Paul E. Kandarian
A passion for art education
When Norah Diedrich was 8 or 9 years old, growing up outside Chicago, she would entertain herself at home by engaging in a favorite...
Frustrated by therapist search, she formed a business to help
When Yuri Tomikawa needed a therapist and had trouble finding one, the Brown University graduate eventually founded an innovative business to do just that....
Tackling poverty through social investing
Andy Posner founded Capital Good Fund, a nonprofit, certified community-development financial institution that offers small loans and personalized financial and health coaching to families...
‘It’s not government getting in the way, it’s us’
Saul Kaplan founded the Business Innovation Factory in 2005 to build a place where partners from across the public and private sector could focus...
Teaching ‘the ABCs of business’
Jr Neville Songwe, principal of Joneso Design, is also executive director of Urban Ventures Inc., a state-funded, nonprofit organization providing entrepreneurship assistance to the...
At this school, having fun is expected
The offerings at the nonprofit Barrington Community School run the gamut from the fundamental, to the fantastic to the foreign. They include learning conversational...
Team approach keeps pizzeria ahead of curve
Kristy Knoedler knew a lot about cardiac rehabilitation in the early 1990s, having earned a degree in exercise science at the University of Rhode...
Build lasting connections with customers to prosper
Growing a company's brand requires making a lasting connection with customers beyond just the usefulness of a single product or service, according to the...
One-stop shop for weight loss, surgical screening
Anyone drastically overweight and looking to lose excess pounds has myriad places to do it in the state, including the Nutrition Teaching Center at...
Doctor’s Choice helps demystify Medicare
Dr. John Luo hates not having answers for people.
When doing his clinical training at a North Smithfield practice, he tried to help patients navigate...