NBC Connecticut: Four years of tuition at a Connecticut university’s business school? About $120,000. A chance to get it free? Priceless. The dean of the University of New Haven’s business school is issuing a challenge to its incoming freshmen: Bowl me over with your entrepreneurial idea and win free tuition for your undergraduate degree.
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MonkeyDish.com: The Great Recession left clear winners and losers in the chain restaurant game. Fast-food places? Burger King wasn’t the only one that could wear a crown. The fast-casual sector fared even better. But old-line family or casual concepts? Stick a fork in ’em. Strangely, the players most deserving of a superhero’s cape pulled a
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PizzaMarketplace.com: The Millennial demographic, including those in their early teens through mid-to-late 20s, is expected to increase its spending influence and its size, mostly driven by immigration, in the next few years. This growth should provide a big boon to the foodservice industry. According to recent research by The NPD Group, Millennials made more than
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Staugnews: One of the biggest headlines in all newspapers and magazines across the country – not to mention the “Money Talk†that covers television shows and the mighty Web – is the world of franchising. The beauty of franchising is taking center stage, unveiling to all who listen that after a few bleak economic years,
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Peterborough Today: The franchise business model is no longer just for men, as more and more women are setting up their own franchise business and making a great success of it too. One successful franchise story involves Anne Hitch and her Signs Express (Peterborough) business. Anne is a full-time working mother who has to be
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Franchising.net.au: Why not steer your passion for cars into a franchise opportunity and get a green light for your own business, suggests Domini Stuart. Earning a good living from something you love; for most people, that’s the ultimate career goal. If your passion is cars, a mobile automotive service franchise could throw in the benefits
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This is South Wales: An established pawn broker with more than 200 stores across the UK is looking to recruit franchisees and expand its network into South Wales. Cash Converters already has stores in Rhyl, Bangor and Wrexham and is hosting its first UK franchisee open day in Cardiff next week. David Patrick, chief executive
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openPR: 2011 was a record-setting year for Liquid Capital, which saw a dramatic increase in factoring volume in both its U.S. and Canadian markets. The only full-service factoring company in the franchising industry, Liquid Capital grew by 45 percent in the U.S. from 2010 to 2011, and saw an increase of 20 percent in Canada,
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SmartCompany.com.au: There are three fundamental differences for potential franchisees investing in new, lesser-known franchise brands compared to larger household names which serve essentially the same market. In this regard, comparing a new lawn mowing franchise to an established restaurant franchise is pointless, but comparing new versus established restaurant brands (for example) will highlight the importance
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Making life easier for people in need is always good business, as one entrepreneur has discovered. The assistive devices started really by accident. My first handmade product was an iPad stylus made from a highly conductive fabric sock (knitted by my wife!) that can be wrapped around any pen holder (the Stylus Socks). They worked
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