Congrats to our RIBC 2025 runners-up, Steve Bordonaro and Philip Caspers of Crewless Marine, advancing uncrewed marine platforms with cutting-edge acoustic sensors and data fusion technology!
THANK YOU to everyone who came out last Thursday for the 2025 annual awards ceremony‼️ We appreciate everyone who helped make our 25th year amazing🎉
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This past week at the Awards Ceremony we heard from our past RIBC winners!
2020 Winner: Johnathan Lord- “Flux Marine”
2021 Winner: Melissa Bowley- “Flourish Care”
2023 Winner: Charles Johnson- “Nhuad Controllers”
2024 Winner: Greg Calderiso- “Just Breathe”
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Congratulations to the winner of the 2025 Rhode Island Business Competition: Kolt Innovations and primary applicant Katelyn Holt‼️👏🏻
“Kolt Innovation’s external male urinary catheter is better for hospitals, better for healthcare workers, and better for men”
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Shoutout to Charles Johnson, CEO of Nhuad Custom Controllers and 2023 RIBC winner, for attending our recent event! His one-hand gaming controller is now officially launched—congrats on the milestone!
Let’s take a look back at our “Find Those Funds” workshop, where our panelists Rachel Leigh Gross, Nick Cianfaglione, and Chris Byers provided us with such valuable financial information!!
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Celebrating 25 years of bold ideas and big wins! Join us on April 24 for the Rhode Island Business Competition Awards Ceremony as we cheer on the brightest innovators shaping Rhode Island’s future! #RIBC#RIBusinessCompetition
Huge shoutout to our stellar RIBC panel last month — Chris Byers, Nick Cianfaglione, and Rachel Leigh Gross! Insight, inspiration, and a whole lot of Rhode Island energy. Thank you for making it amazing! #RIBC#RhodeIsland
The 25th Annual RIBC Awards Ceremony is almost two weeks away! The event will be held on April 24th from 5:30-7:00 at CIC Providence 📍 Will we see YOU there? Sign up via the link in bio & come support everyone’s amazing efforts this year!!
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🗣️Fall 2025 Applications are open: twelve week program!🗣️
ccri.edu/10ksb/
“The growth plan I developed with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses worked! Our agency has grown from a $2.5 million operating budget in 2019 to an almost $8 million budget today” -Vanessa Volz
Meet our amazing judges for The 2025 Rhode Island Business Competition‼️ April 24th is right around the corner…. will we see YOU there👀
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