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ARTICLE | August 30, 2010

World Franchising Network Selects 50 Top Franchises for Military Veterans
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NEWS | July 19, 2010

Iowa Interstate All Battery franchisees, Matt and Nancy Breen, helped Al Roker of the Today Show deliver much needed batteries to a youth center facility in Des Moines, Iowa. This contribution was Interstate All Battery Center's part in providing products to selected charities for the "Today's Lend a Hand" tour.
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ASK FBR | June 15, 2010

There are plenty of franchise opportunities in the cleaning services and maintenance sector. They vary by many aspects including investment level, commercial vs. residential services, the amount of support the franchisor supplies and several other factors...
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SECTOR REPORT | March 31, 2010

Take a look at our annual Top Franchises Guide for 2010! We are proud to announce 133 franchise companies - out of over 500 brands surveyed this year - that are doing things right and putting their franchisees first.
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Richard Branson's "Luck"

by Jack Burris

I just read this in the May 14 issue of The New Yorker and wanted to pass it along. Richard Branson, CEO of Virgin Atlantic (and about 130 other "Virgin" brands) says about entrepreneurship:

I don't think I am different really from any entrepreneur. You have to stick you neck out on occasion. You have to make bold moves, and sometimes you come close to betting everything. In my speeches, I will always say you have to protect the downside. But there have been occasions when I have asked my wife to sign a bit and paper. And she would say, "What's that, dear?" And I would always say, "Don't worry," when it was actually the third mortgage on the house.

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