Making the Dream a Reality
If you’re a college football fan, you can’t deny the success of Coach Kirby Smart in just year two of his tenure at Georgia. Not many people would think to look to Kirby for inspiration, but football coaches and small business owners have a lot in common. Both professions require leadership, dedication, commitment and a […]
Hispanic Entrepreneur Series
Este programa de formación empresarial proporciona a sus participantes las herramientas necesarias para actualizar sus conocimientos administrativos, fortalecer sus capacidades gerenciales, mejorar la toma de decisiones estratégicas y aumentar sus relaciones comerciales implementando estrategias de mercado.
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 […]
Should a Small Business Have a Strategic Plan in Today’s Ever-Changing Environment?
Many small businesses do not have a strategic plan. This may be because 1) they do not really know what it is or how to do one; 2) they believe strategic plans are for big business; or 3) it simply has not been a priority in the face of dealing with day to day, ‘more […]
The Answers are Different This Week…
Dwight D. Eisenhower said, “In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” 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, […]
SBDC, Wells Fargo Partnership Near 10-Year Anniversary
For almost 10 years, SBDC StartSmart™, an eight-week small business education program, has been a staple for new and emerging entrepreneurs who want to learn to plan, market and manage their businesses. Wells Fargo has been the statewide sponsor of the program since 2007, and with their financial support, many small business owners and prospective […]
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 […]
