Strategic Planning Tools for Sustainable Success | April 10th |
“If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail.” It’s no wonder why many small businesses still struggle to grow, considering these statistics: 95% of a typical workforce doesn’t understand its organization’s strategy 90% of organizations fail to execute their strategies successfully 86% of executive teams spend less than one hour per […]
2018 – Starting a Business – March
Join us on Thursday, March 29, 2018 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for this course so you are ready to “Start Your Own Business.” Classes held in the UGA SBDC Augusta Classroom Enterprise Mill Building 1450 Greene St., Suite 3500 Augusta, GA 30901 Never owned a business? Want to begin with knowledge and insight? […]
Improved Financials Position Savannah BBQ Owner for Rapid Growth
Bryan Furman was a laser operator at the JCB manufacturing plant in Pooler, GA when he decided to start a small BBQ business on the side. “I have a passion for cooking and felt like there was no good BBQ where we stayed. And I wanted to be able to leave something for our kids.” He tried to open a small place in Savannah in 2012, […]
GrowSmart® Brings The Business Long View To An Atlanta Production Company
Wendy Eley Jackson possesses the creative credentials eagerly sought by film and television production companies. She developed her artistry while working at TriStar, Sony and TBS. After a while in the industry, though, 60-hour weeks and a desire for a balanced lifestyle led her to form her own company, Golden Street Entertainment, in 1999. She had […]
New Management Practices Promise A Bright Future For Established Middle Georgia Business
Small, start-up businesses are not the only type of company that can learn from experts at the University of Georgia’s Small Business Development Center. Associated Paper is a case in point. A successful family-owned distributor of industrial packaging, shipping, janitorial and sanitary maintenance supplies, Associated Paper serves more than 3,000 clients in middle Georgia, South […]
New Processes Recharge Profits For Cornelia Business
A&A Electric has supported the needs of Cornelia and the town’s surrounding counties since Herschel and Runette Ansley opened it in 1969. When Hershel retired in 1991, the next generation of Ansleys stepped in, running the multi-pronged business while their mom continued as comptroller. Greg Ansley took over as general manager of A&A Electric’s HVAC […]
Starting a Business Workshop in Ellijay
Covers important tools and resources a business owners needs to establish a solid foundation during its early formative years.
Grass-Fed Beef Producer Revives Old Business Model and Creates New Jobs
Will Harris’s day starts much like his father’s and his grandfather’s and his great-grandfather’s did: with his boots planted firmly in the same fresh-smelling, fertile soil of his ancestral farm in Early County, Georgia. Like a cherished family tradition, the natural cattle-raising method Harris follows at White Oak Pastures resembles that practiced a hundred years […]
