PrimerPeso.com gives start-ups tech tools to grow
November 24, 2014
As part of a sweeping inter-agency effort, and backed by Code for America, government officials announced this weekend the birth of PrimerPeso.com, an online platform that aims to give start-ups and established small businesses in Puerto Rico the tools needed to access financing to launch or expand their operations.
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Gov’t appeals to young entrepreneurs in national summit
August 27, 2014
Economic Development and Commerce Secretary Alberto Bacó-Bagué spoke Tuesday to business leaders and start-ups at the National Black and Latino Council’s Black, Brown and Green Sustainability Summit about Puerto Rico’s entrepreneurial business growth and idea cultivation.
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Crunch Fitness to open 1st gym in Carolina this summer
April 1, 2014
New York-based Crunch Fitness will open its first gym this summer in Puerto Rico, marking its official entrance into the competitive market with a location just outside Plaza Escorial in Carolina, company officials announced Monday.
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Grupo Guayacán kicks off business building competition
March 17, 2014
Grupo Guayacán, a nonprofit that seeks to couple private equity investment with a series of programs aimed at developing, strengthening, and advancing Puerto Rico’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, announced over the weekend the start of its annual EnterPRize Business Building Competition.
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Puerto Rican impresarios dipping into chocolate-making
December 30, 2013
Making and selling artisan chocolates in Puerto Rico has become a competitive option for local small businesses, which are already dipping into a growing economic sector.
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Pontifical Catholic University: Entrepreneurs wanted
October 30, 2013
The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico in Ponce is gearing up for its annual I.D.E.A.S. competition celebrating entrepreneurship.
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Op-Ed: SBA ‘tickled pink’ about women entrepreneurs
October 28, 2013
For more than two decades now during the month of October, the color pink has been a symbol of awareness, and women and men alike across the world unabashedly wear it in support of breast cancer victims and its survivors.
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Op-Ed: Investing in women as an economic driver
October 24, 2013
In the early 2000s, Marisol Santiago from Villalba was gainfully employed in the healthcare industry, providing for her family while investing in her future. However, following the onset of the global recession, which still plagues Puerto Rico, Marisol was laid off from her job.
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Deadline looms for microentrepreneurs to seek funding
October 23, 2013
The Puerto Rico Products Association announced that Oct. 24 is the deadline for microentrepreneurs to apply for funding through the Antrocket crowdsourcing platform.
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20 women-owned businesses to split $700K from Doral
August 29, 2013
Doral Bank announced Wednesday the 20 winners of this year’s edition of its “Despegue Empresarial” initiative — a component of its Mujeres d Éxito community program — through which it will assign a total of $700,000 to support the professional and economic growth of women in Puerto Rico.
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Doral Bank gets record applications for ‘Despegue Empresarial’
July 18, 2013
Doral Bank Puerto Rico announced Wednesday it has received a record number of applications for this year's edition of its “Despegue Empresarial” program, an initiative within its “Mujeres d Éxito” institutional campaign that provides capital and mentoring as a growth accelerator for women-owned businesses.
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Coffee shop businesses brewing in Old San Juan
April 23, 2013
San Juan's expanding gourmet coffee service sector suddenly got more interesting with the entry of a Utah-based franchise with an eye catching name, a world-class product, and big plans for Puerto Rico.
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Antrocket.com: First Hispanic crowdfunding site takes off
March 7, 2013
A group of Puerto Rican entrepreneurs, motivated by the desire to solve their own project financing challenges, on Wednesday launched Antrocket.com, the first Hispanic crowdfunding platform.
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Applications open for Puerto Rico Founder Institute spring semester
February 25, 2013
The Founder Institute, the world’s largest start-up accelerator with more than 750 graduate companies, recently announced that applications are open for the Puerto Rico Spring 2013 semester session.
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Chamber of Commerce swears-in college entrepreneurs
October 23, 2012
Under the slogan "We’re all entrepreneurs," 125 young people between the ages of 18 and 22, were sworn-in as members of the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce through its College Chapters committee, in an activity held in San Juan that seeks to develop an entrepreneurial attitude for the island’s economic well-being and social development.
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