Is an angel investor right for your business? When start-ups are too big for friends and family, but not big enough to attract venture capital, they turn to private investors called angels to take their companies to the next level. 1. What is Angel Investing? Angels are private investors who will give you startup money […]
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Ziggi’s Coffee Launches Major U.S. Franchise Initiative
Ziggi’s Coffee Launches Major Franchise Initiative To Tap Into A $19 Billion Opportunity Outside of a few places in Colorado, you won’t find a Ziggi’s Coffee outlet. . .yet. But in the coming months, watch out. It’s always exciting to see a new business go big, but Ziggi’s isn’t actually new—it’s the rare breed that […]
Low-Cost, Hi- Growth Opportunity in Education Sector
More than 60 years ago, a high school math teacher in Osaka Japan developed a nearly fool-proof technique for supercharging how kids learn math and reading. Now more than 4 million kids around the globe are learning the Kumon system while thousands of Kumon franchisees enjoy a fulfilling and profitable business. Overview Education today seems more […]
Five Easy Steps To Manage Your Credit
Manage and maintain the credit you’ve worked so hard to establish in five easy steps. Your credit score is a measure of your financial responsibility. It is a three-digit number, between 300 and 850, that is statistically derived from your payment history and credit report. The main portion of the credit report is made up […]
Immigrants’ Daughter Finds Her Bliss Booking Dream Vacations
Doing what you really love out of the comfort of your own home sounds too good to be true, but this daughter of immigrants, has created a thriving business doing just that! Aggie Batista was born and raised in New York City, but comes from a classic immigrant family. Her mother, a member of a […]
What Immigrant Entrepreneurs MUST Know about Microloans
Looking for funding for your startup or business? If you’re an immigrant microloans may be your best option. When Lorenzo Almanzar, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, started Future International Corp., his multi-service tax preparation business in the Bronx, N.Y., he turned to the Business Center for New Americans, a nonprofit organization that loans […]
Serving an Overlooked Demographic Pays Off for Iranian Immigrant
How an Iranian housewife came to the United States and discovered her destiny as a successful entrepreneur in the $65 Billion hair salon industry Overview Like many immigrants, Shahin Urias came to the United States from the Middle East to escape political turmoil and to be able to give her children a more secure life. Sponsored […]
Success Strategy: Why You Need An Advisory Board
Context Media’s Shradha Agarwal discusses why the startup assembled its own group of advisors. When Shradha Agarwal and her two co-founders launched Context Media in 2006, they were still undergraduates at Northwestern University. So it was clear to Agarwal, who had just moved from India to attend school in Chicago, and her colleagues, that they […]
Work Smarter, Not Longer: 4 Key Success Strategies for Food Franchises
America Bortin, CEO of America’s Taco Store, shares 4 key strategies on how she grew her small store into one of the fastest growing food franchises in the U.S. We recently spoke with America and Terry Bortin, founders of multi million dollar America’s Taco Shop franchise, who talked about growing their business and shared these […]
Immigrant Entrepreneur Grows Multi-Million Dollar Pizza Empire
Name: Dharmesh Patel, Country of Origin: India, Immigrated: 1987, Launched business: 2009, Jobs Created: 1200, Revenues: $50 million Great jobs won’t make you rich. You’ve got to find a way to build wealth by owning your own business and for DJ Patel, that meant teaming up with America’s fastest growing pizza franchise. Dharmesh “D.J.”Patel came to the United States from India in 1987 with […]