The power of persistence
We’ve all heard the expression “the greatest thing since sliced bread.” But how did sliced bread come to be?
The Anecdote International website provides one...
Rise of the side hustle in today’s economy
The landscape of entrepreneurship has undergone a remarkable transformation. The surge in new business formations in recent years speaks volumes about the evolving entrepreneurial...
Bennett receives Sojourner House Impact Award
KYLE BENNETT, the senior director of policy and equity at United Way of Rhode Island Inc., was recently honored by Sojourner House with the...
To Savor: Upstate N.Y.’s hidden gems
I have had the privilege of traveling to many wine regions throughout the world, and one that I recall fondly is upstate New York,...
Prep for noncompete ban
Now that the dust has settled on the Federal Trade Commission’s April 23 final rule that would prohibit virtually all employee noncompete agreements, where...
Hurley receives National Council for Mental Wellbeing Lifetime Achievement Award
LINDA E. HURLEY, CEO and president of CODAC Behavioral Health Care in Cranston, recently received the National Council for Mental Wellbeing’s Lifetime Achievement Award....
Big Blue Bug Solutions CEO named Small Business Person of the...
BRIAN GOLDMAN, CEO of Providence-based Big Blue Bug Solutions, was recently named the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Small Business Person of the Year. Goldman...
How DEI rollbacks at colleges set back learning
Just four years ago, following the murder of George Floyd, almost every college and university in the U.S. had at least one diversity, equity...
The wisdom of compromise
Abraham Lincoln was a man who believed in compromise. According to an old story, when he was practicing law in Illinois, a farmer asked...
Gifford to lead R.I. vet group
DR. JOYCE GIFFORD, founder and medical director of Abbott Valley Veterinary Center in Cumberland, was recently appointed the new president of the Rhode Island...