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RIDING HIGH: ­David Medeiros, owner of the Urban Air Adventure Park franchise in Warwick, shows off the facility’s sky rider.
PBN PHOTO/
MICHAEL SALERNO

Franchisee: David Medeiros

Entrepreneurship
David Medeiros Urban Air Adventure Park  |  300 Quaker Lane, Warwick The pitch: Urban Air Adventure Park offers family entertainment with multiple attractions, including trampolining, bumper...

URI graduate’s home services business expanding nationally after partnering with major...

Business Services
LITTLE COMPTON – Patrick Brown never expected his college leaf-raking business to become a long-term career.  He started Rent Sons in 2010 at the age...
TROPICAL FLAVORS: Team members Julie Cox, left, and Blanca Goetz prepare poké bowls while co-owner Jim Way observes at Island Fin Poké Co. in Smithfield.
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Franchisee: Jim and Marilyn Way

Entrepreneurship
Jim and Marilyn Way | Island Fin Poké Co.  |  445 Putnam Pike, Smithfield The pitch: Island Fin Poké Co. is a fast-casual concept known for...
MARKET OPPORTUNITY: Joe Tuberville, left, and Alan Oversmith, owners of full-service moving company Two Men and a Truck in Warwick, say Rhode Island appealed to them because it was an untouched market with a lot of potential and a need for their services.
COURTESY TWO MEN AND A TRUCK

Franchisee: Joe Tuberville and Alan Oversmith

Business Services
Joe Tuberville and Alan Oversmith Two Men and a Truck  |  205 Hallene Road, Warwick The pitch: Two Men and a Truck is a full-service moving...
TEAM EFFORT: Junk King, located in Cranston, offers full-service furniture and appliance removal. From left, Matthew Rodriguez, manager, and owners Jose Martinez and Joel Martinez.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Franchisee: Jose Martinez

Entrepreneurship
Franchisee: Jose Martinez | Junk King | 5 Murad St., Cranston The pitch: Junk King offers full-service furniture and appliance removal, either for recycling...
GIVING BACK: Cristian Dersidan left a nearly 10-year career in the food service industry to operate a couple of Home Instead Inc. franchises, which provide one-on-one in-home care for senior residents, because he wanted to give something back and help people in the community. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Franchisee: Cristian Dersidan

Entrepreneurship
Cristian Dersidan | Home Instead Inc. | Warwick and North Kingstown The pitch: Home Instead Inc. specializes in direct, one-on-one in-home care for senior residents....
TASTE OF HOME: Wooma Cho, owner of the only Rhode Island bb.q Chicken franchise, which originated in Seoul, South Korea, in 1995, has always wanted to open a restaurant that would showcase her native culture. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Franchisee: Wooma Cho

Entrepreneurship
The pitch: Bb.q Chicken Brown is a casual, comfortable dining place that will make you forget you left your own house for dinner. It...
METAL CONVENIENCE: Rumen Dimitrov is the owner and manager of the first Metal Supermarkets store in Rhode Island. The store specializes in small-quantity metal distribution with no minimum order size and features more than 8,000 types of metal. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Franchisee: Rumen Dimitrov

Entrepreneurship
Franchisee: Rumen Dimitrov Metal Supermarkets | 177 Chestnut St., Warwick The pitch: Metal Supermarkets is like a convenience store for metal, where more than 8,000 types...
INCREASING NUMBERS: Richard Cromwell now has more than 400 members and a fleet of 70 boats throughout the four Freedom Boat Club franchises he owns in Rhode Island. He is pictured at the Newport club. / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Franchisee: Richard Cromwell

Entrepreneurship
Richard Cromwell | Freedom Boat Club | Barrington, Newport, Portsmouth and Warwick The pitch: Freedom Boat Club is a members-only boat club in the United...
SWEET TREATS: Bill Hoffman owns two Kilwins locations on Thames Street in Newport. He opened a second location of the ice cream and candy store in May to expand the brand and capture foot traffic the first store was missing. / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Franchisee: Bill Hoffman

Entrepreneurship
Franchisee: Bill Hoffman Kilwins | 262 and 359 Thames St., Newport The pitch: A traditional-style confectioner offering high-quality chocolate, fudge, ice cream and assorted candy, with...
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