Exponential Growth, International Demand Send Columbus Entrepreneur to the UGA SBDC
“We had a brainstorming session with the SBDC export consultant, Dimitris Kloussiadis, after Mark introduced us. With container costs high, we decided to license our equipment to be built in Australia. We manufacture the control boxes and cameras here and ship them overseas,” says Pinkston.
Foreign Receivables Insurance: A Tool to Grow Your Business
If you have a business that sells product or service internationally, or if you are considering selling your product or service to foreign buyers, you may want to consider using receivables insurance as a way to grow your business and mitigate risks commonly associated with international sales. If you are selling internationally, the least risky […]
Front Desk Employees
During our Medical Practice Profit Drivers class we ask participants what area of the practice they think is the most critical to driving profits: clinical, front desk or billing? The question always generates lively debate with an almost equal split among people forcefully arguing for one of the three departments. When the front desk faction […]
Sound Business Practices Move Georgia Peach Retailer from Stands to Stores
Travelers driving north and south on Interstate 95 will pass 24 billboards inviting them to stop and purchase mouth-watering products like “Fresh Georgia Peaches — Exit 58” and “Georgia Peach Ice Cream” at Georgia Peach World and the Eulonia Country Store in Townsend. The young entrepreneur behind the bold, simple marketing campaign, Jason Reott, is […]
The Answers Are Different This Week
“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower For many of us, allocating time to plan becomes a significant challenge of priorities. Do we work on the urgent or the important today? Frequently, this becomes the question of the day. In most cases, if […]
The Most Important Cost You Never Consider
John is a web designer. He owns a small web design company and carefully considers the cost of labor, especially outsourced jobs, when he bids on a new website project. Sometimes, to save money, he’ll do most (if not all) of the work himself, especially on smaller jobs. He makes a profit most of the […]
Versatile Mold and Design
Strategic Planning Expands Markets for Rutledge Mold and Tooling Manufacturer Inventiveness and responsiveness have long been trademarks of the Heusser family business, Versatile Mold and Design. But like many small businesses, this Rutledge mold and tooling manufacturer’s management – led by siblings Bob, Tim, Frank and Suzanne Brown – was so busy working in the […]
It’s Not The What, But The Why
The age of the infomercial seems to be at a close. Current trends are showing consumers are looking for authenticity and vulnerability from the business with which they shop. This need or desire for authenticity or “realism” is evident with the vast amount of reality television shows such as The Bachelor, Real Housewives of Beverly […]