Business Development

JCI Coconut Grove provides an educational and practical networking arena for any young professional in the Miami-Dade area. Our wide ranging activities and areas of opportunity attract everyone from lawyers and financial professionals to web designers/programmers and architects. Through training seminars and leadership opportunities we can help you become a more effective, motivated leader. Whatever your career is the Coconut Grove Jaycees have an opportunity that will complement your skills.



Business Directory:

If you want to access information on the businesses and companies that exist in Coconut Grove as well as Miami, you may go to Info USA (http://www.infousa.com) and register for free. Once you register you can access Info USA. You can begin doing your search companies using different criteria.

We see that through this business directory you will be able to identify your potential target clients or partners in order to enhance your business network. In the today global economy, it has been proven that business network allow companies to market and compete more effectively.  As such, JCI Coconut Grove provides you with this important tool that will make your business more competitive.



Business Programs:

JCI Coconut Grove conducts several business programs to help our young professionals and entrepreneurs enhance their business skills. These programs have proven to be successful, helping entrepreneurs establish sound and competitive companies. The programs that we have are as follows:

  1. Business Networking Event: This is an effective way for business to partner and network with other companies within the same industry and/or geographic market. This helps those firms strengthen their positioning and competitiveness. JCI Coconut Grove conducts this project as an effective way to help Members and other young professionals gain business exposure in a fast-paced, results-oriented atmosphere.
  2. Business Workshop-Networking Events: In JCI Coconut Grove, we have outstanding members with several years of experience in the business arena. JCI Coconut Grove invites these outstanding members and key speakers in order for them to share their experience in the business world. Do not miss our business event.
  3. Business Plan Competition: JCI Coconut Grove main goal is to foster new businesses in the Coconut Grove and Miami areas.  It has been our professional experience that small businesses tend to sustain the economy in a more effective way than larger companies.  As such, we encourage young entrepreneurs to present their business plans as part of a contest that provide the winners with recognition and the opportunity to introduce their business plans to investors.  If you want to participate, you may contact our business director, Luis Barahona (luismbarahona@yahoo.com).

For “How to write an effective Business Plan” please click on the link below.

How to Write a business Plan

Doing business in Florida

If you are interested in starting a new business in Florida, follow this link to obtain the pertinent information.

  1. Start small businesses: Florida proactively fosters new businesses in the state. Small business owners can benefit from an extensive network of state, federal and non-profit resource centers that can assist them. Please follow this link if you want more information: http://www.eflorida.com/ContentSubpage.aspx?id=428

 

  1. International Assistance: Florida is of the top U.S. states in attracting foreign direct investment, especially from Latin America. The State of Florida reports that there are currently about 2,000 foreign companies.  Florida is an important international trade center and a hub for international banking and finance. The state also has one of the largest concentrations of consulates and bi-national chambers of commerce in the United States. Should you need more information, you may follow this link: http://www.eflorida.com/ContentSubpage.aspx?id=422
  1. Links to the Chambers of Commerce in the Miami area:

Miami-Dade: http://www.greatermiami.com/
Coconut Grove: http://www.coconutgrove.com/
Coral Gables: http://www.coralgableschamber.org/
Doral: http://www.doralchamberofcommerce.org/