Texas-based Gila LLC, has been awarded an Electronic Toll Collection System operations and maintenance contract for the toll roads owned and operated by the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority and Autopistas Metropolitanas of PR, known as Metropistas.
The Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust has partnered with Grupo Guayacán, Inc. to extend its joint I-Corps Puerto Rico program — a customer discovery boot camp for entrepreneurs looking to build and develop scalable business models — during fiscal year 2016.
Puerto Rico’s economic crisis, layoffs and company closures appear to have sparked an entrepreneurial spirit among young people, who, according to a recent poll by Universia and Trabajando.com, confirmed an interest in starting a business.