Chicago Tribune: Sometimes you have to start early to get ahead. Rockford’s Tanner Leuellen, 8, has started earlier than most. After passing out homemade business cards and looking for a position as an “Apprentice Creator” at the Rockford Chamber of Commerce Manufacturing Expo last week, the grade-schooler has spent spring break doing interviews. CNN featured […]
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n {democracy:26} If you are using Twitter, please leave in the comments how you are using it and if it’s effective for you. Friday, we’ll take a look at the results of the poll and how businesses are using Twitter. Photo by Twitter.
Lifehack.org: Hopefully these tricks will be able to help you as they had helped me in overcoming fear of public speaking. 1) Admit nervousness All you have to do is admit that you are a bit nervous speaking to your audience. When you do this, the audience will be more forgiving if your nervousness shows
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Fortune: When the economic downturn took hold last autumn, the management team at non-profit Kiva.org made a calculated bet to curb investment, anticipating that donors would slow the volume of small loans they make to entrepreneurs in the developing world. That slowdown never came. Now, the non-profit site is racing to keep up with user
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TheStreet.com: As with any other business, one of the most important elements of a franchise start-up is writing a business plan. A business plan forces you to anticipate and answer a number of questions about the challenges you’ll face and the expectations you have for your new business. The creation of your business plan is
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NEWS.com.au: Angry Wizard franchisees are gearing up for legal action against their new owner, Aussie Home Loans, and GE Money, the finance giant that sold them to Aussie last year. At least 35 Wizard branches are consulting top law firm Maurice Blackburn for advice on suing GE and/or Aussie for compensation and to overturn what
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Financial Post: The Dairy Queen in Sauble Beach, a southern Ontario holiday town on the shores of Lake Huron, has been a summer mecca for 50 years. So when the long-standing owner decided to retire at the end of 2007 and put the franchise up for sale, Shelley Buckton and her husband, Bev, saw an
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Atlanta Journal Constitution: The corporate owner of a half-dozen Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Q franchises in metro Atlanta is close to emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, some six months after filing for protection. A federal judge in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Atlanta this week approved Greater Atlanta Bar-B-Q LLC’s disclosure statement, paving the way for the
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Blue MauMau: Coffee Beanery franchisees Richard Welshans and Deborah Williams have filed a lawsuit against the attorney and law firm responsible for preparing the franchise disclosure document which they relied on in purchasing their franchise in 2003. They allege the franchisor’s legal counsel knew that the Uniform Franchise Offering Circular (under a new FTC upgrade,
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Free Press Release Center: Snip-its, the fastest growing franchise of children’s hair salons in the U.S., has opened its newest location in Pearland, Texas. The new 1500 sq. ft. salon at 2810 Business Center Drive marks the eighth Snip-its location in Texas. The salon offers a creative destination for children’s haircuts in a fun and
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