Get to Know Your Customers

Posted by Macy Thomas
On April 20, 2022

In a world where face-to-face consumer interactions are declining, it is more important than ever to get to know your customers virtually. Taking the time to learn about your customers through social media analytics, customer profiles and surveys will improve your business marketing efforts and strengthen customer retention – enabling you to better meet […]

Posted by Macy Thomas
On April 13, 2022

The University of Georgia Small Business Development Center recognized 2021 award winners and sponsors during their annual conference on April 12, 2022. “The recipients of these awards excel in their work with the business community, program development, and representation of the UGA SBDC program. We’re grateful for their contributions to our organization and are […]

What Banks Look for When Deciding on a Business Loan

Posted by Macy Thomas
On August 2, 2021

I spend a lot of time here at the SBDC working with clients on financial issues for their businesses. A lot of the time, it involves applying for a business loan. Folks often don’t have a good understanding of what a bank will be looking for when making a lending decision. The basic idea […]

Do you have enough capital to start your business?

Posted by Macy Thomas
On March 18, 2021

One of the things we talk about as a significant failure factor for new businesses is being under-capitalized when they start. Undercapitalizing is simply a fancy finance term for underestimating how much money it will really take to (1) get the business started and (2) to cover initial losses while sales ramp up before […]

A Successful Startup Amid a Pandemic

Posted by Macy Thomas
On November 15, 2020

When Atlas Medical Services opened in December 2019, they had no idea a worldwide pandemic would strike a few months later. Atlas Medical Services is a medical transport company, but their services also include providing educational classes, hydration services and home fall prevention inspections for their customers. “I first heard about [the UGA […]

Performance Trucking in Lawrenceville, GA

Posted by Macy Thomas
On October 28, 2020

Working Behind the Scenes to Keep Shelves Stocked There’s a reason your favorite grocery store remained stocked during the pandemic – logistics companies like Performance Trucking, Inc. worked around the clock to deliver food and essential products to supermarket chains across the United States. Performance Trucking, headquartered in Lawrenceville, GA, utilized its current […]

Burt’s Pumpkin Farm in Dawsonville, GA

Posted by Macy Thomas
On October 27, 2020

North Georgia farm has success with strawberries and pumpkins despite pandemic, thanks to UGA Johnny and Kathy Burt’s first year farming strawberries was nearly a disaster. COVID -19 hit just two weeks before the berries ripened and their first spring strawberry festival was to begin. “That wasn’t possible. We were on pins and […]

DIESELGRID in Forest Park, GA

Posted by Macy Thomas
On October 21, 2020

Deep Market Knowledge and Operational Flexibility Lead Freight Carrier Through the Pandemic Justin Hughes left trucking and moved into real estate in 2007, just before the Great Recession. Two years later, back into trucking, he founded the freight carrier DIESELGRID in Forest Park, and grew. He contacted the University of Georgia Small Business […]

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