PR Newswire: Sylvan Learning, Inc., North America’s most recognized provider of supplemental education, announced today it has converted 21 corporate centers to local franchises in more than 10 markets in the U.S. Earlier this year, Sylvan embarked on a national expansion plan that included converting 40 existing corporate-owned centers to franchises, while expanding in new […]
PR Newswire: This Father’s Day Weekend (June 20-21), Wendy’s is helping consumers to treat Dad and help foster children at the same time. Wendy’s third annual Father’s Day Frosty Weekend provides an easy and tasty way to support the cause of foster care adoption and help the more than 129,000 children in the U.S. who
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I had an informative conversation with Rob Gainer and Patti Tucker from DECKStraordinaire this morning. They build custom decks in Michigan. Since the winters there are long, and it’s difficult to build a deck when you can’t use a when the ground is frozen, they used their winter months to document their system and package
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The Coloradoan: Get out of the water, fish; there’s a chicken that needs a place to roost. Construction crews today are razing the last vestiges of Nate’s seafood restaurant to make way for Chick-Fil-A in Fort Collins Marketplace at the southwest corner of Horsetooth Road and College Avenue. Poudre Fire Authority has been using the
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photo credit: manfrys If you’ve been holding out for just one more reason to list your small business in Google’s Local Business Center, you’ve got it. Google is now offering a full dashboard of information to small businesses who are proactive enough to verify their company’s listing. Most small businesses often have a problem trying
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Franchising.com: Diedrich Coffee, Inc., a leading roaster and wholesaler of the world’s finest coffees, has completed the sale of its Gloria Jean’s Coffees domestic franchise operations to Praise International North America, Inc. for approximately $3.1 million. The sale of the Gloria Jean’s Coffees domestic franchise operations to Praise International North America includes a total of
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photo credit: Olivier Bareau The IPO market has all but disappeared, and lofty merger and acquisition deals are unthinkable. So entrepreneurs, as well as their employees and investors, are left with few opportunities for unloading their stock. In April of this year SecondMarket launched a new site called Private Company Marketplace where businesses get to
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Last weekend on the Bloomberg Television program Venture host Cris Valerio spoke to the co-founder of Better World Books Xavier Helgesen. Xavier talked about building the company that he founded in 2002 that has grown to become one of the world’s largest online used bookstores. The company’s HQ is in Atlanta, but the heart of
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Sort of, anyway. Yunsuk Im is translating and posting some of our articles in Korean on her blog. I asked him about her plans: My name is Yunsuk Im. I have been a reader of your site for a while. My blog introduces interesting articles, business ideas and success stories etc. Things that are related
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WKYT.com: It’s not all bad news for the auto industry. The repair shops are booming with older vehicles needing work done to keep them on the road. At Exhaust Pro the owner, Eddie Lynch, says business is steady, if not on the rise. Lynch says the average vehicle coming into the garage is 8 to
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