Natalie Myers
Event celebrates tiniest R.I. startup companies
Mickey Lalli’s catering business started as a microenterprise. He had an idea, a partner and a couple thousand dollars to invest in the startup.
Four...
‘Primer Paso’ a first step for Hispanic firms
Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of Rhode Island entrepreneurs. To get a sense of the issues they face, Providence Business News is...
Anarchism inspires bicycle maker
Circle A Cycles
Owner: Chris Bull
Type of business: Custom bicycle builder
Location: 299 Carpenter St., Providence
Employees: 2
Year established: 2001
Annual Sales: WND
There’s a Pac-Man-eating-cars decal on the...
Whaling City celebrates its seafarers
New Bedford has long been known as the nation’s top fishing port by the value of its catch, thanks to the bounty of fish...
Hexagon’s Quonset plant makes a big impression
It’s beginning to look like the United Nations at Quonset Business Park, said Gov. Donald L. Carcieri – and that’s fine with him.
Three...
New trade show is geared to smallest jewelry makers
More and more, jewelry manufacturing is occurring on a small scale – as few as one or two people designing and fabricating items at...
Firehouse No. 13 looks to make a profit
From the outside, Firehouse No. 13 looks as old and industrial as many of the 19th-century mills dotting Providence’s cityscape. Its windows, doors and...
Handmade books for a digital age
COMPANY PROFILE
Rag & Bone Bindery
Owners: Jason Thompson and
Ilira Steinman
Type of business: Book bindery
Location: 1088 Main St., Pawtucket
Employees: 11
Year established: 1991
Annual Sales: WND
Jason Thompson and...
Coffee-heart attack link a wake-up call
Coffee is the morning wake-up call of choice for millions of people in the United States. But as harmless as that little mug of...
New speed helps metal finisher pull out of receivership
Victory Finishing Technologies has done something rare: It emerged from a six-year receivership this month as a profitable company. But it hasn’t been easy.
The...
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