The Design + Business Entrepreneurship Center, located in downtown Providence, opened in fall 2002 to provide incubator workspace for nine businesses. A program of training and consulting has been specially developed to help design-based entrepreneurs, inventors, innovators and product developers during the critical stages of successful business growth.

Developed by RISD, the Design + Business Entrepreneurship Center is managed by The Center for Design + Business (CDB), a joint venture between Bryant College and RISD.

Prospective clients include designers and inventors seeking to protect, commercialize and/or develop businesses based on new product design or invention; entrepreneurs hoping to expand a design-based business; and established businesses wishing to provide training and assistance to those developing new or redesigning old products.