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Smoothie Franchise (Begun by College Student) Flourishes

MiamiHerald.com:
It didn’t take David Lopez long to figure out the last thing he wanted was to be just another cog in a corporate wheel.
During his freshman year at the University of Central Florida while completing an internship at a Fortune 500 business, Lopez, now 26, was marched into the company cafeteria with his co-workers and […]

Entrepreneur Balances Diverse Interests — Franchise Operations and Music

KCCommunityNews.com:
While Dan Mellott, 31, is wrapping an antique piece of china to ship across the world, he might be thinking about his music.
Mellott, who owns two area UPS Stores, also is lead singer of Browntown.
“I’m a man of tangents, I bounce around a lot,” he said. “I may be overnighting a china set for Grandma […]

Couple Finds Success with BBQ Franchise Business

TheStreet.com:
Cooking up smokin’ steaks is easy and much more satisfying than fancy catering, Rick Ivey and his wife realized when their catering company was asked to do barbecue for an upscale wedding in 1999.
One year and $7,000 later, Ivey opened Virginia BBQ out of a former dress consignment house in Ashland, Va., and began cooking […]

UK Franchise Offers Free-spirited Music and Dance Classes for Children

News.independent.co.uk:
Pop into a music class for young children and the chances are you’ll find them sitting in a circle singing songs. When Helen Harrington’s son was young and boisterous, this was less than ideal. “Don’t get me wrong – these types of classes are fantastic, but my little boy needed something less rigid and more […]

Waitress Works Her Way Up to Successful Restaurant Franchise Owner

SLTrib.com:
Jessica Yescas adheres to the belief that “success often comes to those who have the aptitude to see way down the road.”
    That philosophy compelled Yescas and husband Enrique to each work two jobs for years until they saved enough money to buy the Pier 49 Pizza franchise in Murray. And it has enabled her […]

Woman Trades in Corporate Life for Service-Oriented Business Venture

ChicagoSuburbanNews.com: 
Until 9/11, Lucille K. Green made a good living as a corporate head hunter, recruiting lawyers from one firm to another. But after the events that shook the country’s foundation, she found she wanted more from her career.
“I just burned out on it,” said Green, 76. “I didn’t want to work for a corporation.”
So in […]

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