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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. [Read more here]
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. [Read more here]
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." [Read more here]
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. [Read more about her story]
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 [Read more here]
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. [Read more here]
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." [Read more here]
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." [Read more here]
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. [Read more here]
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. [Read more here]
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 for fine details. [Read more about his story]
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.
[Read more about his story]
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. [Read more about his story]
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. [Read more about her story]
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. [Read more about this story]
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.[Read about her story]
Pioneer Spirit- November, 2017. Martha Steward Living. Cohort 3 graduate Jonathan Glatt, alongside his co-founder Sara Ossana of O & G Studio, shared their passion and inspiration for their designs.
- 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." [ Read more about her interview]
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. [Read more about her story]
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. [Read more about this story]
