Franchises You Can Start for Under $100K in 2012
Opening up your own store or business based on an already-successful model provides budding entrepreneurs the opportunity to be their own boss, flexibility and guidance as needed. Here are a few franchises to consider opening in 2012, all for less than $100,000 to start.
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LEED for the Outdoors? Landscapes Get Their Own Green Certification Standards
Green-building standards like LEED and SEED help guide and spur environmentally conscious construction. But step outside the door and into the garden, the campus quad, or the street, and there’s never been one set of rules to promote sustainability. Until now. The American Society of Landscape Architects and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas at Austin have been ...
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For protection and fun, more women are learning to shoot
Deborah Pierce enjoys living alone. There are no kids to clean up after and no one else to cook for. "I'm OK with living alone," said Ms. Pierce, 52. "But other people worry about my safety."
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An award to honor student-founded businesses - Utah Student 25
Stay up late studying. Get up early for class. Try to enjoy a social life. Imagine owning a successful business on top of all that. Now, imagine receiving an award that will bring recognition and praise for it. The Utah Student 25, a nonprofit organization created by a BYU professor, does just that as it [...]
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Town Talk: April 8 target date for Sears closing, but company interested in opening Hometown Sears store; Dick's ...
News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
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