Credit card restrictions curbing cannabis sector
People’s Credit Union CEO and President Sean Daly says major credit card companies and financial institutions remain cautious about entering the legal cannabis industry,...
Robotic startup blazing new trail for fire planning
When Erin Linebarger and her partner first entered the XPRIZE Rainforest competition, she was planning on developing robotics that fly just below the rainforest’s...
Samos shares martial arts knowledge with Ocean State Shaolin
Veronica Samos has always loved developing the mind, body and soul connection that comes from practicing martial arts.
After years of training and earning her...
PBN summit: Life sciences, blue economy growth face challenges in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Justin Fallon, a professor of neuroscience, psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University, co-founded his company, Bolden Therapeutics Inc., in Rhode Island....
NEMIC names Maey Petrie as first executive director
PROVIDENCE – NEMIC has named Maey Petrie, formerly director of program management at the life sciences nonprofit, as the organization's first executive director.
Petrie joined...
Social Enterprise Greenhouse launches GROW Woonsocket to enhance business development
WOONSOCKET – A local business development resource organization is now branching out with a new initiative to help provide support to small businesses closer...
New market brings mix of grocery items to Broadway in Newport
The Market on Broadway is upgrading the bodega concept, replacing the former 7-Eleven at 95 Broadway in Newport and mixing hard-to-find gourmet specialty items...
Cromwell sailing smoothly
Richard “Dick” Cromwell ran many businesses throughout his career before launching Maritime Solutions Inc. in 1995, including a restaurant and scooter rental company.
“I’ve had...
Connecting students and job seekers to careers through storytelling
From the time she was a teenager in Coral Springs, Fla., Lindsay Kuhn recognized the power of storytelling. Throughout her career, that power has...
Local pizza joints feel the power of just ‘one bite’
When Jeff Merlino, owner of Merlino’s Pizzeria in Cranston, heard that Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy was returning to Rhode Island in January to...