News - Entrepreneurship
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RIEDC Partners with Alternative Lenders and Growth Capital Experts to Help Rhode Island Businesses Find New Sources of Capital
11/10/2008 - 11:14
RIEDC will host two financing educational seminars this month targeting the state’s small business community: “Navigating the Credit Crunch: Alternative Lending Sources” on Wednesday, November 19 at noon and “Financing Fast Growth” on Tuesday, November 25 at 10 a.m.
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Slater Technology Fund Invests in P&H Therapeutics
10/29/2008 - 09:34
The Slater Technology Fund today announced that it has committed $500,000 to P&H Therapeutics, Inc., a Providence-based company developing next-generation drugs to treat hypertension and dyslipidemia.
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RIEDC, Providence Business News Honor 2008 Innovation Award Winners
09/11/2008 - 13:55
The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC) and the Providence Business News (PBN) honored the winners of this year’s 2008 Rhode Island Innovation Awards at a gala event on September 18 at the Kirkbrae Country Club. Launched in 2006, the Innovation Awards celebrate Rhode Island companies, organizations and individuals that have made innovation central to their work.
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Rhode Island Receives Top Marks in Two Economic Development Studies
08/01/2008 - 11:40
Two reports, measuring business cost and economic development climate, gave Rhode Island and Providence high marks in categories such as research and development, education climate and environmental efforts.
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RIEDC Financing Program to Create 90 New Jobs in Rhode Island
07/30/2008 - 07:48
The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation’s Small Business Loan Fund (SBLF) has provided expansion capital loans totaling $1.75 million, enabling four Rhode Island businesses to create more than 90 new jobs.
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STAC Launches New Website for R.I. Research Community
06/02/2008 - 14:48
The Rhode Island Science and Technology Council has debuted a new statewide collaborative research website that creates a one-stop-shop where researchers, entrepreneurs and community leaders can learn about research and development in R.I. register for events, apply for programs and access a searchable database of research equipment and shared facilities.
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Statewide Research Alliance Bolstered by Support from Brown, URI
05/01/2008 - 08:04
The Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC) today presented its plans for expanding the Rhode Island Research Alliance and announced that Brown University and the University of Rhode Island (URI) both will contribute $25,000 to support the next phase of Research Alliance activity.
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Saul Kaplan in ProJo Editorial: Difficult Economic Times Call for Decisive Action
03/10/2008 - 11:57
Rhode Island is at a tipping point and we must work together to manage a difficult state budget, improve our tax competitiveness, and provide businesses with the tools they need to grow. We must become a knowledge economy that produces better jobs for all Rhode Islanders. Recent employment numbers only increase our resolve to accelerate the transition.
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24 Scientists, 14 Institutions Receive Funding for Collaborative Projects
01/25/2008 - 03:00
The Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC) announced the awardees of the 2008 Collaborative Research Award program. The awards will provide support to nine projects, representing 24 scientists from 14 research organizations across Rhode Island. Award recipients in 2008 include academic and industry scientists pursuing research in medicine, police forensics, engineering, chemistry, biology, oceanography and environmental science.
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STAC Recommendations Seek Relocation, Expansion of Slater Fund Incubator and Accelerated Growth of Statewide Research Alliance
01/25/2008 - 03:00
The Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC) presented Governor Donald L. Carcieri and the Rhode Island General Assembly with a set of recommendations for activities the state can pursue in 2008 to increase Rhode Island's research and development activity, encourage entrepreneurship and new company creation and better enable all Rhode Island organizations to innovate.
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STAC Funding Program Set to Invest Additional $1.5 Million in Collaborative Research
09/11/2007 - 14:01
Building on the success of its inaugural year, the Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council's Research Alliance program announced that it will invest an additional $1.5 million in research that promotes collaboration across the state's academic and commercial institutions. Continuation of the Research Alliance and Collaborative Research Award program, launched in 2006, was made possible through support from Governor Donald L. Carcieri and the Rhode Island General Assembly.
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Justice Robert Flanders to Chair Commission to Strengthen Research at URI
04/25/2007 - 02:00
Justice Robert G. Flanders, Jr. was named Chair of a commission charged with making recommendations to state leadership on actions to enhance research activity at the University of Rhode Island. The URI Commission for Innovation will propose actions to strengthen URI's position as a nationally competitive public research university and a key institution in Rhode Island's effort to grow an innovation economy.
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Collaboration Rules at STAC/EPSCoR Event
04/17/2007 - 02:00
Collaboration was the buzzword of the day at "Expanding Rhode Island's Research and Development Capacity through Collaboration," a one-day forum, hosted on April 12 by the Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC) and Rhode Island's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). Nearly 100 participants attended the event including members of Rhode Island's academic and commercial research community, and business and community leaders interested in supporting collaborative research in Rhode Island.
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R.I. Invests $1.5M in collaborative research; 32 Scientists, 15 Institutions Receive Funding for Collaborative Projects
01/17/2007 - 03:00
The Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC) announced the first round of recipients for its Rhode Island Research Alliance Collaborative Research Award program. The awards will provide direct support to 32 scientists from 15 research organizations across Rhode Island. The program is part of a $1.5 million effort to grow R&D capacity in the state, address critical problems of Rhode Islanders, and spur economic development.
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Following Successful First Year, R.I. Science and Technology Advisory Council Releases 2007 Recommendations
01/17/2007 - 03:00
After a successful year in 2006, The Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC) today released its 2007 recommendations for actions the state's leadership can take to 1) support Rhode Island's research and development activity; 2) promote collaboration across institutions; 3) encourage entrepreneurship and new company creation; and 4) enable all organizations, public and private, to innovate.