Tag: U.S. Small Business Administration
SBA recognizes 2024 Rhode Island lenders of the year
PAWTUCKET – A total of 317 loans were made in Rhode Island by 47 different lending institutions across the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 7(a),...
Fear and ego stall success
Robert Piechota | U.S. Small Business Administration Rhode Island district director
I have found that there is one key trait shared by successful business leaders....
Former R.I. senator Cano now SBA’s New England regional administrator
PROVIDENCE – Two months after she resigned from the R.I. Senate, rumors of Sandra Cano taking a job with the U.S. Small Business Administration...
Editor’s Choice: Worcester Red Sox executive Cooper to speak at NRI...
EDITOR’S CHOICE
Worcester Red Sox executive to speak at NRI Chamber breakfast THE NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND Chamber of Commerce will hold a Bold in...
R.I. Commerce awarded $160K from SBA to support underserved communities
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. has been awarded nearly $160,000 from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Federal and State Technology Partnership Program to...
Sen. Sandra Cano resigns to take possible new job with SBA
PROVIDENCE – Sen. Sandra Cano, D-Pawtucket, who has served in the R.I. General Assembly for the last six years and recently had a brief...
Grants, not loans, coming to aid businesses hurt by Washington Bridge...
In areas hardest hit by the Washington Bridge closure, many business owners have implored officials that it’s going to take more than a loan...
SBA’s new pilot program a potential line of credit
Today, the average annual percentage rate on a new small-business credit card is 17.82%, but that hasn’t stopped roughly 25% of businesses from using...
HUB SNUB: Can R.I.’s effort to build blue economy weather missing...
With a team of researchers spread coast to coast, Nereid Biomaterials had a few options when looking for a place to set up a...
Piechota named new U.S. SBA Rhode Island district director
PROVIDENCE – The former U.S. Small Business Administration’s Delaware district director will be heading north to the Ocean State to lead the SBA’s Rhode...


















