Rhode Island Business Plan Competition

Locke Lord was a proud Leaders sponsor of the Rhode Island Business Plan Competition.

The Rhode Island Business Plan Competition aims to create and foster growth companies in Rhode Island that will increase local employment. It's all about helping established and emerging entrepreneurs achieve their dreams.

Established in 2000, the Rhode Island Business Plan Competition is supported by a broad range of sponsors that include private businesses, investors, foundations, colleges and universities, public entities, nonprofit organizations, and former competitors. Today, it is the leading community-supported business plan competition in the Northeast.

The Competition encourages plans for new businesses, as well as from early stage companies. An early stage, or seed stage, company typically is at the inventor stage where there is an idea, a concept, or even a product, but little or no income has been generated yet.

Throughout the 2018 Rhode Island Business Plan Competition a number of free public events that were held to help applicants and potential applicants prepare to do their best. This winners were announced on May 17, 2018.

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