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These Top 10 Celebrity Franchise Owners Are Winning Outside the Limelight, Too

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The rapper owns nearly 30 Wingstop restaurants. Drew Brees The former NFL quarterback scored a touchdown in retirement with his investment in multiple franchises. Perhaps Wahlberg’s most famous venture is the Wahlburgers franchise he and his brothers founded in 2011. With over 700 U.S.

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Shaq Insists He’s Not a Celebrity

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He was on the set of Inside the NBA, where he’s been an analyst since 2011, the year he retired from his playing career. When he eats at restaurants, he leaves famously humongous tips. . * * *. A few years ago, Shaq shared his idea for how to save gas with a national TV audience. In a few years, the company was bankrupt.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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Other reasons included “not [being] ready to retire” and the loss of their previous job. According to Guidant, the highest number of women-owned small businesses were in retail (18%), followed by “food and restaurant” at 12% and “health, beauty and fitness services” at 10%. Women of all ages are launching businesses.

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PWC's 2040 Industry Cluster Forecast

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  Lafayette, CA, a small San Francisco suburb has created a restaurant cluster called  Restaurant Row.  .  While the PWC analysis focuses on 5 big industries, clusters can be large or small.  This prevents automated programs from posting comments. Having trouble reading this image?

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Street Food Gets Real

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  A good idea for any business, Hartman uses the example of Skillet (see their Airstream mobile restaurant on the right), who got the idea for their popular "bacon jam" from a customer.   They listen to their customers.  Bacon jam sounds disgusting to me.  Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.

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Yahoo CEO on Local Content

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Bartz: They want to see more local content – things within a five to 10 mile radius that people want to know what's going on, like coupons and restaurants. .  From the WSJ article: WSJ: What kinds of content do Yahoo users want to see more of? That is part of how we operate now online. Having trouble reading this image?

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Urban Farming Continues to Expand

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  Restaurants and others use it to source local food; local farmers use it sell product.  The fees are quite reasonable - full service packages start at $695 per season. While on the topic of urban farming, I want to mention Local Dirt.    It is an eBay-like website where you can find, buy and sell local food. 

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