Return of the crab twins

The Indicator from Planet Money

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4.7 • 9.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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RaeShawn and LaShone Middleton are twin sisters and business owners based in Columbia, Maryland. We last talked to them in the midst of the pandemic when they were just getting started with their steamed crab delivery service called R&L Crab. Today, we check back with the sisters and see how their business is fairing two years later.

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:03.4	During the first year of the pandemic, something remarkable happened.
0:15.6	The number of people starting new businesses searched.
0:18.4	At a time when a lot of people were afraid and stuck at home, some brave souls were willing
0:23.5	to take this huge financial risk to start something new.
0:27.7	It was pretty fun to see.
0:29.1	Here at the Indicator, we profiled some of these entrepreneurs back in 2020 and 2021.
0:34.5	Recently though, we were wondering what happened to them.
0:37.8	Did they go back to their safe nine to five jobs?
0:40.6	Or are they still in business?
0:42.2	I remember a particular story that you did, Brittany, about twin sisters.
0:47.4	They'd been working in restaurant kitchens and laid off in 2020.
0:51.2	And they had this great idea for a new business.
0:53.8	Yes.
0:54.8	LaShawn and RayShawn Middleton.
0:56.5	They lived in Maryland and they loved the traditional Baltimore specialty steamed crabs.
1:01.8	You know the ones that are about the size of your fist, you pound them with this little
1:05.1	tiny hammer they give you.
1:06.8	They're all doused in old bay seasonings.
1:09.2	Exactly.
1:10.2	Yes.
1:11.2	So back when we first talked to them, LaShawn and RayShawn were unemployed.
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