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  Depena Seizes Opportunity to Open his Own Fitness Club - September 7, 2018. Providence Business News. Cohort 3 alum Joe Depena of VP Fitness located in Providence tells his entrepreneurship story.

 

• Rainwater Boosting Brand Appeal - August 17, 2018. Providence Business News. Cohort 3 alum Sarah Rainwater of Studio Rainwater talks about the importance of social media in marketing and brand appeal.
  
  

 

Printing to Impress - June 8, 2018. Providence Business News. Cohort 5 alum Dan Wood of DWRI Letterpress located in Providence talks about his background and the benefits of 10,000 Small Business. "The biggest thing he learned from the experience was to “give myself the time to be working on the business, as well as running around trying to chase deadlines in the business,” he added."

 

• Keeping moms, Babies Healthy - May 25, 2018. Providence Business News. Cohort 2 alum Kathy Moren of Healthy Babies, Happy Moms located in East Greenwich discusses her business and the benefits of recently graduating from the 10,000 Small Businesses Program.

 

• Fringe Benefits: Why Tassles and Trimmings are Making an Interior Design Comeback - May 25, 2018. Vogue Magazine. Cohort 4 alum Aja Blanc of Ben & Aja Blanc in Providence featured in Vogue Magazine for her new trendsetting mirror line.
  
  

 

• Johnson Melds Psychology, Technology, to Encourage Healthier Living - May 25, 2018. Providence Business News. Cohort 3 alum Sara Johnson of Pro-Change Behavior Systems discuss her background and growing business as she accepts a PBN Business Women award.
  
  

 

• Small business in R.I: Lotuff Leather Trains Artists to Craft High-End Bags, Briefcases - May 10, 2018. Providence Journal. Cohort 1 alum Ellen McNulty-Brown  of Lotuff Leather: "I want to give credit to the governor for bringing the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program to the state."

 

Crafting Looks That Sell - May 4, 2018. Providence Business News. Cohort 3 alum Wayne Blatchley of Fuzion Design in Pawtucket in a great feature here about his business.  "Blatchley also said he’s recently benefited from graduating from the 10,000 Small Business Program, a Goldman Sachs-sponsored business-development program run out of the Community College of Rhode Island."

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• Pawtucket's Foolproof Launches New Lager Beer  - April 27, 2018. Providence Journal. Cohort 5 alum Nick Garrison of Foolproof Brewery in Pawtucket receiving some recognition as they introduce their new lager beer to the public.
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• Meet Rena and Sarah Abeles of Reliable Gold - April 17, 2018. Boston Voyager. Cohort 5 alum Sarah Abeles of Reliable Gold sits down for an insightful interview about herself and her business.
  
  
  

 

• Champe Speidel is a Cut Above - March 21, 2018. Providence Monthly. Cohort 4 graduate Champe Speidel, the owner of Persimmon Restaurant on the East side of Providence, describes his technique, his butchering, and his love feor fine details.

 

• No Contract? No problem for Universal Cleaning - March 02, 2018. Providence Business News. After garnering encouragement from multiple people, Oliveira decided to apply to 10,000 Small Businesses, a nonprofit sponsored by the financial giant Goldman Sachs.

 

• Tech a Means to Design End - February 16, 2018. Providence Business News. Cohort 2 graduate Nick Scappaticci, co-founder and CEO of Tellart said everyone in the studio agreed the new technologies should be part of the process design.

 

• Blakely Designs Go Beyond the Look - January 18, 2018. Providence Business News. After working several years for a large corporation, Janelle Blakely Photopoulos started losing interest in her job. The company was bought out and the excitement she once felt for the position diminished.

 

• 10,000 Small Businesses program exceeds 100 graduates - December 21, 2017. Providence Business News. The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses on Wednesday celebrated 47 new graduates.The ceremony brought the total 103 number of businesses to complete the small- business program.

 

• Flower Hobby Blossoms into Business - November 10, 2017. Providence Business News- Semia attributes much of that success to her recently completing the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program offered through the Community College of Rhode Island.

 

• Five Questions with Karina H. Wood- October 13, 2017. Providence Business News- "Our curriculum is designed by Babson College, the nation’s top-ranked entrepreneurship school, so our participants receive a world-class education, at a convenient community college location, at no cost. ... The focus is on practical skills that small-business owners can immediately put into action."

 

• 10,000 Small Businesses Program Offers Support System for Business Owner -July 18, 2017. The Valley Breeze. Kristen Merz, a Pawtucket business owner looking to take her company to the next level found exactly the resource she needed with the 10,000 Small Businesses program.

 

• Karina Wood Spearheads a New CCRI Program to Stimulate Small Businesses - June 27, 2016. The East Sider. Goldman Sachs partnered with renowned entrepreneurship school Babson College to develop a course that “helps small businesses grow and create jobs by providing them with greater access to education, financial capital, and business-support services.” Partnering with community colleges helps make the program as accessible as possible, which is why CCRI was chosen.