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August 20, 2026
B2B Stories

Cultivating the next generation of entrepreneurs

Metro Augusta businesses are being invited to join a local nonprofit organization for a workshop targeting a unique type of student. Cura Community Outreach, Inc. is preparing to launch The Power of YEP (Youth Entrepreneurship Program). While organizations offer workshops and boot camps to introduce students to opportunities in cyber and technology, YEP wants to reach the students who want to create the next wave of businesses. “We can educate and train our youth to become entrepreneurs, and the biggest reason I’m focusing on that is to be able to

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Dana Lynn McIntyre August 20, 2026 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Corporation of the Year Donates $1 Million

Augusta business leaders and philanthropists Allan and Ursula Soto have committed $1 million to support the Kisner Foundation & Friends Pediatric Development, Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Wellstar Golisano Children’s Hospital of Georgia. The Soto’s founded Vinea Capital, the Augusta-based private investment firm. Vinea is the 2025 Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce Corporation of the Year. Vinea’s portfolio includes ABLE Kids, which provides ABA, speech, and occupational therapy services to young children with autism across Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina, helping expand access to developmental and behavioral healthcare for

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Neil Gordon August 20, 2026 No Comments
B2B Stories

Lessons Learned in CSRA from decisions in Michigan

Publisher’s Note: There is a cautionary tale at the University of Michigan that can be useful if you have children attending AU, Augusta Tech, USC Aiken, or many other colleges and universities in the region. It’d be easy to snipe at them for their hiring and firing of football coach Sherrone Moore, due to his indiscretions with an assistant. That, however, was a “one-off.” No, there is a deeper issue affecting students that Dr. Rick Franza tackles today involving grades and their future prospects. UM took a step backward last

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Dr. Rick Franza, Professor, AU Hull College of Business August 20, 2026 No Comments