Start Your Own Business Summer 2007 On Sale Now!
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Start Your Own Business
Clearing the Hurdles
When it comes to a career, one of the greatest dreams of many people is to own their own business. This paints mental pictures of being the captain of one’s own ship and being in control of one’s destiny. Most all people who are considered a world-class success in business own, or at least run, [...]
This Biz Delivers
The numbers and magnitude of scale are staggering. Valpak, the brand behind the ubiquitous blue envelope that arrives in consumers’ mailboxes each month, reaches some 45 million households throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, annually distributing approximately 20 billion offers inserted in more than 500 million envelopes. In 2007, the Valpak Manufacturing Center [...]
Start Your Own Business Spring 2007 On Sale Now!
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Floored by High Profit
The early 1990s were a boom time for Floor Coverings International. Established in 1988 as the first mobile, shop-at-home floor-covering franchise, the company expanded rapidly, growing to more than 250 franchises and taking in $60 million in annual revenue by its sixth year. But the outwardly robust company was headed toward failing health. Its franchise [...]
Path of Glory
TSS Photography, the nation’s leading youth school and sports photography franchise, selected Andrew Stockglausner of Murietta, CA, as the winner of its ‘Franchise Giveaway’ contest, exclusively for military veterans. We are moved and delighted to report that Stockglausner learned of the contest in an issue of our magazine! Stockglausner was a Corporal in the United [...]
Start Your Own Business Winter 2007 On Sale Now!
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Fined Tuned Fortune
The home improvement industry is a male-dominated arena. Heidi Morrissey realized that when she made the decision to join the corporate staff of Kitchen Tune-Up, the home improvement franchise system founded in 1988 by her father, Dave Haglund. All four of Morrissey’s siblings had worked at the family business. Morrissey joined the Aberdeen, S.D.-based franchisor [...]
Drive Home Success
ProntoWash is an international company offering franchise-based mobile car wash, detailing and paintless dent repairs. Based on a concept first created in Argentina in 2001, the company provides car wash, wax and detailing services from its locations at high-traffic malls. Customers like the convenience of shopping while their cars are taken care of. ProntoWash USA [...]
