must provide the participant a real life work experience, and
involvement in cultural and social activities.
• Students must be involved in specific projects or daily activities.
• The monthly stipend paid to the intern by the company must be
comparable to what´s paid to other interns with a similar level of education.
• Students take classes 1 day a week from 3:00-7:00pm
• Unless the company offers assistance or a housing program, MBP staff will
help interns to find housing.
• The intern will be responsible for travel expenses.
Student Testimonials
“ Today I feel much more capable of going
out into the workplace because not only did I
learn how to work, I also learned how to
work with people from different cultures,
which is a big “plus”. On the academic side,
the Diploma broadened my horizons, I
realized that any Industrial Designer should
understand the digital arena because it’s key
in promoting the products we design.”
Ana Luisa Gonzalez
Industrial Design
ITESM - Campus Mty.
HistoryMiami
Emma Heald
Contact us!
Director, MBP
305-527-8953
[email protected]
Carlos Baruki
Miami Business Pro
SVP Marketing y Ventas
[email protected]
@MBusinessPro
Victoria Tostado
Business Development Manager
921-201-5793
[email protected]
Miami Business Pro
Priscilla Vielma
Business Development, MBP
786-660-3163
[email protected]
www.miamibusinesspro.com