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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. Perhaps Wahlberg’s most famous venture is the Wahlburgers franchise he and his brothers founded in 2011. and international locations, the company saw 156% total sales growth in 2022 versus 2021. Founded in 1972, Popeyes boasts more than 2,700 restaurants in the U.S.

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

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Or what about an elegant restaurant that has a dress code prohibiting shorts? Instead of turning someone away, a restaurant staffer escorts him to a private closet that has “loaner pants.” A couple of hours later, the happy patron pays his $200 tab; he will return to the restaurant nine times the next year.

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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. He bought Google stock on the first offering, when the company was valued at $100 million. The quote from a company was something like $40,000.

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Session 4 - Wednesday, Sept 28, 2011

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For lunch, we’d left the gorgeous Pavilion Ballroom; taking an easy, short walk to Tbones restaurant for a great buffet. The restaurant features tall sweeping glass “flames” that reach up to the tall ceiling at its entrance. The restaurant features tall sweeping glass “flames” that reach up to the tall ceiling at its entrance.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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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%. With a passion for “building the green, clean, knowledge-rich future,” she founded her company, Ethical Markets Media LLC , in 2004, when she was 72. “I

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Experts Weigh in on 17 Investments for a Rich Life

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I always tell business people to think of themselves as Batman, the fearless leader representing their company, and a smart web solution as Robin, the trusty sidekick who has your back and is working for you when you’re in the field.” — Lorrie Thomas, CEO of Web Marketing Therapy and author of The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course: Online Marketing.

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All work and some play: the rise of the ‘Bleisure’ travellers

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There’s also something particularly poignant about sitting down to a table set for one in an unfamiliar restaurant amid the sound of strange accents and clinking glasses. Before Steve was self-employed his company recognised that frequent business travel was not an easy lifestyle,’ said Deborah.

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