BrightStar in the News
Rockville Gazette
November 6, 2009
Executive Snapshot - Barnett Lloyd Read More
Trib Local Business
October 15, 2009
Healthcare Staffing Agency Receives Pioneer Award Read More
The Pocono Record
October 11, 2009
Snydersville Office Brings Health Care Home Read More
The Providence Journal
October 10, 2009
BrightStar Hiring Healthcare Workes Read More
The Times
October 10, 2009
Man Starts BrightStar After Two Decades in Corporate World Read More
San Jose Mercury News
October 10, 2009
A Career Change Read More
The Providence Journal
October 10, 2009
BrightStar Comes to East Providence, RI Read More
Taking The Right Road
October 1, 2009
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BrightStar Offer Care in Eden Prairie, MN
September 3, 2009
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Franchising Frenzy
July 20, 2009
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There Are Almost Endless Opportunities in Nursing
July 2009
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Prior Lake American
May 16, 2009
Weathering the Storm Read More
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
Entrepreneur
July 2008
Franchise Success "How We Did It"...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
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
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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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
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
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