With the goal of preparing college students to join the island’s business community, the Young Entrepreneurship Education System (YEES!), in collaboration with the Puerto Rico Products Association, recently held the second edition of the College Business Fair, during which 20 finalists received a combined $135,000 in seed funding for business creation.
Samsung Electronics, in partnership with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), announced Wednesday the second edition of the “Mobile Applications for Accessibility” competition to promote the creation and development of solutions with mobile apps dedicated to accessibility on the Android platform.
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.
Simara Laboy-López, a 22-year-old Biochemistry doctoral student from the University of Puerto Rico, beat out two other competitors to win the first local edition of the Singularity University Global Impact competition, the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust announced Monday.
Grupo Guayacán, in collaboration with the Amgen Foundation, completed the first edition of its “STEM and Entrepreneurship” initiative aimed at high school students during an activity on Tuesday, crowing three teams of high schools students who participated.
The Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust announced that three researchers and innovators were selected as finalists of the local edition for Singularity University Global Impact Competition.
The Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust announced Monday it has extended until April 1st the call-for-entries for innovators to participate in the local edition of the Singularity University Global Impact Competition.
Local sign and visual graphics provider FASTSIGNS of Guaynabo was once again named one of the top centers out of more than 600 locations worldwide at the 2016 FASTSIGNS International Convention, recently held in Orlando, Florida.
The tenth edition of Grupo Guayacán’s business competition, EnterPRize, kicked off with the participation of this year’s 25 semi-finalists in a series of workshops that are part of its educational curriculum.
A trio of students representing the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras won this year’s edition of the Financial Awareness Video Contest sponsored by the Puerto Rico Bankers Association and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Nine finalists will showcase their apps live at the “Appcircus San Juan” final on Jan. 21 at Sacred Heart University.
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.
As a part of the Obama administration’s effort to support greater energy efficiency through the “Battle of the Buildings Challenge,” the Environmental Protection Agency recently granted Business Efficiency Consulting Services the rights to host a regional energy-savings competition in Puerto Rico.
Plaza Del Caribe, MasterCard, the Puerto Rico Economic Development Bank, the Puerto Rico Trade and Export Company, and the Chamber of Commerce of the South are joining forces to launch business competition “Travesía al Éxito Empresarial” in search of new entrepreneurs in the island's southern region.
Advertising agency DDB Latina Puerto Rico won a Golden Sun award, three Silver Sun awards and a Bronze Sun award in the most important creative competition of the Spanish-and Portuguese-speaking markets, the Festival Iberoamericano de la Publicidad, for works created for its clients Unilever of Puerto Rico and the Department of Justice.
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