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By Michael Souza |
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Small-business owners traditionally view customer relationships this way: You produce a product or service, and customers pay you money, some of which you reinvest in finding more customers.
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10/22/12
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Michael A. Tartaglione has lived a familiar version of the American dream, working long, hard hours in Rhode Island’s taxi industry while starting at the bottom in 1976. Now he owns the place.
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By Michael Souza |
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There are streets in Newport today that a colonist who witnessed the first public reading of Rhode Island’s Royal Charter of 1663 might recognize.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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When the opportunity came up in 1983 to help establish the Rhode Island Small Business Development Center program at Bryant University, Douglas Jobling didn’t think twice.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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A small window to the tropics for Interstate 95 commuters in Cranston over the last 14 years has left Wellington Avenue.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Confidence among U.S. small businesses cooled in September as fewer companies said they planned to hire or invest in new equipment, a survey found.
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By Elizabeth Dexheimer |
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What a ride it’s been for John Olinger. What started out just eight years ago as a two-person transportation startup catering to tour-bus users has morphed into a mini conglomerate that provides luxury transportation to clients in more than 600 cities worldwide.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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It’s never the end for prospective businesses at
By Emily Greenhalgh |
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Having established a career as a consultant for Fleet Bank, Brendan McNally was hired in 2009 for his knowledge and contacts in the business community as the first director of the Rhode Island Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship. Until closed earlier this year, it was a collaborative effort supported primarily by Brown University, as well as the R.I. Economic Development Corporation, the R.I. Science and Technology Advisory Council and the Slater Technology Fund.
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