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Picture it: An aspiring franchisee sits in an audience, listening to a franchise CEO speak. Now, a question: How old are those people?A generation ago, the answer would have been easy: The aspiring franchisee is a late-career corporate professional looking for a change, as is the audience, and the CEO is a near-retirement leader who’s spent a lifetime in franchising. That was the stereotype, anyway, and it often proved to be true.But by the time Katie Webb wanted to be a franchisee, things looked different. Four years ago, when she was in her early 30s, she attended a Stretch Zone…

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Marcus Lemonis came home feeling crummy.After eight years of hosting his hit TV show The Profit, in which he helped turn around struggling businesses, he’d just finished taping a show for HGTV called The Renovator — where he helped families with their home renovations. “I didn’t really like that,” Lemonis told his wife.Then he asked her: “Why didn’t I like that?” “Because people didn’t need you for that,” she replied. “They could renovate their own home, or they could get somebody else to do it. The world wants you to help them make more money, or fix their business, or…

Citizens lost more than Rs 22,845.73 crore to cyber criminals in 2024, a staggering increase of nearly 206 per cent from the previous year, Lok Sabha was informed Tuesday.Responding to a written question, Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar said that according to the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) and Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud.Reporting and Management System (CFCFRMS) operated by the ministry’s I4C, “total amount of losses incurred by citizens due to cyber frauds in the entire country” in 2024 was Rs 22,845.73 crore as compared to Rs 7,465.18 crore the previous year.Kumar said 36,37,288 incidents…

Joy Hoover is the founder of Esōes Cosmetics (pronounced S-O-S), a safety-focused beauty brand that blends tech and cosmetics to support women facing gender-based violence. After building early momentum and shipping products to all 50 states, tragedy struck. Her business came to a terrifying halt when a fire destroyed their offices. “We lost a hundred percent of our inventory,” Hoover said.She shared her story on an emotional episode of Entrepreneur Therapy hosted by Dr. Drew and Kim Perrel. Hoover explained that the fire didn’t just destroy all her products; it tested the very technology she built the company around. One…

Shares of food delivery and quick commerce firm Eternal, which owns the Zomato and Blinkit brands, on Tuesday jumped nearly 15% after its June quarter earnings announcement.The stock jumped 14.89% to Rs 311.60, a 52-week high, on the BSE. At the NSE, it surged 14.55% to hit the 52-week high of Rs 311.25.Shares of Eternal had jumped nearly 6% on Monday also.The stock emerged as the biggest gainer among the Sensex and Nifty firms during the morning trade.”Eternal once again surprised us positively on Blinkit. This time though, the surprise was more on management commentary than the reported numbers, as…

From Milky Mists’ IPO to edtech firms keen on expanding ties with US universities, YourStory brings you today’s headlines with the latest developments across sectors.Featured storiesEdtech firms keen to expand ties with US universitiesTwo months ago, Praneet Singh, a senior official of the Study Abroad programme of edtech firm upGrad, was at a conference organised by the National Association of Foreign Student Advisers in San Diego. He was among 8,000 educators from universities across the world when news broke out that US student visa appointments had been stalled until further notice. There were several questions on everyone’s mind: How will universities…

It’s a question so simple that it sounds like a riddle: If every country owes money, who exactly is getting paid? With the U.S. national debt topping $36 trillion, and global debt exceeding $300 trillion—more than three times the world’s GDP—you’d expect a clear answer. But the truth is far more complex, tangled in a web of circular lending, national savings, and institutional investing that underpins the entire modern economy.A debt-shaped worldDebt isn’t just a number on a spreadsheet—it’s the fuel of our global economy. Governments borrow to build roads, fund schools, support crises, and stimulate growth. What was once…

IndiQube Spaces Limited, a managed workplace solutions company, is set to expand the breadth and depth of its commercial real estate portfolio across India with the addition of 3 million sq.ft. of flexible workspace stock over the next three years. This growth will be funded through the proceeds from the company’s upcoming Initial Public Offering (IPO). With Rs 462.6 crore allocated from the fresh issue component of the IPO specifically towards capital expenditure for new centers, IndiQube’s total Area Under Management (AUM) is projected to reach 11.47 million sq.ft. by FY28.Bengaluru, India’s largest flexible workspace market with an estimated 29…

Milky Mist Dairy Food Ltd has for long been a household name in Tamil Nadu. Known for its neatly packed paneer and processed cheese, the company has carved a lucrative niche for itself in India’s fragmented dairy sector by focusing on value-added products—a marked difference from the milk cartons crowding grocery shelves.Now the company is preparing to go public.Erode-based Milky Mist has filed a draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) earlier to raise Rs 2,035 crore through an initial public offering. The deal includes a fresh issue of Rs 1,785 crore and an offer-for-sale by the promoter family worth ₹250 crore.…