While on a trip to India when Jaswinder Salh was a teenager, she swore to herself that someday she’d have a job that would make a positive difference in the world. It is now two decades later and Jaswinder has kept that promise reports TheStar.com. She’s the founder of Keep Leaf, a Toronto-based company known […]
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A researcher at Northwestern University walks into a bar. Oh wait, no he didn’t–because he’s too busy spending the $712,883 he received in grant money to create joke-writing software. According to The Chicago Sun-Times, the federally-funded project has had some conservative backlash–Sen. John McCain ranked it as 36 on his list of the 100 most
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Farmers have been using vending machines to sell carrots for awhile now. What’s new is that one group of farmers has teamed up with an advertising agency to rebrand baby carrots and advertise them in a way that mimics snack food like potato chips. What do you think?
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Lewiston-Auburn, Maine has begun the race to find a young entrepreneur. Not just anyone, though. They are on the lookout for someone with a connection to their community that is interested in building there. There are a few catches, of course: you have to be willing to locate that business in Lewiston-Auburn, Maine’s second largest
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Micro businesses are everywhere. They are run by people of all ages, educations, talents and passions. The New England Cable News Network highlights an amazing story in Massachusetts of a unique and successful micro business, but with an intriguing sole proprietor. McKenzie Plante, an 11-year old girl in the seaport town or Gloucester, Massachusetts, has
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Franchising.com: In early August, Molly Maid owners Tony and Susie Kirby received a panicked phone call from a producer of ABC’s hit show, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition requesting their service. With just a few hours before the family was due home for the final reveal, the franchise owners frantically rounded up their staff and headed
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The Wall Street Journal reports that as campaign season ramps up, entrepreneurs that make products designed to help office-seekers and incumbents win votes are bracing for business. Small companies such as VictoryStore.com Inc. have introduced new marketing tools for political candidates in recent years, with users ranging from U.S. senators to small-town sheriffs. More politicians
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AUTO-MOBI.info: While the current economic climate may have slowed many brands’ innovation and growth, AAMCO, a franchise operation with nearly 900 automotive centers in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, is continuing to march forward by strengthening the brand’s executive team. This iconic brand has reinvented itself with the addition of total car care,
FranchiseWorks.com: The Midwest’s largest Franchise and Business Opportunities Expo announced today that it would return to Chicago – September 11th & 12th, 2010 at the Schaumburg Convention Center. Franchises and business opportunity developers looking to sell their proven, successful full-time franchises and part-time business opportunities should participate in the largest event in the Midwest market.
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