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Winners Named in 2012 Rhode Island Business Plan Competition
RIBPC Press Release, May 3rd, 2012, PROVIDENCE -- We at RI-CIE are thrilled by the growth and success of our strategic business partners RIBPC, as they celebrate their most recent winners at the Rhode Island Business Expo Thursday, May 3rd.
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Local Entrepreneurs and RI-CIE Incubator Residents Highlighted in Rhode Show
WPRI-12, by Will Gilbert, April 17th, 2012, PROVIDENCE -- Local students expand 'wafel' business.Many people have dreams of creating a product that they could turn into a success, but they never do anything to turn it into reality. We found some inspiring entrepreneurs on the I Luv RI Facebook page who are turning their vision into a successful reality.What do you do when you're far from home and you miss the food? Rip Pruisken, a student from Holland, had an idea on how to cure his homesickness.
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LunchLab coaches feeding appetite for experience
Providence Business News, By Michael Souza, April 19th, 2012, PROVIDENCE -- Four years ago Julie Sygiel, then a chemical-engineering student at Brown, began taking elective entrepreneurship classes. The subject captured her interest to the point where two years later she began attending “LunchLab” sessions held by the Rhode Island Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.She wrote the business plan for Sexy Period, a maker of specialty women’s underwear she co-founded, in her junior year and credits the labs for getting her vision off the ground.
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