SBA Puerto Rico signs on VegaCoop as 7(a) lender
October 31, 2013
The U.S. Small Business Administration has given authority to VegaCoop to provide financial assistance to small business owners under SBA’s 7(a) Loan Guaranty program, SBA District Director Yvette T. Collazo announced today.
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SBA: Fiscal ’13 is 3rd highest year of lending to date
October 30, 2013
The U.S Small Business Administration announced Tuesday that it has reached its third highest year of lending to date, surpassed only by two record years of supporting more than $30 billion in Fiscal 2011 and 2012.
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Op-Ed: SBA ‘tickled pink’ about women entrepreneurs
October 28, 2013
For more than two decades now during the month of October, the color pink has been a symbol of awareness, and women and men alike across the world unabashedly wear it in support of breast cancer victims and its survivors.
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SBA looking to stimulate R&D activity in Puerto Rico
September 11, 2013
For years, Puerto Rico has had a long-standing reputation for being a mecca for manufacturing and production for major companies who flock to this Caribbean island in search of talented workers and tax benefits.
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Ponce Pontifical Univ., SBA partner to help small business
August 16, 2013
Looking to strengthen small businesses growth in Puerto Rico, the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico in Ponce and the U.S. Small Business Administration have partnered to exchange information and support resources in favor of the sector.
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SBA grants $95K award to Inter American University
August 5, 2013
Supporting programs for innovative, technology-driven small businesses under SBA’s Federal and State Technology (FAST) partnership program, the U.S. Small Business Administration has granted 20 awards, of $95,000 per award, for Fiscal 2013 to 20 state and local economic development agencies, business development centers, and colleges and universities.
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SBA lending in Puerto Rico, USVI up in 3Q13
July 24, 2013
The U.S. Small Business Administration approved 476 loans in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands during the first nine months of fiscal year 2013, an 18 percent increase over loans approved during the same period in 2012.
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NY Fed to co-host clinic for small businesses in Puerto Rico
July 8, 2013
As part of its ongoing efforts to promote economic vitality throughout the Second District, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will co-host the “International Trade for Small Businesses Clinic” for small business owners in Puerto Rico on July 10.
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SBA to honor top small businesses winners in D.C.
June 3, 2013
This isn’t like the competition we see on today’s popular entertainment television shows. No, it’s far more serious competition and recognition of small businesses that create jobs, produce revenue, lift local economies, support the local infrastructure and give back charitably to the communities where they live and work. It’s about the business of America.
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SBA, top lenders to help veterans become entrepreneurs
May 22, 2013
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced Tuesday the SBA Veteran Pledge Initiative, a commitment by its top national, regional and community lenders to collectively increase their lending activity to veterans by 5 percent per year for the next five years.
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Mayagüez entrepreneur is SBA Puerto Rico’s small businessperson of the year
May 20, 2013
The Puerto Rico & U.S. Virgin Islands district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration honored José A. Irizarry, president of Centro Gomas del Oeste, with the 2013 Puerto Rico Small Business Person of the Year Award, during the closing ceremonies of Small Business Week on the island late last week.
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SBA, Engineers to host business matchmaking event
May 9, 2013
The U.S. Small Business Administration and the Puerto Rico Engineers and Land Surveyors will cosponsor the 9th annual Business Matchmaking Event to pair small firms with federal government agencies seeking vendors.
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SBA, other agencies to host gov’t procurement forum
April 25, 2013
The U.S. Small Business Administration, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Puerto Rico Small Business & Technology Development Center will host a Government Procurement Forum on April 30 starting at 8 a.m., to help facilitate business development opportunities for small firms seeking contracts with federal and local government agencies.
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SBA, AARP Puerto Rico to host mentoring event
April 19, 2013
As part of Encore Entrepreneur Mentor Month, the Puerto Rico office of the U.S. Small Business Administration and AARP Puerto Rico have joined forces once more to host the event “Encore Entrepreneurship: from Baby Boomer to Business Owner Too!” on Thursday, April 25.
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SBA’s Puerto Rico resource partners get $19K
April 12, 2013
Small businesses rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy will get both immediate and long-term help laying a foundation for economic recovery and resiliency thanks to expanded services funded by a $19 million emergency appropriation.
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