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All day Monday, Google is leading Rhode Island Get Your Business Online event at the Convention Center.
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By PBN Staff
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On Tuesday night, youth teams pitched their social enterprise ideas at the Young Social Innovators Pitch and Graduation Ceremony at the MET School’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in hopes of winning $1,000 in seed funding.
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By PBN Staff
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Poor unemployment figures and stumbling markets have made it difficult to stay in business in Rhode Island’s private sector, which is why the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce hosted a brainstorming session with developers, marketing experts, entrepreneurs and academia members.
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By Michael Souza |
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Sexy Period - the Providence startup maker of fashionable, leak-resistant undergarments – has rebranded to Underbrella to appeal to a broader clientele base, the company announced Monday.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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In a reversal of public statements made in the wake of the revelations of its financial difficulties, executives of 38 Studios LLC told U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware that its its first product, the video game “Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning,” did not meet its sales expectations.
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By PBN Staff
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Immigrant-owned businesses employ one in 10 U.S. workers in private companies and inject more than $775 billion of revenue into the U.S. economy, according to the Partnership for a New American Economy.
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By Henry Goldman |
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The office of Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis and the R.I. Economic Development Corporation are teaming up for the sixth annual “We Mean Business Expo,” an event designed to help business owners talk face-to-face with federal, state and local government agencies and learn how to cut through the red tape.
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By PBN Staff
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Margaret “Peggy” Farrell has been named the new co-chair of the Rhode Island Business Plan Competition, the organization announced Tuesday.
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By PBN Staff
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The U.S. Small Business Administration is teaming up with AARP and the Center for Women & Enterprise to host the Rhode Island Encore Entrepreneur Mentor Day on Tuesday, Oct. 2.
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By PBN Staff
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Rhode Island ranks 19th among states for entrepreneurship, according to an index released Oct. 2 by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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By Rebecca Keister |