Sebastián Negrón-Reichard, secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce The training sessions, which start today, will help the competitiveness of local businesses. Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in Puerto Rico will have access to free digital transformation workshops through a collaborative agreement between the Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC, in Spanish) and payment processing company Evertec. The initiative, which will take place at the Trade and Export Program Entrepreneurship Centers in San Juan, Ponce and Mayagüez, seeks to boost the digitalization and competitiveness of local businesses. “One of the key components to promoting the establishment and development of Puerto Rican SMEs is providing entrepreneurs with the necessary training to achieve this goal. We want to foster innovation, the use of new technologies, and the export of their products and services,” DDEC Secretary Sebastián Negrón-Reichard said. “For this reason, Evertec and the Strategic Alliances Division of the DDEC’s Trade and Export Program have agreed to begin offering entrepreneurs free training workshops, led by experts in those specific areas, to pave their way to success,” he said. The workshops will provide entrepreneurs with tools to optimize processes and improve competitiveness in local and international markets. […]
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