Spotlight on GROW Participant: Desireé Vaughn
By: Cynthia Munrayos Intro to Dub This! and Desireé’s Story Desireé Vaughn, Startup Founder, CEO of Dream Ultra Big LLC and the innovative drive behind the card game, Dub This!, joined our GROW Winter Cohort earlier this year. She brought her idea to us in October 2023, and we’re thrilled to see her visions come […]
Business Growth: Insights from Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses
By: Cynthia Munrayos Innovation Studio had the opportunity to speak with Thao Dang and Andres Escobar from Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses RI about their Spring 2025 Cohort, which begins in February. Below is a Q&A format to provide further insights. Q: What is the program format? To help small business owners create jobs in […]
Welcoming Hayden Sobel, our new co-op intern from Northeastern University
Written By: Cynthia Munrayos Hayden is a third-year Business Administration major at Northeastern University, and has been working at Innovation Studio for the past month. Currently, his focus is on social entrepreneurship and innovation with minors in Human Services and Writing. Hayden is passionate about businesses and organizations that have a social impact focus. He […]
Meet our Co-Op Intern, Mytreyi Sureshkumar
By: Cynthia Munrayos Mytreyi Sureshkumar, a third-year student majoring in International Affairs and Economics at Northeastern University, currently served as one of our interns at Innovation Studio Roxbury through Northeastern’s cooperative education program from January to June of this year. She helped assist many of the entrepreneurs we serve within the Roxbury business community. “A […]
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 […]
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 […]
Boston, MA
BoSton, MA Innovation Studio Boston Massachusetts strives to make entrepreneurship and business ownership accessible and attainable for all innovators. We believe business ownership creates a path to economic prosperity, reduces the racial wealth gap and build generational wealth in communities of color. Get Involved Through the Pathways to Entrepreneurship program continuum and as the managers […]
