Lydia Agyemang

Crown Bakery
by Dana Stewart

For most people, moving to a new country is a daunting experience. But when Lydia Agyemang, co-owner of Westerville’s Crown Bakery, moved from Ghana, to Chicago in 1974 at age 23, she seemed to find a key loophole: stay close to your family, and you will be able to pull through. “My sisters were here, so I moved to where my sisters were,” Lydia said.

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John Beshuk

John Beshuk - Independent Health Insurance Agent
by Jan Fields

John Beshuk's first experience buying health insurance was so confusing and frustrating he decided to become an insurance agent so other people wouldn't have to struggle like he did. "I bought health insurance for the first time in 2003 when I became self-employed," he says. "It was not a good experience. It was difficult to understand, and it seemed like there was nobody to ask for...

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Alison Celentano

Cookie Cutters
by Karen Seelenbinder

When Alison Celentano, owner of Cookie Cutters, began taking her two boys, 10 months and 4 years old to have their hair cut, she began to question why a simple haircut had to be such a horrible experience.  Instead, it should have been easy and fun.   

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Rich Cordle

Send Out Cards
by Nancy McKibben

Attending seven different schools while growing up in several different homes, Rich Cordle of Hilliard, a Send Out Cards independent business owner, admits that his childhood “sounds rough.”  But, he insists, “I loved it.  I look back on those years fondly.”

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