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IN THE CLOUD: Ruth DiGiovanni has found success with a company that provides cloud-based phone systems after she and her husband sensed there was a market to tap in the area.  PBN FILE PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Building a company by speaking geek

Business Women 05/24/2024

2024 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Ruth DiGiovanni RemiPBX Inc. co-owner RUTH DIGIOVANNI KNOWS talking about her company, which develops and installs cloud-based phone systems, isn’t...

SPREADING HER WINGS: Lindsay Kuhn launched her online platform Wingspans Inc. after realizing there was a career opportunity gap for Providence students while teaching at Nathan Bishop Middle School.  COURTESY LINDSAY KUHN

Business connections through storytelling

Business Women 05/24/2024

2024 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Lindsay Kuhn Wingspans Inc. founder FROM THE TIME she was a teenager in Coral Springs, Fla., Lindsay Kuhn recognized the power...

CAREER COACH: Charise Wilson opened Workforce Ready Solutions, an employment coaching business, in Lincoln in 2019. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Wilson uses her experience carving her own path to help others...

Business Services 05/10/2024

Charise Wilson knows firsthand how valuable mentors are, especially for a job hunter who’s determined to move up but doesn’t know how to get...

CIRCUITOUS ROUTE: Rosalind “Roz” Rustigian tried her hand at several different occupations before taking over her father’s V. George Rustigian Rugs Inc. business in Providence after he died in 1980. PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Roz keeps the rugs rolling at Rustigian

Business Women 04/12/2024

When Rosalind Rustigian was a teenager, her dad, Rusty, offered her some fatherly advice. “He wrote me a note. It said I should keep my...

SPREADING HER WINGS: Lindsay Kuhn launched her online career platform Wingspans Inc. after realizing there was a career opportunity gap for students in Providence while teaching at Nathan Bishop Middle School.  COURTESY LINDSAY KUHN

Connecting students and job seekers to careers through storytelling

Business Services 03/01/2024

From the time she was a teenager in Coral Springs, Fla., Lindsay Kuhn recognized the power of storytelling. Throughout her career, that power has...

POSITIVE IMPACT: XBInsight Inc. President Kathi Graham-Leviss developed a database of thousands of jobs that predicts how successful someone will be at work from both a fit and performance perspective. PBN PHOTO/ DAVID HANSEN

She has the insights to predict job success in terms of...

Business Services 02/02/2024

Anyone who’s watched “Succession,” the addictive saga about the mega-wealthy Roys, knows how it ends (spoiler alert): the family business doesn’t always remain in...

A STRONG RESTART: Tiesha Sinouthasy had to close her nanny placement agency two months after she launched it because of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, but when she reopened it several months later, people were desperate for her service. PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

She’s answering call for many more nannies

Business Women 01/05/2024

If dealing with COVID-19 wasn’t stressful enough for parents of young kids, finding reliable child care during the pandemic was enough to give them...

ADDING FLAVOR: Mariana R. Silva-Buck and her daughter, Sofia, launched Little Maven Lemonade in 2020, a spinoff from Sofia’s lemonade stand. Now Little Maven has three flavors – original, Amazonia and Unicorn.  PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

From lemonade stand to fruitful company

Business Women 12/08/2023

When life hands you lemons, don’t just make lemonade. Consider Mariana R. Silva-Buck’s solution – a lemonade company launched from her daughter’s lemonade stand. Since...