What’s New
9/7/2010: BETTER WORLD CHALLENGE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: DEADLINE EXTENSION! NEW DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 15 11:59p.m. EST. Click here for detail.
8/26/2010: How to Market Your Start-up On The Cheap-by Chris Cameron
8/19/2010: Congratulations Betaspring Summer 2010 Teams!
This summer the RI-CIE team had the pleasure of sharing its headquarters and incubator space with 9 young ventures who were part of the Betaspring summer acceleration program. This intense, twelve week program culminates with a "Demo Day", where the teams pitch their ideas to an audience of potential investors. Click here to view NBC Turn to 10's coverage of the event. We wish all the best to the following:
Catapulter: Adam Waaramaa, Jen Cheng, Mike Romito, and Harshendu Patel
Databraid: Trevor Burnham, Tom Haynes, Noah Liebman
DiaVibe: Adam Leonard, Cole Bonner, Nick Ritter, Brian Fisher, Ling Liu
Jobzle: Walker Williams, Kevin Durfee, Evan Stites-Clayton
Manpacks: Andrew Draper, Ken Johnson
Periscape: Caleb Oller, Rod Yancy
Sensible Self: Brian Krejcarek
Tracelytics: Spiros Eliopoulos, Chris Erway, Dan Kuebrich
Tu.nr: Jack Gill, Jaime Brim
8/17/2010-It is official! RI-CIE has won the Northeastern Economic Developers Association's (NEDA) Best Practice Award for "Program of the Year". NEDA, the leading economic development organization in the northeast since 1956, champions effective, innovative economic development practices. RI-CIE, nominated by RIEDC Business Development Manager, Katharine Flynn, was cited for its support of local new ventures, its programming, which attracted 2700 visitors during its first year in operation, and for its collaboration with and support of other state organizations working to strengthen innovation and entrepreneurship in Rhode Island.
8/17/2010-Have you joined RI-CIE yet? The Forum membership drive is on. Members get complimentary admission to the September 23, 2010 Season Kick-off Reception at RI-CIE
7/28/2010 RI-CIE in the news! Click here for PBN article by Richard Asinoff.
7/27/2010 Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Visit the Wooly Fair
7/26/2010 Are you a student considering interning at a start-up, or a start-up considering taking on an intern?Read this article on StartupProfessionals.com
7/22/2010 Click here for an Angel Capital Education web page interview with a veteran angel investor
7/13/2010 PRESS RELEASE: RI-CIE Hosts Entrepreneur Boot-Camp Workshop
7/7/2010 Stephen Lane, Co-founder of Ximedica, featured in PBN's "Five Questions"
Congratulations Change Accelerator graduates!
Eight new social ventures make up the first graduating class of the Social Enterprise Rhode Island (SERI) Change Accelerator incubator program directed by Kelly Ramirez. On Wednesday, June 30, the group celebrated their accomplishment with state leaders and other members of the community during their final event held at RI-CIE, which served as the headquarters for the program. To read the entire Providence Business News article click here.
Congratulations to Bakodo!
Bakodo, a new venture led by Andres Douglas and currently headquartered within RI-CIE, recently was notified that their barcode scanner application was accepted into the Apple Store.
Bakodo Scanner is a real-time barcode scanner for the iPhone. Using computer vision and machine learning techniques, it uses the images captured from the camera to detect barcodes. Once a barcode has been detected, Bakodo Scanner searches for the product identified by the barcode number throughout an increasing number of databases and returns all types of information to the iPhone user. The information may include prices, reviews, nutritional information, local availability, ingredients, recipes, etc.
To find out more about Bakodo, click here. To view and/or purchase this application click here.
Nu-Label Celebrates First Anniversary
Saturday, June 19, 2010, Open House and Live Demo: 1-5pm at NuLabel HQ (1 Davol Square, Suite 200). RSVP to max@nulabeltechnologies.com
NuLabel Technolgies is a high-tech label company developing liner-free label printing platforms to help companies cut cost and reduce waste.
RI-CIE Incubator Welcomes First Ventures:
On June 1, 2010, RI-CIE welcomed approximately 9 new ventures into its new Incubator space also located at Davol Square. The Incubator model offers advantageously priced office space in the newly coined Providence "Knowledge District" to young ventures in the technology, design and bioscience fields for periods ranging from 3 months to a year through the RI-CIE application process.
The first inhabitants of the Incubator are participants in the Betaspring 2010 "BootCamp", a 12-week start-up accelerator program for technology and design entrepreneurs. Betaspring is a Providence-based mentor program and partner to RI-CIE.
RI-CIE Hosts Social Enterprise Rhode Island CHANGE Workshops:
CHANGE is in the air at RI-CIE thanks to Kelly Ramirez. Kelly is the Executive Director of Social Venture Partners of Rhode Island (SVPRI) and is leading the SVPRI Initiative, Social Enterprise Rhode Island (SERI), which is committed to creating an engaged social innovation community in Rhode Island. Part of the SERI mission revolves around a CHANGE accelerator program providing needed business support to social entrepreneurs in the process of developing innovative solutions to unmet social needs. Through the CHANGE Accelerator, entrepreneurs have access to meeting space at RI-CIE, as well as expert advice through a board of advisors.
RI-CIE Summer Office Hours Program
RI-CIE will continue its popular Office Hours over the summer with a reduced schedule.
Schedule: each date listed, from 2:45 to 5PM, at RI-CIE
- Appointments will be coordinated via email (please email Sue Gallogly to schedule a time slot)
- Walk-ins accommodated if schedule permits
- Sessions limited to 45 minutes between 2:45-5PM
- Scheduled Dates:
- Friday, August 6, 2010
- Friday, August 27, 2010
- Sessions are free
- priority will be given to those with appointments
For more information please visit our Events page
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