
Emprende 360°
Our Emprende 360° program is a multistage incubation model guiding entrepreneurs on their journey, from business idea to launch, with an inclusive, equitable, and collaborative educational approach. We co-designed the curriculum with four leading organizations in the entrepreneurial ecosystem: INprende, Centro para Emprendedores, Grupo Guayacán and Causa Local/KIVA. This program marks the first time the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a renowned nonprofit that studies and promotes entrepreneurship, has awarded a Puerto Rican organization the Inclusion Open Grant. FPR was selected among 750 applicants across 42 states and two territories.
how it works

During this 12-month program each partnering organization provides education, mentoring, technical assistance, and individualized coaching, so participants address every aspect in building a successful business while learning in detail what entrepreneurship truly entails.
The curriculum submits each business idea through a rigorous vetting process, and only the most dedicated participants that consistently vetted their concepts, demonstrated strong business instincts, and commitment can complete the program.
The first Emprende360° cohort have been the definition of resilience. They started their entrepreneurial journey with the program in December of 2019, just one month before the January 2020 Earthquakes affected them directly in their hometowns of Ponce and Coamo. And just a couple of months later, the global COVID-19 pandemic forced an island-wide lockdown that required program to transition into a distance learning format. But through it all, the program and these entrepreneurs persevered.
To learn more about what this process was like, check out our Lessons Learned Case Study.