Puerto Rico may soon have a new player in the specialty carbonated drinks category, with the launch of The Pop’d Shop soda brand, a product manufactured by a startup currently participating in business accelerator Parallel18’s Generation 8 cohort. Company founder Mark Wieder said the handcrafted soda pop line — which features four different flavors: citrus, […]
Colmena66, a program of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust, shared the results of its “Levanta tu Negocio Puerto Rico” survey, which among other things, revealed that 86% of participating businesses lack a contingency fund for unforeseen situations. The survey began on Mar. 20 and during the first five weeks, 625 responses were […]
The U.S. Small Business Administration confirmed it continues to approve loans for Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands small businesses during the second round of SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program, with more than $120 billion still available. “We encourage small business owners in Puerto Rico and the USVI to take advantage of this opportunity to keep […]
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