Category: Metro Women Business Center

Get an Exclusive QuickBooks Discount from the MWBC Today!

QuickBooks is an accounting software that can process bills and business payments. It keeps your finances organized by providing one place where you can easily manage your business and get real-time insights on how your business is doing. Whether your business is just starting out and you need to send your first invoice or you’re […]

The Metro Women’s Business Center is Looking for Volunteers

  Are you looking for volunteering opportunities? The Metro Women’s Business Center (MWBC) is recruiting volunteers for our future in-person workshops and events. As a part of Friends of Puerto Rico, the MWBC provides comprehensive training and resources for women entrepreneurs in the metropolitan area.  What are the requirements? Be over 16 years old, have […]

Opening Your Own Business with the Support of the MWBC and Local Government Officials

The Metro Women’s Business Center presents the Metro Business Jumpstart: a 7 week, free of charge program via text messages that grants the opportunity of learning the 7 key steps to registering your own business in Puerto Rico. These messages and mentorship from Grisel Saez, the Metro Women’s Business Center Director, will help you overcome […]

Introducing the Metro Business Jumpstart Program: Starting Sept. 7, 2022

Starting a business requires a lot of government paperwork. That’s why the Metro Women’s Business Center is introducing the Metro Business Jumpstart: a 7 week, free of charge program via text messages that grants the opportunity of learning the 7 key steps to registering your own business in Puerto Rico. These messages and mentorship from […]

How to Arrive at the MWBC Using Public Transportation

Public transportation is beneficial for the environment because it reduces the amount of greenhouse gas emissions, which in turn cause global warming, that are going out into the atmosphere. In fact, a baseline study done in 2014 by the government revealed that transportation is one of the two biggest emitters of greenhouse gasses in Puerto […]

Meet the MWBC Director That Will Make Your Small Business Happen: Grisel Saez

Director of the Metro Women’s Business Center: Grisel Saez Metro Women’s Business Center Director Grisel Saez takes a holistic approach to better serve the rising female entrepreneurship community in Puerto Rico. She focuses on molding and shaping the goals of the client with the potential outcome. “My approach consists of a needs-based analysis and a […]

E-commerce para tu negocio en arroz y habichuelas- Webinar Agosto 10, 2022

Save the date and join us for the “E-commerce para tu negocio en arroz y habichuelas” webinar that will be taking place via Zoom on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 6:30 PM.  Come and learn about E-commerce from speaker Jaime R. Rivera Pagán, founder and CEO of Brandgoat 84. E-commerce represents a gateway to new […]

Inauguration of Metro Women’s Business Center (MWBC)

From left to right: Jorge Betancourt (SBA Economic Development Specialist PR & USVI), Josué Rivera (District Director of the SBA Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands), Mark Madrid (Associate Administrator for the Office of Business Development at SBA), Angelique Sina (President of Friends of Puerto Rico), Marlene Cintrón (Regional Administrator of the United States SBA), […]