As the largest painting company in North America, CertaPro has over 280 franchisee’s in the US and Canada. Since their start in 1992 the business has grown by millions of dollars in profits.
So what makes a painting-based franchise worth considering? Well, homes need upkeep. As long as homes continue to need painted, […]
Posted by on 01 Apr 2008 at 9:47 pm under Employees
Boston.com:
Most pranks are better suited to fictional workplaces such as the one portrayed in “The Office,” the NBC sitcom starring Steve Carell in the demanding role of a pompous and deluded boss named Michael Scott.
In the real world, April Fool’s Day pranks in the work place may be “no joking matter,” reports the Creative Group […]
Canada.com:
The white paper-birch tree, neglected since its bark was used to make canoes, is oozing out a new, darkly flavoured identity. Entrepreneur Heloise Dixon-Warren says birch syrup made from the tree’s sap is a small idea that could get a lot bigger. “The syrup has a very bold, unique kind of caramel taste,” the Quesnel […]
Houston Chronicle:
Q: I’m an early baby boomer and am thinking about leaving my corporate job to open a business of my own. Do you have any advice?
A: You are not alone. Many of America’s 77 million baby boomers contemplating retirement are finding that slowing down is the last thing they want to do.
They’re seeking outlets […]
Wired:
Arthur Fry
Researcher at 3M
Choir loft, North Presbyterian Church
St. Paul, Minnesota
“I was singing in the church choir, and I would often put little pieces of paper into the music on Wednesday night to mark where we were singing. Sometimes, before Sunday morning, that little paper would fall out. It was during the sermon that Sunday morning […]
downloadsquad:
Google, reigning king of exhaustive analytics, has just released a specialized analytics tool for YouTube, aptly named YouTube Insight.
YouTube Insight is a free tool that enables anyone with a YouTube account to view detailed statistics about their uploaded videos.
YouTube Insight tracks information such as the geographic region of your viewers, how popular your video is […]
The Wall Street Journal:
Justin Leavens manages a gourmet-marshmallow company out of his house in Sherman Oaks, Calif. But his high-end phone system makes customers think he is toiling in a big office with scores of employees.
Callers to Leavens’s company, Plush Puffs, can dial “9″ for a company directory, hit “8″ to hear the firm’s mailing […]
Entrepreneur.com:
Four years ago, Donny Ouyang cracked open one of his dad’s old computer science books and began learning HTML code and website techniques. This accidental discovery grew into a great entrepreneurial opportunity when he sold his first website less than a year later.
Now 16, Ouyang is making more than $6,500 a month as CEO […]
Battery Services International is in the business of recycling, restoring, recovering and reselling all types of batteries.
Batteries are being thrown away everyday. Those very same batteries could possibly be saved. Battery Services International owns the necessary technology and has developed the products needed to restore the batteries as well as provide the necessary […]
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