Sioux Falls Business Journal: Ginger Thomson saw the need for some kind of new door gizmo about 30 years ago. A town house she lived in had sliding patio doors. “I kept thinking there needs to be a way to open the door when your hands are full,” the Brookings bank executive recalls. About 12 […]
St. Petersburg Times: Katrina Hollon of St. Petersburg, Fla. had an epiphany when her second child, a daughter, was born. “My second child was born with peanut allergies, which changed my idea of heading back off to work anytime soon,” said Hollon, 38, who was a teacher at the time. So instead of returning to
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ArgusLeader.com: Those who have creative ideas can bring them to reality by differentiating their product from competitors, the founder of Belvedere Vodka told a group of inventors, entrepreneurs and business leaders gathered at the Sioux Falls Convention Center. Steve Gill of Belvedere Vodka was keynote speaker Wednesday at the Innovation Expo. The annual conference is
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Franchising World: The Internet has brought about tremendous change in the way people find and communicate with businesses. Growth in technology has fostered the development of countless new Web-based business tools and services that help people manage their businesses. There are solutions now for everything from online advertising to accounting to collaboration and even employee-performance
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Up And Running: First, the global view: You’re rowing upstream. You’re facing several real problems. 1. First, the real value in business isn’t the idea but rather the building of the company to create, market, sell and manage the idea. That’s where the money is. 2. Second, ideas are very hard to sell as just
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NEWS.com.au: Australia has one of the highest numbers of franchises per capita in the world, however to make it work you need a plan, experts say. The franchise sector has experienced particularly rapid growth over the last 10 years and now accounts for about 14 per cent of our gross domestic product. Although the sector
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Central Penn Business Journal: From 1959 through 2003, the plumbing, heating and air-conditioning business created by B. Scott Rohrer’s grandfather was handed down through the generations as an independent small business in Lancaster County. At the beginning of 2004, the company was split into two franchised brands: TRC Plumbing Inc., doing business as Benjamin Franklin
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Best News Small Business Today: When you have made the decision to either purchase or invest into a franchise how do you know if the franchise is a quality one or not? An important measurement of quality is the rate of growth of the franchise. How many new franchisees are added each year? The franchise
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F For Franchise: If you own a business, small or large, you know that advertising is a large part of the profit generating activity that is required. One of the best ways to advertise locally is to make use of printing franchises to get the posters, leaflets, billboards, and other forms of advertising that can
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Franchise Key: There are 100 ways to classify franchises. We have chosen the most commonly used. Distribution franchise: Selling products manufactured or selected by the Franchisor. E.g.: Manoukian, Spar, Mango Services franchise: Selling services designed by the Franchisor. E.g.: Cartridge World, Novotel, Mac Donald’s, Jani King Industrial franchise: Manufacturing based on the Franchisor’s know-how. E.g.:
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