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Big-data policing amplifies bias and overreach

Commentary 06/19/2020

Video of police in riot gear clashing with unarmed protesters in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek...

Raimondo trip pays dividend

Editorial and Op-Ed 11/29/2019

Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s leadership of the Democratic Governor’s Association paid a local dividend with the recent signing of an agreement with Ben-Gurion University...

OPEN HOUSE: Sebastian Sheng, left, a first-year graduate student in PRIME, or program in innovation management and entrepreneurship at Brown University, speaks with, from left, Brown sophomores Isamella Espinosa, international relations major; Olivia Tulkoff, public policy major; and Jack Schaeffer, applied math and economics major, at the university’s Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship during an open house to kick off the fall semester.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. has a robust entrepreneurial community, but can it do more...

Cover Story 09/27/2019

For a small state, Rhode Island punches above its weight when it comes to producing promising startups and organizations that help nurture and fund...

SUPPORTING STARTUPS: Many business leaders are either looking for more support from state government or less regulatory hassles, according to the results of a PBN survey asking what would most help the state produce and keep more successful startups.  / SOURCE: PBN RESEARCH/JAMES BESSETTE

Get more invested in growing, keeping successful startups

Business Services 09/27/2019

Rhode Island has a lot to offer startups, including great quality-of-life amenities and top-tier educational and support services. But the perception has always been that...

How to win a tech cold war

Editorial and Op-Ed 02/22/2019

If a digital Iron Curtain is falling between the U.S. and China, America seems increasingly eager to yank its side down. A hasty and...

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...

PULLING TOGETHER AND AHEAD: ChartWise founder and CEO Dr. Jon Elion, center, has built a second successful startup in Rhode Island, so successful in fact that it has landed on the Inc. 5000 list this year. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

To fly ahead, R.I. needs to start many more businesses

Editorials 08/18/2017

On Aug. 16, Inc. magazine released its annual Inc. 5000, a list of the fastest-growing private businesses in the United States. We applaud the eight...