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How Consistency Can Make Or Break Your Franchise

YoungUpstarts

In an article for Entrepreneur, Devlin Smith puts it like this: “A strong reputation is one of the major reasons to buy into a franchise system…[it’s] what keeps customers coming back to a store, not to mention visiting units coast to coast…If one franchisee in that chain isn’t living up to customer expectations, problems arise.

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A VC Puts On His Equity Crowdfunding Hat

YoungUpstarts

This change means that virtually any individual, not just the wealthy, will have opportunities to make equity investments in early stage companies. That suggests, potentially, more early stage capital for entrepreneurs. As a VC and angel investor, I believe deeply in entrepreneurs.

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KILN Continues to Innovate Innovation Services

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

. “The KILN System has been used by large companies with established early-stage innovation processes since KILN launched at the Front-End-of-Innovation EMEA conference in Berlin in early 2011,” said Gregg Fraley, co-founder and Chief Solver of Kiln Ideas Ltd. 1 888 553 1002. +44 44 20 3318 5728 (in the UK).

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Bitesize Friday: NowForce, Cotendo, United Parents, Zerto and Entrepreneur Resources

VC Cafe

Facebook today announced partnerships with SupersonicAds from the United Kingdom and Deal United from Germany to let European users buy magazine subscriptions, online movie rentals, and more to earn Facebook’s virtual currency. It quickly gets expensive and complex to manage.” [ All Things D ].