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MATCHMAKER: Debra L’Heureux, owner of Get Ready to Date LLC in Barrington, offers personalized matchmaking and dating-coach services for seniors. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

She makes the dating game personal

Entrepreneurship 07/03/2020

Debra L’Heureux has always been a matchmaker of sorts. First it was pairing Johnson & Wales University students with their dream careers during her time...

TACTILE TRAINER: Kevin Davis spent 15 years working as a personal trainer in various gyms before setting out on his own and launching Anchor Fitness LLC in Middletown in September. / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Bad injury sparks a passion for trainer

Coronavirus 06/12/2020

A broken back ended Kevin Davis’ skateboarding career. But the injury also forced the Portsmouth native into a gym, igniting a new passion and the...

NO STING: Beeline Loans Inc. co-owners Nicholas Liuzza, CEO, and Jessica Kennedy, general counselor, aim to simplify the home mortgage process by allowing people to complete it online. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Beeline Loans trying to make mortgages process simpler

Entrepreneurship 05/29/2020

Getting a home mortgage shouldn’t be painful. That’s the premise of a new mortgage company, Beeline Loans Inc., which recently opened in Providence. Launched in February...

ONLINE OFFERINGS: TigerEye Gift Shop owner Ron Amore Jr. has closed his Warwick shop but is selling holiday gift baskets through his website and pickup system. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

New gift shop stocked up with optimism

Entrepreneurship 05/08/2020

Ron Amore Jr. took a chance on opening his own gift store, something he’d always wanted, and launched TigerEye Gift Shop LLC in early...

PLASTIC-FREE: Ana Duque is the owner of Green Tenderfoot, a cleaning and beauty product refill station that promotes a low-waste lifestyle. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Green Tenderfoot is focus on letting very little go to waste

Coronavirus 05/01/2020

Ana Duque’s self-described “zero-waste journey” began when she was working for City Year in Los Angeles. In L.A., Duque found it fairly easy to cut...

COACHING COMPANION: Megan Gallagher is the founder and owner of Here to There Wellness, an online coaching program that launched earlier this year. The program is a companion to her Here to There Counseling business in Warwick. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

A therapeutic boost in your email inbox

Coronavirus 04/24/2020

As a licensed mental health counselor, Megan Gallagher finds herself revisiting certain topics often with clients. Realizing that some issues seem to be universal, Gallagher...

FORCES JOINED: Alicia Piazza, left, and Nicole Eller combined their strengths in social media marketing to form The Spark Social Inc. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Marketing merger was sparked by social event

Entrepreneurship 04/03/2020

Nicole Eller and Alicia Piazza were introduced at a networking event, and it didn’t take long for them to realize they shared a strong...

NEXT LEVEL: Divine Barre owner Ali Bramhall teaches a ballet-inspired exercise class known as barre at her Providence studio. She prides herself on the studio being welcoming and judgement-free. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Providence fitness student raises the barre

Entrepreneurship 03/20/2020

When barre took the fitness world by storm, Ali Bramhall was ready. The low-impact, ballet-inspired exercise class was a natural progression for the former-dancer-turned-certified-personal-trainer. After...

CREATIVE OUTLET: In her spare time, Krystal Amaral, a full-time attorney, makes and sells custom-designed jewelry through her Tiverton store, Created Purpose. / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

Tiverton shop a chance to display artsy side

Entrepreneurship 02/28/2020

Twisting wire into jewelry offered Krystal Amaral a creative outlet during her time in law school. Now an attorney, Amaral is still making jewelry –...