We Mean Business is your connection to business success in Rhode Island.Get help connecting with the right municipal, state, federal and non-profit business organizations to start or grow your business; access a network of public and private consultants that provide you with business advice based on your individual business type and get access to financing programs especially for the small business owner.

We Mean Business was established in 2007 by the Every Company Counts initiative of the RI Economic Development Corporation and the Secretary of State's First Stop Business Information Center to make it easier for you to access the answers and make the contacts at every level of government that you need to be successful today.

For more information contact- Sherri Lynn Carrera at Every Company Counts- 401-278-9174 or scarrera@riedc.com / www.everycompanycounts.com or Kelly Carello at First Stop Business Information Center- 401-222-2185 or kcarello@sec.state.ri.us.