The center, called Angelina, opened its doors in a restored building on Ponce de León Ave.
The coffee chain grabbed the 55th position among 500 companies.
The delivery company provides services to 71 municipalities.
Challenge Fitness currently has three trainers licensed by the Puerto Rico Department of Sports and Recreation to work with the elderly.
The entrepreneur behind the product took out a $4,500 loan through nonprofit organization Kiva to launch the online store.
Grupo Guayacán and Visa have created an alliance to provide specialized training and financial support to startups focused on in digital payment solutions and to accelerate the proliferation of local business projects in the dynamic financial technology and payment processing sector. Entrepreneurs in the sector known as “fintech” will benefit from the easy access that […]
P18, the international acceleration program of parallel18, culminated its ninth generation with the celebration of the achievements of 33 companies in its DemoDay event at the Raúl Juliá theater at the Puerto Rico Museum of Art. Following more than 20 months of virtual events, the program from the Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust […]
The Puerto Rico Economic Development Bank and the United Retailers Association (CUD in Spanish) approved $820,000 in grants to entrepreneurs in the municipality of Camuy and delivered subsidies that amount to $651,670, the bank confirmed. The funding is part of an alliance between the government agency and the private-sector trade group, which “results in direct […]
Puerto Rico’s growing start up and entrepreneurial ecosystem is now supported by a comprehensive resource guide called BASED. Founded by young Puerto Rican entrepreneur Gustavo Diaz-Skoff, BASED is a subscription-based digital platform and quarterly magazine that provides aspiring entrepreneurs, changemakers and business leaders the tools, resources, and inspiration to build a better Puerto Rico. “I […]
There is a popular song in the Caribbean written by King Obstinate titled: “How Will Santa Get Here?” The proposed solution? “There is no reindeer in my country. He’ll have to borrow de neighbor’s donkey.” These themes of getting creative and leveraging community resources are the perfect segue for our article. The people of the […]
The Puerto Rico Culinary Events Conglomerate announced the acquisition of the production rights of several popular culinary events on the island in recent years from Imagenda, a company that is part of CGV Creative Group. The financial terms of the deal were undisclosed. This group of entrepreneurs will now produce several well-known festivals such as […]
The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved more than 28,000 loans to businesses in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands exceeding $2 billion through its COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, it announced. When broken down, Puerto Rico-based small businesses have been approved for 26,751 loans, worth $2 billion, while the USVI has […]
While Puerto Rico’s entrepreneurs have faced an “atypical” 2021, it’s also been a “stabilizing time,” for which local trade organization Empresarios Por Puerto Rico will move ahead with a strategic plan to continue developing local companies for the upcoming year. “We’re a young organization, and we’re going to take every opportunity to solidify ourselves and […]
The Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust announced the launch of its new initiative, Fase1, a free virtual program that offers educational modules with short courses on entrepreneurship. The program, which is also part of the Puerto Rico Housing Department’s Small Business Incubators and Accelerators Program, under the CDBG-DR funding program, will be divided into two parts. The […]
US Small Business Administration Associate Administrator Bibi Hidalgo, head of the federal agency’s Office of Government Contracting & Business Development, is visiting Puerto Rico early this week, the agency announced. Her visit is part of a national tour highlighting the United States’ economic recovery focused on boosting manufacturing, engaging socially and economically disadvantaged businesses on […]
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