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Northeast Georgia News
Car Detailing Company Wins Student Entrepreneur Competition
Detail Dawgs won $10,000 on Feb. 22 in the 2024 UGA Venture Prize Competition. The judges awarded second place to Sisterhood of the Traveling 20s, and Ox Sox, a second-time competitor, took third place. Around 60 students and supporters attended the event hosted by the UGA Entrepreneurship Program at Studio 225.…
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Athens-Clarke County
Cookies During COVID-19: How One Athens Baker Adapted During the Pandemic
Baylee Marsh Thornton started her baking business, Baylee Bakes, by accident. A few candid and lighthearted posts on her “finsta” soon led Thornton to a new lifestyle — waking up at 4 a.m. to finish frosting cookies and teaching decorating classes to hundreds of people. Thornton, who received the University…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens Resident Turns Hobby into a Career
[flickr_set id=”72157708337252794″] Although working with kids makes Lindsey Warren “come alive,” the Athens resident says she recently made the tough decision to give up her teaching career to pursue life as a hobbyist. So over the last three years, she has created hand stamped jewelry in her home studio and…
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1 Million Cups Offers Entrepreneurs Experience
The phrase “a million cups of coffee” is based on the idea that entrepreneurs network to identify problems and solutions over mass quantities of coffee. 1 Million Cups is now in more than 160 communities across the country. Athens Area Chamber of Commerce hold meetings for the Athens branch. Young…
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Athens-Clarke County
Marketing as an Entrepreneur: Before and After Social Media
By Kelly Miller There are 2.46 billion active users on social media. Of those 2.46 billion, 40 percent follow their favorite brands on social media, according to the Global Web Index, a technology company providing audience-profiling data to marketers. Since the rapid rise of social media, beginning around 2010, business…
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Athens-Clarke County
Chili Cook-Off Helps Support Local Entrepreneurs
Tech companies are competing in a different market Friday, October 21. It’s the chili market. Four Athens is hosting the Classic City Chili Cook-Off at Bar South to help local entrepreneurs grow and advance their businesses. Tamara Neff, the Community Outreach Manager at Four Athens, says the organization will help…
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In-Depth
UGA Students Gain Business Experience Through Couture a la Cart
ATHENS — UGA students are getting the chance to learn hands on entrepreneurial skills by selling mostly student made goods from a converted golf cart.