One constant for young restaurateur: outwork competitors.

Entrepreneur learns on the job while overcoming a slew of startup obstacles.

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Calvin Knight. Jian Zhang owns three of 13 businesses in Highland Plaza in Lakeland.
Calvin Knight. Jian Zhang owns three of 13 businesses in Highland Plaza in Lakeland.
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It’s mid-morning on a hot September day and Jian Zhang is “working with the guys on the roof” of the Jade Fox, the lounge he owns in Lakeland’s Highland Plaza.

“As a business owner, you’re the hardest worker,” he says. “You have to know everything that’s going on, no matter what type of business you own.”

 

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