Tag: Entrepreneurship
Want better child care? Try entrepreneurial training
Christine Heer – a veteran preschool teacher – had long harbored a passion to run a nature-based preschool. So in 2015 she opened Sprouts...
Leyva tries to build ways around the inequities
(Editor’s note: This is the 18th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
Brown-based bike navigation app hits roads nationwide with public launch
PROVIDENCE – A cycling-focused navigation app co-founded by two seniors at Brown University had its public, nationwide launch this week.
The app, called Pointz and...
Santander Bank donates $7.5M in first half of 2021
PROVIDENCE – Santander Bank N.A. has donated more than $7.5 million in grants to 240 nonprofits through the first half of the year, according...
Business Innovation Factory pivots to self-initiated programs
PROVIDENCE – Innovation and design thinking are the business of the Business Innovation Factory, but for the past year, the Providence-based company has applied...
PC receives $2M gift to create entrepreneurship incubator space
PROVIDENCE – Providence College became the beneficiary of a seven-figure gift from a family of a late alumnus that will support an incubator space...
Creativity is lost without cafes and bars
While the pandemic has caused thousands of small businesses to temporarily close or shutter for good, the disappearance of the dining area in the...
JWU to offer degree in cannabis entrepreneurship
PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University is launching a Bachelor of Science degree in cannabis entrepreneurship at its Providence campus, JWU announced Dec. 2.
The...
Pandemic’s sting fails to stop beekeepers
IOLA, Wis. – They wrote it right into their business plan – an expectation that, each year, at least half the stock on which...
Library aiming to help build businesses
Providence Public Library was founded 145 years ago during a period that is now referred to as the Long Depression. Starting with the Panic...
