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SUCCESS STORY: Lisa J. Raiola is the founder of Hope & Main, a Warren-based food-startup incubator that has worked with more than 350 businesses. Three of the 51 initial PBN Something New small businesses are either graduates or current members of Hope & Main.  / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

PBN on WJAR-TV, Aug. 20, 2018

Entrepreneurship 08/20/2018

Opening a new business is not for the faint of heart. Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC 10’s Coffee Break...

MORE THAN SURVIVING: Since its founding in August 2014, jewelry manufacturer Luca + Danni Inc. has grown to employ 48 people, including owner Fred Magnanimi and Marketing Manager Taylor Franco.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Startup survival is one key to R.I.’s future economic success

Editorial and Op-Ed 08/17/2018

Every week Providence Business News profiles a business that is less than 1 year old, an attempt to capture the energy that a growing...

THE U.S. SMALL BUSINESS Sentiment index rose 0.7 point to 107.9 in July, the highest since the record 108 reading in 1983, according to the National Federation of Independent Business. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/STEPHANIE KEITH

Are you feeling more optimistic about your business prospects today than...

Entrepreneurship 08/17/2018

The most recent survey of small-business owners by the National Federation of Independent Business indicated in July that optimism has almost reached an all-time...

U.S. small-business optimism climbs to second highest on record

Economic Activity 08/14/2018

NEW YORK - A gauge of optimism among United States small-business owners increased to the second highest on record as companies benefited from tax cuts...

Rhode Island ranks low on small-business friendliness survey

Economic Activity 08/14/2018

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked No. 48 in the nation for small-business friendliness in a survey conducted by Thumbtack Inc. and released Tuesday. In its...

R.I. tops in small-biz survival

Hot Topic 08/10/2018

The climate in Rhode Island for small businesses has generally been on the upswing – by one recent study it’s the second-best in the...

RISBDC, R.I. Foundation launch non-tech-related Growth Hub

Education 07/31/2018

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A new funding outlet for non-technology-related small businesses is now available to Rhode Island companies looking to grow, thanks to a...

Shannon Hughey Cornicelli opened her first gym in Rhode Island with 10 members in 2008. Today she owns three 10,000-square-foot gymnastics facilities and is developing a custom athletic apparel business, as well as managing events. / PBN PHOTO/Rupert Whiteley

Dream big and keep believing and you will succeed

Entrepreneurship 07/20/2018

Shannon Hughey Cornicelli | Pixie Dust Inc. president, and Dream Big Gymnastics and Ninja owner It’s great to have big dreams, but many businesses fail...