PROFIT Magazine: The previous decade saw its share of disasters and near misses: Y2K, 9/11, the South Asian tsunami, the Northeast Blackout of 2003, Hurricane Katrina. And if the forces of terrorists, tectonics and power grids weren’t enough, the global economic meltdown sealed 2000s’ fate as one of the most disaster-prone decades in recent memory. […]
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Start-up Aardvark had an idea to develop a social search engine, in which people could ask a question via instant messenger and then Aardvark would automatically route the question to the user’s friends, and friends of friends, finally bringing the answer back to the user from the user’s own extended social network. But before Aardvark
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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. Matt Mullenweg is another software developer who
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Ever wonder what it takes to be successful in business? While you could easily say that the true answer to that question will vary from person to person there are a few key traits that really stick out among all entrepreneurs. The Montreal Gazette recently wrote about some of those defining traits. -Courage: Being a
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Keck-Craig in Pasadena, Calif., is something like touring a strange mechanical museum. Quirky machines–from tennis-ball servers to shrimp deveiners and beer-can chillers–are displayed everywhere, all designed and/or built by Keck-Craig. The $1 million company is one of a handful around the U.S.that helps inventors turn their ideas into reality, Bloomberg BusinessWeek columnist Karen E. Klein
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nebusiness.co.uk: Up to 1,500 would-be entrepreneurs are expected to attend the North-East Franchising Exhibition this week. Being held at Newton Aycliffe’s Xcel Centre on Friday, organisers says the event is the first franchising symposium of its kind in the North-east. It is being staged by Be Franchising, a not-for-private- profit organisation based in Shildon, which
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Franchising.com: Leading greeting card publisher and franchisor, Card Connection, has today announced its Northampton territory is on the market for the first time in 17 years. The compact area is area made up of both town and rural geography and has been run as a profitable business since 1993. “Using a proven system, our Card
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Marina City Online: 4-May-10 – May 19 at the earliest is when Subway Store Number 48735 will open at Marina City. A building permit was approved on March 26 and received on April 7. Much of the work has been to connect plumbing and utilities to the space, which has not been used since 1988,
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Blue MauMau: Experts say that well organized franchisees can make profound changes in a franchisor’s behavior. Some have even been able to fire wayward CEOs, replace a franchisor’s board of directors, or spearhead a new strategy that lifts store profits and the brand. Yet, for some, paying dues to have an independent franchisee association in
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QSR magazine: Rodger Head, CEO of Duke & King Acquisition Corp, takes big risks and gets big rewards when his company buys distressed units. He tells you how to do it right. Q: Is it smart to buy my second store off a franchisee who’s in over his head? There are a lot of challenges
