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Free Access: Faith Friday: Criticism is contagious

Growing up with three siblings who were remarkably close in age, I found myself too often succumbing to criticism from my sisters and brother. We grew up with tons of interaction and time together. My self-constructed air of superiority was visible because, at one point, my mom called me on it. She pulled me aside, looked me in the eyes, and said “Remember, you’re not Father Superior.” I wasn’t really surprised being ‘called out” in this way because internally, I knew I didn’t always focus on my family’s best attributes.

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Steve Swanson January 19, 2023 No Comments
B2B Stories

Georgia one of the best states to start a new business in 2023

With almost weekly announcements of a new business coming to the state, it’s no surprise that Georgia is consistently ranked as one of the best states for business. WalletHub, a personal finance website, recently ranked Georgia as the sixth-best state to start a business in 2023. WalletHub ranked states in various categories and Georgia ranked in the top 10 in three of them – eighth in growth in number of small businesses, and 10th in cost of living and the average length of work week. The biggest drawback for the

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Gary Kauffman January 18, 2023 No Comments
Education

Augusta Prep to break ground on W. Rodger Giles Institute for Inquiry

Augusta Prep will hold an official groundbreaking ceremony for its state-of-the-art W. Rodger Giles Institute for Inquiry at 4 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 24. The $11 million W. Rodger Giles Institute for Inquiry, scheduled to open in 2024, will be one of a kind in the Augusta area. The institute is being constructed as a unique future-facing sciences and engineering building that prepares students for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which is being driven by high-speed Internet, cloud technology, artificial intelligence, automation, 3D printing, and big data analytics, along with the workplaces

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Staff Report January 18, 2023 No Comments
Darin Myers

Free Access: Coach Darin: Firing up the sales team the right way!

Yesterday, Dr. Rick Franza had a timely column about the Bulldog mentality and Coach Kirby Smart’s strategy to guide UGA to back-to-back National Championships. That same camaraderie and enthusiasm can build winning business teams. Whether your company is in the first quarter or the fourth quarter, Coach Darin Myers takes the concept a step further with some x’s and o’s for building a winning sales team. Value sales team behaviors over results. Of course, you want salespeople to successfully complete sales, but other behaviors are almost equally important, pursuing quality

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Darin Myers January 18, 2023 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Augusta butcher shop expands to Columbia County

Jack Deese has wanted to expand his business to Columbia County for years, but he finally has the opportunity. Deese, the owner of The New York Butcher Shoppe located at 465 Highland Ave. in Surrey Center, is about to open a new location at 4446 Washington Road, Unit 18 across the street from the Evans Walmart. The store will be between Charro’s restaurant and American Family Insurance in the Shoppes at Camelot. He’s not quite sure when the store will be ready to open, but he’s currently shooting for February

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Josh Heath January 18, 2023 1 Comment
Consumer Stories

Business Lunch Review: The Purple Hull

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 the 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”.

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Wes Hennings January 18, 2023 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Build-for-rent communities offer new opportunities for investors

The number of people wanting to rent homes is growing, yet real estate investors hoping to cash in on that trend are finding a tight market for homes available to turn into rental properties. But Auben real estate agent, Phuong Nguyen says there is a solution – Build-for-Rent homes. He and Auben are currently working on several such developments in the CSRA. The Build-for-Rent (BFR) homes are typically single-family houses or townhomes clustered in a community setting, often with yards and garages. “It’s the same concept as an apartment complex

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Gary Kauffman January 18, 2023 No Comments
B2B Stories

Female business leaders discuss working with people from other cultures

Kimberly Barker believes in taking risks and thinking outside the box. Barker, Director of Marketing for Hull Barrett Attorneys in Augusta, attended this month’s Women in Business Program hosted by the Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce yesterday. For this event, the Chamber partnered with the U.S.-Japan Council for Regional Women in Leadership to present a panel discussion called “Womenomics Across Cultures.” “We get so caught up in our own routine, we lose sight of the fact that there’s a big world out there,” she said. Nozomi Morgan, CEO of Michiki

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Josh Heath January 17, 2023 No Comments
Lessons Learned

Free Access: Lessons Learned: Bulldog Mentality: What Business Can Learn from UGA Football

Regular readers of my columns, whether here in the Augusta Business Daily or other venues, know that I am no fan of the University of Georgia football team. I have a couple of pretty good reasons. First, I spent nearly seven years on the Georgia Tech (What’s the good word?) campus, as an Air Force ROTC instructor and then as a doctoral student. During that time, I learned much about the “Clean Old-Fashioned Hate” that characterizes the rivalry between the two schools. Second, the Bulldogs helped spoil my senior year

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Dr. Richard Franza January 17, 2023 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Local Hospital offers hefty nurse sign-on bonuses

As ABD has previously reported, there is a nursing shortage in the CSRA and across the country which was amplified by the pandemic. Also in today’s economic update, Simon Medcalfe reports that Augusta has seen a drop in employment levels for health services which remain below pre-pandemic levels. Across the river, Aiken Regional Medical Centers is being proactive in reversing that trend by offering a sign-on bonus of up to $25,000 for qualified nurses. They have scheduled job fairs throughout 2023 focusing on positions in nursing and support services. The

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Mitzi Oxford January 17, 2023 No Comments
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