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<title>Beauty for Ashes</title>
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<summary>Beauty for Ashes. Beautiful floral arrangements created especially for her!</summary>
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<title>The Manager&#39;s View: January 2013</title>
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<summary></summary>
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<title>The Top Traits of Successful Franchise Owners</title>
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<updated>2013-01-21T20:05:35.137-05:00</updated>
<summary>;Franchise King®, Joel Libava, claims he has cracked the code to what makes a successful franchise owner. Find out if you have what it takes.</summary>
<content type="html">;Franchise King®, Joel Libava, claims he has cracked the code to what makes a successful franchise owner. Find out if you have what it takes.</content>
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<title>entrepreneur.com</title>
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<title>Starting a Business in Florida</title>
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<summary>Companies offering franchises are becoming increasingly attentive to this data, since the Hispanic community accounts for 16% of the total population of Florida.</summary>
<content type="html">Companies offering franchises are becoming increasingly attentive to this data, since the Hispanic community accounts for 16% of the total population of Florida.</content>
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<title>Sir Pizza: A Hidden Opportunity for Entrepreneurs</title>
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<updated>2013-03-22T11:40:24.129-04:00</updated>
<summary>Sir Pizza currently has franchises in of South Florida including the counties of Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Broward.</summary>
<content type="html">Sir Pizza currently has franchises in of South Florida including the counties of Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Broward.</content>
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<title>Being a WSI Franchisee Consultant</title>
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<updated>2013-03-26T10:14:28.050-04:00</updated>
<summary>WSI has been operating since 1995 and has experienced all the stages that businesses go through with regard to successfully implementing an online and digital marketing campaign</summary>
<content type="html">WSI has been operating since 1995 and has experienced all the stages that businesses go through with regard to successfully implementing an online and digital marketing campaign</content>
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<title>Sir Pizza: Join a Secure, Proven and Profitable Business Venture</title>
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<updated>2013-04-09T17:51:08.259-04:00</updated>
<summary>If you have considered opening your own business in the South Florida area, remember that Sir Pizza is selling franchises in Monroe, Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties.</summary>
<content type="html">If you have considered opening your own business in the South Florida area, remember that Sir Pizza is selling franchises in Monroe, Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties.</content>
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<title>What to Do When You Hit Some Franchise Problems</title>
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<updated>2013-04-22T09:40:36.830-04:00</updated>
<summary>Joel Libava, The Franchise King, has some great advice on what to do when you hit some franchise problems.</summary>
<content type="html">Joel Libava, The Franchise King, has some great advice on what to do when you hit some franchise problems.</content>
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<title>New Website Helps People Find Business Partners To Help Buy, Expand or Operate a Franchise</title>
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<updated>2013-05-28T15:22:53.312-04:00</updated>
<summary>New website may be able to help people find the funding and business partners they need to buy or expand franchises</summary>
<content type="html">New website may be able to help people find the funding and business partners they need to buy or expand franchises</content>
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<title>Is Multi-Unit Franchise Ownership A Winning Proposition?</title>
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<summary>Owning more than one franchise business, rocks!</summary>
<content type="html">Owning more than one franchise business, rocks!</content>
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<title>Franchise Chains Recruit Veterans. But Is That A Good Thing?</title>
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<summary>see photosAP Photo/Brennan LinsleyClick for full photo gallery: 10 Top Military-Friendly Franchises UPDATE: Matco responds While employers may shy away from hiring returning veterans, one segment of the business community has rolled out the welcome mat: the big franchise chains. They&amp;#39;ve signed up thousands of freshly returned veterans as franchise owners, possibly [...]</summary>
<content type="html">see photosAP Photo/Brennan LinsleyClick for full photo gallery: 10 Top Military-Friendly Franchises UPDATE: Matco responds While employers may shy away from hiring returning veterans, one segment of the business community has rolled out the welcome mat: the big franchise chains. They&amp;#39;ve signed up thousands of freshly returned veterans as franchise owners, possibly [...]</content>
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<title>Forbes.com</title>
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<title>Helping Caribbean Entrepreneurs Get Down to Business</title>
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<updated>2013-05-22T10:51:11.905-04:00</updated>
<summary>While some Latin American countries, especially Brazil, Chile, and Argentina, are seeing significant economic and IT growth, investment in the Caribbean is growing much more slowly.</summary>
<content type="html">While some Latin American countries, especially Brazil, Chile, and Argentina, are seeing significant economic and IT growth, investment in the Caribbean is growing much more slowly.</content>
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<title>blogs.cisco.com</title>
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<title>Does Automobile Rust Ever Sleep?</title>
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<updated>2013-04-17T08:25:18.764-04:00</updated>
<summary>If automobiles don&#39;t rust anymore, how can a franchise like Ziebart still be going strong? Find out on this Franchise Biz Directory blog post.</summary>
<content type="html">If automobiles don&#39;t rust anymore, how can a franchise like Ziebart still be going strong? Find out on this Franchise Biz Directory blog post.</content>
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<title>franchisebizdirectory.com</title>
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<title>Practical and Legal Aspects of Franchising a Business</title>
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<updated>2012-12-12T15:40:33.199-05:00</updated>
<summary>Attend this exciting and informative webinar on franchising a business on Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  (EST) or attend in person at 61 Broadway, Suite 1105, New York, NY 10006.</summary>
<content type="html">Attend this exciting and informative webinar on franchising a business on Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  (EST) or attend in person at 61 Broadway, Suite 1105, New York, NY 10006.</content>
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<title>franchiseknowhow.com</title>
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<title>Multi-Unit Franchise Ownership and Area Development Opportunities</title>
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<updated>2012-09-26T11:15:36.878-04:00</updated>
<summary>Blog post about Multi-Unit Franchise Ownership and Area Development Opportunities</summary>
<content type="html">Blog post about Multi-Unit Franchise Ownership and Area Development Opportunities</content>
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<title>franchisedirect.com</title>
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<title>Find Out About Franchise Growth</title>
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<updated>2013-04-11T11:00:38.869-04:00</updated>
<summary>Part of your franchise research must center around growth. You need to find out if the current franchisees are growing their businesses. Here&amp;#039;s how.</summary>
<content type="html">Part of your franchise research must center around growth. You need to find out if the current franchisees are growing their businesses. Here&amp;#039;s how.</content>
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<title>thefranchiseking.com</title>
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<title>Factoring Frees Up More than Just Cash</title>
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<updated>2012-09-21T14:21:18.985-04:00</updated>
<summary></summary>
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<title>The Franchise Expert Blog - 50 Greatest Business Rivalries of all Time</title>
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<summary>Business rivalries that helped to shape today&#39;s business world</summary>
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<summary>Most people think entrepreneurs are willing to take on more risk than the average person. I&#39;ve often wondered if that&#39;s really true. After almost three decades of working with large corporations and entrepreneurs, I&#39;ve developed a theory.</summary>
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<title>Franchisors Should Really Not Become Bankers</title>
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<summary>A franchisor is a franchisor. Period. A lender...is a lender. Period. Lenders lend. Franchisors sell franchises. They shouldn&#39;t be lending money to franchisees. Read why.</summary>
<content type="html">A franchisor is a franchisor. Period. A lender...is a lender. Period. Lenders lend. Franchisors sell franchises. They shouldn&#39;t be lending money to franchisees. Read why.</content>
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<title>The Franchise Expert Blog - How to confront a performance problem Archives</title>
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<updated>2013-04-02T15:02:01.291-04:00</updated>
<summary>Learn how to deal with employee performance issues head on.</summary>
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<title>franchiseknowhow.com</title>
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<title>The Franchise Expert Blog - Seven ways to connect with media</title>
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<updated>2013-04-10T17:10:43.127-04:00</updated>
<summary>Here are 7 tips for dealing with the media</summary>
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<title>franchiseknowhow.com</title>
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<title>Overcoming Flat or Negative Franchise Growth in 2013</title>
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<updated>2013-01-08T13:22:41.365-05:00</updated>
<summary>The franchise industry is still growing, but not as fast as it used to. Here are some tips for franchisors that are experiencing flat or even negative growth.</summary>
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<title>franchiseknowhow.com</title>
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<title>The Path a Franchisee Walks – Are You Ready for a Franchise Business?</title>
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<updated>2012-09-19T11:25:04.947-04:00</updated>
<summary>Franchise ownership is one path.</summary>
<content type="html">Franchise ownership is one path.</content>
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<title>franchisebizdirectory.com</title>
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