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Cutting-edge Technology Helps Elberton Entrepreneur Carve Success in Stone
For 25 years, Samuel Prince of Zion Consulting has built a rock-solid reputation in the stone business. A geologist by education as well as a certified stone and marble inspector, Prince has imported granite blocks for resale for more than eight years and brokers...
Getting Schooled in the Savings of Sustainability
Academic Solutions, a tutoring and learning center in Marietta, occupies a residential house that has been converted into office and classroom space - a pleasant environment that does not feel "institutional" -- where students of all ages can learn study strategies...
The Market Garden
For Khiree Wanzu, a healthful, holistic approach to eating works as both a family tradition and a sensible business model. “My father ran a health-food store, so I grew up learning about herbs and nutrition,” says Wanzu, who opened The Market Garden in June. “I was a...
Gold City Growlers
Growlers, or large, reusable, specialty containers for "beer to go," have been quenching thirsts all over Atlanta, Athens, and other cities, but the trend had not found a vendor in the mountains until now. Gold City Growlers will hold a grand opening on Labor Day...
TServe Forklifts
Don’t just think outside the box – move that box to a better spot. TServe Inc provides businesses with new and used forklifts and other handling equipment as well as parts and training. “Forklifts are great logistic investments for a company, whether you’re just...
Hear from Carla Carson, small business owner and ACE client, who is a recent graduate of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses at Babson College Program
Luckily for Carla Carson, her active, on-the-go career in the fitness industry - along with her entrepreneurial vision - prepared her well for an elite "boot camp" in business building. From a pool of hundreds of high-achieving applicants from across the country,...
Southern & Sassy Designs
Ever since they met at church, Michelle Duran and Tosha Pratt have kept each other in stitches - they bonded immediately over fabric-oriented handicrafts. "We both are self-taught, and we would help each other," said Duran. "We had a dream for a long time of opening a...
Papa Joe’s
"We use a different kind of wood process, and a rub concocted from 17 herbs and spices," said Joe Parks, co-founder, with Christine Parks, of Papa Joe's BBQ Pit restaurant and catering business in Decatur. For six generations, the Parks family has been legendary for...
Shenanigans
Shenanigans lives up to its rollicking name, with creative food, quality libations, and a convivial atmosphere. However, owners Deb Rowe and Tommy and Andrea Lee take their hospitality mission seriously, and they work to extend it to their community in Dahlonega and...
Red Coat Services
Red Coat Services services as the state's only company specializing in bed bug detection and eradication, using insect-detection dogs and pesticide-free, "green" heat remediation. "Consumers and businesses alike do not have the real information when it comes to bed...