Cincinnati.com: Energy seeps from this young guy in the bright-colored sneakers and a backward ball cap. So much that he can’t decide what to tell me about first. Maybe it’s My All Card, a savings card he co-created with a partner to offer discounts at more than 800 local businesses. Or the fact that Jeff […]
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University of California, Berkeley business students Nikhil Arora and Alex Velez perked up when a business ethics professor mentioned a sustainable business opportunity: using nutrient-rich discarded coffee grounds to grow mushrooms, reports Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Hooked on the idea of “creating a business out of waste streams,” Arora says, the pair tested the idea in a
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HoumaToday.com: Nadja Piatka has the kind of mom-to-millionaire story Oprah would love. Piatka began her business in the early 1990s as a single mother baking low-fat goodies in her home. Ultimately she turned her enterprise into a company with international distribution. Piatka has authored two cookbooks, sold one of her recipes to Quaker and had
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When the NFL and MLB began using bobblehead dolls as promotional tools in the early ’60s, they sparked an obsession with the trinkets. After a two-decade slump in popularity beginning in the ’70s, the bobblehead stormed back after the San Francisco Giants distributed a Willie Mays figure at a 1999 game. Today, according to Fast
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The investors on BBC’s Dragons’ Den might have thought his creation was junk but this is one entrepreneur that has proven them wrong reports the Mail Online. James Nash refused to give up on his dream and he is having the last laugh as Marks & Spencer struggle to keep up with demand for his
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Entrepreneurs constantly comb their brains and the world around them for new ideas. The trick often lies in figuring out whether a great idea actually has the potential to be a great business. According to Forbes, to sift out true business opportunities from the sand of merely bright ideas, would-be entrepreneurs can ask a series
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The best PR programs often leverage a company’s best assets, its subject matter experts, by seizing and capitalizing on the news of the day. Aaron Kwittken at Entrepreneur calls this Carpe Diem PR. Absent new company developments, the key for any company is to secure frequent, meaningful media mentions and buzz, by finding natural ways
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Earthtimes: Since Oxi Fresh Carpet Cleaning®, the World’s Greenest Carpet Cleaner®, began franchising in 2006, they have been cleaning up the competition, opening just under 200 carpet cleaning franchises in 43 states over four years. In a time of economic instability and shrinking profits, Oxi Fresh managed to open 54 franchise locations in 2009. Under
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Franchiseindia.com: Aforeserve, the premier company into ‘after sales service’ business launched Re-STORE, a mobile repairing retail outlet, in joint venture with Acctel (Taiwan). Currently the company has more than 50 operational stores and is looking forward to open 200 retail outlets via franchising pan India by the end of 2010. With its flagship store in
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Bangkok Post: Khao Shong Industries 1979 Co, the producer of Khao Shong instant coffee, is expanding through franchising. Managing director Chana Chiralertpong said the first ‘Coffee Station by Khao Shong’ opened on Rama IX Road five months ago to good response. He said 50-60 investors were interested in franchises, which will be offered in two
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