When things get unstable in the workforce the unemployed tend to look towards self-employment as an alternative. However, the switch isn’t for the faint of heart. You have to feel a certain dedication to what you want to do before you can succeed with it. Alexia Parks for The Huffington Post recently touched on the […]
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Has the novelty of poking, status updates and photo tagging worn off for teens and their notoriously short attention spans? Mashable reports that a survey conducted by online gaming site Roiworld found that teenagers are showing signs of “Facebook Fatigue.” Teens still spend an impressive 80 percent of their internet time on social networking sites,
Newswire Today: BONUS Building Care has ranked 25th out of 300 companies in the second annual Dun & Bradstreet Digital’s AllBusiness AllStar Franchise list for the “best of the best†for 2010. To be eligible for the AllStars list, a franchise company had to have a Franchise Disclosure Document and have at least 25 current
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Marketwatch reports that small business employment grew by 0.09 percent in June, equating to a 1.10 percent annual growth rate, according to the latest Intuit Inc.Small Business Employment Index. This translates to approximately 18,000 new jobs in June and a revised estimate of 330,000 total new jobs since October 2009. The monthly report is based
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Living in Peru: Twenty-three years ago Miguel Castillo started a rotisserie chicken joint in the northern end of Lima, Peru, serving students from a nearby university. Now the chicken dish, pollo a la brasa, has become the most popular food in gastronomy-obsessed Peru and receives recognition abroad. The rapid expansion in Castillo’s La Canastas, however,
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Franchising.net.au: How would you define your brand? We define our brand by the following: we are an in-home dog training company that conducts lessons in the client’s home at a time and day suitable to them, including weekends. We offer a Life of the Dog guarantee to provide further free assistance; we also hold puppy
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Business Wire: 7-Eleven, Inc. today announced that it has closed on an agreement to purchase 14 gasoline locations in Virginia from Quarles Petroleum, Inc. of Fredericksburg, Va. The stores will be re-branded as 7-Eleven operations, and these sites will continue to sell Shell gasoline. Financial details of the transaction will not be disclosed. The locations
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dBusinessNews Detroit: As more and more people are turning to professionals for cleaning help, residential and commercial cleaning companies are growing exponentially. Molly Maid, the leading residential cleaning franchise with thousands of signature navy and pink cars on the road, is responding to a rapidly growing interest in their brand. Molly Maid President Kristi Mailloux
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FavStocks: If you are thinking about starting a franchise, you should try to access all of the start-up business tips that you can find. Learning from the mistakes of others can help you avoid a big mistake of your own. Here are a few precautions when it comes to franchising. 1. Look Long Term Many
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Globe and Mail: At a franchise convention I attended in Quebec in May, I spoke to a colleague who practices franchise law in the United States. It’s very normal for Canadian franchise lawyers to attend franchise conventions in the U.S., but it’s not that usual to see American franchise lawyers attending one up here. I
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