You’ve always dreamed of owning your own business, but becoming an entrepreneur is a huge undertaking! These helpful articles from the U.S. Small Business Administration can help you figure out whether and how to start your own business.

Is Entrepreneurship for You?
This SBA article discusses both the benefits and pitfalls of becoming your own boss, and it paints a realistic picture of what it’s like to be an entrepreneur. Read the list of character traits necessary to become a successful entrepreneur, like independence, risk taking and creativity, to determine whether or not you would make a good business owner.

20 Questions Before Starting
These 20 questions will help you decide if you have all of the necessary tools to get your new enterprise up and running. On topics ranging from market research and customer service to sales, pricing, and financing strategies, this list of questions can help you think about the realities of running a business.

10 Steps to Starting a Business
A great deal of planning goes into starting a successful business, and the Small Business Association offers these 10 important steps to take to get your new company off the ground. Including everything from choosing a location to writing a business plan, these informative steps will help you become more prepared.

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Tucked away in a strip mall, Four Kings is a popular Universal City lunch spot serving artisanal sandwiches, made-from-scratch soups, salads that make use of local produce, and an array of tempting desserts.

Sandwiches are said to be the real star of the show here, served on freshly baked bread and piled high with quality ingredients. There are around six sandwich varieties to choose from at any given time, but regulars will likely recommend you order the roasted turkey sandwich. This crowd-pleaser pairs savory sliced turkey with the crunch of fresh spinach and the unexpected bite of chipotle mayo. Those looking for something a little out of the ordinary are advised to request the banh mi, a traditional Vietnamese sandwich that offsets bites of marinated pork with fiery jalapeno peppers. Whatever you do, be sure to save room for something sweet. Four Kings's brownies, blondies, cookies, and bread pudding are sinfully good.

Four Kings is open 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. While you'll find a handful of tables for dining in, most of Four King's regular patrons choose to get their order to-go.

Four Kings
2047 Universal City Boulevard
Universal City, TX 78148
(210) 687-6649
www.letseat.at/fourkings
www.yelp.com/biz/four-kings-universal-city

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Popcorn is a tasty snack to make while having a movie night at home, and its noisy popping sounds make it especially fun for the little ones. By now you’re probably used to the popping noise of popcorn, but have you ever wondered how this happens? What is it that makes popcorn pop, while corn on the cob simply cooks?

On the inside, popcorn kernels are filled with oil, water, and starch, and the outside is covered with a protective shell. Heating popcorn—say, in the microwave—causes the liquids inside to expand into steam. Because the hard outer coating leaves nowhere for the steam to go, it simply gets hotter and hotter inside of the kernel until it eventually reaches 365 degrees, which is hot enough to burst through the shell! The action of the starch and oil expanding so quickly and with so much heat transforms the mixture into the familiar foam-like puff that we eat as popcorn.

The next time you make a bag of popcorn at home, examine the kernels and think of the science behind your favorite movie snack!

What Makes Popcorn Pop? [Popcorn.org]
Why Does Popcorn Pop? [Tell Me Why Facts]
Why Does Popcorn Pop? [Mental Floss]
How Popcorn Pops [About.com]

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