Jeffrey Wang hadn't tossed bagel dough into boiling water for a decade when he moved to Portland in 2006.
But the serial entrepreneur, burned out after years in the computer business in California, was looking for a way to get by in his new home.
"I'd tossed my recipes and left the equipment behind," he said. "I thought, 'Will I remember how to do this?'"
Apparently so.
In four years, the Taiwanese immigrant grew Kettleman Bagel Co. from a kosher wholesale business with two employees — he and his wife — to a five-store chain with 100 employees. The list of Wang's 140 wholesale accounts includes New Seasons Market, Whole Foods, Intel, Nike and most large hospitals. He aims to open four more stores and, come July 1, plans to provide his full-time employees with health benefits.
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