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New wrinkles on how family businesses sabotage themselves

Businessweek
If you run a family business, you probably know research indicates family-owned businesses tend to have better long-term financial performance than their counterparts. What can you do to prevent self-sabotage and improve your company’s odds of successful succession? Learn More...

 

Forbes
When speaking to people in their forties and beyond, many tell me that if they could do their career over again, they’d have taken more risks, settled less and spoken up more often. Often we know what it is we want to do, but we still don’t do it. Why? Because we are innately risk averse and afraid of putting our vulnerability on the line. Learn More...

 

Seasonal businesses: How to thrive whether it's feast or famine

OPENForum
In a perfect world, customers walk through your business's doors at evenly spaced intervals, precisely timed to make the best use of employees and other resources. As any business owner knows, however, it doesn't work that way. If your company has a busy season, it has a slow season too. And chances are, you could be handling both much better. Learn More...

 

Social media tips for the service crowd

Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur's Team Digital experts provide answers to your common questions about building an online presence. In this week's column, Team Digital answers the question: Do you have different recommendations for service industries when determining what type of social media to use? Learn More...

 

ICA member raises more than $1,200 at Leukemia & Lymphoma event

On Saturday, June 15, 2013, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s ‘Team In Training’- Rocky Mountain Chapter was able to raise $1,246 at their car wash fundraiser held at the Kwik Car Wash on Lincoln Ave in Parker, CO. Learn More...

 

Curbside Food Drive receives large donation from unusual source

CTV News
The London Cares Curbside Food Drive has wrapped up for the season, collecting more than 63,000 pounds of food. The campaign ended with a major donation from an unlikely source. The Canadian Car Wash Association handed over a cheque for $8,350 from 27 London car washes, a first for both London and the association. Learn More...

 

Local business owners serving the community one car at a time

StateCollege.com
"Car washing has always kind of been my passion," says Tom Gravine, co-owner of three RedLine Speed Shine businesses in State College, PA. "I was always meticulous about my personal cars and my wife’s car. So, I said jokingly one night, ‘Well, we should open up a car wash.’" Learn More...

 

£6-£9 BP car wash for 50p

motoring.co.uk
BP is offering something back to customers, a car wash for just 50p. To take up this offer all you have to do is simply register on the BP website. Learn More...

 

Carol’s Car Wash is best

Daily Tribune
Carol’s Car Wash and Van Full Service believes in one tenet: the customer is always right. "If you treat the customers right, they’re going to keep coming," said Joseph Mays, the manager at the car wash in Hazel Park. Learn More...

 

Dog wash manufacturer integrates new technology

Evolution Dog Wash, North America’s largest manufacturer of self service dog wash systems has integrated technology from Hamilton Manufacturing Corporation into it’s new generation of the Evolution Dog Wash. Learn More...

 

Washworld ads new British Columbia distributor

Washworld, Inc. has recently added a new distributor in British Columbia. WashTech West, located in Port Alberni, BC, is owned by Kelly Horvath. Learn More...