Social media giant Facebook is hosting a series of “Boost your Business” seminars in Puerto Rico this week, it announced.
Digital platform Facebook will organize a series of training events aimed at small and medium enterprises in Puerto Rico, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló confirmed.
The U.S. Small Business Administration honored Tijuana’s Bar and Grill founder Alexander Gómez with the Puerto Rico Small Business Person of the Year Award, SBA District Director Yvette T. Collazo has announced.
During the first weeks of April, FirstBank resumed its "Hecho con Éxito, Hecho con FirstBank" program aimed at supporting the island’s small business segment’s operations after Hurricane María, the bank announced.
Every business, regardless of the size, industry or business sector, faces different challenges and obstacles during its life cycle.
A key Congressional panel took steps Wednesday to advance legislation aimed at helping small companies in Puerto Rico obtain a greater share of federal contracts.
The head of the U.S. Small Business Administration Linda McMahon announced that this year’s National Small Business Week will be held from April 29 – May 5, 2018, when she will be visiting a number of states.
The National Association of State Latino Chambers of Commerce (NASLCC) and the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) signed in Chicago a memorandum of understanding to provide training, and business opportunities for Latino businesses in the United States and Puerto Rico, the nonprofits announced.
Prior to the extensive damage caused by Hurricanes Irma and María to Puerto Rico last September, the island’s small businesses were already dealing with several challenges, including maintaining liquidity, according to a report released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
U.S. House Small Business Committee Ranking Member Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) sent a letter Tuesday calling on the Small Business Administration to outline the concrete actions it is taking to help the thousands of Puerto Rican small businesses recovering from Hurricane Maria.
A group of business organizations in Puerto Rico’s entrepreneurial ecosystem have joined forces to launch "Raise Your Business PR" campaign to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of all business sectors to take the necessary actions after the impact of Hurricane María.
Linda McMahon, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, today encouraged small businesses to comment on the Federal Register notice posted earlier this month in response to President Trump’s Executive Order 13777, which aims to ease the burdens placed on America’s small businesses.
The U.S. Small Business Administration launched new Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) maps via Google Chrome that are “a little bit easier” to navigate for small business owners, the agency said Wednesday.
The Senate’s Social and Economic Revitalization Committee recently held public hearings on Bill 374 that seeks to amend the Incentives law for the generation and retention of small and medium sized enterprise jobs.
The top Democrat on the House Small Business Committee, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), unveiled Thursday an array of legislative proposals aimed at igniting small business growth and entrepreneurship in Puerto Rico.
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