The Arizona Republic warns that those who are without a job and who are behind on bills are particularly vulnerable to the scams that offer big money for little work. Sometimes they stumble into one scam, then another as they try to recover from the first. Eric Grayson of Louisville, Ky., paid Phoenix-based Bankcard Empire […]
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What do you get when you combine bubble wrap and orange trees? You get young Eric Baker’s invention, the “Orange DeBruiser.” One of 15 semi-finalists in the fourth annual Bubble Wrap Competition for Young Inventors, Eric is hoping that his invention will bring home the $10,000 prize reports the OrlandoSentinel.com. Eric likes to create things
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The entrepreneurial spirit starts early for many teenagers, but for most things like high school, college and social lives overpower the urge to start a business. But not every teenager. Wisebread takes a look at some incredibly successful young entrepreneurs, who all started their empires in their teens. In 1965 Fred De Luca borrowed just
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Jan Hurn has spent the past 8 years growing her stationery design business, one that was built out of desperation, in hopes of providing encouragement to moms everywhere. Jan Hurn’s world was devastated in March 2002, when her husband left the expectant mom with no means of income to support her two young daughters Hannah
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Many tax advisors tell their self-employed clients — including those who are “consulting” while looking for work — to open separate business bank accounts to make it easier to separate business and personal expenses for tax purposes. Don’t do it, says The Los Angeles Times. This common tax advice could turn into a banking nightmare
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FranchiseUpdate: Despite the surging growth in franchisors using multi-unit development strategies over the past 20 years — especially the past decade — this approach is not always a sure bet for successful franchise growth, and certainly not for every franchisor. For example, the multi-unit model may make a great development tool for an established retail-oriented
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According to this year’s Edison Research/Arbitron Internet & Multimedia Study, Twitter has now reached the same ubiquitous brand awareness in the U.S. as Facebook. In 2008, only 5% of the U.S. population was aware of Twitter. Today, this number is 87%. n {democracy:51} Results Friday. Photo by nicspic2608.
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ImagesFood.com: Komala’s Restaurants, the South Indian fast food chain from Singapore, entered India with master franchisee Primary Cuisine Pvt Ltd in April. The first outlet, measuring 3,000 sq.ft, has opened at High Street Phoenix, Mumbai. The company plans to roll out wo more company-owned outlets in 2010 and seven more outlets in 2011 across western
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Wall Street Journal: Arthur Romanov and Irina Salgan opened their sixth Edible Arrangements fruit-basket shop recently to take advantage of low real-estate prices and easy-to-negotiate contractor bids. Despite good credit and a strong track record, the longtime franchise owners weren’t able to secure traditional bank financing, as they had for past expansions. Instead, Mr. Romanov
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fnbnews.com: Brand Calculus, the pioneers in the smoothie business and the master franchisee of Jus Booster Juice in India, has launched Kiwi Kiss Frozen Yogurt which is a Canadian chain of frozen yogurt. As part of first launch phase in India, the chain has opened its second outlet at Koramangala in Bangalore. The company’s first
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