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The Franchise King Blog: GMAC Real Estate IS Doing Some Real Living

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:05:26 -0500

Columbus, Ohio-based Real Living is a national award-winning brand known for its innovation, customer service and track record of attracting results-driven brokers and sales professionals, just announced a merger with GMAC Real Estate.

Real Living was founded [...]

Daily FranchiseNews.com: For Your Viewing Pleasure

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:41:58 -0500

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What’s better than dinner and a movie? Dinner and a movie under one amazing roof!

Nation’s Restaurant News reported that strong movie ticket sales and sliding real estate prices are turning cinema-eating venues like Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas into a business with blockbuster potential. “When executed [...]

Daily FranchiseNews.com: PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:15:08 -0500

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Being the best takes work and parents are always willing to give their kids get that necessary leg up on the competition. Here’s how they can do it in Shreveport.

The Shreveport Times reported local residents Nate and Emily Mixon have capitalized on this trend and [...]

Business Opportunities Weblog: How Sweet It Is

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:12:51 -0500

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Kathie Delano and Debbie Draudt realized it was a tough time to start a new company last year when the micro business venture that was helping them find commercial kitchen space suddenly folded, reports The Denver Business Journal.

But the two chocolatiers pushed on, finally settling in [...]

Business Opportunities Weblog: Little Startup Offers Hope For Future

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:45:33 -0500

Jeremiah Turner at Foster’s Daily Democrat has an interesting look at a little ‘green’ startup.

I recently visited a nondescript storefront at an address I will not reveal because industrial espionage is very real when the stakes are high. And in this case they are very high [...]

Business Opportunities Weblog: Give Micro-Bizs More Attention

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:30:43 -0500

Many times micro-businesses have been neglected when it comes to the national development of this country, reports Ben Ssebuguz at The Observer.

Most of the government programmes put their focus on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). All banks are looking at working with SMEs too, neglecting [...]

Business Opportunities Weblog: Christmas Comes Early…

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:15:00 -0500

When you’re traveling this holiday season, you can enjoy free WiFi, courtesy of Google, at 47 participating airports and on every Virgin America flight.

Just bring a WiFi-enabled laptop or mobile device and stay connected to family and friends for free while you travel now through January [...]

Business Opportunities Weblog: Startup Makes It Easy To Buy Pants Online

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:09:17 -0500

Brian Spaly’s quest for the perfect pair of pants led him and former roommate Andy Dunn to start a Web-only clothing company that wants to sell men’s trousers that fit — without the need for fitting rooms writes The Associated Press.

Mass-market pants, the kind you [...]

Business Opportunities Weblog: Chris Anderson On Freemium Biz Models

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:08:46 -0500

TechCrunch reports on Chris Anderson’s presentation to the Y Combinator’s Startup School about Freemium Business Models.

Anderson likened freemium to handing out muffins on the street to entice people to start eating your muffins. But with muffins there’s a significant cost to giving away each muffin. With [...]

Business Opportunities Weblog: The Angel in Your Pocket

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:07:32 -0500

Despite all the talk of venture capital, angel investors, business loans and the like, the fact is about one-third of startup funding comes from credit cards.

Plastic is the most popular source of outside financing to get businesses off the ground reports Entrepreneur.

So it’s important for [...]

Business Opportunities Weblog: Mom/Daughter Team Make Up Perfect Recipe For Business

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:00:23 -0500

The Palm Beach Post:

Stephanie Rolle’s mother, Betty, started baking her special oatmeal cookies with raisins last fall.

“People just fell in love with them,” said Rolle, who recently opened Savannah’s Gourmet Cookies, Treats and Gifts in the Crowne Plaza hotel.

Then people asked, “Can you be the concession [...]

Franchise Direct Blog: Happy Veterans Day

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:21:46 -0500

Today is Veterans Day. It is impossible to properly state in a blog post how much we value the sacrifice that American military personnel make on behalf of ordinary citizens. We’d like to simply say thanks and wish you safety and health in all you do.

For those military veterans [...]

Business Opportunities Weblog: The Goodie Bar Offers Accessories for Any Wedding

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:19:11 -0500

The wedding day is a special moment in any couples life and it is one that can be quite costly. Put that together with the millions of people that are getting married each year and that makes this a very profitable industry to be in.

This is something [...]

Franchise Investing - Articles - Zimbio: Franchise Opportunities; What's The Real Story Behind Those "Business Coaching" Franchises? (Part 2)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:02:56 -0500

In the first part of this story, I showed you how one particular business coaching franchisor went about finding new franchisees. I ended it by telling you that I have known about low-cost opportunities like business coaching for a long time. And [...]

The Franchise King Blog: Franchise Opportunities; What's The Real Story Behind Those "Business Coaching" Franchises? (Part 2)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:02:02 -0500

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