Axel García, and his company PRatian, which is dedicated to developing technologies for the aerospace industry, won this year’s local edition of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards, hosted by the Entrepreneurs’ Organization.
Caguas-based Oscar Super Cash & Carry announced Tuesday it will make its resources available to business incubators to serve as a platform for social innovation to strengthen smaller businesses and in turn, the foundation for Puerto Rico’s social and economic development.
Antonio J. Ramos, founder of Parknet, a technology company focused on controlled entry systems, was selected as winner of the local edition of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) during a ceremony late last week.
Grupo Guayacán Inc. (GGI) kicked off SPRINGBOARD this weekend, its newest entrepreneurial development offering and the first program in Puerto Rico geared at preparing local start-ups to raise early stage capital in order to grow their ventures, the seed funding firm confirmed.
The first round of applications for the Parallel18 startup acceleration program closes on Jan. 29th at noon (EST).
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Grupo Guayacán Inc. and Entrepreneurs Organization announced a partnership to support student entrepreneurs by hosting a local qualifying competition for EO’s Global Student Entrepreneur Awards, q global competition for student entrepreneurs who actively run a for-profit business, while attending a college or university.
Couple a delectable recipe at an accessible price with the Puerto Rican consumer's love of sweets and it pretty much explains the success behind a cupcake business that suddenly seems to be all over the place.
As an entrepreneur, I’ve had days when I feel in love with my work, and that same afternoon I’m questioning and wonder if I should change this or that. And that’s actually normal.
Hundreds of business owners took part in the “Entrepreneurs First” workshop hosted by FirstBank and the autonomous municipality of Caguas Tuesday, at the Centro Criollo de Ciencia y Tecnología (C3TEC) to learn about how to reinvent their businesses, educate themselves and strengthen local industries.
As part of last week’s celebration of the IT Cluster & CIO Summit, businessman Nicholas Prouty, managing partner of investment firm Putnam Bridge, urged members of the island’s technology sector to join forces to convert Puerto Rico into a powerful technological center for the Caribbean region.
Focused on making a better future for themselves and their loved ones, a group of Subway employees are today's most recent entrepreneurs thanks to their joint effort to create the "Sandwich Artists with Ambitions" initiative.
Puerto Rican entrepreneur Antonio Sosa-Pascual has been recognized as a “civic innovator” in the summer 2013 issue of “Americas Quarterly,” a policy analysis and debate magazine published by the Americas Society and Council of the Americas, based in New York City.
The U.S. Small Business Administration honored Dionisio Ortiz, president of Bayamón-based Corporate Development Solutions Inc., as “Minority Small Business Person of the Year” for the district of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The Puerto Rico office of the U.S. Small Business Administration and AARP Puerto Rico will team up Oct. 2 to host the first "National Encore Entrepreneur Mentor Day."
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