Emerging company School Climate Solutions will represent Puerto Rico in the semifinal round of the InnovateHER challenge sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration, it was announced Wednesday.
The U.S. Small Business Administration is looking for business concepts having a positive impact on women and families through its “InnovateHER” competition that offers participants the chance to win up to $40,000 to develop projects.
The U. S. Small Business Administration Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands district office on Tuesday graduated 19 companies from the first ever Emerging Leaders training series delivered on the island.
The U.S. Small Business Administration approved $80.5 million in loans to small business in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands during fiscal year 2015, District Director Yvette T. Collazo announced Monday.
Puerto Rico has been assigned $288,650 through the Small Business Administration’s State Trade and Export Promotion (STEP) program to support activities to increase exporting by small businesses, the agency announced Monday.
Grupo Guayacán Inc. and Codetrotters Academy were among the 80 winners of the second annual Growth Accelerator Fund Competition announced Tuesday by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
The U.S. Small Business Administration honored this year’s top achievers — bestowing awards in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to recognize the enormous contributions small businesses make to the economies of both islands.
Samuel J. Boyd, Jr. chief investment officer and director of program development of the office of investment and innovation at the Small Business Administration, visited Puerto Rico this past weekend to take part in a series of events hosted by Grupo Guayacán Inc. as part its ongoing efforts to promote a vibrant risk capital ecosystem on the island.
The U. S. Small Business Administration Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands district office recently kicked-off the first ever Emerging Leaders training series on the island and announced the participants selected for the Class of 2015.
Social media giant Facebook recently added Puerto Rican online marketing company Gustazos.com to its list of “success stories,” praising the firm’s use of the platform to further its business.
María Contreras-Sweet, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, recently announced the 2015 National Small Business Week awardees, which includes the Puerto Rico Women’s Business Institute among the select group.
The U.S. Small Business Administration approved 165 loans for $26.9 million in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands during the first three months of fiscal year 2015, an 11 percent and 66 percent increase, respectively, over first-quarter approvals in 2014.
U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet and National Credit Union Administration Board Chairman Debbie Matz signed a Memorandum of Understanding to invest in the nation’s entrepreneurial potential by expanding the accessibility of small dollar SBA loans from credit unions.
The U.S. Small Business Administration is looking to expand its reach and scope among Puerto Rico’s entrepreneurial community this fiscal year, by spreading the word on a number of long-standing initiatives that should result in increased lending activity.
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s 7(a) Loan Program reached another lending record in FY 2014, SBA Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet announced Thursday.
Pilot 151, a co-working space in San Juan whose mission is to enable entrepreneurs to create global companies in an environment conducive to productivity and innovation, was one of 50 accelerators chosen to receive a $50,000 cash prize from the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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