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His new enterprise, Classified USA, based in Willoughby Hills, Ohio, officially kicks off today with a marketing campaign designed to let people know that Stepien, 68, is back in the business and ready to compete. Since May, Stepien has been securing credit with newspapers around the country so he can start placing ads July 1.
‘When I started Nationwide, people laughed at me for working on these little classified ads in Ohio,’ Stepien said.

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