May 26, 2010

Idea: Conflict Kitchen

It seems that there’s a unique restaurant business idea inside of every geopolitical crisis. Conflict Kitchen is a take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries that the United States is in conflict with. The food is served out of a take-out style storefront, which will rotate identities every 4 months to highlight another country.

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Mom Enters Consignment World

Online Athens: As a wife and mother of four young girls ages 11 to 2, Oconee County native Chastity Shepherd considers herself an expert in children’s clothing. Shepherd’s experience in buying kid’s apparel for her own brood and a desire to embark on an entrepreneurial career prompted her to open Butterfly Kisses, a retail consignment

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Bloomberg Announces Funding, Calls For Startups In NYC

“Small businesses are the future of America,” said New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in NYC. ReadWriteWeb reports that Bloomberg described New York City as “the place to come” for entrepreneurs and startups, announcing that the city-sponsored NYC Entrepreneurial Fund had made its first investment in local startup MyCityWay. Bloomberg

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Summit To Focus On Young Entrepreneurs

In four weeks the G20 Young Entrepreneur Summit will be bringing together various entrepreneurs, academics, government officials and youth entrepreneurship organizations to help promote global youth entrepreneurship. The Summit, taking place in Toronto, Canada June 20-22, 2010, will assemble delegations from the G20 nations to identify and examine the issues impeding young entrepreneurs around the

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Invention Could Stop Oil Leak

A Westwego, Louisiana, man says he has the answer to capping that pipe gushing beneath the gulf, reports NewOrleans.com. Warren Gilbert is a hydraulic specialist. He developed this device he calls a crimper. Using hydraulics he says his machine can be retro fitted to work under water. The key is getting the crimper around the

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USA Today Features ProTect Painters Franchise As A “Hot Franchise” Concept For 2010

Franchising.com: ProTect Painters franchise was recently recognized by USA Today as one of its “Hot franchise concepts for 2010.” “Whether it has an outstanding business model or it’s the first franchise of its kind, there are several franchises expected to explode in 2010 and upcoming years,” wrote Kelly Horn, and “ProTect Painters is recognized for

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