Good news in Rhode Island attracts a crowd these days. Gov. Donald L. Carcieri and Mayor David N. Cicilline were among those who turned out on Feb. 11 to welcome the software development firm InQuest Technologies Inc. when it celebrated its move from Southborough, Mass., to a new headquarters on West Exchange Street in Providence.

Michael R. Colapietro, InQuest’s co-founder and CEO, talked with Providence Business News recently about how state and local officials wooed his company – with personal meetings and incentives including a $750,000 relocation and expansion loan from the R.I. Economic Development Corporation’s Small Business Loan Fund (READ MORE) – and what the outlook is for his business.