SBDC Employees Love Working with Small Businesses – And It Shows!
Perhaps this employee summed it up best: “We serve the public in a very real way that is very satisfying and makes you feel good about what you are doing. The employees here strive to make our contribution to society a very real experience and offer the best we can be…”
2016 Credit Myths and Realities UGA SBDC at GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
The Program The SBDC at Georgia State University is presenting this three-hour seminar designed to inform the small business owner about the myths and realites associated with pursuing financing for their business. Seeking a loan or investment for your small business can seem daunting- especially given the amount of incorrect or misleading information often […]
6 Bad Habits You Must Break to Succeed
Many of the young entrepreneurs I meet through my work as a writer, investor and entrepreneur aren’t reaching their full potential. What’s more, they have no idea why. They have great ideas for their startups and financial backing to make it a reality. But no matter how hard they try, they keep coming up short. Is this […]
Deepak Chopra’s 7 Tips for Business Success
We asked the world-renowned spiritual guru for advice on how to make your business dreams come true. When I talked with Deepak Chopra, he was in a car en route to his meditation center in Carlsbad, Calif. The spiritual guru was on the freeway at the time and a train rolled by above him on […]
How This Founder Uses His Competitiveness to Succeed in Business
Matt Ehrlichman, CEO and co-founder of Porch, a home-services platform connecting homeowners to home improvement resources, is clearly a competitive man. When he was in elementary school he wanted to be a professional athlete, a pro-basketball player, and the competitive attitude that often comes from sports has certainly transferred into business with him. He likes to […]
The Entrepreneur with 1000 Faces: A Formula for Success
The entrepreneurial process can be mapped according to the same story formula that Hollywood uses in our favorite epic films. The formula comes from a model called the Hero’s Journey, which was developed by writer, professor, and mythologist Joseph Campbell. In his book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, he analyzed thousands of stories, myths, […]
Is My Product Exportable?
In reference to the futility of trying to close a business deal, you may have heard the expression “This is like trying to sell sand to the Middle East.” Well as a matter of fact, the U.S. does sell sand to the Middle East. Almost any product is in demand beyond the borders of the […]
2016 Hiring to Win
Join UGA SBDC in Rome on August 9, 2016 and learn if you’ve hired a Wolf in Sheep’s clothing or Superman in disguise.