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The Recession Gave Gregg Perry the Push He Wouldn’t Give Himself
He did not plan to become an entrepreneur. Then the financial system cracked, a Fortune 1000 client called, and a Providence communications shop discovered that small teams can be useful precisely when the stakes get large.
Venda Ravioli sells dinner. The spoon has opinions.
A Providence pasta maker turned a neighborhood specialty into groceries, catering and gifts. Its next sale might be a tray of chicken Parmesan or an entire Italian night in a box.
The Little Fund That Turned $44 Million Into a $1.15 Billion Habit
It started as a modest state bet on Rhode Island's innovation economy. Twenty-five years and 144 companies later, Slater is the quiet engine underneath the state's startup scene - and it keeps recycling its wins.
Narragansett Brewing Company
Narragansett Brewing Company is New England's storied lager brand, founded in 1890 in Rhode Island and once the largest brewery in the region. After the brand nearly vanished in the early 2000s, Rhode Island native Mark Hellendrung and a group of local investors bought it back in 2005, rebuilt its reputation around the classic Lager and the 'Hi, Neighbor, have a Gansett!' slogan, and in 2021 finally brought brewing home to a new 18,000-square-foot brewery and taproom in Providence's Fox Point neighborhood. Today it is an independent craft brewer producing roughly 100,000 barrels a year.