http://www.richmondbizsense.com Richmond's Homepage For Business News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:55:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/08/local-firm-makes-big-impact-turning-profits-into-donations/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/08/local-firm-makes-big-impact-turning-profits-into-donations/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 11:08:11 +0000 Andy Taylor http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=7332 Richmond-based Impact Makers is a company without an owner and in CEO Michael Pirron’s eyes that is just fine. It doesn’t bother BusinessWeek magazine either which named Impact Makers No. 2 in its national competition for The Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs. Impact Makers certainly fit the contest’s mission of being a trailblazing company that seeks ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/08/local-firm-makes-big-impact-turning-profits-into-donations/feed/ 1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/04/06/local-firm-nominated-for-business-week-award/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/04/06/local-firm-nominated-for-business-week-award/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:15:08 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=6216 Impact Makers, a local healthcare and IT consulting firm, is finalist for a Business Week Social Entrepreneurship Award. The company is among 25 finalists out of more than 200 nominees. Business Week will announce five winners on May 2, which will be chosen by an online vote. So what makes Impact Makers a social entrepreneur? ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/04/06/local-firm-nominated-for-business-week-award/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/02/11/richmond-pr-professional-on-businessweekcom/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/02/11/richmond-pr-professional-on-businessweekcom/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:21:11 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=4453 Casey Quinlan, a PR profession and ubiquitous member of the business networking circuit in Richmond, has a guest column on BusinessWeek.com arguing that health care costs should be driven down by a push for healthier living. Writes Quinlan, “I firmly believe that the rising tide of medical costs, in the U.S. and other developed nations, ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/02/11/richmond-pr-professional-on-businessweekcom/feed/ 1