Business Insider: Justin Kan already has quite the track record. His second [business], Justin.tv, has turned into a runaway success since rebranding to Twitch.tv. Its traffic has doubled in the past six months. It now has more than 16 million unique visitors every month. Now he’s leaving that startup to work on a completely new […]
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Entrepreneur.com: Staying in line, obeying orders, doing everything by the book–some might think the military is not the best place for an entrepreneur. Bill Adams disagrees. “I spent 21 years of my life working in the most entrepreneurial environment in the world, U.S. Special Operations (aka the Green Berets),” he says. “Having entrepreneurs in the
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Today’s Today in Entrepreneurial History was harder to write than normal, because there’s only one February 29th at most every four years. February 29, known as a leap day in the Gregorian calendar, is a date that occurs in most years that are evenly divisible by 4, such as 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Years
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Gazette.Net: The first sit-down restaurant with wait service in Clarksburg is expected to open in the next six months. The opening of Bennigan’s in Clarksburg Crossing likely will lead to increased commerce and could spark revitalization of the town’s Historic District, neighboring business owners say. Business leaders in the community believe it will be Clarksburg’s
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QSRweb.com: Tampa, Fla.-based Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, which includes the Rally’s restaurant system, is experiencing positive results nine months after implementing JobApp’s core talent acquisition solution. Checkers’ internal analysis has shown a 40.9 percent reduction in employee turnover since the roll out. This equated to an ROI in less than three months for the JobApp investment.
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Franchiseindia.com: Bangs, an India based fried chicken QSR plans to open more than 50 franchise outlets by the end of 2012. It will also be entering the international market with its first outlet in Qatar. The QSR chain targets to open 500 outlets in next five years. Presently the brand has 15 franchise outlets across
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MarketWatch: In 2011, Kiddie Academy, an educational child care franchise, saw continued growth in sales, development and openings despite the lingering effects of the recession. The company reported 13 openings, 71 academies in the development stage and over 25 preliminary agreements signed, making it a banner year. Their 2011 fiscal year, which runs from October
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Popular Science: Have you ever been tempted to order steak tartare but decided against it for fear of getting sick? This little cell phone scanner can take a look at it for you and let you know if it does in fact harbor any E. coli bacteria. It attaches to a typical cell phone camera
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The Age: A former Wall Street banker is creating serious wealth from an unlikely source: meat pies. Wayne Homschek’s Pie Face Holdings was valued at $56 million in its latest capital raising and is on track for a higher valuation and Australian sharemarket listing next year. The café and bakery chain expects to grow from
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One of the key documents a new franchise owner needs is a well-written business plan. Derin Clark investigates the impact it can have on a franchise and how to write one. The Franchise Magazine: When launching a new franchised business it can be tempting to save time and energy by skipping the process of writing
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