Mission and Strategy
Our mission is to create jobs, help companies expand and develop their workforce, and identify opportunities to bring new companies into our state.
The long term plan to reposition Rhode Island's economy remains focused on growth in knowledge-based, innovation economy industries that will provide Rhode Islanders with more high-wage job opportunities. Inside is a link to search companies that are currently hiring.
Soren Ryherd’s brainstorm came after a dinner with colleagues in 2003. That evening, the group agreed that paid-search online advertisements would be “the next big thing” on the Internet.