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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