Christopher Stadolnik | Michael Christofaro
Tizra was founded in 2006 based on "the simple idea that online information distribution should be fast, flexible and efficient—both for the managers and for the consumers of that information."
Vol 1 Issue 1 Spring 2009
WRNI
Beach visits, music festivals, and Del's lemonade: it's summer in the Ocean State. But in addition to these traditions, many Rhode Islanders are enjoying fresh produce from local farmer's markets during our short but illustrious warm season. WRNI's Reza Clifton has the story.
Joe Maurer | Michael Christofaro
Since 2006, Karen Beebe has owned and operated Queen of Hearts, a clothing and design boutique in downtown Providence located at 186 Union St. The store features handmade, one-of-a-kind designs from local artists and designers.
Vol 1 Issue 1 Spring 2009
Cutler & Company
Marjorie Garrison and her partner, Brendan Ravenhill, love Providence so much that shortly after they moved here last year from Brooklyn, they and some friends started a guerilla “Move to Providence” recruitment campaign to entice friends in other cities to come here too.
Cutler & Company
Jennifer Rose Packaging Solutions (JRPS) is a new green start-up specializing in tree-free sustainable paper packaging made from agricultural by-products.
Cutler & Company
Launched in 2007, Kidoinfo.com was recognized that same year as Rhode Island’s best online resource for families by Rhode Island Monthly.
Cutler & Company
In an old store front on a growing retail block on the West Side, you will find a special place unlike any other: an interdisciplinary arts studio for high school students known as New Urban Arts. Inside the studio’s open, informal space, relaxed teens gather, discussing and sketching beneath enormous colorful paper lampshades.
Cutler & Company
Brown University is known for its open curriculum, and its commitment to social justice. So it is no surprise that Brown is one of the foremost colleges in the country teaching and practicing an innovative social change business model known as social entrepreneurship. Social entrepreneurs take an innovative, untested idea for positive social change and usher it from dream to reality.
Cutler & Company
Social Venture Partners RI (SVPRI) is a philanthropic organization with an innovative twist. In addition to funding nonprofits, they supply teams of experts to teach nonprofits how to develop social enterprises (mission-driven businesses) to provide them with sustainable income, and/or jobs and training opportunities.
| Glenn Turner
Jack Templin is the President of ThoughtCap, a consultancy specializing in online business strategy and web application development.