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
SVPRI Launches Change Accelerator in Rhode Island
Entrepreneurs receive mentoring, education, and seed capital funding PROVIDENCE, RI (May 3, 2010) – Social Venture Partners Rhode Island (SVPRI), a non-profit organization of social investors and change-makers, announces the … Read More
Enterprises can profit from social missions
When Rajiv Kumar was in his first year of medical school at Brown University four years ago, he noticed an interesting connection among patients who were able to lose weight … Read More
Social Venture Partners announces first-ever Social Enterprise Rhode Island (SERI) Summit
Broad stakeholder group examines economic impact of social enterprise; plots future path for job growth in RI PROVIDENCE, RI (November 6, 2009) – Social Venture Partners Rhode Island (SVPRI), a … Read More
Economic activity comes from more than businesses
In the article “Economic activity comes from more than businesses” featured in the Providence Business News author Dr. Anthony DiBello states… Another budding field of economic activity and opportunity among … Read More
The Bottom Line: Rebranding a City
One of the key challenges facing any city globally, especially in hard economic times, is brain-drain… or failing to retain talented young people in one’s community. For small cities in … Read More