Colmena66, Parallel18 launch program for innovative co’s looking to grow
April 26, 2022
Xpand provides a community of support and mentorship to founders of innovative companies to raise capital and explore new markets.
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Parallel18’s pre18 program celebrates 4th generation of local entrepreneurs
April 11, 2022
The fourth cohort, made up by 44% of female representation, worked for 12 weeks in a hybrid format.
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UPR Mayagüez campus AREA-E program marks 1st year promoting small businesses
March 28, 2022
The program has spent a year training entrepreneurs who seek to make their businesses more competitive.
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Bravo Family Foundation sets its eye on new generation of entrepreneurs
February 3, 2022
The Bravo Family Foundation (BFF) announced the launch of the Bravo Challenge for Youth, a project that aims to promote a new breed of entrepreneurs by developing their entrepreneurial abilities and skills while they are still in high school. In its initial phase, the project is focusing its efforts on high school students in the […]
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‘Juego Empresarial’ event draws 84 Aibonito businesses to training sessions
February 1, 2022
“Juego Empresarial,” an event recently sponsored by the PROEL Connect firm, drew more than 100 people representing 84 businesses in the central town of Aibonito. The event included virtual and in-person activities and was attended by 23 experts, who spoke about the dimensions of the modern entrepreneur and the strategies of successful entrepreneurship, PROEL Connect […]
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BASED launches platform to ‘support, inspire and inform a better Puerto Rico’
December 1, 2021
Puerto Rico’s growing start up and entrepreneurial ecosystem is now supported by a comprehensive resource guide called BASED. Founded by young Puerto Rican entrepreneur Gustavo Diaz-Skoff, BASED is a subscription-based digital platform and quarterly magazine that provides aspiring entrepreneurs, changemakers and business leaders the tools, resources, and inspiration to build a better Puerto Rico. “I […]
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Local entrepreneurship remains ‘economic growth tool for Puerto Rico’
November 17, 2021
While Puerto Rico’s entrepreneurs have faced an “atypical” 2021, it’s also been a “stabilizing time,” for which local trade organization Empresarios Por Puerto Rico will move ahead with a strategic plan to continue developing local companies for the upcoming year. “We’re a young organization, and we’re going to take every opportunity to solidify ourselves and […]
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Puerto Rico Science Trust launches free entrepreneurship incubator
November 17, 2021
The Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust announced the launch of its new initiative, Fase1, a free virtual program that offers educational modules with short courses on entrepreneurship. The program, which is also part of the Puerto Rico Housing Department’s Small Business Incubators and Accelerators Program, under the CDBG-DR funding program, will be divided into two parts. The […]
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’21 Guayacán Venture Accelerator grads have growth, diversification plans
November 17, 2021
With a clear vision for the future, nine Puerto Rican companies completed the 13th edition of the Guayacán Venture Accelerator (GVA) program, an executive development program designed to propel the growth of existing companies. The companies’ representatives completed a curriculum of 18 workshops and lectures, immersing in advanced business education topics, techniques and the tools […]
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Colmena66 to host virtual Boricua Emprende Entrepreneur Fest
November 2, 2021
Colmena66 — a program of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust — is putting out an open call to register for the third annual Boricua Entrepreneur Fest (BE Fest), an entrepreneurship education event that “builds, connects and celebrates the island’s business ecosystem.” The BE Fest is an annual event designed for small and […]
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Gov’t agencies to promote entrepreneurship after end of jobless benefits
October 14, 2021
The heads of the Puerto Rico Economic Development Bank and the Labor Department signed a collaborative agreement to provide funding and grants from the Small Business Financing-CDBG-DR program to new and existing entrepreneurs who received unemployment and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits. People who qualify for the microentrepreneur financing program may receive up to $25,000 […]
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San Juan municipal gov’t grants $255K to 6 new businesses
October 8, 2021
The San Juan municipal government has granted $255,000 to six companies that will establish their operations in different communities of the city, as part of the Community Entrepreneurship Program that impacts more than 35 people. “I’m proud that young people and adults from different communities identify needs in their communities and that from there, the […]
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Entrepreneurship becomes a way of life in Puerto Rico
September 22, 2021
If the past decade has shown anything is that Puerto Ricans look adversity in the eye and say, “bring it on!” An economic downturn that has lasted longer than that, the back-to-back hurricanes in 2017, the earthquakes that rocked the south, and the COVID-19 pandemic have hit hard, but residents of this island have found […]
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Op-Ed: Puerto Rico is poised to leverage its third frontier in tourism
July 28, 2021
Once upon a time, tourism in Puerto Rico meant just one thing: the beach. Recently, thanks to the promotional talents of Discover Puerto Rico and operators with vision, a second tourism frontier emerged and solidified on the island: exciting experiences and adventures in municipalities away from the beach, with Toro Verde leading the pack. The […]
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Youth entrepreneurship program Lemonade Day slated for June 12
March 22, 2021
Lemonade Day Puerto Rico is now accepting registrations from students wanting to operate their own business and earn their own money to participate in the third edition of the program to be held June 12, 2021 throughout the island. Registration is free for participants of Lemonade Day to learn how to: set up and operate […]
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