August 5, 2010

Chicago-Based Firestorm(R) Franchisee Brings Timely Compliance Expertise

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Earthtimes: Healthcare reform, financial reform and Public Law 110-53 (PS-Prep) — all are recent government regulations that will create compliance issues for the majority of U.S. businesses. As the 10th and most recent Firestorm® franchisee, Dave Flora is in position to utilize his expertise in helping companies faced with these new regulations reach and maintain […]

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Midland Boston Pizza Owners Named Franchisee Of Excellence

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Midland Free Press: Boston Pizza International Inc. today announced that its Midland, Ontario franchisees, Dave, Joan, and Andy Staffen, have been named to the inaugural Franchisee of Excellence group, recognizing the company’s most distinguished restaurant operators among its 340 locations in Canada. Their award was announced at Boston Pizza’s annual franchisee dinner held in Montreal,

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Potbelly Sandwich Shop Seeks St. Louis Franchisees

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Bizjournals.com: Potbelly Sandwich Shop is looking for franchisees in its first foray into St. Louis. The Chicago-based restaurant chain has 215 company-owned sandwich shops and started franchising in October, said Mike Walters, the company’s franchise zone manager. St. Louis is ideal because a lot of residents are familiar with the brand because they lived in

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BarbieCam?

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Gadgetwise asks, you can make a movie with a phone, so why not with a doll? The Barbie Video Girl Doll ($50, Mattel) looks just like a regular Barbie, but a closer look reveals a camera in her pendant, and a postage stamp-sized color screen on her back, peeking through her blouse. Powered by two

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If At First You Don’t Succeed…

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As Mario Jurcic gives business a second try, no one has to tell him to remain humble reports The News-Herald. The 25-year-old entrepreneur loves to talk about his year-and-a-half-old business, SECURE IT Asset Disposition Services, but he doesn’t mind talking about the operation he shut down before that, ESCRAPOHIO. The newer Mentor company isn’t that

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Start-up Slip-ups

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Jason Fried, co-founder of noted web developer 37signals and author of Rework, made a pretty good case for ignoring people at work. In a big think interview, he explains how starting your business should involve seriously, drastically paring down your ambitions.

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