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Brown University’s Technology Venture Office has reached an agreement with Lifespan to provide IP management and commercialization services to the health care system and has expanded its existing relationship with the Care New England hospital network, the university announced Monday.
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By PBN Staff
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The deadline to apply to the 2013 Rhode Island Business Plan Competition is one week away and all applications are due by 5 p.m. on Monday, April 1.
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By PBN Staff
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Betaspring’s newest group of fledging companies has reached the halfway point of the start-up accelerator’s sixth session. During an open house last night, founders shared just how far …
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Assets for Artists, a matched-savings program for low-income, entrepreneurial artists, is now accepting applications from Rhode Island artists in all disciplines.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Cape Wind, the company behind a planned 468-megawatt offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound, announced today that it is one step closer to starting construction.
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By PBN Staff
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The U.S. Department of Labor last week awarded $159,734 to the state of Rhode Island to further its Self-Employment Assistance program.
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Small businesses in Rhode Island represent 95.9 percent of all employers and employ 55.4 percent of the state’s private sector workforce, according to a report from the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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Forbes Magazine has named Swipley Inc. one of “America’s Most Promising Companies.” Swipely, which was founded in 2009, is the first Rhode Island company to make the list.
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For the first time since 2006 to 2007, Rhode Island saw two consecutive years of business growth, as 7,121 new corporate entities registered in the Ocean State in 2012 after more than 6,800 new businesses filed in the Ocean State in 2011.
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Bank of America Corp. initiated $65.5 million in total new loan production for small business in the Ocean State during 2012, a 78 percent increase from the roughly $37 million in total loan production initiated during 2011.
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