SBA, PathStone partner to foster small biz development
June 30, 2014
The U.S. Small Business Administration and PathStone have entered a strategic alliance, to aid in fostering small business creation and economic development in various underserved regions of Puerto Rico.
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SBA seeking nominees for annual Tibbetts, SBIR awards
April 3, 2014
The U.S. Small Business Administration is seeking nominations for its annual Tibbetts and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Hall of Fame Awards.
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San Germán firm among SBA’s ‘Top Small Businesses’
March 25, 2014
Food manufacturer Productos La Finca Inc. in San Germán will be recognized by the U.S. Small Business Administration this year in Washington, D.C., May 15-16, the agency announced Monday.
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SBA to award grants to support R&D, small biz innovation
March 14, 2014
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced Thursday it will award grants to state and local economic development agencies, business development centers, colleges and universities to support programs for innovative, technology-driven small businesses under SBA’s Federal and State Technology (FAST) partnership program. Applications for the grants are open through April 11.
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Op-Ed: Is there any good news for P.R.’s small biz?
March 11, 2014
Amid news of credit degradation, income tax increases, rumors of raises in the sales and use tax, and possible changes to the federal minimum wage, you can almost hear the groans of small and medium business owners throughout Puerto Rico.
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FirstBank co-hosts seminar for small-, mid-sized biz
March 5, 2014
FirstBank and the Autonomous Municipality of Caguas will be co-hosting an educational conference for small and mid-sized businesses next week, when they will get first-hand guidance for managing the finances of their business during times of crisis.
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Diet Home Puerto Rico marks 11th anniversary
February 28, 2014
Local company Diet Home Puerto Rico, built from the bottom up by entrepreneur Hilda Arias-López to provide fresh alternatives in the competitive healthy eating market, recently marked its 11th anniversary catering to the niche.
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SBA, INTENE partner to serve northeast region small biz
December 10, 2013
The U.S. Small Business Administration and the Technology Initiative of the Northeast have entered a strategic alliance, through which the federal agency will expand its reach to more potential entrepreneurs, and further promote Puerto Rico’s economic development, SBA District Director Yvette T. Collazo announced Monday.
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Gov’t, PRTEC team up to boost small, mid-sized biz growth
December 5, 2013
Puerto Rico Trade and Export and the Puerto Rico Techno Economic Corridor signed a partnership agreement Wednesday to boost the commercial development and job creation along the island’s western flank.
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AmEx extends ‘Small Business Saturday’ to Puerto Rico
November 26, 2013
Credit card company American Express will celebrate “Small Business Saturday” for the first time in Puerto Rico on Nov. 30.
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SBA taking ’14 nat’l small business week award nods
November 22, 2013
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s online portal is ready to accept nominations for its 2014 National Small Business Week Awards, including the annual “Small Business Person of the Year” award, the agency announced Thursday.
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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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New government taxes scaring off entrepreneurs
October 10, 2013
Uncertainty over the impact of new taxes on businesses may be putting a break on entrepreneurship with Puerto Rico's largest bank reporting a slowdown in its small business loan activity.
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‘Practical techie:’ Deep fishing in the seas of cyberspace
October 8, 2013
The Web is full of useful data analysis for small business professionals. It's all out there in a vast ocean of binary information just waiting to be fished out by the deft explorer.
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Consumer Credit, COFECC partner to help local small biz
September 18, 2013
Aware that an individual’s financial health is key to the development of their micro, small and medium business ventures, Consumer Credit Counseling Services and the Corporation for Business and Community Financing, known as COFECC, announced Tuesday the terms of a partnership to help participants strengthen their knowledge and personal finance management.
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