Puerto Rico’s small- and mid-sized business sector showed a 4 percent year-over-year growth last year, when some 207,867 were in operation, up from the 199,848 up and running in 2014.
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.