PR Web: US Navy Veteran John B. discovers ACFN, an ATM franchise that launched him into the ranks of successful US Military small business owners. In a time when one of our country’s primary objectives is ending our occupation of Iraq, it is easy to overlook the fact that nearly 200,000 people... More

Vancouver Sun: What are the most important things to consider when starting a small business? Research and location. That’s the word from Nicole Allen, co-owner of Candy Aisle in Richmond’s Steveston area, which has seen sales rise quickly since the shop opened in July. “You have to do your market... More

Indianapolis Star: Growing up in Tipton, I would have to say times seemed simple and life was good. My father worked two jobs most of his life, and my mother stayed home raising seven children. My first job was having a paper route when I was 11 years old. This job taught me the value of hard work.... More

NYTimes: Jim Denney faced a common choice: buy a franchise or start an independent company? He was an experienced business owner in Scotia, N.Y., near Albany, who had spent a year investigating a promising franchising opportunity — a business that raised sunken concrete slabs by pumping cement slurry... More

Where I Live: XPRESSO Delight Coorparoo franchisee Edwina Williams is part of a business that won the 2008 Australian Business Award for Enterprise. Mrs Williams runs a successful business supplying automatic coffee machines to customers across Brisbane. Xpresso Delight, which maintains and stocks... More

Real Business: The founder of salad bar chain Tossed, Vincent McKevitt, has decided to franchise the business in order to accelerate growth as the economy slows down and the credit crunch starts to really bite. “The extent to which we’re franchising,” McKevitt says, “is quite a big change. It... More

Springfield Business Journal: The longtime owners of Home Instead Senior Care have sold the Springfield franchise to a rural Dade County couple whose custom cabinetry business has taken a hit from the slowdown in residential construction. Neil and Yvonne Marshall bought the franchise for an undisclosed... More

The Franchise Magazine: I had been working in the family newsagents business for 12 years so working for myself was not a new concept. I made the transition to CeX when I was forced to close down my Leeds based newsagents shop after the lease had expired and could not be extended. I sought a new challenge... More

Great Falls Tribune: Kirk Hindoien, 42, followed his father’s footsteps into a military career. Now the training and experience he gained for 24 years of service in the Montana Air National Guard are helping him in his new career as an entrepreneur. Hindoien and his wife, Billie Jo, are the new... More

Fort Worth Business Press: When Jessica Fielder enrolled her 9-month-old daughter Claire at a Primrose School in Mansfield, she had her doubts. But by the time Claire was 1, Fielder said the toddler would stand at her front door on the weekends and say, “I go to school?” “That’s when I knew... More

Franchising.com: Running a racquet and health club is a time-consuming business and one that Bruce Forsythe knew quite a bit about. He’d been running one with his partners in Long Island, N.Y. for about 14 years when the team decided to turn one of their former tennis court areas into a second... More

Wall Street Journal Blogs: A virtual primary care practice started growing in Brooklyn last fall. Jay Parkinson, a freshly minted internist, decided he had a better idea for caring for the under-40 crowd in neighborhoods not far from Health Blog HQ. He combined a pre-paid model (no insurance hassles,... More