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EDUCATING & CULTIVATING ENTREPRENEURS

We offer institutions and communities efficient and effective turnkey models to
create an entrepreneurial ecosystem based on sound educational principles.

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Our integrated, cloud-based approach to managing innovation and entrepreneurship programs / Flitepath keeps your program and participants on track!

Save Time

With Flitepath, we take a holistic approach, with an end-to-end solution that replaces disparate spreadsheets, external calendars, LMSs, CRMs, and document repositories

Track Resources

Schedule, document, track, and evaluate program content, deliverables, mentoring sessions, as well as collaborate with each other and access real-time data and metrics

Deploy Anywhere, Immediately

Our platform is cloud-based, allowing for immediate deployment to any device, without additional investment in hardware or development. We believe that entrepreneurs should have access to world-class, curated videos and written content wherever and whenever.

Customized to YOUR Needs

Flitepath addresses the needs of corporate innovation managers, entrepreneurship center and accelerator directors, mentors, entrereneurs, and investors.
Accelerator multi-vertical recruitment / culture of innovation

Structured Program

For Entrepreneurs: 12-week world-class program and on-going residency and support with network access

Community of Entrepreneurs

For Entrepreneurs: Top startups from around the world collaborating in a supportive environment – 31 in Miami from 18 countries

Turnkey Solution

For Governments and Private Entities: Training, educational content & complete program management platform ensuring accountability and transparency while measuring impact and activities in real time

Proven Model

For Governments and Private Entities: Proven model for developing an ecosystem building on the existing strengths in the community with documented success and high ROI

Susan Amat

Founder / CEO

Dr. Susan Amat is the founder of Venture Hive, which focuses on democratizing entrepreneurship education through a global network of accelerators, universities, and K-12 programs. A serial entrepreneur, she built businesses in the entertainment industry for over a decade, including the first CD-ROM magazine and a national television show. After completing her MBA, Dr. Amat developed pediatric health monitoring products and earned a Ph.D. in Strategic Entrepreneurship (coursework in industrial engineering, business, and education). While teaching at the University of Miami, she founded The Launch Pad, which was considered the top model in entrepreneurship education. Her program and platform was replicated throughout the United States as Blackstone LaunchPads. Dr. Amat served as the founding Chair of the STEM Board for Miami-Dade County Public Schools and actively speaks about entrepreneurship education internationally. She has consulted with the US State Department, The Kauffman Foudation, and the World Bank on ecosystem development. In 2012, Dr. Amat was honored as a 'Champion of Change' at the White House.

Luis Amat

Co-Founder / CTO

Carlos Iñiguez

Curriculum / Programs

Carlos attended University of Florida in Gainesville, FL where he earned his bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Latin American Studies in 2010 and master's degree in International Relations in 2012. After six years at the University of Florida, he joined Teach For America (TFA), forming part of their Miami-Dade cohort and taught 7th and 8th grade Language Arts in Miami Gardens in 2012 to do his part in helping to close opportunity and achievement gaps in the community. In 2013-2015 he taught 7th grade IB Language Arts in North Miami. After successfully completing his teaching commitment with TFA, Carlos joined Venture Hive as the Venture Hive Prep Manager to work on developing and implementing tailored entrepreneurship curriculum for the company's varied K-12 programs.

Andrew Heitner

Incubator Support

Luis Mata

Videography

Jaime Silva

Venture Hive Latam

Businessman with more than 25 years of experience in international trade and logistics. Experienced in successfully running large international organizations as well as designing and starting up businesses from scratch.

Currently the President and Founder of Branch USA Worldwide Inc., an innovative and low-cost business platform developed to support the internationalization of small and midsized enterprises in the Latin American region.

In 2010 he founded and lead the International Aviation and Travel Institute, Inc. (IATI), a consulting and training Institute focused on the aviation and travel industries. This company performed several important consulting projects for international airlines and companies such as COPA Airlines, Panair Cargo, Mas Airlines, Tame Airlines, RAK Airlines, CAS USA, FLOPEC, and others.

As Vice-President of Sales and Business Development of Florida West Airlines; a LAN Airline’s partner in the USA; from 2003 to 2008, he was responsible for the company’s leading positioning in the Central American market. He also transformed the Colombian market into a profitable route for the company and negotiated and implemented important strategic alliances with airlines such as ABX Air, Japan Airlines, and others. He became a key contributor to company’s total sales of over $75 million per year. Similar successful results were obtained during his 6 years as USA Director of Cargo Sales for TACA Airlines Group.

His first business challenge in the USA was as Marketing Director of Latin American Operations for Wholey International, in Pittsburgh, PA., where he developed and managed the fresh salmon business line for the company building a strategic alliance with a large salmon farm in Chile. Directly responsible for monthly sales of over $1 million, and he also developed and managed a fresh fruit business line for the Company importing fresh produce from South American growers and selling it in the U.S. market.

During his 13 years career as a Chilean Navy Officer, he designed, implemented, and managed the most modern information system infrastructure of the Navy. He headed a group of over 30 engineers and technicians to develop innovative technological solutions for the institution, becoming an important contributor toward the modernization of a public service in the country.

His academic background includes a BS in Marine Engineering, from the Naval Polytechnic Academy of Chile. Attended the Master of Business Administration and Master of Science in the Management of Information Systems programs at the Katz Business School, University of Pittsburgh.

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