The Wichita Eagle: Jerry Winkley tries to bring his ServiceMaster Clean in a Wink employees together on Fridays with at least one common thread to all of the meetings. “Any letters we receive, anything a customer has written, I read for the entire team,” said Winkley, owner of the Wichita cleaning service and ServiceMasters in […]
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Trading Markets: The new management of Miami Subs Pizza & Grill likes to refer to the chain as an almost 20-year-old start-up. The description is a fitting one for the Fort Lauderdale company, which is trying to breathe new life into a once well-known regional brand that lost its luster over the last decade. During
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Not everyone is a fan of family-friendly workplaces. About 20% of employees surveyed by staffing firm Adedco, grumbled that they often pick up the slack for co-workers juggling children and career. Add some wit to that resentment and you get TheOfficeKid.com, which offers childless workers who want to duck out early a visible excuse of
Cape Business News: In the late nineties there was a lot of froth blowing around the pub ‘n grub industry. One of the big movers and shakers was entrepreneur Basil O’Hagan, who tested the limits with a forecast that his fast growing O’Hagan’s pub chain could top 150 outlets by 2001. Unfortunately by 2001 O’Hagan’s
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ReadWriteWeb: GuruStorms, a new twist on the brainstorming concept which connects you with subject-matter experts instead of with the general public. The new site lets anyone post a question along with a monetary “reward” for answers. Then all you have to do is wait for the experts to weigh in. And don’t worry – unlike
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PR.com: As the fastest growing and second largest painting franchise company in North America, Five Star Painting has recently been recognized by the National Minority Franchising Initiative (NMFI) as one of the 50 Top Franchises for Minorities. Amongst rigorous competition, Five Star Painting received this distinguished honor and will appear in the October 2, 2009
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Associated Press: The New Jersey laboratory where Thomas Edison perfected some of his most famous inventions is reopening with a wealth of restored material. The Thomas Edison National Historical Park has undergone a six-year, $13 million overhaul. Edison built the lab and other buildings in West Orange in 1887 and worked there until his death
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Big fancy wedding cakes are the center of any wedding reception. Unfortunately, they’re expensive, difficult to transport and can be easily be damaged by heat and humidity at outdoor events. One company realized this and figured out a way to profit from it. FunCakes rents fake wedding cakes. Their cake is made of foam, but
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Mark Cuban, billionaire and owner of the Dallas Mavericks has a free t-shirt business idea: I was in NY for most of the week. Every time I walked past a newsstand or street vendor it disturbed me to no end that they wore their own clothing. In particularly, their own T-Shirts. Why? Because it made
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Gig Harbor Life: Joe Hayes is something of a boy wonder. The 12-year-old, who’s just begun sixth grade at Goodman Middle School, makes body lotions, soaps and candles that he sells at the Gig Harbor Farmers Market and online under the business name Eau du Joe Bodyworks. He’s been doing it since he was 8.
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