STEADY PACE: Toye Onikoyi has founded two tech-related businesses in Rhode Island, including a virtual reality arcade called Bubbler VR. Unlike in bigger hubs, Onikoyi says, Rhode Island’s tech sector seems to move at a more deliberate speed, which sometimes can be an advantage. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
After John MacKrell launched an app-based laundry pickup and delivery service more than three years ago, a question sometimes came up during his search for early-stage investors. “We were asked, pointedly, ‘Are you planning to stay in Rhode Island, or would you move to Boston or New York?’ ” MacKrell recalled. He was honest. He…
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