Newport, RI – Providence-based Social Venture Partners Rhode Island (SVPRI – ), a non-profit organization of social investors and change-makers, announces the final pitch and graduation celebration of its Newport … Read More
Five Questions: with Meg Wirth
Providence-based startup maternova.net was recently named a semi-finalist in the 2011 Buckminster Fuller Challenge, a prestigious annual design science competition that awards $100,000 to support the development and implementation of … Read More
PBN Honors Local Businesswoman
Providence Business News has selected 14 women to be honored in the second part of the newspaper’s year-long initiative recognizing women in the Rhode Island business community. Click here to … Read More
Five Questions with SVPRI’s Executive Director
Social Venture Partners Rhode Island executive director talks about the nonprofit’s work and a recent $25,000 grant. Click here to read the full article on PBN.com
These R.I. companies aim to do good as part of ‘social enterprise’ movement / Video
In many countries, childbirth poses the greatest risk of death for women of child-bearing age –– a stark fact that inspires Providence resident Meg Wirth as she builds up her … Read More
Study: Entrepreneurs, vital to local economy, also give more to charity
Lorne A. Adrain owns a Providence insurance practice focused on estate planning and manages to find the time for an array of philanthropic efforts. Click here to read the full … Read More
Knowledge economy slowly taking shape
Plans to build a so-called Knowledge Economy in Rhode Island are beginning to bear fruit, say business leaders, based in part on the experiences of a handful of entrepreneurial efforts … Read More
Rhode Island hopes to be the best place in the world to start a business
PROVIDENCE – It is not enough to be the best in Providence, nor the best in Rhode Island. It is not even enough to be the best in the nation. … Read More
First Change Accelerator class graduates
PROVIDENCE – The first class of eight social entrepreneurs graduated Wednesday from the new Change Accelerator incubator program created by Social Venture Partners Rhode Island, a nonprofit that provides guidance … Read More
John Kostrzewa: Brain power may be the key to climbing out of Rhode Island’s deep recession
After a quiet, stress-free spring break in New Hampshire, I was not longing to head back to the deep recession here that has worn down so many Rhode Islanders. Read … Read More