June 2011

Cub Scout’s Lawn Mowing Empire

MyFox9: It may seem a bit old-fashioned, but one 11-year-old Cub Scout is financing his new dreams by turning into a lawn-mowing mogul. Despite his age, Bill Breitenstein seems beyond his years and hasn’t gone by “Billy” since kindergarten. Now, he’s going into sixth grade and was yearning for a new mountain bike. So, his

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Monetizing Your Platform Strategically – Go Beyond the Book

The following is a guest post by Peter Winick. Everybody is doing it. With easy-to-use, off-the-shelf publishing software, even producing a good looking book isn’t that difficult. Books are being written and published at the highest rate in history. It’s selling books that is the problem. Many authors write a book and simply expect the

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Are Gov’t Contracts Really Reaching Small Business?

Central Valley Business Times recently reported findings from the American Small Business League (ASBL) that the SBA is lying about the actual number of contracts reaching small businesses. Last week the Small Business Administration said that the federal government narrowly missed its congressionally mandated 23 percent small business goal. The SBA announced the government awarded

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Franchisee Accuses ‘Learning Center’ Of Fraud

Courthouse News Service: In the latest complaint against for-profit education chains, a Phoenix man claims Huntington Learning Centers sold him a franchise without disclosing that it was “in significant operational and financial decline,” that it “evaluated” students with a fraudulent software program, and that its Arizona franchises were failing. Christopher Tozzo and his business, Glenchrist

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