Agro Tropical, Inc., a Puerto Rican start-up that produces sustainable high quality agricultural products, including vegetables and high performance seeds, emerged as the winner of the 11th edition of the “EnterPRize” business competition hosted by Grupo Guayacán Inc.
The U.S. Small Business Administration and the Puerto Rico Professional College of Engineers and Land Surveyors (CIAPR by its Spanish acronym) will conduct on May 10 their 11th Business Matchmaking Event, officially kicking-off Small Business Week on the island.
For the third year, the U.S. Small Business Administration is launching an Accelerator Growth Fund competition for accelerators and other entrepreneurial ecosystem models to compete for prizes of $50,000 each, totaling $3.95 million.
Grupo Guayacán Inc. (GGI) announced Monday it has opened the applications process for SPRINGBOARD, the organization’s newest program, which is sponsored by the Small Business Administration’s Growth Accelerator Fund Prize, and will be delivered in partnership with the Angel Resource Institute (ARI).
The U.S. Small Business Administration approved 335 loans for $43.8 million in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands during the first six months of fiscal year 2016, a 19 percent and six percent increase, respectively, over approvals during the same period in 2015, the agency said Wednesday.
The U. S. Small Business Administration Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands district office has kicked-off the second Emerging Leaders training series on the island, announcing the companies selected to participate in the Class of 2016.
MasterCard Start Path, a global effort to support innovative early stage startups developing the next generation of commerce solutions, is intensifying its search in Puerto Rico.
Parallel18, an international accelerator for high impact innovative enterprises that want to scale their businesses from Puerto Rico, officially announced the 38 startups that will move to the island for five months to accelerate their companies and learn from business and technology experts worldwide.
The eyes of the technology world are on Barcelona, Spain this week for the celebration of the Mobile World Congress, and Puerto Rico has an important role in presenting the Parallel18 startup acceleration program before hundreds of “4YFN” (“4 Years from Now”) event attendees.
Puerto Rico Minority Supplier Development Council (PRMSDC) and National Minority Supplier Development Council representatives announced this week the return of the “Business Opportunity Exchange 2016,” an event to exhibit and promote local businesses and certified suppliers to multi-national corporations.
A bill amending Law 62 of 2014 calling for an increase in government purchases from local small and mid-sized businesses from 20 percent to 30 percent starting this year has been signed into law, House Speaker Jaime Perelló announced.
Small businesses will have more contracting opportunities beginning in Fiscal 2017 thanks to a law President Obama signed recently that increases the maximum Small Business Administration surety bond guarantee percentage by 20 percent.
The Foundation for Puerto Rico and the Center for Entrepreneurs will join forces to develop business ideas, in 54 hours, that strengthen the island’s tourism ecosystem.
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.
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