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Accolades to our Founder – SBA Advocate of the Year

Orlando Espinosa Wins 2016 SBA Small Business Advocate of the Year

Interise StreetWise ‘MBA’™ instructor Orlando Espinosa has been selected as the winner of the 2016 U.S. Small Business Administration’s South Florida and State of Florida Small Business Advocate of the Year. The award acknowledges Espinosa’s “personal efforts and achievements in advocating and advancing business ownership for Florida entrepreneurs,” said Francisco “Pancho” Marrero, SBA District Director. In congratulating Espinosa, Marrero added, “Your personal commitment to help small business owners and entrepreneurs obtain the knowledge, skills, and insights they need for success is commendable.”

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Scott TubbsAccolades to our Founder – SBA Advocate of the Year

Pay gap between college grads and everyone else at a record

While this isn’t particularly ‘new’ news, it is certainly telling of the value of a college education and also a fundamental reason defining the purpose for MICROscholarships.

College graduates, on average, earned 56 percent more than high school grads in 2015, according to data compiled by the Economic Policy Institute.

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Scott TubbsPay gap between college grads and everyone else at a record