PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

We are aware of the challenges and the difficulties an early stage startup faces. We have been there ourselves. The program is designed to assist aspiring business owners during the startup and formation stages of their microenterprise. The main objective is to promote the self-employment and the entrepreneurship in community members. The program is based on the fundamental that says that to be successful in any business there are three essential skills required, the Trilogy of Business Success, these are: Product Knowledge, Sales/Marketing Skills and Financial Skills. Furthermore it is argued that in some instances that up to two of these may be present in an individual but rarely all three. Our task is to identify which of these three essential skills is missing and then through a mentoring program team the individual up with mentors that have the missing skills.