{"id":60454,"date":"2012-10-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/university-joins-partnership-to-support-faculty-and-student-entrepreneurship\/"},"modified":"2012-10-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-17T00:00:00","slug":"university-joins-partnership-to-support-faculty-and-student-entrepreneurship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2012\/10\/university-joins-partnership-to-support-faculty-and-student-entrepreneurship\/","title":{"rendered":"University joins partnership to support faculty and student entrepreneurship"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. — October 17, 2012 — The 溏心vlog免费B站 has joined with Brown University, the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce and Betaspring to launch the new “Founders League” to strengthen Rhode Island\u2019s entrepreneurial environment. The partnership will expand programs for the state’s new and potential high-growth startups and entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n


\nThe new Founders League will create the platform where entrepreneurs at all stages of development can find inspiration and support. The League’s support community, workspace and programming will be provided at the Betaspring headquarters at 95 Chestnut St. in Providence.<\/p>\n


\nBetaspring, a startup accelerator program for technology and design entrepreneurs who are ready to build a product and launch a company, will provide leadership and a mix of entrepreneur-centric activities, educational programming and networking events. An official launch event and celebration will be held in December.<\/p>\n


\n“This is an effective strategy to keep and attract top talent to Rhode Island. When they find a welcoming community, strong support system and climate they will say, ‘Rhode Island. Providence. That\u2019s the place to be,'” said 溏心vlog免费B站 President David M. Dooley.

\n\u201cThis is exactly the kind of activity emphasized during my discussions at the White House earlier this month, strategies that are strongly supported by the federal government,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cSupporting the continued success of Rhode Island’s burgeoning entrepreneurial community is essential to realizing our shared goal of growing a vibrant, diverse and sustainable economy,” said Brown University President Christina Paxson.<\/p>\n


\nJon Duffy, chairman of the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce said, \u201cFueling entrepreneurial and small business growth and the development of the state\u2019s knowledge economy is at the core of the Chamber\u2019s work.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nOver the next few weeks, the Founders League will engage other universities and colleges in the area, as well as businesses from across the state that want to join in and support the effort. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cMany positive things have happened in the startup community over the last few years and the community is stronger and more connected than ever before. It\u2019s great now to build on that momentum and apply what we have learned to help a broader community of founders and entrepreneurs in Rhode Island,\u201d says Betaspring Managing Partner and Co-founder Allan Tear. <\/p>\n


\nFor more details and guiding principles of the Founders League, please visit Betaspring<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. — October 17, 2012 — The 溏心vlog免费B站 has joined with Brown University, the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce and Betaspring to launch the new “Founders League” to strengthen Rhode Island\u2019s entrepreneurial environment. The partnership will expand programs for the state’s new and potential high-growth startups and entrepreneurs. The new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}