Passion for Pets Pays Off

Pawtropolis in Athens, GA

Crook acquired the loan and opened her business. About five years later, she approached McDonell for help obtaining a $1 million SBA 504 loan, which she used to purchase land and build the first Pawtropolis. Five years after that, with 25 employees and trainers, an award-winning business and a facility filled to capacity, Crook again turned to the SBDC. After attending the GrowSmart™ program, she asked McDonell to help her create projections for a $2.2 million loan she received and will use to build a second, larger facility on land she had purchased.

6 Ways to Spring Clean Your Small Business

6 Ways to Spring Clean Your Small Business

It’s exactly like regular spring cleaning except it involves way less elbow grease and a lot more professional evaluating. Okay, so it’s nothing like regular spring cleaning.

McDonough Business Consultant Benefits from Expert Georgia SBDC Consulting

Former Army executive Annette O’Banion spent several years consulting with top brass in the Pentagon on issues such as recruiting and retaining talent for the Army Reserve. Her expertise in strategic planning and implementation often had her partnering on projects outsourced to national defense consulting firms. Captain O’Banion, USA, Retired, now uses her experience to […]

2016 Accounting 101

When running a business, we sometimes don’t even want to think about accounting, but you really should.  Accounting for a small business doesn’t have to be hard, and you shouldn’t need to guess when it comes to where your money is going.  This Accounting class will look at the basics for understanding accounting, the financial […]

2016 OmniChannel Marketing Carrollton

“An omnichannel approach puts the customer, not corporate silos, at the center of the strategy.  It acknowledges that mobile and social have enabled customers to not only quickly switch between channels but actually use channels simultaneously.”  – Stacy Swartz, Rutgers Business School This new approach to marketing focuses on total customer emersion and experience.  It […]

UGA SBDC Acquires Access to Powerful Industry Data

The University of Georgia SBDC recently acquired access to data from the largest provider of industry information in the U.S. known as IBISWorld. With over 40 years of experience, IBISWorld has constructed economic, demographic, and government data into 700+ industry reports and profiles. Each report is updated at least annually so that the most current facts and figures are included. The UGA […]