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Gathering feedback

Executive Poll 02/14/2025

How quickly do you respond when your company receives negative feedback from the community? Right away with immediate communication: 40% We assess the matter internally before...

Smaller family firms are innovation powerhouses

Commentary 07/19/2024

Close your eyes and imagine a world where the most innovative companies aren’t big tech giants but family-run businesses. Now open your eyes, because...

Entrenched in the community

Executive Poll 05/27/2022

Do you reside in the same state as your company? Yes: 86% No: 14% Are you actively involved in the community you work in? Yes: 100% No: 0% Is it...

Denise Chakoian is a 14-year veteran of Rhode Island’s fitness industry and a cancer survivor. Last year she saw her business grow by merging two studios into a 7,000-square-foot space in Providence’s Wayland Square, doing business as CORE Cycle.Fitness.Lagree Studio. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Build a community to grow business

Entrepreneurship 01/24/2020

Denise Chakoian | CORE Center of Real Energy LLC owner and president When I began 14 years ago, I focused on building a business, thinking...

PJ Fox succeeded co-founder of the Nonviolence Institute Teny O. Gross when he left to lead a nonviolence project in Chicago. Prior to that, Fox was the institute’s chief operating officer. He serves on a number of local boards, including those focused on public health and combating violence. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

In the face of intractable problems, community is the way forward

Government 08/09/2019

PJ Fox | Nonviolence Institute executive director We are in the business of ending violence, in all its forms. Sadly it seems, the Nonviolence Institute...

Before co-founding Isle Brewers Guild, Duffy was a partner and business-development officer for marketing and communications agency Duffy & Shanley Inc., working during that time with Narragansett Beer, Strela Beer and BrewGene. / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

Partnership can be the key to success

Entrepreneurship 05/03/2019

Jeremy Duffy | Isle Brewers Guild co-founder/managing partner It has been a long journey to get to brewing operations at Isle Brewers Guild. It was...

Thomas E. Noret Joins Greater Providence YMCA as Executive Director of...

People on the Move 04/11/2019

Tom Noret has been hired as the Executive Director of the South County YMCA where he will oversee fundraising efforts, membership, and community development....

YMCA of Greater Providence Appoints Nicole Dominguez as Chief Marketing Officer/...

People on the Move 03/07/2019

Nicole Dominguez, a marketing professional with a track record of strengthening brands and accelerating revenue growth at globally recognized companies, is joining the team...

Kim Keck grew up in Cumberland. As a fourth-generation Rhode Islander, she jumped at the chance to return to her home state to lead a company that has proudly served Rhode Islanders and local businesses for nearly 80 years. / COURTESY BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF RHODE ISLAND

Deep local knowledge leads to the best outcomes

Health Services 03/09/2018

Kim Keck | Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island CEO and president For me, leading Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island...

Patrick J. Murray Jr. believes Bristol County Savings Bank’s key values, “commitment, stability and community,” are keys to its success, one sign of which is the bank’s listing among PBN’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the 2018 Book of Lists. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

A focus on community yields dividends

Financial Services 03/02/2018

Patrick J. Murray Jr. | Bristol County Savings Bank CEO and president I long have considered Dennis Kelly, former president and current chairman of the...

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