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Do you run a small business or is being your own boss in your plans?

Reserve your place now to attend the The Miami Herald's annual Small Business Forum on Feb. 23. Sponsored by Florida International University's Eugenio Pino and Family Global Entrepreneurship Center and the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship South Florida, this year's forum will feature business experts who have been in the trenches with small businesses, either as entrepreneurs themselves or as consultants and agency leaders who work with small businesses every day.

Panels will explore how to finance your business idea, launching and growing a web-based business and seeking opportunities in international markets. Hear from the leaders of South Florida businesses big and small talk about how they got started and overcame challenges to make their companies successful.

Entrepreneur panelists include Frank Ununue, president of Goya Foods of Florida; CEOs Devon Rifkin of Great American Hanger Co.; Birame Sock of Third Solutions, David Clarke of BGT Partners, Valerie Holstein of CableOrganizer.com, Manuel Montero of Safetypay and Vince Virga of Skill Storm; Bill Hansen, owner of Bill Hansen Catering: and Bothers. Panels on international business, web-based businesses and financing your business will also include Althea Harris of the U.S. Small Business Administration, Rafael Cruz of the Small Business Development Center in Broward, Melissa Krinzman of Venture Architects and Brandon A. Dorsey of BacklogCapital.

The forum, held at FIU's South Campus, will be held Feb. 23 from 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Tickets cost $25 and include a continental breakfast and lunch. Advance reservations are required, and Small Business Forums have sold out in the past.