Category: Metro Women Business Center

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

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),