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Local startups land $1M from city, HUD
Twenty-three local startup companies received $50,000 in individual funding through an equity investment program supported by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras announced Thursday. more
Eleven nominated for New Bedford Small Business of the Year
Eleven local businesses have been nominated by the New Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce and BankFive for the Greater New Bedford 2012 Small Business of the Year Award. more
| 6/1/12
MassChallenge names 3 R.I. finalists
Three Rhode Island companies – Nordic Technology Group, NBA Math Hoops and Prepmatic – were named as finalists in the 2012 MassChallenge. more
Pet-accessory paradise
When Alice Nichols presented a business plan for what would become a successful pet-accessory company to a consultant, she was shocked by the response. “This is good,” the consultant said. “Did your husband write it?” It was 1984 and much has changed, both for women in business and Nichols, pictured above with her new puppy, Minnie. Up Country, the startup she founded that year, now employs 30 in an East Providence studio. The firm started with six designs for dog leashes and collars and now has 120 for those and a host of other products sold worldwide. more
5/28/12
Email remains essential
Despite the onslaught of social media, pay-per-click and other digital-marketing methods, email marketing is still one of the most popular – and effective – for small business. Here are six essentials that can help make your email-marketing campaign a success: more
5/28/12
Device stimulating treatment option
Perfuzia Medical Inc. CEO Sagi Brink-Danan was looking for the kind of idea you could build a company around and fellow Israeli ex-pat Shai Schubert had a big one: technology that could potentially ease the suffering of thousands of people with chronic tissue wounds such as burns and bedsores. more
Business formation in R.I. on rise during 1Q
Nearly 2,000 new businesses registered with the R.I. Secretary of State’s office during the three months ended March 31, making it the best first quarter in four years, according to data released Tuesday by Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis. more
This product has stimulating results
Perfuzia Medical Inc. and partners this month were awarded $200,000 by the state to take to clinical testing a device company founder Sagi Brink-Danan is holding to stimulate blood flow to wounded tissue. The technology could potentially ease the suffering of thousands of people with chronic tissue wounds like burns and bed sores. It was developed by Brink-Danan and fellow Israeli ex-pat Schai Schubert. The prototype the Providence company is testing is about the size of a small cellphone, flexible, and can run for about a week on a single battery charge. more
5/21/12
38 Studios’ critics grow after missed fee payment
Swipely CEO Angus Davis was one of many skeptics of Rhode Island’s $75 million loan guarantee to former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios LLC video game startup two years ago. Now he has even more company in the business community urging state leaders not to sink any more money into the embattled Providence firm since it defaulted on part of its public-financing deal. more
Book biz breathes life into old mill
Book Enterprises was days away from leaving the South Coast for Stoughton, Mass., when owner Jason Zutaut made one last call looking for an inexpensive space that would keep his wholesale book business and its 72 employees closer to home. more
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