Anybody reading the headlines these days knows the world teeters on the biggest worldwide recession in modern history and our leaders are scrambling for solutions. It is very timely that I recently had the opportunity of interviewing Mr Steve Bolles, founder and President of Merchants Barter Exchange, one of America’s great innovators of economic change […]
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LSJ.com: Two Men and a Truck truly is a family businesses. Matriarch Sheets does most of the community outreach work. Daughter Melanie Bergeron is chief executive officer; Brig is president and Jon is executive vice president. The four follow one rule: Put the customer first. “We don’t take on any new project or service unless
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BucyrusTelegraphForum.com: A family Christmas tradition has turned into a small business this year as two Bucyrus natives make ornaments that look good enough to eat. Kelly Stockmaster and her daughter, Kymberlee Stockmaster-Wood, produce hand-painted clay Christmas ornaments for their Gingerbread Keepsake Collection. “It’s heartwarming and family oriented, and the ornaments will last,” Kymberlee said from
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The Standard: Swedish cosmetics giant, Oriflame, has launched its operations in Kenya. The company is injecting Sh140 million initial capital into the local subsidiary that will import and distribute Oriflame beauty products. Fred Anderson, the Chairman and Chief Executive of Oriflame East Africa, however, said the company would inject more capital depending on the region’s
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World Franchising.com: When you buy a franchise, if you haven’t already owned your own business before, you probably have to make the difficult transition from working for someone to having people working for you. Being an employee is very different from being the boss. You have to be a good and effective manager in order
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Quality Franchise: FranNet The Franchise Connection is the world’s original, premier network of franchise consultants. No consulting group has successfully helped more people realize the dream of business ownership than FRANNET. Services are free to the prospect. Ethical and experienced consultants provide guidance, information and support while assisting clients achieve their goals safely and affordably.
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Business Link: Franchising your business isn’t about selling franchises and then forgetting about them. You have a continuing relationship with your franchisees. As part of this, you must provide the support detailed in the franchise agreement. This can include: · helping them set up their franchise initially · providing training in how to run the
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Business Opportunities: With small-business loans and second mortgages scarce these days, some middle-age entrepreneurs are starting companies using their retirement savings, a novel financing method that they say avoids loan payments and early withdrawal penalties. These business owners are effectively treating their start-up ventures as any other stock in their 401(k) portfolio, and in the
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Franchise International.net: Pingu’s English, a UK based pre-school English language course, has signed Master Franchise deals for the Middle East, Malaysia and Turkey. Part of the Linguaphone Group, Pingu’s English is a three-level course that teaches English to children between three and seven years old and is based on the children’s character Pingu. The company
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TIME: From a genetic testing service to an invisibility cloak to an ingenious public bike system to the world’s first moving skyscraper – TIME’s picks for the top innovations of 2008. The Global Seed Vault Superman had it right: if you want to keep something safe, build a mountain fortress above the Arctic Circle. That’s
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