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Home conversions, repairs their forte
Started 35 years ago in a Warwick family basement and garage, William J. Riley Plumbing & Heating Co. Inc. has survived housing booms and busts by staying nimble as a family-owned business. Since the beginning of the Great Recession, staffing has stayed steady, at approximately 10 employees. And while new construction has been sparse in recent years, the company has grown its service business to compensate. Riley, the company president, is pictured above with his daughter, Operations Manager Elizabeth Muzzy. more
4/23/12
Maintenance-management made easy
Business leaders often wear several hats and Paul Oberg, president and CEO of EPAC Software Technologies, is no exception. more
This firm prepped for retail growth
One-time nightclub owner and Coventry native Barry Blair has long been a man about town who ran his business with a focus on going above and beyond for any customer. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 4/22/13

Beach cleanup work keeps veterans afloat
After serving 17 years in the military, Matthew Paquette left his work as an electrician’s mate in the Navy, where he was assigned to the USS Shasta Battle Group Echo, stationed off the coast of Kuwait. more

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer | 4/22/13

Workers stitch firm back to health
The founding of North East Knitting Inc. in Pawtucket from the ashes of a bankrupt elastic-textile maker 27 years ago followed a Hollywood script as much as a business textbook. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 4/15/13

Potato peeling made easy
Former nightclub owner Barry Blair is trying his hand at a new gig, entrepreneur. The one-time owner of Barry’s Nightclub in Warwick is pitching the Prep N’ Pop, the sole product being sold under the Doodads LLC brand that Blair began in 2007. The kitchen utensil peels a potato hands-free and then pops the potato out of its cylinder. He says he has sold tens of thousands of the utensils on QVC, where it retails for $17.25. Prep N’ Pop recently made its retail debut at the East Side Marketplace, which is serving as sort of a test run for larger grocery-store chains. more
4/15/13
Biz plan competition names semi-finalists
The Rhode Island Business Plan Competition has chosen 15 semi-finalists for its 2013 competition, the organization announced Monday. more
| 4/9/13
Powering research out of this world
Yardney Technical Products sends its lithium-ion batteries far and wide, including two that landed on Mars in August 2012 on NASA’s Curiosity rover. more

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer | 4/8/13

Theaters get the picture, begin investing in digital
Few plot twists sound more cruel or ominous for small, independent cinemas than the death of film. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 4/8/13

For R.I. women-owned firms, job growth worst in nation
While Rhode Island’s women-owned businesses generated more than $3.5 billion in sales from 2012 to 2013, employment in these local firms fell at the fastest rate in the country, according to the State of Women-Owned Businesses Report from American Express OPEN. more
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