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DESIGNING WOMEN: Phyllis Cannava, right, president of Office Direct Cannava Design Ltd., a commercial furniture dealership in Warwick, looks over samples and blueprints with senior designer Meghan Robinson, left, and designer Meghan Ryan. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Office design was her direct path to success

Business Women 08/06/2021

Phyllis Cannava will be the first to tell you that she’s not one to sit around – on office chairs or any other seating,...

DIVERSE WORKFORCE: C.C. Business Corp. Vice President Ron Brewer, left, and President Marcellus Sharpe stand outside of Thundermist Health Center in Woonsocket, one of the private-security company’s clients. Brewer estimates that 70% of the company’s 39 employees are minorities. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

A question of equity: Can R.I. level the field for minority...

Coronavirus 07/10/2020

As small-business owners clambered to get in on the federal payroll relief program launched in the wake of COVID-19, Anna Mangeni held back. Her business,...

SETTING THE STAGE: Creative Conners Inc. Operations Manager Brian Belfer works on a project at the company’s Warren facility. The company specializes in manufacturing controls and chain hoists to aid in moving set pieces for theater productions. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Creative Conners develops technology that takes center stage

Capital Goods 07/03/2020

PBN MANUFACTURING AWARDS 2020 | Product Innovation & Design: Creative Conners Inc. IF YOU’VE SEEN recent plays or concerts involving set pieces as an integral...

FINDING A WAY FORWARD: Victoria Malchar, owner of Malchar Wellness Center, treats Brandon Maced at her Warwick offices, where she and her staff offer a number of coaching and therapy options.   / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Malchar builds health and wellness from ground up

Business Women 09/06/2019

Victoria Malchar of Warwick’s Malchar Wellness Center is a chiropractor, sure. But she does so much more than that and has for quite some...

HEALTH-CONSCIOUS: Dr. Michael Fine, former director of the R.I. Department of Health, will attend a Social Enterprise Greenhouse event on June 7 to discuss his book on building a new health care system.  / PBN FILE PHOTO/FRANK MULLIN

Editor’s Choice: Brown Bag Lunch to feature ex-R.I. health director

Subscriber Only 05/31/2019

EDITOR’S CHOICE Brown Bag Lunch to feature ex-R.I. health director DR. MICHAEL FINE, former director of the R.I. Department of Health, will discuss his book...

DECISIONS, DECISIONS: Mary Jean Keany, owner of Anamika Design in Newport, looks through swatches for an interior design project.   / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Keany’s put her design firm on growth pattern

Business Women 05/24/2019

Business Women Awards 2019 | INDUSTRY LEADER, CREATIVE SERVICES Mary Jean Keany, Anamika Design LLC FOR INTERIOR DESIGNER Mary Jean Keany, the key to her business...

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: The late Raymond Fogarty, former director of the John H. Chafee Center for International Business at Bryant University, will be posthumously awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award during the 34th annual World Trade Day on May 22 at the university.  / PBN FILE PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

Editor’s Choice: Bryant University to host World Trade Day May 22

Subscriber Only 05/17/2019

Editor's Choice: Bryant University to host World Trade Day May 22 BRYANT UNIVERSITY will host the 34th annual World Trade Day, themed “Opportunities and...

Brian Boyle has been in training design and development for nearly two decades, but a recent experience in a small-business growth program kicked his project into another gear, with the expectation that it will grow its client base 40 percent in the last quarter of 2018. / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

Move beyond the day to day and capitalize on the extraordinary

One Last Thing 10/12/2018

Brian Boyle | CrossTrainer founder My growth plan began with an ordinary conversation at a wedding in 2016. I mentioned to a guy that I...

LASTING LETTERPRESS: Dan Wood, owner and founder of the Dan Wood Rhode Island letterpress print shop, works with Lois Harada, shop manager, on the Polyman 50 automatic-fed cylinder letterpress at the shop’s headquarters in Providence. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Ancient print process still impresses

Entrepreneurship 06/08/2018

For Dan Wood, owner of Dan Wood Rhode Island letterpress print shop, “anytime the linotype runs, that’s an achievement.” The 1994 Rhode Island School of...

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