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October 12, 2022
Darin Myers

Free Access: Three basic cybersecurity needs for your business

Darin Myers is the local facilitator of The Alternative Board (TAB), a peer-to-peer advisory board designed to help company leaders maximize their opportunities and work through challenges. Darin recently retired after a 30-year career in the nuclear industry as the leader of Plant Vogtle I and II. He has proven success in strategic planning and alignment, employee development, organizational performance improvement, accountability, and coaching. Recently, he started a family business in Augusta focused on home health care, providing him the knowledge and experience surrounding small- to medium-sized business operators. Here’s

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Consumer Stories

Business Lunch Review: Groucho’s Deli

Editor’s Note: Wes Hennings never met a meal he walked away from and is an opinionated eater! Each Thursday he shares the results of a business lunch he’s had with a colleague as a way to advise our business community on the good, bad, and tasty across the CSRA. He doesn’t let ABD or the restaurant know where he is going and his opinions are his own. He grades the restaurants he visits on a 1-5 scale with “5” being outstanding. We call this our “Real Business Lunch Review”. Food

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Office Support

Free Access: Tracy Conlon helps businesses navigate the sea of health insurance plans

Health insurance is not easy to navigate for most businesses. Tracy Conlon of TLC Health Insurance, tells Amy Richardson of Richardson Professional Solutions about the array of services she provides for businesses, including everything from those aging out of traditional health insurance to those aging into insurance when they come off their parents’ plans.

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Expo Preview

Free Access: Expo Preview: Life lessons help Kurt Mueller understand client’s needs

The quote, “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care,” has been attributed to many people over the years, from President Theodore Roosevelt to successful author and business coach, John Maxwell. It could easily describe Kurt Mueller. The designations he’s earned for financial planning show he knows his business and he’s had a lifetime of lessons that have shaped how he cares. Early on, Mueller lived abroad. His dad was in the Peace Corps in American Samoa and later served as president of a

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Consumer Stories

Smoke signals: Cigar lounge opens in downtown Augusta

James Lee enjoys smoking cigars and meeting people, so he launched a business in downtown Augusta that allows him to do both at the same time. Lee owns Augusta Cigar Club, 722 Broad St., the former home of Ice Lounge & Restaurant. Large crowds visited the business during its soft opening on Friday, Sept. 16, thanks to the 2022 Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival. “We didn’t sell much, but we did some good community work,” he said. “That was a cool weekend.” Lee, a U.S. Air Force veteran,

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B2B Stories

Local veteran to give away bottles of his barbecue sauce this weekend

After retiring from the U.S. Army, Lt. Col. Mark Douglass developed his own line of barbecue sauces, and he plans to give away more than $10,000 worth of it this weekend. Douglass is the founder and owner of Warrior’s Choice, a company that creates and sells sauces in a variety of military-themed flavors, including Defender, Spartan Heat, and Patriot’s Pride. He will give free bottles to the first 1,080 people who attend Papa Joe’s Banjo-B-Que Music Festival, which will be held tomorrow and Saturday at the Columbia County Fairgrounds in

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