This episode features Jason Rueggeberg. Look familiar? He’s the brother to the host, Jeremy who is Publisher of the Medical Professionals Magazine. Besides running successful practices in Reston, VA, and Cincinnati, OH, Jason has a great practice in his home town of Augusta – Evans Sport & Spine.
A most unusual manufacturing company moved into Sage Mill Industrial Park in October, Central States Manufacturing, and they are already running their steel products as fast as they can. The sparkling new Graniteville plant produces metal roofing and siding panels. An observer can watch the raw materials, including 5-ton coils of steel, about a mile long, come in one end of the mammoth cave of a building, measuring 105,000 square feet, go through processing by teams of employees as they make them into exactly fitting pieces of a predesigned steel
In the last three months, three prominent businesses in Augusta closed its door after about 250 years of combined service. None of them sold their business. They just closed, including a long-time South Augusta service company. Here is our video BizBitz!
Each month, ABD will interview J. Brian King – our Business Attorney, about a business law topic. Yesterday, we asked him a few questions about leases for entrepreneurs. We think our readers will benefit from his legal insight and advice. ABD: What advice would you give a new entrepreneur about leasing a location for their business? Brian: First of all, do some research on the type of rental space you think you need in the market where you want to be located. Find out what the going rate is for
Business is booming on Washington Road—starting with a new—used car franchise set to open and continuing towards Alexander Drive in West Augusta. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUSXnl4_LvM
Companies that invest in their employees tend to achieve greater success and have more satisfied customers. Investing in employees will be the topic of the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce’s Executive Luncheon Series on Wednesday, Nov. 17 at Savannah Rapids Pavilion starting at 11 a.m. The keynote speaker will be Robert Packett – Amazon’s southeast regional director of operations. In this role, he oversees more than 20,000 employees. The title of his presentation will be “Turning Team Members Into Team Leaders.” “Investment in our people leads to delighted customers,” says
Golf champion and Augusta National veteran Fuzzy Zoeller is also a successful businessman. Recently, he sat down with Augusta’s Deke Copenhaver —videotaped from the Augusta Podcast studios on 7th Street in Augusta. Deke talks golf, Fuzzy’s BBQ\Steak sauces and Fuzzy’s Ultra Premium Vodka.
Robbie King and Erik Smith want to help local businesses provide great customer service despite the numerous challenges employees face every day. King – founder of Lead Augusta and Smith, owner/operator of Chick-fil-A’s Grovetown location, will hold an event called Building a Culture of Exceptional Customer Service, a customer service workshop designed for local business leaders on Tuesday, Nov. 9 from 9 a.m. to noon at 930 Stevens Creek Road in the ABD boardroom. “We want them to get some fresh, actionable ideas that they can implement into their own
Don MacNeil is the former Marketing Director of Windsor Jewelers and long-time on-air radio professional. Is it just me, or… Everyone Doesn’t Think The Way You Do In all of my school years the course that had the greatest impact on my life was required-in-freshman-year, Sociology 101. Used creatively, the principles of “Soc” explain nearly everything in life, save maybe String Theory. Along about week 5 of that course we were introduced to the principle of, “Barriers To Entry” which, this will surprise you with its stunning simplicity
How is your work/life balance? In today’s podcast, business coach Darin Myers of TAB CSRA shares some insight on how to get your priorities in alignment.
