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St. Louis-based Fish Window Cleaning®, which began as a one-man company in 1978, is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year and its growth to 250 national locations employing almost 2000 people. In recognition of their 35 years in business, S. Michael Merrick, CEO and founder of FISH, and Linda Merrick, executive vice president of FISH, [...]
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- Mobile analytics tool offers insights into the behavior of website visitors for small and medium businesses Small and medium businesses should regularly check the most important statistics behind their website. The success of marketing and advertising efforts can be measured by the number of site visitors and their perceived behavior. As a result, the [...]
Steve Nicholls, author of Social Media in Business, Offers 10 Tips to Write a Policy That Promotes Growth and Protects Against Risk- Most business owners are now aware that having a social media presence is important for the success of their businesses. While social media presents unthinkable growth opportunity, it also opens the company up [...]
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® announced a new program with the Startup America Partnership, a national network of communities dedicated to advancing the success of American start-ups, for the 2013 International CES®. The partnership will bring specific programming for entrepreneurs and start-ups at the 2013 International CES, world’s largest innovation event. Owned and produced by [...]
Meet Carolina Furniture, a socially conscious and environmentally friendly handcrafted furniture company in North Carolina. According to the company, “We put loads of TLC into each stylish and functional heirloom quality product we create at our workshop. Since our founding in January 2011, our handsome designs have been purchased by reality television stars, a Trump Tower [...]
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Young Entrepreneur Foundation today announced that the scholarship process for the class of 2013 is now open and accepting applications for the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Awards. Each year, the NFIB Young Entrepreneur program offers non-renewable scholarships that recognize young people who have demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit and initiative with [...]
On the last Friday of each month, a small group of entrepreneurs meet around a table at San Diego’s CoCo’s Restaurant & Bakery at 4280 Nobel Dr. They compare notes, share lessons learned, and share resources as they set out to change the world. So what’s on the menu? These innovative founders jump-start the day [...]
Happy First Full Day of Summer! Have you made plans to start a part-time seasonal summer business? Anything from selling sunglasses on the beach and BBQ catering to weed pulling and assembling gas grills is a possibility. Take a look at your community and see what is needed? Can you find a need and fill [...]
Take a look around your community for needs that are not being met. Are there enough catering businesses, landscapers, delivery services or food enterprises? If there is competition in a field you want to enter, could you provide service that is better, faster or cheaper? Make 2012 the year you become your own boss!