June 18, 2010

Huntington Learning Center Franchise Launches Reading Adventure

Franchising.com: Summer may mean the end of school and time for play, but it also offers an exciting world of possibilities for reading. Huntington Learning Centers nationwide are inviting their students on an adventure — a reading adventure. Reading Adventure is a Huntington summer reading program that builds on themes of discovery and exploration to

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Five Star Painting Expands Into Simcoe County, Ontario With A New Franchise

PR-USA.net: Five Star Painting, one of the fastest-growing painting franchise companies, is happy to announce a new member of their team, Jim Kemp. He recently purchased a new franchise covering cities in Simcoe County, Ontario. Jim is excited about all of the possibilities available with Five Star Painting, “Five Star Painting provides the tools for

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Why I Didn’t Think Of That

Unique products to amuse and inspire. Mr. Potato Head Elvis. Comes with play barbiturates and amphetamines. Bearded Beanie Hat. For the stylish convenience store thief. Beer Blaster. The squirt gun for adults. Atypyk Gun Shirt. Nah, this won’t lead to any trouble. Photos by entertainmentearth/inewidea/trendhunter/joshspear.

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Second California FreshBerry Opens As Part Of Big Deal

QSR magazine: Beautiful Brands International (BBI) announced the grand opening of its second FreshBerry Frozen Yogurt Café in California. The opening represents a major five-state development deal between BBI and Frozen Dreams Franchise Group (FDFG), which calls for at least 300 new FreshBerry Frozen Yogurt Cafés within Central California, Northern California, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, and

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Pitch Your Biz For Free

For startups that aren’t interested in paying to pitch their business to angel investors there are some free services popping up that might help reports The Wall Street Journal. Earlier this year, Internet entrepreneur and blogger Jason Calacanis started Open Angel Forum, which holds free pitch events in various cities where entrepreneurs selected from a

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Green Biz: Re:char

Food processors’ byproducts such as rice hulls, nut shells, and other waste are normally trashed. But Jason Aramburu, Chief Executive Officer of re:char, sees it all as an untapped source of cooking fuel and fertilizer, reports Bloomberg Businessweek. His company designs and builds equipment to make biochar–a type of charcoal that retains moisture in soil–and

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