September 27, 2023

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Expo Preview: Pollock

Company: Pollock Contact:  Matt Dyches Phone: 706-733-0537 Website: Pollock Company Address: 1711 Central Avenue, Augusta, GA In 1965, E.B. Pollock launched an office equipment business in the heart of Augusta. “Typewriters and adding machines and all those things, and then into copiers, printers, and other print devices,” said Matt Dyches, the company’s Director of IT Services. In 2020, just months before the COVID-19 pandemic changed the world forever, company leadership decided it was time to diversify. “How does the company continue to be successful and evolve with the times, if

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B2B Stories

The “H” word is back at the James Brown Arena

Hockey was on the agenda of the September 26 meeting of the Augusta-Richmond County Coliseum Authority. Members of the authority heard a report on the feasibility of bringing hockey back to the Garden City, prepared by David Stone of Stone Planning, LLC. Stone said since a local team would likely be affiliated with the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL), his team looked at the 29 teams currently in that league. Eight of the teams were eliminated because they are in large cities that have other professional sports teams such as

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B2B Podcasting

And the unemployment hits just keep on coming

There is a reason for the up-and-down numbers in the labor market in the CSRA. Not that it helps digest the employment news even on a part time basis. Mike Petchenik has more in today’s edition of Biz Bits.

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Darin Myers

Coach Darin: 5 ways to better lead your business

One of the most important and effective drivers of business leadership success is intentionality. For a business owner, intentionality refers to having a clear purpose, a well-defined plan, and a comprehensive infrastructure in place for not just running the organization, but also creating a prosperous business and a thriving company culture. Many business owners conflate the concepts of running their businesses and leading their businesses. But the two are actually different – albeit interdependent – goals that require very different efforts. Knowing how to run a business is certainly crucial,

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Consumer Stories

The Writers Win: What Happens Next?

The major news broke late Sunday night and the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers’ respective negotiating committees shook hands. The news came after 146 days of picketing, negotiating attempts, and heaps of frustration. Along the way, truTV’s Adam Conover somehow became the Twitter spokesman for unfolding developments. At 12:00 AM on Wednesday, the strike was over. Streaming services and studios met the demands of the guild, increasing healthcare benefits, salaries, royalties, and protections from Artificial Intelligence (AI). Essentially, everything that the writers

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