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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

Cover Story 03/28/2025

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’

Entrepreneurship 03/28/2025

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...

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