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Best of Rick Franza: Location, Location, Location

Editor’s note: Whether you are in real estate, manufacturing, or another business, you know that location has a major impact on success. In a Best Of business coaching article from Dr. Rick Franza, it’s a message that drives home the importance of location in the CSRA. The first time I moved to Georgia, it wasn’t entirely by choice. In early 1987, as a young Air Force Officer with a Master’s Degree, I was chosen for an assignment as an ROTC instructor at Georgia Tech. Although I grew up in the

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How to build a healthy workplace culture

A big part of building a successful business is leading from the ground up. An upcoming workshop is geared for developing a thriving workplace culture. An engaging and interactive workshop, “Foundations of a Healthy Workplace Culture,” led by expert speaker and Leadership Coach, Sarah Harris, is coming up on September 9. This 90-minute workshop will equip you with the tools and insights to: Align communication strategies, onboarding practices, and policies with the values of a thriving workplace. Assess your current culture through grounded, real-world examples. Implement meaningful changes that enhance the employee experience from day one.   Workshop Details:

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Look to MLB for Cues on How to Build Your Team and Business

The remainder of July is crucial for Major League Baseball (MLB) teams as two major events will help impact their future success. First, on July 13 and 14, MLB will hold its Annual Draft in nearby Atlanta during All-Star Week. During this draft, teams will have the opportunity to select high school and college players to sign with their organizations. Following the draft, the next big event is the July 31 trade deadline, which is the last date MLB allows teams to trade players who will be eligible to play

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2025 Predictions Update: Mid-Year Status

Today, July 2, we officially move into the second half of 2025. Therefore, I thought it would be a good time to perform a “mid-year check” of the predictions I made for the year in this space on December 18, 2024. As a reminder, the title of that column was “2025 Predictions:  Trump Policies Edition.” So, in the remainder of this column, I will evaluate each of my predictions based on the promises President Trump made prior to returning to the White House by giving myself a “midterm grade,” a

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Large entrepreneurship summit set for Augusta

Augusta has been selected to host a summit conference this fall to talk entrepreneurship, accelerators, and incubators. The Startup Champions Network is bringing the Fall 2025 Ecosystem Builder Summit to the Garden City, Nov. 5-7. “Startup Champions Network is one of the largest organizations made up of entrepreneur support organizations in our country,” explained Eric Parker, co-founder with Grace Belangia of theClubhou.se and Make Startups, Inc. based in the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center “We will have 150 to 200 people convening in Augusta, Ga. to learn about our

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Hull to host new competition

Future business leaders will have a new level of competition this fall when the Hull College of Business hosts its first contest for two high school organizations devoted to business, FBLA and DECA. Dean Thompson says the platform will provide an opportunity to hone their business skills.

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Time for Social Security reform…avoid the iceberg!

Last Wednesday (June 18), the Social Security Trustees released their annual report on the financial status of the program. The 2025 report projects that Social Security will become insolvent in 2033. Such insolvency means that the Social Security trust funds will not have enough money to pay promised benefits in full and on time. If this insolvency is not addressed, in 2033, retirees will face an automatic 23% benefit cut under the law. The problem will continue to get worse as more and more baby boomers like me continue to

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Hull to host student business competition

Two high school organizations devoted to business, FBLA and DECA, may soon have a new outlet for honing their competitive skills. The Hull College of Business wants to create a platform prior to the two groups’ regional and state contests.

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Dealing with your Oakmont

Father’s Day is always special for me. Now that my two daughters are well into adulthood, it is a great time for me to reflect on their childhoods and the many great memories that I have of those times. However, it is also a special day for me to think about my own father, not just because it is Father’s Day, but also because it is traditionally the day of the final round of the golf’s US Open. While neither my dad nor I would be mistaken for great golfers,

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Summer camp to spark students at the Cyber Center

The Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center was the high-tech campground for a four-day summer camp and pitch competition. Purpose-Fueled Leader, an executive coaching and consulting firm based in the Shaffer-MacCartney Building, launched its first “Spark the Hustle: Youth Entrepreneurship Lab.” “It’s for rising eighth graders to rising 12th graders. It’s a four-day camp,” Anna Bradsher, Director of Strategy, Trainer and Coach, told ABD. “We’ve really boiled down to the fundamentals of business, because a lot of times we overcomplicate things. So, we’re going to help you find your product,

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