Big Idea Group: Big Idea Group is searching for inventions that could become the basis of a profitable microbusiness. BIG plans to form a venture to bring the best invention (or inventions) to market. The winning inventor(s) will receive not only a royalty on products sold, but also an equity stake in the new business […]
Clean Air Lawn Care is a sustainable lawn care service that uses clean electric lawn equipment powered through renewable energy.
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Bizjournals.com: The private equity firm behind fast-food hamburger chain Smashburger is ready to see 12 new restaurants in the Fort Worth metro area after signing a deal with Cow Town Sizzle Inc., a branch of the SB Sizzle Inc. franchisee group. Cow Town Sizzle Inc. will operate the new restaurants. SB Sizzle Inc. already has
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PR-CANADA.net: On August 28, the Franchise Council of Australia announced the WA winners of the MYOB Excellence in Franchising Awards at the Burswood Entertainment Complex. One of the winners was ActionCOACH‘s Terri Billington, who has been a franchise owner since December 2005. She has also been a Business Coach since the same year. “It is
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Reuters: Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. today announced the sale of the Dollar Rent A Car franchise in Oklahoma City, Okla., which includes the in-terminal airport operation at Will Rogers World Airport. This marks the 11th conversion of a corporate store to a franchised operation in 2009 as part of Dollar Thrifty’s ongoing strategy of
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PRNewswire: Baskin-Robbins, America’s favorite ice cream shop, is rapidly expanding its national footprint with today’s announcement that Charleston, South Carolina is now open for franchise sales. More than 12 new stores are projected throughout Charleston and the surrounding area over the next several years. Baskin-Robbins currently operates more than 6,000 stores in 35 countries and
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Kids these days are always inventing something! Daily Mail Online: A new type of solar panel using human hair could provide the world with cheap, green electricity, believes its teenage inventor. Milan Karki, 18, who comes from a village in rural Nepal, believes he has found the solution to the developing world’s energy needs. The
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Sometimes a patent is just a piece of paper, as Mary Brock found out when she discovered a product remarkably similar to her patented Doggie poop freeze wand for sale: One day in 2007, I was browsing through a catalog that included pet-related products. Right before my eyes was an ad depicting a product that
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Franchising.com: Happi House Restaurants announced today that the company has just served its 20-millionth piece of teriyaki chicken. The company, which began in 1976 in San Jose’s Japantown, is famous for its “bone-in” teriyaki chicken and calculates that the 20-millionth piece was served earlier this month. The milestone comes as Happi House is springing onto
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Entrepreneur Corner: As I was thinking through my personal goals for this coming year, and discussing individual goals with each of my kids (a recently adopted ritual I highly recommend for any parent), an article from The Economist caught my eye. The article’s subtitle, tells it all: “Depression may be linked to how willing someone
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