SBA launches online tutorials on federal R&D funding
July 26, 2016
The U.S. Small Business Administration has released its Small Business Innovation Research online tutorials to help small businesses navigate the SBIR program, the agency announced.
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Roosy Roads among SBA’s new qualified HUBZones
June 17, 2016
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced Thursday the designation of an additional 516 census tracts qualified as Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZones) in Puerto Rico, for a new total of 776.
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SBA, CIAPR to host 11th gov’t contracting matchmaking
May 9, 2016
The U.S. Small Business Administration and the Puerto Rico Professional College of Engineers and Land Surveyors (CIAPR by its Spanish acronym) will conduct on May 10 their 11th Business Matchmaking Event, officially kicking-off Small Business Week on the island.
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SBA launches growth accelerator fund competition
May 3, 2016
For the third year, the U.S. Small Business Administration is launching an Accelerator Growth Fund competition for accelerators and other entrepreneurial ecosystem models to compete for prizes of $50,000 each, totaling $3.95 million.
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SBA loans in P.R., USVI reach $43.8M in 1st half of FY ’16
April 28, 2016
The U.S. Small Business Administration approved 335 loans for $43.8 million in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands during the first six months of fiscal year 2016, a 19 percent and six percent increase, respectively, over approvals during the same period in 2015, the agency said Wednesday.
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SBA kicks-off 2016 emerging leaders series in P.R.
April 18, 2016
The U. S. Small Business Administration Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands district office has kicked-off the second Emerging Leaders training series on the island, announcing the companies selected to participate in the Class of 2016.
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SBA to deliver ‘Boots to Business: Reboot in San Juan’
April 7, 2016
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands district office will host on April 20-21 the entrepreneurship training course for veterans known as “Boots to Business: Reboot in San Juan.”
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Prime Janitorial president gets top SBA honor
March 15, 2016
The U.S. Small Business Administration has selected Fernando Rodríguez, president of Prime Janitorial Corporation, as Puerto Rico’s “Small Business Person of the Year,” the agency’s local officials confirmed Monday.
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SBA takes Destination: HUB event to Roosevelt Roads
March 11, 2016
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will host a Destination: HUB event for small businesses at the former Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Ceiba, Puerto Rico on Mar. 18 at 9:30 a.m.
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SBA Surety Bonds program guarantee limit up by 20%
December 22, 2015
Small businesses will have more contracting opportunities beginning in Fiscal 2017 thanks to a law President Obama signed recently that increases the maximum Small Business Administration surety bond guarantee percentage by 20 percent.
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SBA: ‘Shop small for all on Small Business Saturday’
November 27, 2015
Small business owners across the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico are preparing for the most important shopping day of the year, “Small Business Saturday,” an event sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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Psychology project moves to InnovateHER semifinals
November 25, 2015
Emerging company School Climate Solutions will represent Puerto Rico in the semifinal round of the InnovateHER challenge sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration, it was announced Wednesday.
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SBA ‘InnovateHER’ competition deadline is Nov. 13
November 12, 2015
The U.S. Small Business Administration is looking for business concepts having a positive impact on women and families through its “InnovateHER” competition that offers participants the chance to win up to $40,000 to develop projects.
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19 co.’s graduate SBA’s Emerging Leaders ’15 training
November 11, 2015
The U. S. Small Business Administration Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands district office on Tuesday graduated 19 companies from the first ever Emerging Leaders training series delivered on the island.
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SBA supports $80.5M in loans to P.R., USVI small biz
November 3, 2015
The U.S. Small Business Administration approved $80.5 million in loans to small business in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands during fiscal year 2015, District Director Yvette T. Collazo announced Monday.
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