Robert's posterous

Robert's posterous

Robert Hacker  //  This site presents all of the course materials for my entrepreneurship course at FIU-HFT 4292C.

I manage a boutique firm in Miami that provides capital raising and financial advisory services to early stage and middle market companies in Florida, the Caribbean and Central America. I am also an Adjunct Professor at Florida International University where I teach courses in Entrepreneurship. More about me is at http://sophisticatedfinance.typepad.com/about.html

Jan 2 / 10:13am

Project Assignment

PROJECT  ASSIGNMENT

Project: create a blog

Grading: based on the number of subscribers

% of course grade: 35%

Learning objectives:

1.     Learn about blogging as a low cost communications method

2.     Learn how to use social media to create viral marketing

3.     Building subscribers requires many entrepreneurial techniques

4.     Learning to choose technology and integrate it into a business objective

Important questions

1.     Target customer

2.     Thematic focus

3.     Title

4.     Meta tags

5.     Ease of use (subscribers)

6.     Discipline

7.     Content production strategy

8.     Getting the word out

Blogging platforms

Hints

1.     Read about how to increase blog subscribers

2.     Read popular blogs

3.     Read blogs on your subject

4.     Write well

Robert Hacker
rhhfla@mindspring.com | 305-742-8222 | Twitter @rhhfla | Skype rhhfla
GH Capital Partners: http://bit.ly/UA4r2

Nov 29 / 4:59pm

Financial Model

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PINO Model 07-09.xls (411 KB)
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Nov 6 / 5:19am

FINANCIAL MODEL INTRO

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FINANCIAL MODEL.pptx (260 KB)
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Robert Hacker
rhhfla@mindspring.com | 305-742-8222 | Twitter @rhhfla | Skype rhhfla
GH Capital Partners: http://bit.ly/UA4r2
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Nov 1 / 12:09pm

Growth

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GROWTH.pptx (52 KB)
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GH Capital Partners: http://bit.ly/UA4r2
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Nov 1 / 12:09pm

Business Model Notes

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OHIO.pptx (2.07 MB)
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Robert Hacker
rhhfla@mindspring.com | 305-742-8222 | Twitter @rhhfla | Skype rhhfla
GH Capital Partners: http://bit.ly/UA4r2
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Sep 13 / 10:12am

CONCEPT OVERVIEW

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CONCEPT OVERVIEW.xls (47 KB)
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Aug 29 / 8:57am

Lecture Notes

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LECTURE NOTES.ppt (425 KB)
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These are the lecture notes for class. I may substitute or add additional materials on future lectures.

Robert Hacker
rhhfla@mindspring.com | 305-742-8222 | Twitter @rhhfla | Skype rhhfla
GH Capital Partners: http://bit.ly/UA4r2

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