After spending years working as a writer, Kim Bayne was ready for a career change.  While writing for several food blogs, she developed an interest in food trucks.  Bayne didn’t have a cooking background, but didn’t let that deter her venture.  She opened Griddler on the Roof, a food truck business serving traditional Jewish dishes
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School sports are one of the most popular activities for kids, and parents like to do their part to facilitate their child’s interest.  No matter the sport, parents are often required to purchase equipment, which can be expensive.  Dave Palisi (owner of Capital Sporting Goods in Concord, New Hampshire) was mindful of this and devised
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  Julie Chin use to travel a long distance from her quiet San Francisco, California, neighborhood to a Home Depot for basic hardware supplies.  Chin, like many of her neighbors felt inconvenienced by the commute, and she knew a solution to this problem was opening a neighborhood hardware store.  After visiting several spaces and talking
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Jason Hillier is breathing a sigh of relief.  After starting his plumbing business five years ago during the economic downturn and experiencing a decline in business, Advance Plumbing Systems  is steadily growing and in the process of expansion.    In the past few months, Hillier launched the company’s first website and had the name painted on
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  North Fork Chocolate Company proprietors Ann Corley and Steve Amaral took a guilty pleasure and turned it into an overnight success.  After selling their hand-crafted chocolate gourmet desserts online, the tandem built such a large following of customers that they are planning to open a store. The store is slated to open in February
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Shopping at a grocery store can feel mundane when consumers feel like there is little variety on store shelves beyond frozen and processed foods.  But new business owner Jeff Plummer is breaking away from the conventional grocery store mold with the opening of City Green Market, a vegan grocery store that sells vegetarian, vegan, and
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Erin Hill developed a talent for sewing while watching and practicing with her mother.  Hill sharpened her skills sewing clothes for family and friends, and word quickly spread about her work that she developed clients and converted her basement into a sewing/design studio.  With a paucity of space, Hill found a place and opened her
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Taking a leap of faith leaving your home country for a better opportunity and greener pastures in the United States requires not only sound planning, but tremendous courage and resolve. Luca and Monica Cecconi embodied these qualities when they left their home country of Italy last fall and opened a restaurant together called At Tiramisu
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First there was food. Then there were restaurants. Then Henry Ford invented the Model-T. Then trucks starting moving around merchandise. Then an enterprising entrepreneur decided to bring food to customers inside one of those trucks and so began the path to food truck growth.  Creative and awesome Today, the food truck industry is a $804
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