On college campuses across Rhode Island, new ideas are brewing. Tech-savvy students with an entrepreneurial spirit are coming up with business concepts.

Many will go nowhere. But others could be the next Facebook, a revolutionary drug-delivery platform or the must-have electronic toy of 2011. Nurture these young minds, many believe, and their startups could help transform the Rhode Island economy.

That is what BetaSpring, a joint effort by local “geek” leaders Jack Templin, Allan Tear and Owen Johnson aims to do starting next April: provide a seed venture platform for 20- to 26-year-olds who, with expert help and a little money, could launch successful companies.

Full Story: Seed venture platform to target young tech ‘geeks’ Source: Providence Business News, December 29th, 2008 Author: Marion Davis Added on January 2nd, 2009 at 3:20 pm, by Matt Mikula