ABC News: After the recession unexpectedly sent her retirement portfolio into a nose dive, 61-year-old Judy Capel found herself forced to make cuts to her budget, eliminating home repairs like fixing her leaky kitchen sink, getting her windows washed and repairing broken shelves in the living room. “Right now, they would not get repaired,” Capel […]
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BusinessWeek: Chris Hutchins was laid off in the first week of December after working for consulting company Monitor Group for just nine months. Casting around for ideas about what to do next, he decided to build an organization to connect other people who were out of work. The result, LaidOffCamp, offers informal sessions and networking
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Susan Schreter At SeattlePI: I’m watching the new administration’s small-business initiatives closely. Here’s my short list for leveraging the innovation and drive of America’s small-business owners. – Fire up the Small Business Administration. The Bush administration demoted the Small Business Administration from Cabinet status and closed regional SBA offices that provided a broad range of
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The New York Times: Jim Ellis and Kevin Taweel used a search fund to acquire a $6 million roadside assistance company with 45 employees that they built into the nation’s largest provider of insurance products to cellphone companies. While most people have never heard of them, search funds are attracting increasing attention as a way
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photo credit: tinou bao Finding an establish competitor is not necessarily a reason to give up on your business idea. True, in some ways, it will make it harder. But it does prove that that a market exists for your product or service. The Netsetter has detailed six strategies to take on an establish competitor:
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Franchise Wire: Five Star Painting is excited to announce its expansion with a new franchise owner, Bill McElyea, who recently decided to purchase within the Virginia market. Bill has a B.S. degree in Commerce from the University of Maryland and a M.S. degree in Educational Technology from Johns Hopkins University. After a 14-year teaching career,
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infofranchise.co.uk: The Linguaphone Group, a world-leading provider of distance and classroom language training solutions, is delighted to announce the latest licensing partners for the Group’’s character-based pre-school English language program, Pingu’s English. Apple Tree Pte Ltd, leading providers of kindergarten and playgroup programs for pre-school children in Singapore for the last 18 years, have signed
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Franchising.com: Famous Dave’s of America, Inc. announced that it opened its newest award-winning BBQ restaurant on March 17, 2009, in Wilmington, DE. The Famous Dave’s Legendary Pit Bar-B-Que(R) restaurant in Wilmington is located at 303 Rocky Run Parkway and the telephone number is (302) 479-5177. “We’re really excited to open our second Famous Dave’s in
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Franchise Key: Drain Doctor Plumbing, one of the UK’s largest emergency plumbing and drain repair services, has announced the official opening of its first business venture in mainland Europe. The launch of the company’s operation in Loulé in the Algarve in Portugal was attended by local VIPs, company directors and staff and, the company says,
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Stuff.co.nz: Consumers shopping around to get the best value for their food dollar are putting the heat on pizza companies battling for a slice of the takeaway pie. Gourmet pizzas are shaping up to be a casualty of the recession as consumers move toward cheaper-value toppings and other takeaway options such as fried chicken. The
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