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Entrepreneur Creates a Technologically Savvy Daycare Model

Hearpreneur

My wife Julia and I founded the company as Rainbow Academy in 1997. In 2011, the company began franchising in an effort to expand beyond our New Jersey footprint. Currently, we are regionally expanding with 44 child care centers under development in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland.

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Publicity Stunts: When Good Ideas Go Bad

crowdSPRING Blog

Not surprisingly, Snapple declined to make a second attempt to break the official record, which had been set in Holland in 1997 by a 21-foot ice pop. The police were forced to close off several blocks of downtown Manhattan and the fire department had to be called to rinse away the sugary syrup. We Built This City. PR Destroyed It.

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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

abovethecrowd.com

Warren Buffet, 1997. Believe it or not, the state of New Jersey has been experimenting with a free beer giveaway to encourage Covid vaccinations. “As they say in poker, ‘If you’ve been in the game 30 minutes and you don’t know who the patsy is, you’re the patsy.‘” Marketing 101: Customers love free stuff.

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