June 2010

Driving Performance To Increase Leads, Boost Sales And Grow Your Brand Revealed At 2010 Franchise Leadership And Development Conference

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FranchiseUpdate: Franchise Update Media Group (FUMG) the leading industry resource for franchise development, today announced that the 2010 Franchise Leadership and Development Conference theme of “Driving Performance” will reveal strategies to increase leads, boost sales and grow your brand. The conference will be held September 22 – 24, 2010 at the Ritz Carlton Buckhead, Atlanta. […]

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It All Started With A Cellphone…

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In 2003, Tom Stemple had the sort of struck-by-lightning moment every entrepreneur dreams about–on steroids. Stemple’s brother had taken his wife’s cell phone to work by mistake, reports Entrepreneur. Drowning in a sea of drab black and silver cell phones hardly distinguishable from one another, Stemple decided there had to be a better way to

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Green Biz: Driptech

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In 2008, Peter Frykman, a mechanical engineering student at Stanford University, designed a small, portable laser-manufacturing system that could quickly and accurately punch holes in cheap plastic tubing to make affordable drip irrigation systems. According to Bloomberg BusinessWeek, in June 2008, he founded Driptech with $5,000 of his own money. The 26-year-old entrepreneur has raised

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Birthing A Business In 48 Hours

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Have you ever tried to start a business in under 48 hours? Or is this a challenge you just wouldn’t feel comfortable taking on? The Washington Post has recently reported about one set of entrepreneurs that spent this past weekend launching their own business. With just minutes to go until deadline, the coders sit furiously

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New Owl For Convenience Chain

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Food Week: The NightOwl convenience chain has appointed Andrew Morgan as CEO. Effective immediately, Morgan’s position will be based in Brisbane and will see him play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Australia’s longest standing convenience retail franchising model. Morgan brings a wealth of franchising and industry knowledge to NightOwl, based on a

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