Springwise: While remote working is easier than ever, working from home or the nearest Starbucks can quickly lose its appeal. Enter Desk Space Genie, a new website that advertises vacant desk space. The service helps businesses make a bit of money from their unused office space and enables cash-strapped freelancers or other small businesses to […]
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Danbury News Times: Stephanie Klein Wassink has taken her experience on the admissions committee at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School and developed a consulting firm of her own. Called Winning Applications, the service helps students prepare applications and essays that give them the edge in getting into top schools. Now Wassink, a mother of four, is
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Fortune Small Business: Every business goes through three stages: start up, throw up and grow up. Right now, with the economy as bad as I’ve seen it, many entrepreneurs in this country are experiencing stage two. The first stage is exciting: the big idea, the perfect name, the projections of vast wealth. This is a
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Tampa Bay Business Journals: AARP Services Inc. launched an initiative designed to assist small-business owners with group health insurance, retirement planning and payroll services. The program is being test-marketed in Chicago and Tampa, a release said. The Small Business Services benefits package includes health and disability insurance options through UnitedHealthcare, part of Unitedhealth Group Inc.;
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Fast Casual: On March 31 Planet Smoothie announced a new plan to generate franchise interest in the brand with what the chain is touting as Franchise U. The program will launch in Tallahassee, Fla., and will offer educational sessions geared toward potential franchisees. The sessions will cover the principles of successful franchising – from identifying
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Daytona Beach News-Journal: With six months of success under their belts, partners Adam Barringer and Michael Kosmas are ready to share their secret with others and turn their wine bar and restaurant into a big-time franchise. SoNapa, situated on the eastern portion of the Indian River Village shopping center, showed a positive cash flow from
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Hindu Business Line: Food retailing in India is finding its recipe for success in franchising. While companies are looking for partners who can invest and help in branding, they feel that there is a need to sift the committed entrepreneur from wannabes to get the best out of the franchising model. “The promise that franchising
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Carwash Online: Cactus Car Wash, a franchising chain of six conveyor locations based in Atlanta, GA, has opened its first Florida location with plans to open a second this summer, according to a press release. The April 8 release said the newest Cactus wash features a Southwestern-themed lounge area with a gourmet coffee bar, hi-definition
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Equity Bulls: Oriental Trimex Ltd has announced that the Company has planned to open 50 showrooms cum marble retailing outlets via the Franchisee model across the country by 2010-2011 under the registered brand name Rare Earth, through which the Company’s marble products would be marketed / sold. The initial 10 showrooms are planned in Punjab
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Press Dispensary: Leeds-based digital catalogue developer, ActivepointUK, is entering the UK franchise sector with a new B2B opportunity for forward-thinking sales people to sell its Easyflip http://www.easy-flip.co.uk/ e-brochure product. Easyflip allows businesses to provide an exact replica of their printed material, such as catalogues and corporate brochures, digitally. With pages turning on screen just as
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