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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]