When Waitrose decided to stock Fraser Doherty’s SuperJam in its stores, he became the youngest entrepreneur to make it into a major supermarket chain. However, that is not where his achievements end, reports Sunderland Echo. Fraser was just 14 when, using his gran’s recipes, he developed a healthier jam with 100 per cent fruit and […]
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Everyone has their own list of advice for how you can succeed in business. NJ.com has produced their own list. Do you agree? •â€… It’s all about the customer. •â€…Promote your brand. •â€…Be humble. •â€…Burn the midnight oil. •â€…Be persistent. Do you have your own list that you live by? Photo by MiiiSH
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Mansfield News Journal: Fifty years ago, Meisse turned a shaky job into a profitable pioneer business. His radio stations now reach more than 2 million people each week, and the TV station has the largest audience among websites in north central Ohio. “(Dad) always said in life, ‘Your career needs to be something you would
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Inc.: When Kathryn Kerrigan, a former college athlete, entered the professional world, she was discouraged by the lack of stylish shoes for tall women. At six-feet tall with a size 11 shoe, she began looking for solutions. While getting her MBA, she drafted a business plan for a company that sold dress shoes to women
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Forbes: Open Linux system platform for wireless handsets A La Mobile was co-founded by serial entrepreneur Pauline Alker. She served as chief executive at Amplify, Network Peripherals (IPOed) and Counterpoint Computers (acquired by Acer).
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Women may not have a prominent place in mobile startups, but they do exist. Here is one woman recently featured at Forbes: A serial entrepreneur, Carol Realini has successfully lead companies through initial public offerings as well as acquisitions. She created “mobile financial services to all†with Obopay, her latest mobile payments and banking venture.
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If you intend to break into the hair business, then you will need to bring something unique. After all, it will be the business that stands out from the crowd that will bring in the business it needs to stay alive. That has not been a problem for Bishops Barbershop. Leo Rivera, as the founder
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According to a story in Forbes, after a few long nights at the bar in 2001, Jeffrey Goldblatt decided he was tired of overhearing trashy pickup lines and withering put-downs. He teetered home and set up Rejection Hotline–a phone number women could dish out to their pursuers, leading them to this voice mail: “Hello, the
Galco’s Soda Pop Stop in Los Angeles looks like any other mom-n-pop grocery store when you enter, but a quick look around and you’ll see what makes the shop unique. The store sells nothing but soda, 500 different types of fizzy sweet-tooth-satisfying beverages. CHOW.com profiles Galco’s in a bubbly documentary that will have you wanting
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At 16, Lindsay Phillips came up with the idea for a flip-flop with interchangeable straps during art class. Today, her company — Lindsay Phillips — employs 35 full-time staffers and is projected to bring in $30 million in revenue this year, reports AOLSmallbusiness. The idea is simple — SwitchFlops are sandals with interchangeable straps. So
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