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  • ACE Honors entrepreneurs, supporters at Annual Awards and Holiday Luncheon

    ACE held its annual awards and holiday luncheon on December 4th in Magnolia Hall of Piedmont Park to honor business owners and supporters who have excelled in entrepreneurial leadership and environmental sustainability. The event was catered by ACE client, Happy Belly Food Truck, who demonstrated just how delicious success can taste. (Many guests went back for seconds and…

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  • ACE Borrower featured in Atlanta Magazine

      At Red Coat Services, pest control goes to the dogs. This innovative ACE client was featured in Atlanta Magazine. For more about Red Coat and to see the full article, please click here. Red Coat Services is also the past recipient of ACE’s Entrepreneur of The Year Award for Commercial Business in 2013.

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  • ACE hosts 1st WISE Speed Coaching Event

    (Atlanta, GA, November 11, 2014) Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE) took a page from the playbook of romantic matchmakers and held a “Speed Coaching” event for women entrepreneurs who are starting or growing a business- without the social awkwardness of a bad date afterward. The unusual conference, held November 5 at the Loudermilk Center…

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  • Upcoming Events for Small Business Owners and Aspiring Entrepreneurs

    ObamaCare for Business Owners SPANISH Instructor: Grace Williams, CPA Where: The University of Georgia SBDC, 2530 Sever Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30043 When: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Time: 6pm-8pm Price: FREE!   Impuestos Para Dueños de Negocios (Taxes for Business Owners) SPANISH Instructor: Armando Villa, CPA Where: SBDC DeKalb, 2296 Henderson Mill Road. Atlanta, GA 30345…

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  • Bear Cub Gifts

    As football season gears up this fall, get into the spirit with Game Day ruffles, garments, and other accessories at Bear Cub Gifts in Dahlonega. “We have gifts and specialty items for everyone, but we have an emphasis on women, newborns, and children,” says owner Gail Buckner. “Our University of Georgia items are one of…

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  • Growth of Creekside Animal Hospital

    As part of her work for a lab during her student days, Debbie Adams had to dance in front of emus to analyze their responses. “Gotta make a living,” she said with a laugh. Since then, her career has entailed more serious responsibilities. Calling herself a “results-oriented skeptic in business matters,” she handles the administrative…

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  • Dalton Distillers

    Dalton Distillers aims not only to produce a high-quality (and 111 proof) product made of locavore ingredients, but also to educate consumers about some misunderstood aspects of highlander heritage. “People tend to think of moonshiners as uneducated ‘rednecks,’ so to speak,’” says Chuck Butler, “but a distillery involves some complex principles of science, chemistry, and math.…

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  • Biggers & Callaham Co.

    Extraterrestrial aliens did not create the crop circles in the eight-acre North Georgia Corn Maze, but that does not make them any less spooky, especially for visitors who also take the hay ride to the haunted barn. “We’ve added a thrill ride to the barn this year – it simulates falling down a shaft!” said Heath…

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