If you wear glasses, you already know how difficult it is trying to mess with the tiny screws that hold all of the parts together. It was while watching her mother rig a pair of glasses using an earring that inspired Nancy Tedeschi to create SnapIt. SnapIt, which cost Tedeschi $250,000 to get this far, […]
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Abbey Fleck had just reached the ripe old age of 8 years old when she invented her first consumer product, Makin’ Bacon. This invention is a simple dish that cooks bacon in the microwave while allowing the fat to drip down into a reservoir. After inventing the cooking device, Abbey worked with her father to
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KHOU.com: The FDA has registered a new pill called Blowfish that the inventor claims almost instantly cures hangovers and all of their nasty symptoms. The pill actually consists of two tablets that dissolve in a glass of water, much like Alka Seltzer.　 They reportedly eliminate hangover symptoms in 15 to 30 minutes. The pills are
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PR Web: BrightStar Group Holdings, Inc. announces the addition of Brian Schnell as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Legal Officer and Kevin Pignone as Vice President of Field Support. Schnell and Pignone join BrightStar as the company progresses toward becoming a multi-brand franchisor. BrightStar’s flagship, BrightStar Care®, a full-service healthcare staffing agency that provides medical
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What movie inventions do you wish were real? Here are two recently shared by Flavorwire. Time-traveling DeLorean Everyone’s favorite inventor, Doc Brown, didn’t hurt his reputation by inventing a solution to everyone’s most maddening frustration: time. Back to the Future’s plutonium-powered DeLorean travels through the space-time continuum in style — and even more so after
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SmartCompany.com.au (blog): Conflict can occur in any relationship, and franchising is no different. Franchisees seek to grow profitable businesses in their relationship with the franchisor, and franchisors seek to maximise their market coverage in their relationship with franchisees. Both parties are drawn to the relationship for different reasons. Separate studies of the causes of conflict
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Gaebler.com: U.S. Court of Appeals decides UPS franchisees failed to prove their case in suit that stretches back to 2006. In a decision handed down by the U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, it was determined that UPS franchisees did not adequately prove their allegation that they had been given “untrue and/or misleading” information during
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Blacktown Sun: Blacktown’s newest award-winning steak restaurant — Outback Jacks — is on the corner of Bungarribee and Blacktown Roads. Franchisee and regional manager Jy Diamond says Outback Jacks’ winning menu includes 27 different steak meals. “We have steaks ranging from grain-fed, tender aged rump and mouthwatering, certified Angus porterhouse, to melt-in-your mouth six-score wagyu
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Patch.com: With City Hall in the midst of ongoing discussions about how chain restaurants fit into the ongoing overhaul of the city’s zoning ordinances, the so-far conceptual debate is about to get its first real test, and it’s coming from one of the biggest chain restaurants in the world. A local franchisee of the Subway
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