Business plan first step to successful entrepreneurship
'The economy appears to be ripe for business startups.'
By Patrick Anderson PBN Staff Writer
During his three years as co-chairman of the Rhode Island Business Plan Competition, Larry Davidson of Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co. Ltd., in Providence, has watched the annual contest grow in size, popularity and prize money. In 2011, the competition attracted 103 applicants, nearly double the 2009 total, and awarded a record $250,000 in cash and in-kind prizes. Business- plan donors and corporate partners have spoken about trying to make the competition the largest of its kind in the nation and a catalyst for growing the fledgling knowledge economy in Rhode Island. More
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