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TEEING IT UP: Jon Mason, founder and owner of Swing Juice LLC in Pawtucket, says the golfing apparel company has hit its stride. It helps, he says, that the game has grown more diverse in recent years and continues to do so. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Pawtucket entrepreneur discovers his niche in golf apparel

(Editor’s note: This is the 61st installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
HOT SPOT: Chef Subat Dilmurat, owner of Jahunger LLC, a Uyghur restaurant in Providence, prepares one of his signature dishes, Jahunger Noodles. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

He serves Uyghur food to build a loyal following

(Editor’s note: This is the 60th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
GIVING GUIDANCE: Long-time ­basketball coach Ramel “Mel” Moore says he ­realized during the COVID-19 pandemic that his skills with leading athletes on the court serve him well as a life coach. 
PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Everybody’s Business: Moore found his coaching applied beyond the court

(Editor’s note: This is the 58th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
BACK ON THE MENU: Michael Durrett Jr. and Carolyn Durrett purchased the Becky’s BBQ smokehouse restaurant in Middletown last year following the retirement of the former longtime owner, and they have breathed new life into the neighborhood favorite after reopening in August.
PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Everybody’s Business: Durrett brings Carolina flavor to Becky’s BBQ in Middletown

(Editor’s note: This is the 57th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
DIVERSE BRANDS: Crystal DaCruz started Boxed in Black, which curates gift boxes filled with items sold and made by Black- and brown-owned businesses, because she felt those products were being underrepresented in the market. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Everybody’s Business: She’s a champion for Black and brown businesses

(Editor’s note: This is the 56th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
TAKING A TALLY:
 Of the first 50 minority 
business owners featured 
in the Everybody’s Business 
monthly series since August 2020, 30 were men and 20 
were women. Two of those businesses have closed, and 
another is in receivership – all three of them operated by men.
PBN ILLUSTRATION/ANNE EWING

Everybody’s Business: Minority owners resilient in face of uncertainty

Providence Business News’ ­Everybody’s Business monthly series began with the intention of providing a voice to minority business owners in the tumultuous summer of...
ON THE MAT: 
Nic Cortes, left, owner of the jiu-jitsu studio Cortes BJJ LLC in Warwick, teaches Kevin Madden of Warwick a mixed martial arts move. Cortes, a minority business owner, recently opened a second location in the city. 
PBN PHOTO/
MICHAEL SALERNO

An equity check: ‘Much of this movement is being dismantled’

Nina Reed’s bakery products are popular, but that doesn’t mean running her business has been a piece of cake. Reed, the owner of Sarcastic Sweets...
IMPACTFUL WORK: Tyrone Campbell is the owner and creative director of TyTy Works Inc., which offers video editing, animation, sound design and copy writing services to businesses.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Everybody’s Business: ‘Once I was exposed, I was just infatuated’

(Editor’s note: This is the 55th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
ALL IN THE FAMILY: Brothers John Lau,
left, and James Lau, 
right, are the managers 
of the Chinese restaurant New Dragon Inc. in 
Narragansett, which they co-own with their father, Chung Hing Lau, center, who founded the restaurant 30 years ago and is now semi-retired from the business.
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Everybody’s Business: At Narragansett restaurant, new generation builds on immigrant resolve

(Editor’s note: This is the 54th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
BUILDING A FAN BASE: Savannah Campbell sets up the Caribe & Co. LLC booth at the SoWa Winter Festival in Boston the weekend before Christmas. 
COURTESY CARIBE & CO.

Everybody’s Business: From coffee to cocktails, Caribe syrup is in the...

(Editor’s note: This is the 53rd installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
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