BrightStar in the News
Austin American Statesman
May 3, 2009
Nursing’s broad scope offers an array of professional paths...Read More
Spartanburg Herald Journal
April 11, 2009
BrightStar Healthcare Offers In-home Services to County's Elderly...Read More
Atlanta Hospital News
April 1, 2009
Hiring Supplemental Healthcare Staff – Written by Shelly Sun...Read More
SmartMoney
April 1, 2009
Jon McIntosh leaves corporate job in the nick of time to open a BrightStar Franchise...Read More
Chattanooga Times Free Press
March 29, 2009
BrightStar Healthcare opens in Chattanooga...Read More
Wheaton Leader
March 19, 2009
Wheaton couple strikes out on their own...Read More
Roseville Press Tribune
February 25, 2009
BrightStar Healthcare comes to Roseville...Read More
Gwinnett Herald
January 30, 2009
BrightStar provides healthcare...Read More
Gwinnett Daily Post
January 24, 2009
Around the house: Home healthcare provider opens locations in Gwinnett Read More
Business Journal
January 23, 2009
Longtime banker finds good fit with health franchise Read More
USA Today
January 9, 2009
What do franchisees really want? Franchisor support, frequent communication, ongoing collaboration – oh yes, healthy profits. Read More
Fox Business News
December 15, 2008
BrightStar Healthcare CEO Shelly Sun discusses the impact on the healthcare industry of the economy and a new presidential administration.
Orange County Business Journal
December 15, 2008
BrightStar is a "Healthy Franchise"... Read More
Healthline
November 20, 2008
BrightStar Healthcare expands caregiving network to Fort Collins, CO. Read More
Baltimore Examiner
November 19, 2008
New health care franchise provides in-home senior care Read More
San Diego Metropolitan
November 14, 2008
Gene Lin of BrightStar Healthcare in San Diego receives award at conference Read More
White Bear Press
November 5, 2008
Former executive starts in-home care Read More
Grand Rapids Press
November 2, 2008
On their own, but not alone...Read More
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
November 1, 2008
In-home care firm expands to Duluth, GA. Read More
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
October 26, 2008
BrightStar Healthcare opens in Lubbock, TX. Read More
OC Metro
October 17, 2008
Newest BrightStar opened in Lake Forest Read More
Deseret News
September 14, 2008
Helping the caregivers: Company provides stopgap care for children and the elderly Read More
Indianapolis Recorder
August 22, 2008
BrightStar Healthcare’s easy transition to home health care Read More
Naperville Sun
August 11, 2008
Lidia Kolarikova: Franchise owner Read More
Naperville Sun
August 6, 2008
BrightStar Healthcare opens in Naperville, IL. Read More
Advance for Nurses
July 21, 2008
Entrepreneurial endeavor: Combining two passions results in a new career Read More
Entrepreneur
July 2008
Franchise Success "How We Did It"...Read More
Brandon News Tribune
June 4, 2008
BrightStar Healthcare opens second franchise location in Tampa, FL. Read More
Crain's Cleveland Business
May 12, 2008
New star in town: BrightStar Healthcare has opened an office in Beachwood, OH. Read More
The Wall Street Journal
March 17, 2008
Taking Care of Business
Why in-home health care is one of the hottest concepts in franchising today...Read More
The Gazette
March 15, 2008
Home is where the demand is: they’re no doctors, but these locals operate successfully in health care Read More
Southern Arizona Healthcare
February 28, 2008
Emerging Trends in Nursing...Read More
Franchise Times
February 2008
Personality...Read More
San Diego Business Journal
February 2008
National Health Care Staffing Agency to Open
Local Franchise... Read More
Entrepreneur 29th Annual
Franchise 500
January 2008
by Carol Tice
Super Sleuthing...Read More
Business Ledger
December 24, 2007
BrightStar opens in Oak Brook, IL. Read More
Suburban Life
December 23, 2007
by Patti Murphy
At-home provider 'brightstar' on healthcare horizon...Read More
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 19, 2007
Staffing agency plans to expand here...Read More
Novi News
November 1, 2007
by Tracy Mishler
A shiny 'BrightStar' comes to Novi Read More
Entrepreneur
November 2007
Fastest-Growing Women-Led Companies. Read More
Franchising News
October 9, 2007
Wells Fargo and The National Association of Women Business Owners recognize.... Read More
Rossmoor News
October 3, 2007
New BrightStar Healthcare provides compassionate care...Read More
Deseret Morning News
September 2007
BrightStar Healthcare is expanding... Read More
Small Business Resources
August 15, 2007
by Aliza Pilar Sherman
Building a Franchise Read More
The Upstate Business Journal
August 9, 2007
by Devanie Angel
"Health Care Franchises Prove Popular, Profitable"
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(Crain's)- Have you hugged your CEO today?
July 5, 2007
(Crain’s)- A word of caution to prospective BrightStar Healthcare franchisees: Those who find the thought of hugging the CEO disagreeable need not apply.
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Island Packet
May 1, 2007
BrightStar Healthcare opens Bluffton location Read More
Beaufort Gazette
May 1, 2007
BrightStar Healthcare opens Bluffton location Read More
The Post-Crescent - Health care workers in growing demand
February 25, 2007
By Judy Waggoner
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The Tampa Tribune -
Expansion
February 12, 2007
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Oshkosh Northwestern
Caregiving network expands
February 11, 2007
By Krista B. Ledbetter
BRIGHTSTAR: Care for all ages Read More
The Post-Crescent - Home care staffing franchise opens
February 11, 2007
By Judy Waggoner
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Tucson - Business Edge
February 2007
Expanding services to Tucson
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The Business New
December 18, 2006
BrightStar Healthcare expands to Appleton, WI. Read More
Orange County Business Journal
December 11-17, 2006
Staffing Agency Eyes OC Read More
Arizona Daily Star
November 23, 2006
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Arkansas Business
November 13, 2006
Mike Scott brings BrightStar to Little Rock, AR. Read More
Denver Post
November 9, 2006
Health care staffing agency opens office Read More
The Capital Times - Helping Hands: BrightStar offers in-home health care services
October 13, 2006
By Jeff Richgels
When JD Sun's grandmother fell ill with cancer in late 2001, he and his fiance struggled to find health care that would allow her to remain in her home.
"There were a lot of companies who could come and sit with her and make her a meal," said Shelly Sun. "But she was getting to the point where she couldn't bathe herself or get up on her own so she really needed hands-on care. And she was taking pain medication by injection so we needed a nurse to administer those. We had to hire three different agencies." Read More
Complete Woman - Self-Made Millionaires
October 1, 2006
By Tracey Porpora
SHELLY SUN
35, founder and president of BrightStar Healthcare in Chicago, Gurnee and McHenry, IL.
Founded in October 2002, BrightStar Healthcare provides medical and non-medical homecare to private clients as well as
supplemental healthcare staff to corporate clients such as hospitals and nursing homes. Today, BrightStar, which now has over 100 employees, generates over $2 million a year. Shelly says she hopes to have 400 BrightStar Healthcare franchises open across the country by 2010. Read More
Crain's Chicagobusiness.com - It's good to be (franchise) queen
September 11, 2006
Wanted: sales skills and respect for elders
By Dee Gill
How do you take a young, community-based company and turn it into a nationwide franchise? Shelly Sun, 36, founder of Chicago-based BrightStar Healthcare, has a plan. Read More
Atlanta INtown
www.atlantaintownpaper.com
Voume 12 • Number 8 ©2006
August 2006
Chicago-based BrightStar Healthcare will open four locations throughout Georgia by the end of 2006, targeting Atlanta, Marietta and Savannah. BrightStar is a full-service agency that specializes in providing both medical and non-medical staff for private duty homecare and healthcare for corporate clients. Read More
The Story Buckhead - BrightStar Healthcare expands Georgia network
News, views and issues that affect you and your community, neighborhood and home
August 3, 2006
Volume V, Number 18
Chicago-based BrightStar Healthcare recently announced it would open four locations throughout Georgia by the end of 2006, targeting Atlanta, Marietta and Savannah for expansion.
“The healthcare industry in Georgia is rapidly growing,” said Shelly Sun, founder and president of BrightStar Healthcare. “BrightStar is at the forefront of the movement, setting industry standards as a growing national franchise that is providing every level of care for aging adults, as well as anyone else in need of assistance.” Read More
Savannah Morning News - BrightStar Healthcare expanding to Savannah
June 28, 2006
Chicago-based BrightStar Healthcare recently announced it will open four locations throughout Georgia by the end of 2006, targeting Savannah, Atlanta and Marietta for expansion. Read More
The News & Observer - Healthcare staffing company coming to N.C.
June 22, 2006
A Chicago-based healthcare staffing agency plans to open six new locations in North Carolina by year's end. Read More
i-Parenting - Moms Today the Community for Moms and Moms-to-Be
May 24, 2006
By Sue Marquette Poremba
If you are a woman, at some point in your life, you will be a caregiver. Care giving happens throughout life, both in expected and unexpected places. Read More
Ashville Citizen-Times - Health care staffing firm targets North Carolina
May 2, 2006
Asheville – Responding to the growing need for personal care, Chicago-based BrightStar Healthcare has recently announced it will open six locations throughout North Carolina by the end of 2006, targeting Asheville, Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro and Winston-Salem. Read More
Spartanburg Herald Journal - Staffing agency plans to expand into S. Carolina
April 19, 2006
By Susan Orr
A Chicago-based healthcare staffing agency is expanding into 10 new states, and Spartanburg is one of its target markets.
The company is called BrightStar Healthcare, and it provides both medical and non-medical staffing for home health, hospital and nursing home settings. Read More
Chicago Tribune - Mentors can help steer past pitfalls
April 2006
By Ann Meyer
Special to the Tribune
Chicago - Entrepreneur Shelly Sun would rather learn from someone else's mistakes than make her own on the path to expansion.
That's why she was quick to sign up for a mentoring program for women entrepreneurs offered at the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center. "I was able to triple my business because of what they were able to help me do," said Sun, who recently completed the Athena PowerLink mentoring program. Read More
Springfield Business Journal - BrightStar plans expansion to Springfield
March 27, 2006
By Jessica Lindsey
Chicago-based BrightStar Healthcare hopes to open its first Springfield franchise before the end of the summer, providing home-care services to individuals, and staffing services to care facilities.
BrightStar provides medical and nonmedical short- or long-term assistance so the aging population can remain at home rather than move to a nursing home or assisted-living facility. Read More
Minorities and Women in Business - Women Who Make A Difference
February/March 2006
SHELLY SUN
Shelly Sun is founder, president and chief executive officer of BrightStar Healthcare and BrightStar Franchising. The company is a fullservice healthcare staffing agency that provides the medical and non-medical care to corporate and private clients. Read More
Chicago-based BrightStar Healthcare Expands Caregiving Network to McHenry County
February 2006
Chicago - BrightStar Healthcare, a Chicago-based, full-service healthcare staffing agency, announces the expansion of its caregiving network with the opening of the company's newest corporate location, located at 365 Millennium Drive, Suite C in Crystal Lake, Ill. Responding to the population's growing need for personal care, BrightStar of McHenry County joins three existing locations in the region, serving Chicago, Gurnee, and the North Cook County areas. Read More
Chicago-Based BrightStar Healthcare Expands Caregiving Network to McHenry County
January 20, 2006
New location ‘Just what the doctor ordered” for local residents
CHICAGO - BrightStar Healthcare, a Chicago-based, full-service healthcare staffing agency, announces the expansion of its caregiving network with the opening of the company’s newest corporate location, located at 365 Millennium Drive, Suite C in Crystal Lake, Ill. Responding to the population’s growing need for personal care, BrightStar of McHenry County joins three existing locations in the region, serving Chicago, Gurnee, and the North Cook County areas. Read More
FranchiseGator.com - BrightStar Healthcare Announces Caregiving Franchise Network Expansion
January 20,2006
Chicago - According to a new federal report,* U.S. health care spending increased to nearly $1.9 trillion in 2004, consuming 16 percent of the nation's economic output and emphasizing the importance of high-quality care for Americans in need. Responding to the population's growing need for personal care, Chicago-based BrightStar Healthcare is embarking on its first large-scale growth initiative since launching the franchise opportunity in August 2005. Read More
Chicago Tribune - Optimism depends on type of work
January 16, 2006
By Joyce M. Rosenberg
Associated Press
It's a mistake to try to pin a label like "optimistic" or "pessimistic" on small-business owners as a whole. But those who are feeling upbeat about business in 2006 are likely to be in industries on the rise or in a market niche that ensures their companies will have solid growth. Read More