June 4, 2026

The executive director of Augusta’s microenterprise center can not only teach—he can do. By day, he helps budding entrepreneurs and small business owners. Sometimes, at night, he shows off his pitching skills. Shaun Andrews has led Accelerate Augusta since it opened in October 2025. The center, a partnership between Augusta Technical College and the Downtown Development Authority, is at 600 Broad Street. Andrews told ABD that a May 28 pitch competition sponsored by the SCORE Charlotte office was particularly timely. “On Friday (May 29), we had our networking event, which