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Michael 
H. Morris

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...
MARY GIFFORD, a Providence College senior, opened back in April "Friartown's Closet," a student-run thrift store on the college's campus that is separate from PC's main business operations. / COURTESY MARY GIFFORD VIA INSTAGRAM

Providence College student keeps community clothed with ‘Friartown’s Closet’

PROVIDENCE – Fast fashion has become quite the trend with students at Providence College, and Mary Gifford picked up on that right away when...
STYLE GUIDE: Interior designer Linda Greco of Linlocks Finds and Designs visits the showroom at Dal-Tile Services Inc. in Warwick, where she often gets materials for kitchen and bathroom remodeling projects. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

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...
Joshua Jones

Rise of the side hustle in today’s economy

The landscape of entrepreneurship has undergone a remarkable transformation. The surge in new business formations in recent years speaks volumes about the evolving entrepreneurial...
Lei ­“Jeremy” 
Xu

The entrenched venture capital gender gap

Venture capital plays an important role in helping new businesses get off the ground. The field also has a stubborn gender gap. More than 4...
NO QUIT: Veteran Raymond Sienko makes Christmas ornaments in his Newport home in hopes of making it into a side venture with the help of the Veterans Affairs Providence Health Care Employment Resource Center. Only a small number of veterans who get assistance from the center seek to start a small business. 
PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

For some veterans, venturing out is what they want to do

Three years ago, a woman selling ornaments at a kiosk in the Providence VA Medical Center caught Raymond Sienko’s attention while he was waiting...

SEG Promotes Constance Ferber

Social Enterprise Greenhouse announced that Constance Ferber has taken a new and more senior role within its leadership team. As the Senior Director of...

SEG Welcomes Kim Keough to Leadership Team

Kim Keough joined Social Enterprise Greenhouse as its new Director of Development. She comes to SEG with expertise and proven experience in strategic communications,...

Social Enterprise Greenhouse Promotes Beatrice Mondestil

Social Enterprise Greenhouse has added Beatrice Mondestil to its leadership team. After serving as SEG's Senior Marketing and Communications Manager, she was recently promoted...
Mariana Silva-Buck founded Warren-based juice manufacturer Fern & Co. Industries LLC, 
doing business as Little 
Maven Lemonade, in 2020. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Never stop learning

Mariana Silva-Buck | Little Maven Lemonade founder BecomIng an entrepreneur is akin to being a wide-eyed 10-year-old at an amusement park, and trust me, the...
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