13 co.’s take part in 2nd edition of PRiMEX Export Academy
December 9, 2019
The Puerto Rico Manufacturing Extension Inc. (PRiMEX), launched the second edition of its Export Academy, in which 13 companies will learn the basic elements to establish an export plan in the short, medium and long term. The academy includes six educational modules and group consulting sessions with a total investment of 70 hours. The academy […]
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Echar Pa’lante recognizes island’s ‘pillars of entrepreneurship’
December 9, 2019
For the sixth consecutive year, the Echar Pa’lante Multisectoral Alliance recognized individuals and organizations whose trajectory has helped to develop entrepreneurship on the island. The activity called “Pillars of Entrepreneurship 2019” took place as part of the quarterly meeting of Echar Pa’lante’s Advisory during which the achievements of 2019 and the plans for 2020 were […]
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Experts: New education models, green economy key to economic development
October 29, 2019
Focusing education on learning, rather than teaching and students rather than curricula, taking into account skills, content and culture are the key to the successful change of the island’s entrepreneurial landscape, two international entrepreneurship and innovation experts agreed during their participation in the seventh “Echar Pa’lante” conference. Luca Iandoli, associate dean for global and online […]
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Sacred Heart Univ. to build $1.9M collaboration center for creative co.’s in Santurce
October 28, 2019
The former Villa Music building on Ponce De León avenue in Santurce will be transformed into a creative and cultural entrepreneurship center through an initiative by Sacred Heart University’s Nuestro Barrio: Distrito Cultural de Santurce program, the president of the institution, Gilberto J. Marxuach-Torrós, announced. The 22,000 square-foot space, a few steps from the university, […]
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United Retailers Association opens call for entrepreneurial competition
August 16, 2019
A total of 60 new entrepreneurs will have a chance to turn their business idea into reality through the “CUD Start Your Business” competition, an initiative by the United Retailers Association that offers tools needed to establish a business. Participants have until Aug. 22 to submit their proposals through the centrounido.com website. “We are convinced […]
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FirstBank, Center for Puerto Rico partner to help young entrepreneurs
July 30, 2019
With the aim of promoting entrepreneurship among young people between the ages of 18-35 by helping them acquire the skills necessary to develop or strengthen an enterprise, FirstBank has granted a donation of $15,000 to the Entrepreneurial Training Program for Young Adults of the Center for Puerto Rico. The Center is the operational arm of […]
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Mujer Innova-Agribusiness edition underway to further sector’s recovery
June 19, 2019
Innovation and entrepreneurship platform INprende will co-host an event for women-owned agribusinesses and female farmers as part of a subsidies program created by the American Red Cross in collaboration with the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust. The call to participate in the program was opened during the “Women Innovating in Agriculture” event. Applications […]
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SBA’s National SBIR road tour to stop in P.R. in November
April 5, 2019
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced it will launch a 16-stop road tour connecting entrepreneurs working on advanced technology to the largest source of early stage funding – the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The SBIR Road Tour will stop in Puerto Rico Nov. 15, the agency announced. […]
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New generation of creative businesses known as La Cepa 1.0 takes off
April 2, 2019
Sacred Heart University, through its “Nuestro Barrio: Santurce Cultural District Program” announced the 23 companies selected to participate in its training platform for the area’s creative businesses. This initiative is possible through the allocation of $400,000 the university received from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to support the acceleration of creative industries, college officials said. […]
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Santander Award for Business Innovation winners in P.R. announced
December 31, 2018
This contest rewards projects that promote creativity and innovation and that stimulates the development of small businesses among college students.
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Forward Research and Innovation Summit ’18 slated for Nov. 10
October 15, 2018
Manu Prakash, born in India and professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University and with a PhD in Applied Physics from MIT, will be the keynote speaker at this conference.
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Hunter College, PRMA to host Social Entrepreneurship and Reconstruction conference
October 5, 2018
The conference will convene representatives of the University of Puerto Rico’s School of Planning as well as the PRMA and other civic organizations on the island and its diaspora.
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FirstBank, Starting Point partner to train UPR Mayagüez students in entrepreneurship
October 5, 2018
The trainings focus on emerging businesses and existing social enterprises.
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AES, Trust for the Americas launch community entrepreneurship project in Guayama
September 17, 2018
More than 30 new entrepreneurs successfully completed the first phase of workshops for the creation and strengthening of self-employment in Guayama, an initiative launched by AES Puerto Rico and the The Trust for the Americas.
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P.R. Labor Department promotes self-employment through ‘Puerto Rico Emprende’
September 14, 2018
The alliance sets off the first phase of the program, which will allow interested people to launch their businesses “quickly and effectively,” the agencies stated.
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