Daily Mail: When Jacob Porter-Jones found himself struggling to get a job he decided to open up his own clothing shop – in his mother’s front room. The 21-year-old entrepreneur convinced his mother Nicky to halve the size of her sitting room so he could set up his business selling mens designer clothes and style […]
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Daily Mail (blog): She has made millions helping women enhance their cleavage with her Ultimo bra range. Now entrepreneur Michelle Mone wants to cash in on those feeling the burden of a bigger bosom. The 40-year-old is launching a new USculpt range of creams which claim to offer the first ‘breast reduction in a bottle’.
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Houston Chronicle: Simon Griffiths, an Australian entrepreneur and a co-founder of Who Gives a Crap toilet paper is not getting off the toilet until he raises $50,000 to fill his warehouse with the first supply of his unique toilet paper. Griffiths along with fellow co-founder Jehan Ratnatunga and freelance product designer Danny Alexander have crafted
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Franchising.net.au: A showcase makeover is marking out the Manly Gelatissimo kiosk which is now sporting 52 trays of gelato in its curved display cabinet instead of the customary 32 flavours on show in traditional shopfront layouts. The Manly kiosk has the challenge of foot traffic approaching from two different directions on two sides of the
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Franchise News International (blog): Cash Converters, which, celebrates its 20th year in the UK this year, has grown exponentially with over 660 stores in 21 countries worldwide and almost 220 in the UK, confirming the position as the UK’s number one. The retailer is enjoying a period of rapid growth with multi-site and new franchisee
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MarketWatch: BMO Bank of Montreal released a study of Canadian franchisees that indicates brand recognition and access to a large support network provide the greatest advantages to owning a franchise. The survey, conducted by Leger Marketing, also asked franchise owners why they selected franchising over starting their own business(i): — Appeal of training and central
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Today’s Today in Entrepreneurial History mentioned that on this day in 1893 the first cultured pearl was today was created. After reading that, I wondered, how hard is pearl farming anyway? The two free reports below (no registration or anything) make it look relatively easy, especially if you can keep your water between 65 and
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1859 – Westminster’s Big Ben rang for the first time in London. 1893 – The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto. 1895 – The Lumière brothers demonstrate film technology to scientists. 1962 – First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
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Premium beauty: Four brushes in only one accessory: this is the last invention of Cosmogen, a French company specialising in the design, development, and production of makeup and cosmetic packaging and applicators. According to Cosmogen, the benefits of this brush are that it is a portable, convenient way to carry 4 brushes in 1. It
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AsiaOne: Missing your loved one’s kisses might just be a thing of the past with the invention of “The Kissenger“, an egg-shaped device with over-sized silicon lips that can send a kiss to someone far away, even in another country. This robotic device is the brainchild of Dr. Hooman Samani, 31, an artificial intelligence researcher
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