Last Friday, at a forum to discuss the growth of the local knowledge economy, business leaders and policymakers pointed to what Betaspring does as the type of innovative program Rhode Island needs to create money-making ventures and pull the state out of the doldrums. Their hope is that Rhode Island can move away from traditional manufacturing, a sector that is steadily losing jobs, to industries based on research, life sciences, health care and green technology.

Betaspring is one of a number of so-called “start-up accelerators” that have popped up across the country, said Tear.

Full Story: R.I.’s Betaspring helps start-up companies get off the ground Source: Providence Journal, November 6th, 2009 Author: Alex Kuffner Added on November 6th, 2009 at 10:45 am, by Matt Mikula