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R.I. Commerce launches grant program to offset patent costs

Business Services 04/25/2025

PROVIDENCE – In honor of World Intellectual Property Day Saturday, Gov. Daniel J. McKee and R.I. Commerce Corp. announced a new grant program to...

Roberts named SBA’s 2025 Small Business Person of the Year in...

Business Services 04/10/2025

PROVIDENCE – Kaitlyn Roberts, CEO of Easy Entertaining Inc., has been named the 2025 Small Business Administration's Small Business Person of the Year in...

SkillsRI launches Woonsocket Small Business HUB

Economic Activity 04/09/2025

WOONSOCKET – Skills for Rhode Island’s Future has launched the Small Business HUB to help empower entrepreneurs and small businesses across the city. Located inside...

UNEASY: Marcela Betancur, Latino Policy Institute director, says recent increased activity by federal law enforcement has had some effects on Latino-owned businesses. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Is Rhode Island a supportive environment for minority entrepreneurs?

Economy 03/28/2025

Rhode Island in the last few years has supported steady growth in the minority-business community, according to government and anecdotal data. Black-owned small businesses grew...

McKee: R.I. small-business owners need to stay the course amid federal...

Business Services 02/10/2025

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Monday urged Rhode Island's small-business owners to stay the course and strategize amid the current federal funding...

FULL HOUSE: Last year’s Good Trade Makers Market at The WaterFire Arts Center in Providence was filled with vendors and shoppers. This year’s event was scheduled to take place on Nov. 23 and 24, with a second Good Trade Makers Market taking place in Burlington, Vt., on Dec. 7 and 8. COURTESY AMPERSAND CREATIVE LLC

This pop-up market travels across state borders

Economy 11/22/2024

As the busiest shopping season of the year draws closer, a flurry of pop-up makers markets is once again on the horizon for small...

BETTER INFORMED: R.I. Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore says changes to the Rhode Island Corporations Act will standardize the process of notifying business owners about unpaid tax obligations. Amore is pictured at the business services division of the R.I. Department of State in Providence.  PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

R.I. is closing communication gap on tax scofflaws

Focus 11/22/2024

For years, a long-standing communication gap between two key government agencies allowed many business owners and nonprofits to skip paying taxes but still maintain...

Karina Holyoak Wood founded the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program at the Community College of Rhode Island in 2016. More than 500 Rhode Island small-business owners have graduated from the program. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Confidence keys success

Education 11/08/2024

Karina Holyoak Wood | Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program at CCRI executive director Confidence is the word I hear most from local business leaders...

COASTAL COMFORT: Cigdem Turkomer first established her Le BonNton home décor and clothing boutique in Northampton, Mass., after moving to the U.S. about eight years ago, but having grown up and worked in Istanbul for 15 years, she missed the seaside lifestyle of the city and last May relocated her shop to Warren.  PBN PHOTO/ARTISTIC IMAGES

Home décor and clothing shop brings taste of Istanbul to Warren

Entrepreneurship 10/25/2024

When customers tell Cigdem Turkomer that visiting Le BonNton feels like traveling, she knows she’s accomplished her vision for the globally sourced home décor...