PR.com: By 8:00 am on Monday morning, Felicity Chapman had gone for a run, handled two dozen messages and reviewed the financial statements for her business, all as she refereed breakfast with her two young daughters, Kaia and Siria. Such is typical in the life of a “mompreneur”, as the growing species of mom-entrepreneur hybrids […]
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BusinessWeek: Cheryl Ferrara was laid off three times in two years, most recently as international sales manager for luggage maker Travelpro in Boca Raton, Fla. Disillusioned with corporate work, she approached small business counselors at SCORE for help starting her own business. Early in 2008 she launched a Web site to sell hand-made rosaries and
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PR Web: Zrii, LLC announced today that Scott C. Florence has been named Vice President of Sales for Zrii North America, effective March 2, 2009. Mr. Florence will report to Bill Farley, Founder and CEO, Zrii, LLC. In making the announcement, Mr. Farley said, “We have never been more confident about the potential and explosive
BusinessWire: ShopToEarn is a turnkey, MLM e-commerce business that serves up discounts to over 700 online retailers, while its environmentally savvy counterpart, ShopToEarth provides cash back discounts to approximately 80 natural and environmentally-friendly companies. ShopToEarn’s business model works as follows: shoppers are paid to shop and paid to refer other shoppers. In order to reap
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Starting a business can be an appealing option for laid-off workers, but actually running one is rough in a recession. {democracy:25}
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Associated Press: Amid misgivings over his spending blueprint, President Obama has decided to provide billions of dollars in federal lending aid aimed at struggling small-business owners. The broad package of measures to be announced today includes $730 million from the stimulus plan that will immediately reduce small-business lending fees and increase the government guarantee on
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Scotsman: McDonald’s fast food chain is investing £1m to open a restaurant at Braehead Retail Park, near Paisley, which will create about 60 jobs in Renfrewshire. The restaurant will open tomorrow, marking the first McDonald’s to launch in Scotland in seven years. Franchisee Peter O’Keefe said the 60 new positions will range from part-time crew
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Detroit Free Press: A new Biggby Coffee location opens in Livonia at 10 a.m. Tuesday at 11003 Middlebelt with drink samples and prizes. Friends Duane Walczak, 51, of Bloomfield Hills and Rick Knight, 51, of Novi are opening the location that features a drive-through, fireplace and flat-screen television. They will sell coffee, tea, baked goods
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Hindu: EdServ Softsystems has launched online placement campus and will expand it to over 500 placement contact centres through franchisee network across India in the next six months. Under this plan, EdServ will sign-up franchisee partners who can invest less than Rs. 3 lakh to set up placement contact centres that benefit final-year degree and
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Financial Express: Diversified group ITC’s lifestyle retailing brand Wills Lifestyle is eyeing tier II cities as the next growth engine and plans to open 10 stores in the next fiscal in a bid to maintain its growth rate of 20 per cent. “We will set up 10 stores in the next fiscal and we are
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