RI's strategic advantages in small size and location in the NY-Boston corridor; technology advantages citizens in moving past traditional institutions to make change.

The possibility of being able to make an impact was one of the things that most attracted Allan Tear (pronounced "Teer") when his wife and he moved to Rhode Island from Atlanta seven years ago. So it's not surprising that Tear and two fellow geeks, Jack Templin and Owen Johnson, hope to cultivate a new wave of local entrepreneurs through Beta Spring (betaspring.com), an annual 12-week boot camp set to debut in Providence this summer.

Full Story: The upside of hope in Rhode Island Source: The Phoenix, January 29th, 2009 Author: Ian Donnis Added on January 30th, 2009 at 11:53 am, by Matt Mikula