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DOULA DETAILS: Melissa Bowley, founder and CEO of doula service Flourish Collective Inc., doing business as Flourish Care, in her Newport office. PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Bowley is connecting mothers with doulas to have successful births

Business Women 09/11/2026

Melissa Bowley took a roundabout journey to become the founder and CEO of doula service Flourish Collective Inc., doing business as Flourish Care, which...

TEST SUBJECT: Justin Sirotin, left, co-founder of Octo Product Development Inc., shows U.S. Sen. Jack Reed a mockup of a cockpit used by Regent Craft Inc. at Octo’s design lab in Providence. Regent is developing 12-passenger seagliders at its North Kingstown headquarters.  COURTESY OCTO PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT INC.

Rhode Island driving innovation by turning tech into product

Entrepreneurship 01/02/2026

Inside Octo Product Development Inc.’s Providence design lab, designers are busy building early versions of technologies that could reshape maritime travel, from all-electric seagliders...

Study: Brown University ranked 22nd for producing startup founders

Economic Activity 09/05/2024

PROVIDENCE – Brown University is 22nd among colleges globally for producing the most startup founders, according to a new ranking by PitchBook. PitchBook, a publication...

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NEXT PHASE: Kate Dyl, Newport Heights property manager, stands on the porch of a townhouse that’s about to undergo a phased renovation.  PBN FILE PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

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