Program Coordinator I (Carrollton)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Job Overview The University of Georgia Small Business Development Center seek a marketing, networking, and administrative professional with strong skills in organization, public speaking, event planning, digital marketing, and record keeping to serve the Carrollton area as a Program Coordinator I. Applicants must have basic business knowledge, familiarity with the Adobe Creative Suite, experience […]
CyberStrength-December 4th
Learn about the growing cyber threats and challenges that businesses face.
Our Impact
[vc_row type=”full_width_background” bg_image=”20504″ bg_position=”center center” parallax_bg=”true” overlay=”true” overlay_color=”rgba(10,10,10,0.44)” text_color=”light” top_padding=”-50px”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Our Impact in Georgia” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:100|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff|line_height:1″ google_fonts=”font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Enhancing the Economic Well-being of Georgians The University of Georgia Small Business Development Center (SBDC) provides tools, training and resources to help small businesses grow and succeed. With our designation as one of Georgia’s top providers of small […]
Major Growth for Mobile Glassblowing Studios
More than 130 Dragons—from Mini to Big—have flown out of Americus, Georgia, to fire up for artists all around the world. These mobile glassblowing furnace kits are manufactured and sold by Mobile Glassblowing Studios, an enterprise founded in 2015 by Charles “Chuck” Wells and Phil Vinson, artists and educators who met at Southwestern State University. […]
#CyberStrength – October 15, 2019
#CyberStrength will explore and challenge the business owner/IT professional to prepare and strengthen their cybersecurity plan.
SBDC Client Wins 2019 Entrepreneur of the Year
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On April 1, 2019 Mr. Will Harris, fourth-generation cattleman and owner of White Oak Pastures in Bluffton, Georgia was presented with the UGA Small Business Development Center’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The award is sponsored by Cadence Bank, N.A., and Senior Vice President Ruby Lalani along with UGA President Jere Morehead presented it to […]
Certification Leads to Larger Orders, Greater Growth for Macon Fabrication Shop
Stan Greene, owner of Greene Machine and Manufacturing, was ready to retire when he asked Larry Collins, who had worked with Greene since the late 1990s, if he would be interested in purchasing the business. Before making a decision, Larry and his wife, Gwen, attended a class for start-ups offered by the University of Georgia […]
Knowledge, Networking and Persistence Bring Disaster Relief to Mid-Georgia Manufacturer
MF&H Textiles is Taylor County’s largest single-point private employer with nearly 50 employees. Its 19-acre campus between Columbus and Macon was dead in the path of Hurricane Irma on September 11, 2017. Irma’s gale force winds damaged the roof surface of MF&H’s main production facility. “Irma ripped off 20 percent of the synthetic roofing membrane […]
