Spotlight On Business
Ron St. Pierre, morning host on NewsRadio 920 & 104.7 FM talks with Rhode Island business leaders, focusing on their leadership and community involvement.
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March 30, 2020 • 4 min
Ron St. Pierre sits down with Vertikal 6 CEO Rick Norberg to talk about his business. Vertikal 6 is an IT outsourcing company that can help other businesses, both big and small, with all of their IT needs.
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March 16, 2020 • 3 min
Ron St. Pierre talks with CEO of People's Credit Union, Sean Daly. People's Credit Union is a member owned institution that provides valuable banking products and services and supports the communities they serve. They have six locations and members all across Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.
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February 25, 2020 • 5 min
Ron St. Pierre talks with Sal Savastano Executive Vice President of Main Street Home Loans, a mortgage banking lender located in Cranston. Main Street is an employee-owned company and does business throughout the east coast. The demand for housing and mortgages in Southern New England is very strong, and Main Street is committed to help bring home ownership to Southern New Englanders. www.mainstreethomeloans.com
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January 23, 2020 • 4 min
Ron St. Pierre talks with Jennifer Brinton, owner of Grey Sail Brewing. Located in Westerly and founded in 2011, Grey Sail brews a variety of craft beers and ales, including Flagship Ale, Flying Jenny Extra Pale Ale, Dave’s Coffee Stout, and Captain’s Daughter IPA. Take a listen and learn how Jen and her husband Alan turned a passion for brewing into a successful Rhode Island business!
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January 6, 2020 • 3 min
Premier Realty is ranked one of the top teams in RI and serve over 300 families each year. As a team they are able to ensure a smooth hassle free sale no matter if the client is buying or selling.
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December 20, 2019 • 4 min
WhatsGood is a virtual farmers market that connects buyers with local farmers, fishermen and artisans. WhatsGood makes it simple for consumers, chefs and institutional buyers to discover new favorite purveyors and order local ingredients from the convenience of a mobile app.
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December 9, 2019 • 5 min
Rent Sons is a local RI community-building service that connects with neighbors throughout the community to hire trained, quality, hardworking young adults to do the odd jobs they wish their kids would do. One flat rate, any job. It's like the Uber of odd jobs!
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December 9, 2019 • 4 min
Wickford Appliance & Lighting is a family owned Appliances and Lighting store located in North Kingstown, RI.
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December 9, 2019 • 4 min
Uniquely Chic Vintage has provided customized furniture since 2010. Due to the rising demand for unique special event and wedding decor, Uniquely Chic Vintage expanded into Uniquely Chic Vintage Rentals, a sister company offering stunning and exquisite furnishings exclusively available for rent.
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December 9, 2019 • 4 min
Bracelets in every color of the rainbow are affixed with bullet shells on the ends. The bright and bendable, one-size-fits-all bracelets are handmade using paracord, copper and spent bullet casings by twenty-five-year retired Army veteran Keith Cochran, who founded Danger Close Paracord. Not only do the bracelets raise money for the nonprofit veterans’ organization, 22Kill, but making them is also a form of therapy for Cochran. He ...
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December 9, 2019 • 5 min
Sproutel's team is made up of digital storytellers, engineers, artists, tinkerers, troublemakers, and doers. They drink their coffee black and speak in pictures. Their passion for kids' health is personal; each one of Sproutel's team members are driven by their own experiences with illness and health management.
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December 9, 2019 • 4 min
Ron St. Pierre speaks with Michael Gazdacko and Peter Haas from Ted X RI.
This is the 8th year the Providence Speaking Society (RI non profit and 501 c 3) is putting together a TEDxProvidence. TEDx is an independently organized TED like event - operated through a license from TED.
This event is and always has been fueled by volunteers - no one gets paid to produce TEDxProvidence. They are supported by ticket sales and a few genero...
This is the 8th year the Providence Speaking Society (RI non profit and 501 c 3) is putting together a TEDxProvidence. TEDx is an independently organized TED like event - operated through a license from TED.
This event is and always has been fueled by volunteers - no one gets paid to produce TEDxProvidence. They are supported by ticket sales and a few genero...
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December 9, 2019 • 5 min
Ron St. Pierre speaks with Paul Conforti, Chief Marketing Officer of Ocean State Job Lot.The company’s mission is to provide exceptional value to their customers through opportunistic buying and selling of quality brand name merchandise, and to share the resulting profits with stockholders, associates, and the communities in which we live and work.
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December 9, 2019 • 4 min
Ron St. Pierre speaks with Premama CEO Dan Aziz. Premama® strives to make all moms happier with its best-in-class line of natural, powdered supplements formulated to support mothers from preconception through their postnatal needs. Premama’s pill-free, drinkable solutions are formulated with high quality, clinically studied, and physician-approved ingredients. They are designed to mix seamlessly with liquids and soft foods. Premama...
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August 14, 2019 • 4 min
Ron St. Pierre talks with Arnell Milhouse of Career Devs Computer Science University. CareerDevs is a year-long, full-stack program for students looking to kickstart their careers in computer science. We are committed to the belief that an education worth our students time is one that teaches students the powerful skills needed to thrive in today’s economy without incurring the crushing student debts affecting Americans today.
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August 14, 2019 • 4 min
Ron St. Pierre talks with David Osborne, CEO of Virgin Pulse. Founded in 2004 as part of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, Virgin Pulse designs technology that cultivates good lifestyle habits for your employees. Configured to complement your culture, our technology, and the overall well being experience we deliver, drives superior outcomes for your people and your business.
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August 8, 2019 • 4 min
eMoney Advisor provides technology solutions and services that help people talk about money. Rooted in comprehensive financial planning, eMoney’s solutions strengthen client relationships, streamline business operations, enhance business development and drive overall growth. More than 60,000 financial professionals across firms of all sizes use the eMoney platform to serve more than 4 million households throughout the U.S. For more...
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