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<span id="docs-internal-guid-8d931d39-8dff-700f-0f67-01ca09050968"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; ">&nbsp;<img src="/Uploads/3utp3_QFb8YjMS8e7z1tOuKHYyiY_qm5UplUZXf3H1s.jpg" width="610" height="410" alt="" /></p><div>Mary Yeager recently joined the Palm Beach Vapors team as the first franchisee to open in Maryland. Prior to joining the e-cigarette brand, Yeager served in the U.S. Army for more than 20 years and as a defense contractor. </div><p dir="ltr" style="1.38;0pt;0pt;">"I have never owned a retail business, and I wasn't sure I had the knowledge base to open an independent shop," Yeager told <a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=entrepreneur-magazine-business-lessons-from-a-vape-grandma-2082" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="none;">Entrepreneur Magazine</a>. "The franchise system gave me an opportunity to open my own business but have the backing of a system that would make me successful." </p><p dir="ltr" style="1.38;0pt;0pt;">Yeager contacted numerous vape franchisors but found that Palm Beach Vapors provided the most support and offered the strongest business model. </p><p dir="ltr" style="1.38;0pt;0pt;">"[With other franchisors] there was no comprehensive start-up support like with Palm Beach Vapors, yet they somehow cost more in franchise fees and offered the support that I needed," Yeager told Entrepreneur Magazine.</p><p dir="ltr">After opening her Palm Beach Vapors location, Yeager has plans to open a second store within the next six months.</p><p dir="ltr" style="1.38;0pt;0pt;">Click <a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/248146?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=entrepreneur-magazine-business-lessons-from-a-vape-grandma-2082" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a> to read the original story.</p><div></div></span>

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Palm Beach Vapors new franchisee Mary Yeager is opening her first franchise in Maryland.

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