Tag: Entrepreneur
For 35M small businesses, tariff uncertainty hits especially hard
Imagine it’s April 2025 and you’re the owner of a small but fast-growing e-commerce business. Historically, you’ve sourced products from China, but the president...
R.I. Commerce launches grant program to offset patent costs
PROVIDENCE – In honor of World Intellectual Property Day Saturday, Gov. Daniel J. McKee and R.I. Commerce Corp. announced a new grant program to...
Is entrepreneurship a viable tool to alleviate poverty?
Nearly 1 in 5 people in the world lives in poverty. Even in many developed countries such as the U.S., poverty rates exceed 12%.
As...
She used creative instinct to craft a design-build firm
Anyone who’s building a new house, redoing a kitchen, even freshening up a lowly mudroom knows the process all seems straightforward until it’s time...
Learn and pivot
Jamie Mitri | Moss Pure founder and CEO
Here are some tips on becoming an innovative entrepreneur:
• Combine your passion with a business strategy: It’s...
‘Struggling days’ sparked his desire to venture out
(Editor’s note: This is the 34th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
Her kid-focused studio is capturing the market
Remember school photo day? The cookie-cutter headshots, the weird lighting, each kid’s chin tilted in the exact same direction, all of which led to...
The building of Hispanic wealth in R.I.
Every year at this time – Hispanic Heritage Month – we collectively celebrate the economic, cultural and social contributions of the Hispanic-Latino community to...
Oschefski’s spa venture picking up a lot of steam
The Bodhi Spa LLC co-owner Harmony Oschefski has built her business around family memories full of free-spirited living and simple, sustainable habits with hydrotherapy...
Entrepreneurship is on the Menu at JWU
Johnson & Wales University’s first Food Entrepreneur in Residence, acclaimed Food Network star Tyler Florence, is bringing nearly 25 years of culinary, business and...
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