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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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