The U.S. Small Business Administration Puerto Rico & US Virgin Islands District graduated 29 companies from its Emerging Leaders program for Puerto Rico entrepreneurs, completing the fifth cycle of the mini-MBA training series. Virtual cohorts were offered to entrepreneurs across the island, with virtual cohorts based in San Juan and, for the second time, Ponce. […]
There is a popular song in the Caribbean written by King Obstinate titled: “How Will Santa Get Here?” The proposed solution? “There is no reindeer in my country. He’ll have to borrow de neighbor’s donkey.” These themes of getting creative and leveraging community resources are the perfect segue for our article. The people of the […]
The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved more than 28,000 loans to businesses in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands exceeding $2 billion through its COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, it announced. When broken down, Puerto Rico-based small businesses have been approved for 26,751 loans, worth $2 billion, while the USVI has […]
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