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Since 2000, the Rhode Island Business Competition aims to create and foster growth companies in Rhode Island that will increase local employment. It's all about helping emerging entrepreneurs achieve their dreams. Today, it is the leading community-supported business plan competition in the Northeast.

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Upcoming Events

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  • 16 Jan
    2025
    Workshop: Financial Projections for Start-Ups

    This is THE workshop where you can receive FREE accounting advice from certified public accountants. Anthony Mangiarelli, Co-Chair of the Rhode Island Business Competition and a Partner at KLR, and some members of his team will provide valuable accounting advice geared towards entrepreneurs.  

    This in-person event will begin at 5:30pm and is free and open to the public.

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  • 13 Feb
    2025
    Workshop: Discovering Your Best Customers

    Without paying customers you don’t have a business. But how do you find them? The earlier you start to talk to customers, the more focused your products and services will be on what they want. Talking to customers is essential to the success of your business. During this workshop, you will learn the techniques that work for talking to customers and powering up your business for success.
    This in-person event will begin at 5:30pm and is free and open to the public.

  • 26 Feb
    2025
    Student Pitch Contest

    Hosted by the RI Business Competition, this Student Pitch Contest is open to all college and university students. This event is being held at Bryant University on February 26, 2025 from 5:30 - 7:00 PM.

    TO ATTEND OR PITCH, go to the Eventbrite sign-up page (COMING SOON) and click on 'Reserve a spot' under General Admission. Enter your contact info and click on 'Register' and you will be sent to a page where you can enter your school and pitch information, if you are pitching.

    The Pitch Contest gives participants a chance to make a business pitch, much as if they’d met a funder and wanted to explain their business proposal – with maybe 90 seconds to explain their business. Presenters must speak without PowerPoints and the like.

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