2021 40 Under Forty Awards
Chris Parisi | 34 | Founder and President, Trailblaze Marketing
How do you think COVID-19 will change your industry going forward? Marketing used to be a nice-to-have, and now it is a need. With the transition COVID-19 caused to make everything go digital, marketing and websites have become more critical than ever.
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What is the best advice you have ever received? True growth comes when you leave your comfort zone.
What moment changed your life more than any other? Besides meeting my wife, I would say when I got jumped at college (broken jaw), as that led to me reassessing and switching my major to marketing.
What is your greatest attribute that you bring to your job? Empathy. People are the most important part of any organization, so understanding each person enables me to successfully lead them.
What was your last Netflix or Amazon Prime binge watch? My wife and I binge-watched all of the Avenger movies during quarantine. It was super.
Fox or MSNBC? Local news.
What are you looking forward to doing again the most post-pandemic? Going to a concert! Great to be with friends, you can feel the energy of everyone around you and the positive atmosphere at a concert is all perfect to me.
THE PROP: Chris Parisi is a major advocate for small business, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, he formed the Rhode Island Small Business Coalition to urge the state to offer additional support to small businesses during the health crisis.
