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Owning a small business is no accident for Sinan Leylek, the 29-year-old owner of Spark Rentals.

Staff at the Exchange District Pharmacy are coming out from behind the counter and into the community.

How often do you think about the take-out paper cup that holds your coffee?

There is one on the counter at the Acorn Café. His name is Nutz, he’s stuffed, and as the unofficial mascot of the café in Generation Green he’s a reminder of the coffee and lunch spot’s origins.

Rui Dias is three years in to his lifetime dream as the owner of the computer store Nothing But Tech.

Shea Ritchie grew up in the hospitality industry, helping with his father’s food service company. When he was 12, he was a dishwasher. And it wouldn’t be completely out of the ordinary to find him in the dish pit these days, either.