Birmingham Post.net: One of Britain’s most successful entrepreneurs sails across the Atlantic, abseils down Las Vegas skyscrapers, and attempts to circumnavigate the globe in a hot air balloon – while running a £3billion business empire. But he is no fresh-faced 20-year-old. For Richard Branson, his 58 years are an advantage on younger entrepreneurs, giving him […]
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PRLog.Org: Professional One Franchising, LLC, a Plymouth, MI-based real estate franchisor, today announced the promotion of Brian Wines, MBA to the position of Managing Director of Southeast Michigan Office Operations. Wines’ credentials are as follows: *B.S in engineering, Michigan Technological University *M.S. in Engineering, Northwestern University (with High Honors) *M.B.A. in Marketing and Finance, University
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PR Newswire: Aaron Rents, Inc, the nation’s leader in the sales and lease ownership, specialty retailing and rental of residential and office furniture, consumer electronics and home appliances and accessories, today announced Tiger John Cleek, President of APRO (Association of Progressive Rental Organizations), and owner of Cleek’s Lease or Own, has become an Aaron’s Sales
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MediaSyndicate: Hip Hop Grub Spot®, the world’s first Hip-Hop healthy fast food global franchise, celebrates its one-year anniversary with the election of a new President, Joshua “Fahiym” Ratcliffe, former Editor in Chief of The Source Magazine. Ratcliffe brings to Hip Hop Grub Spot® a ten year history in the media and entertainment industries and a
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PR Newswire: On the heels of 2008 grants that delivered more than 72,000 pounds of food to flood victims and helped some 500 communities rebuild their volunteer fire departments, today the Dunkin’ Brands Community Foundation announced its 2009 grants aimed at activating teens, supporting injured war veterans, and helping food banks and fire departments to
Times Online: When Rowan Gormley was running Virgin Wine, he conducted a simple experiment. He took ten pairs of different bottles of wine and carefully wrapped them in paper so that the labels were unreadable. He took four professional wine experts. Each was asked to write notes on each bottle, tasted blind. There should have
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MarketWatch: Mr. Rooter and ACE DuraFlo Systems announce an exclusive agreement that allows Mr. Rooter franchisees to expand their menu of services with the addition of miniE(R), an epoxy pipe restoration technology. MiniE(R) was created as a service tool allowing a single operator to restore a section of pipe in a matter of hours as
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Kansas City Star: Usually around this time of year, ice cream franchiser Cold Stone Creamery calls its franchisees to Las Vegas for a meeting. But this year, amid sour economic times, the company’s executives are touring the country, visiting franchisees on their own turf. The rock band-style tour bus will hit 16 cities by January.
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Franchising.com: Leading greeting card publisher and franchisor, Card Connection’s franchisee for Richmond and Ealing, Theo Kleanthous, is aiming to ‘more than double’ profits despite the widely publicised credit crunch. Theo has just purchased the additional Card Connection territory of North London as part of his business expansion plan and is working closely with the outgoing
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TechRepublic: Whether you’re an employee of a company or an independent professional working for yourself, you might have a chance to work from home. Be aware, though, that this arrangement can cause problems if you’re not prepared. Here are some tips. 1: Dress the part 2: Keep a separate office 3: Discipline yourself regarding break
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