Recursos para Empresas en Espanol
Hispanic Heritage Month started yesterday, September 15th, and today, Business.gov launched the first page of the site completely in Spanish. Many Federal agencies, states, and small business organizations have already made huge strides in assisting Spanish speaking small business owners in America. The new resource page for Spanish speakers is in keeping with the purpose of the rest of the site, aggregating small business resources from across federal, state, and local governments in one place to allow quick access to the information needed to run your business. Business.gov will continue to expand this area of the site, and point to additional government resources in Spanish as they become available.
Many Federal agency websites have entirely Spanish sites already, making small business resources more accessible to all. Top Federal agencies/programs helping the Spanish-speaking small business owner online:
IRS: https://www.irs.gov/espanol/
Energy Star: https://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=sb_espanol.sb_index
FEMA: https://www.fema.gov/spanish/index_spa.shtm
USA.gov: https://www.usa.gov/gobiernousa/
Several states are also providing excellent online resources for small business owners in Spanish. Top States helping the Spanish-speaking small business owner online:
California: https://www.boe.ca.gov/spanish & https://www.boe.ca.gov/transpubs/pdf/pub148_1-s.pdf
Colorado: https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/business/spanish_doingbus.htm
Missouri: https://www.ded.mo.gov/BDT_TR.aspx?lang=es
Oregon: https://egov.oregon.gov/DCBS/DIR/SPANISH/index.shtml
Texas: https://www.texasonline.com/portal/tol/es/bus/
Wisconsin: https://international.wi.gov/Business.html.es
About Hispanic Heritage Month (courtesy of Wikipedia):
Hispanic Heritage Month is the period to recognize the contributions of Hispanic Americans to the United States and to celebrate Hispanic heritage and culture. The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period starting on September 15 and ending on October 15. It was enacted into law on August 17, 1988 on the approval of Public Law 100-402.
September 15 was chosen as the starting point for the celebration because it is the anniversary of independence of five Latin American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. They all declared independence in 1821. In addition, Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on September 16 and September 18, respectively." [1] Public Law 100-402 authorizes and requests the President to issue an annual proclamation designating September 15 through October 15, as "Hispanic Heritage Month."
