The U.S. Small Business Administration announced the fifth round of its “Growth Accelerator Fund” competition to recognize the nation’s most innovative accelerators, including incubators, co-working startup communities, or other similar models, to compete for cash prizes of $50,000 each for a total of $3 million. “Accelerators provide invaluable resources to small business startups, such as […]
U.S. Small Business Administration Acting Administrator Chris Pilkerton announced the launch of the Makerspace Training, Collaboration and Hiring pilot competition, known as MaTCH. The MaTCH Pilot Competition seeks to address the job skills and placement gaps faced by U.S. businesses by providing funding to create or expand programs with job-specific and soft skills training within […]
In the next few months, Kandor Manufacturing will increase its staff with 225 new jobs based in Arecibo, after receiving a $2 million line of credit from FirstBank. Kandor, a Puerto Rican company specializing in the manufacture of uniforms and military supplies, recently received the third line of credit issued on the island under the […]
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