Full Knowledge of Funding Options Helps Launch New Macon Brewpub
“I found out that Josh and the SBDC were resources small businesses could use, for free. I thought, ‘Wow, here’s a guy who’s like an extension of my staff. Why wouldn’t I go to him?’ We got to talking, and he told me about the financing, market analysis and other help he could provide.”
Financial Projections Lead to Expanded Concept for Brunswick Business
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Shared passions sent Brunswick organic farmer and chef Matthew Raiford and food alchemist Jovan Sage to Torino, Italy, for a Slow Food International event in 2012. Sage was directing a national nonprofit that advocates food and farm work, and Raiford was a delegate for the organization, representing African American farmers in the Southeast. Not long […]
Digital Entrepreneur Sharpens Own Business Practices By Teaching
Garrett Massey’s web development start-up, Eyesore Inc., is in its fourth office since its 2007 launch, a historic Coca-Cola bottling facility in downtown Griffin. With nine full-time staff and annual sales shaping up to 50 percent growth for 2015, the company would seem to consume all of his time and energy. It does not. Massey […]
Careful Planning Gives Award-Winning Savannah Dessert Bar Owners Room to Expand
From their beginning, Janine Finn and Rebecca Radovich had the right ingredients for a successful dessert enterprise, mixing Finn’s solid business experience with Radovich’s creative food and catering expertise. Starting small with an online cake business in 2006, the business partners quickly decided to sell their confections out of a storefront in downtown Savannah. “We […]
The Right Tools and Structure Make Growth Possible for Atlanta Translation Business
See how the #UGA #SBDC helped this #smallbiz grow their sales by 30%. “When nobody else wanted to help me out, they were there.”
New Model Adds Greater Value to Celebrated South Georgia Winery
“The Cowarts were already successfully producing a value-added product in the winery. You could see the potential for adding another business,” says Finney. “We put together all the pieces that showed how the distillery would work and how they would use more of their wine in the product.”
Detailed Business Plan Presents Calhoun Printing Company in New Light for SBA Lender
Mike Aldridge went into commercial printing in the Atlanta area just a year out of high school. After a career in the industry, he began to think about running his own business his way with a focus on printing for the rug trade. “I had a desire to go into it further,” he says. However, […]
Strong Financials Realize Vision for Clarkston Educational Center Owner
Alex Cesar knew from an early age that she’d run a school. Inspired by her grandmother, a principal, Alex would sometimes join her in the classroom. She eventually taught special education in the public schools, but felt stuck in the system. “I always had a vision of running a child-care center that would emphasize learning, […]