Features
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Georgia’s Global Gateway Staged to Grow in 2015
January 08, 2015
Curtis Foltz, Executive Director, Georgia Ports Authority, looks forward to another year of record growth in 2015, which is slated to ring in with the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project and a continued focus on efficiency.
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How Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Differs at Big and Small Businesses
January 06, 2015
Many people are aware that big companies are much more likely than small businesses to offer employer-sponsored health insurance to their employees. The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), an annual effort to query nearly 40,000 establishments, conducted by the Federal Government’s Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shows that only 34.8 percent of private sector establishments with fewer than 50 employees provi
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CEO of Navicent Health Named The Telegraph’s 2014 Person of the Year
January 05, 2015
Dr. Ninfa M. Saunders, President and CEO of Navicent Health, has been named the “2014 Person of the Year” by The Telegraph, central Georgia’s daily newspaper.
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M&R Marketing Group: Five Resolutions for Your Business in 2015
December 19, 2014
As you plan for 2015, M&R Marketing Group's Matthew Michael shares five resolutions that can add value to your company and help prepare you for a successful year.
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Small Business Loans Bounce Back in November
December 18, 2014
Big bank lending to small businesses rebounded in November and resumed a positive trend that has lasted much of the year. This latest data from Biz2Credit’s Small Business Lending Index should be good news to any small business owner seeking more capital to expand or diversify their operations.
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Columbus-Based Piper App Developers Connecting Communities with iBeacon Technology
December 17, 2014
Piper CEO Robert Hanczor and COO Wesley Ker-Fox discuss living in the moment with iBeacon technology and how a single app has the capability to connect and engage entire communities.
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Eisenhower Corridor Part of Community Improvement District
December 16, 2014
Hull Storey Gibson Companies is a full service retail real estate firm, and they’ve set their sites on improving the Eisenhower Parkway between I-75 west and I-475 as an area that needs attention in Georgia.
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Tis the Season for Strategic Giving
December 15, 2014
With the holidays just around the corner many are focused on giving back, especially in Atlanta, the fourth most charitable large metro in the United States. Forty-three percent of wealthy donors said that they make more charitable contributions during the holiday season compared to the rest of the year, according to the recent Bank of America Study on High Net Worth Philanthropy.
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HeritageBank to Merge with Mississippi-Based Renasant Corporation
December 11, 2014
Renasant Corporation and Heritage Financial Group, Inc. jointly announced today the signing of a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Renasant Corporation will acquire, in an all-stock merger, Heritage Financial Group, Inc., a bank holding company headquartered in Albany, Georgia, and the parent of HeritageBank of the South, aGeorgia savings bank.
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Pete Tosh: Your Company Has More Than One Culture
December 10, 2014
Organizations devote considerable resources to developing business plans. But alone those plans are of little value; they require employees who want to execute them. Far more plans fail due to lack of execution than due to a poor plan. Emotionally engaged employees are a pre-requisite to the execution of any business strategy.
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Knight Foundation Helps Build a Stronger Macon
December 09, 2014
Macon has all the ingredients to attract and retain college-educated talent – a reasonable cost of living, in-town neighborhoods, an historic downtown and proximity to a gateway airport in Atlanta.
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Regions Bank Georgia President: Going Beyond the Brick and Mortar Branch
December 08, 2014
Now that the U.S. has traversed the recession and planted its feet on the banks of a new economic era, the banking industry is strengthening. Leaders within the banking industry are mobilizing to reinvigorate commercial enterprises that make the economy hum. Bill Linginfelter, Area President of Regions Bank for Georgia and South Carolina, says, “We try to take a lot of the financial management tasks off their plates so they can spend more time developing their business or making more products or innovating.”
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Georgia Chamber Task Force Focused on Growing Film, Digital Industries
December 05, 2014
The Georgia Chamber’s Creative and Digital Industries Initiative shared a number of recommendations for updates to the state’s existing entertainment tax credits with the Georgia House Study Committee on Georgia-Based Film and Post Production during its meeting Thursday at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
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Report Offers Lessons in Community Revitalization, Highlights Transformation in Macon
December 03, 2014
A new report provides lessons on building successful cities, highlighting the experiences of the once-blighted College Hill neighborhood in Macon, Ga. An initiative of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation the report, “The Magic of College Hill” outlines the factors that contributed to the renewed vibrancy of the area that connects Mercer University with downtown.
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Who Do You Tip at the Holidays (and How Much)?
December 02, 2014
Tipping service providers during the holidays is a great way to show your appreciation for services throughout the year. Who do you tip at the holidays? And how much do you tip them? What is an appropriate gift or tip for that courier who always delivers your packages, or your hairdresser, or your landscaper?
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BCBS Georgia President Morgan Kendrick: Blue Cross Blue Shield Starts New Healthcare Discussion
December 01, 2014
As the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continues to unfold, insurance providers and businesses, particularly small to medium sized businesses, continue to adjust. Making decisions that best serve both the bottom line and employees requires knowledge and flexibility. Morgan Kendrick, President, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia (BCBSGa), acknowledges that the ACA is a response to health care costs that had risen to an untenable level.
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Columbus-Based Piper App Developers Connecting Communities with iBeacon Technology
November 20, 2014
Piper CEO Robert Hanczor and COO Wesley Ker-Fox discuss living in the moment with iBeacon technology and how a single app has the capability to connect and engage entire communities.
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Facebook at Work Could Rival LinkedIn, Google Drive
November 20, 2014
Unless you’re updating the company page, using Facebook at work is frowned upon generally. But a new report suggests that Facebook is planning to invade the workplace with the intent of getting actual work done, not frittering away your day. The purported Facebook at Work would seek to challenge competition in the social media and cloud collaboration markets.
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Meyer Samet: Five Steps to Profit Improvement After a Period of Economic Decline
November 17, 2014
Samet Consulting has been helping a wide variety of businesses improve profits since 1989. For the owner operator let’s investigate the following five areas for significant profit improvement.
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M&R Marketing Group: Our Story & Our Purpose
November 14, 2014
Matthew Michael from M&R Marketing tells the story of their business.
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Gulfstream Shines in Georgia, A Conversation with Their CEO Larry Flynn
November 12, 2014
Recently, Georgia CEO tried to catch Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation CEO, Larry Flynn, on the fly while he was busily preparing for the National Business Aviation Association Convention and Exhibit in Orlando, Florida. Mr. Flynn provides the very latest updates about the show and many other current initiatives at Gulfstream for our readers in the following interview.
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Day & Ennis, LLC Helps Baby Boomers Create a Path to Retirement
November 10, 2014
Many baby-boomers who have worked hard throughout their careers to build a business are now asking with some urgency how to best plan the next phase of their life.
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Michael Chalmers on Emerging Trends Transforming Talent Recruitment & Retention
November 07, 2014
Awakened to a new economic landscape, American business has shifted from a recession mindset to one of growth and opportunity. In this new reality, the value of the workforce to turn opportunities into success, drive innovation and fuel market expansion has become abundantly clear, say Spherion Staffing of Middle Georgia's Michael Chalmers.
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Zaxby’s CEO McLeroy Drums Up Decades of Growth
November 06, 2014
As a youngster, Zaxby’s CEO, Zach McLeroy, dreamed of playing the drums as a rock star, or playing basketball as an all-star, but never could he have imagined becoming a superstar in the chicken business. In the relatively short span of a little over two decades, McLeroy and his grade school buddy and co-founder, Tony Townley, have taken their original Zaxby’s location in Statesboro, Georgia and replicated it more than 640 times—far exceeding their original long-term objective of 10 stores.
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Davidson Collins Gives Small Business Owners the Freedom to Grow
November 04, 2014
For years, major corporations have used private networks and expensive IT hardware and software to centralize their accounting and finance functions in order to lower costs and improve efficiencies. Now thanks to advances in telecommunications and IT technology, Davidson Collins, a finance and accounting outsourcing firm, can provide the benefits of centralization to small business owners.