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Tiarrah Kent, co-Founder of A Better Day Academy By 9 a.m., the doors at A Better Day Academy are closed. For founder Tiarrah Kent, structure starts early. Children line up for Morning Circle. Preschoolers raise their hands before speaking. Homework goes home. Parents are expected to participate. Even the infant classrooms follow a curriculum. “We’ve transitioned a six-classroom childcare center into a six-classroom school,” Kent said. “Our goal is to bridge the gap for child

Evody Tshimanga Kabedi and Michee Tshimanga of Phera When Evody Tshimanga and her brother, Michee, needed a new way to support their family, they turned to cleaning, something their mother had taught them long before either of them thought about starting a business. The cleaning company they started became the foundation for Phera, a Cincinnati company that makes refillable cleaning products using powder-based formulas. Their mother had found work cleaning hospitals, banks,