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Georgia’s Largest Small Business Lender Welcomes New CEO
Martina Edwards Leads ACE into its 25th year of growth. With nearly 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, Edwards is focused on continuing ACE’s legacy of providing affordable loans to under-resourced business owners.
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Client Spotlight: Cakes Designer Boutique & Academy
A Love for Baking. Guadalupe Quaranta, is an immigrant from Venezuela. She founded and owns Cakes Designer Boutique & Academy. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Guadalupe has been based in Atlanta for over nine years and has 22 years of experience in the baking industry. Although passionate about her work, her true passion is teaching. In…
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Wassia Kamon Brings 15 Years Experience as ACE Chief Financial Officer
ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs announced today that Wassia Kamon, CPA, CMA, MBA of Fulton County, GA has been named Chief Financial Officer. Kamon will oversee the finance, accounting, and compliance departments for ACE. As a member of the management team, she will have primary day-to-day responsibility for planning, implementing, managing and controlling…
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ACE Recognized as One of Atlanta’s Best Places to Work
ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs is honored to be recognized as one of the top 15 “Best Places to Work” for 2024 in the Small Company category by Atlanta Business Chronicle. ACE team members were able to attend the Chronicle’s Healthiest Employers + Best Places to Work Awards ceremony on Thursday, August 29th,…
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ACE Announces Honorees for 2024 Annual Awards Fundraiser and Dinner
Pictured L-R: Dr. Valentine Nzengung, James Daniel, Nicolas Jaramillo Angel, Chris Weaver, Fern Pegus ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Inc. is pleased to announce the honorees for its 2024 Annual Awards Fundraiser taking place on Sept. 19 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Savanna Hall at Zoo Atlanta. This special evening will…
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Client Spotlight: Tracey Reed, LLC (dba Moosh)
Visions Twined. Co-Founders Julie Tracy and Roya Reed envisioned a store embedded in a community. Julie, the daughter of Korean immigrants who came to the US in the early 80s, grew up in a non-English speaking working-class family. From a young age, she balanced the roles of child and adult, translating legal documents and bills…
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ACE’s Signature Annual Speed Coaching Event Brings Together Entrepreneurs and Business Coaches
ACE’s 9th Annual Speed Coaching event held August 22nd in Atlanta was the perfect demonstration of the impact of Capital + Coaching + Connections. Over 50 Georgia entrepreneurs met with financial and business experts from the Atlanta area who volunteered as coaches to offer their experience and insights to the small-business owners looking for guidance.…
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MacKenzie Scott Gives $10 Million to Georgia Nonprofit ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs
Surprise gift provides unrestricted funds to support Georgia’s small businesses A $10 million gift from billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott to ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs will have a dramatic impact on the nonprofit’s work to fuel the growth of Georgia businesses around the state, said Grace Fricks, ACE founder and CEO. The unrestricted…
