Zayira Jordan of Guaynabo-based GuardDV has been included among this year’s 10 finalists of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s InnovateHER Business Challenge.
The Small Business and Technology Development Center will hold the “Think Big & Grow Smarter Business Summit” on Aug. 18 at the Hotel Condado Plaza, to celebrate its trajectory and contribution to the island’s socio-economic development over the past 20 years, said Carmen Martí, executive director of the SBTDC.
The sixth edition of the “Caguas Compite” business training program — an incubator and mentorship project for micro-entrepreneurs — closed with a total of 51 people trained, 12 businesses in operation, about 20 new jobs and $1.2 million in projected sales in the first year.