GrowSmart
Whether you’ve been in business for twenty years or two years, SBDC GrowSmart™ can align your vision for your business with the steps to get you there. Create a framework to improve the performance of...
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To Grow or Not to Grow…
Starting a business is a tough challenge, but there is a tougher one – growing that business successfully. In the company’s beginning, you are doing most of the work, you make the decisions, and you...
View ArticleFocus on Your Strengths and Grow
As small business owners continue to tighten their belts, minimize discretionary spending, and watch as friends and family lose their businesses, their jobs, their homes and suffer personal challenges...
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Medical Practice Profit Drivers – DeKalb
Who says you can’t be productive during lunch? Join the UGA SBDC-DeKalb for a profit driving lunch and discussion on Medical Practice Profit Drivers. September Atlanta 1st Floor Training Room, DeKalb...
View ArticleFour Factors to Consider When Expanding your Business
There will come a time when you will saturate the market and have to consider growing your business by entering a new location. While there are many factors to consider, current relationships could...
View ArticleAdding Employees in the Medical Field
Owners of growing medical practices often ask if they can afford to hire a new provider or bring their medical billing in-house. We have developed tools to determine the cost of adding medical...
View Article4th Annual Women’s Business Expo in Athens, Nov. 20th
Learn . . . Connect . . . Grow . . . Succeed at the UGA SBDC in Athens 4th Annual Women’s Business Expo. A regional favorite is back! Join us on Friday, November 20th at the UGA Special Collections...
View ArticleThe 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,...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleLessons From a Small Business Owner
There is certainly no shortage of business advice out there, and I read just about everything I come across. But sometimes it leaves me scratching my head and wondering who exactly is the person giving...
View ArticleFront 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...
View ArticleForeign 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...
View ArticleExponential Growth, International Demand Send Columbus Entrepreneur to the...
“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....
View ArticleUnderstanding Gross Margin
Ignoring your financial statement is like ignoring the health of your business. Startups and new business owners often overlook understanding gross margin. This can have a direct impact on your ability...
View Article13 Ways to Make Your Own Luck
Do you wait for good things to happen to you--or do you go out and make them happen? Here's what you need to do to enjoy more business success.
View Article2016 GrowSMART in Athens, July 28-Sept. 1
Strategic planning for businesses who want to grow.
View ArticleTimes Are Tough-Scrutinize Every Input Choice
Seems like most everybody who retails ag inputs is offering products that they profess will boost yields, even make ‘em skyrocket. Only problem is, claims often aren’t backed up with unbiased data to...
View ArticlePassion for Pets Pays Off
Crook acquired the loan and opened her business. About five years later, she approached McDonell for help obtaining a $1 million SBA 504 loan, which she used to purchase land and build the first...
View ArticleComprehensive Business Coach Leads Online Machinery Sales Strat-Up to Growth
“You’d be crazy not to take advantage of something like the SBDC. What an awesome thing,” he says. “Paying for a business consultant is very expensive. John is extremely knowledgeable. I think of him...
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