CREATE Program Participant Highlight
By: Cynthia Munrayos Aspiring Entrepreneurs: Kaylin and Maximo Mugica-Drumm Innovation Studio offers startup business support programs for aspiring and existing business owners stuck in the gap of business ownership. Our CREATE accelerator is a 6 week program that helps build your business model such as identifying your ideal customer, understanding your product demand, and learning […]
What and Where is Biz Bodega Small Business Support Office?
By: Cynthia Munrayos Central Providence Small Business Support Office If you’ve passed by Biz Bodega on Manton Avenue in Providence, we are a community business support office that specialize in assisting early stage startup businesses. Biz Bodega is an initiative of One Neighborhood Builders, and managed by Innovation Studio. We help provide free business […]
Do You Have a Small Business or Hobby?
By Amy Erickson At Innovation Studio, we spend a lot of time talking with new business owners and prospective entrepreneurs who want to turn their ideas into a business. We talk to people with a real passion: the book lover who wants to open a bookstore, the fiber artist who wants to knit sweaters for […]
Spring into Starting a Small Business With Mentor Assistance
By Mytreyi Sureshkumar As small business month starts in May, what better time is there to start something new? Whether your journey in starting a business is just beginning or has already begun, here at Innovation Studio we work hard to serve aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners at different stages in both Rhode Island and Massachusetts. […]
So You Think You Want to be an Entrepreneur? What’s Your Motivation?
By Amy Erickson A High Level of Motivation is Required to be a Successful Entrepreneur At Innovation Studio we talk a lot about owning a business and how to become a successful entrepreneur. Of course we talk about the benefits, the challenges, and the requirements of owning a business, but our best conversations are rooted in […]
WPI, Innovation Studio launch ‘gamification’ program
A Boston-based innovation program is partnering with Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the state’s digital gaming center to launch a new entrepreneurial program out of WPI’s Seaport location.
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Seed Immersion Program
Venture Cafe Cambridge operation to transfer to the Venture Cafe Global Institute
Cambridge, MA, Sept. 17, 2021- Innovation Studio (a.k.a Venture Café Foundation), will shift responsibility for operations of the Venture Café Cambridge program to the Venture Café Global Institute (VCGI), in order to focus more on its inclusionary innovation programs throughout Greater Boston and New England. IS and VCGI will continue to collaborate on programming that grows the innovation ecosystem.
Venture Cafe & District Hall Providence operations to transition from Innovation Studio to Venture Cafe Global Institute and Cambridge Innovation Center
Innovation Studio (f.k.a Venture Café New England), the Venture Café Global Institute and Cambridge Innovation Center have agreed to shift responsibility for the operations of the Venture Café Providence Thursday Gathering program and District Hall Providence to the Venture Café Global Institute (VCGI). We expect the transition to be complete sometime between the end of September through the end of October.
