Are Google executives Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, (Avatar and Titanic) director James Cameron, and Ross Perot Jr starting a company to mine asteroids? It sounds like it. Their new company promises to: overlay two critical sectors – space exploration and natural resources – to add trillions of dollars to the global GDP. This innovative […]
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CNBC.com: Saladworks, the nation’s first and largest fresh-tossed salad franchise concept has entered a period of record shattering sales growth. Beating out the majority of its competition, Saladworks announces same store sales for the second quarter up 4 percent over the same quarter last year and 9.3 percent growth for year to date. Saladworks has
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Huffington Post (blog): I financed several start-up restaurants when I was in the commercial mortgage banking business. All of the non-franchised restaurants failed within the first two years. So I studied the restaurant failures to better understand what it takes to underwrite them successfully. One restaurant failed after four months because the owner ran out
1807 – Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by Napoleon for the Pyréolophore, the world’s first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powered a boat upstream on the river Saône in France. 1903 – The Ford Motor Company ships its first car. 1968 – The first Special Olympics is held. 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo
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Burlington Times News: Frank Sanchez, owner of Phrank’s Cornhole in Burlington, is an example of how a little play can lead to a lot of work. Sanchez discovered the game of cornhole about two years ago. Now he’s building and selling custom cornhole boards full time. “I went to a party at my brother-in-law’s house
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Gazette.Net: With organic cookies and healthy treats for diabetics, success is sweet for 17-year-old entrepreneur DeAnna Swann-Mayo. Swann-Mayo, founder and owner of My Sweet Tooth LLC, received the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the Prince George’s Chamber of Commerce on June 1. Swann-Mayo, who lives in Brandywine, developed her recipes about five years
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Entrepreneur (blog): When you’re researching franchise opportunities, sometimes the warning signs are obvious: shrinking systems, high turnover rates, unhappy franchisees. But it’s not always so cut and dried. Sometimes what looks like a green light at first glance might actually be a red light — or at least a yellow “slow down and ask more
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Business Insider: Franchise industry advocates, franchise company executives, and business publications, both online and offline, have been engaged in some serious target marketing as of late. The focus of this seemingly industry-wide lead-generation effort is on the thousands upon thousands of our military men and women who are returning from two wars. As you’ll see,
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Hindu Business Line: Women will no longer carry just a deodorant and a pepper spray in their bags to fight body odour and unscrupulous characters, respectively. The third addition will most likely be a spray that could help prevent urinary tract infection (UTI), amongst other things. Fighting for shelf space is a new product called
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NicheGeek: In 1995, this oft-rejected newcomer to New York City’s club scene found a way to get past the doorman of every hot club he longed to enter–start a website offering club-goers free club reviews and information. The now-savvy Fox recalls his earlier, awkward days: “I showed up at a club wearing green shorts, and
