NewsWhore
05-12-2011, 04:00 PM
The US Small Business Administration has chosen a Dominican entrepreneur as one of five Hispanic-owned small businesses to be honored during the National Small Business Week, an annual event organized and hosted by the US government to recognize the contribution of small businesses to job creation and the recovery of the nation's economy.
Florida Small Business Person of the Year, Dominican Jose A. Lopez, president of Marketing Arm International Inc., in Port Charlotte, Florida was chosen. Born to a very humble family in the Cibao region, Lopez obtained an agronomy degree in the Dominican Republic in 1966, and a bachelor's degree in entomology from Texas A&M University in 1970. In 1993, Lopez founded Marketing Arm International, Inc. as a green company that develops and markets safe, eco-friendly agricultural products.
The event under the theme Empowering Entrepreneurs will be held 18-20 May at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C.
"Small businesses drive job creation and economic growth across the nation, and the growing contribution of Hispanic-owned businesses is well documented," said SBA Administrator Karen Mills.
According to the Census Bureau, there are more than 1.6 million Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States; they employ more than 1.5 million people and generate more than $220 billion in gross receipts.
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Florida Small Business Person of the Year, Dominican Jose A. Lopez, president of Marketing Arm International Inc., in Port Charlotte, Florida was chosen. Born to a very humble family in the Cibao region, Lopez obtained an agronomy degree in the Dominican Republic in 1966, and a bachelor's degree in entomology from Texas A&M University in 1970. In 1993, Lopez founded Marketing Arm International, Inc. as a green company that develops and markets safe, eco-friendly agricultural products.
The event under the theme Empowering Entrepreneurs will be held 18-20 May at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C.
"Small businesses drive job creation and economic growth across the nation, and the growing contribution of Hispanic-owned businesses is well documented," said SBA Administrator Karen Mills.
According to the Census Bureau, there are more than 1.6 million Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States; they employ more than 1.5 million people and generate more than $220 billion in gross receipts.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#12)