A Marketing Strategy That Works
Sit down with Beheruz Sethna for just a few minutes of conversation and you may feel an uncontrollable urge to buy something. Sit with him for an hour and you might pull out the Visa or ask for a sales…
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School Of Champions
As alumni prepare to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Tech High School, the “School of Champions,” what comes to mind are the many graduates who went on to become movers and shakers not only in Atlanta, but…
Tough Times For Albany
Albany’s economy is in a severe recession, and I expect it to last longer and cut deeper than the national or statewide recession, due mostly to the closing of the Cooper Tire plant. Other challenges – lower agricultural commodity prices…
Life's Work
It took Fuller Cochran 10 years to buy his farm in the Appalachian foothills of Whitfield County, beginning in 1932, at a cost of one bale of cotton per year. It was an investment in a future he could not…
Going For The Gold
Atlanta will be the center of the biotech universe this month when it hosts the BIO International Convention, May 18-21, at the Georgia World Congress Center. If there were an Olympics for the global life sciences industry, this would be…
2009 Family Business Awards
There are always risks in joining family and business, but there are also some pretty substantial rewards. This year’s winners are proud of their history, their tradition and their commitment, as well as their successes. The 2009 recipients were selected…
Georgia At The Crossroad
Lately, navigating Georgia’s transportation mess is like skiing in an avalanche. In a way, the situation mirrors that of the national economy – no one is sure how we got here or how to get out. But there is hope…
Holding Their Own
From the windows of their airy and plush offices in Duluth, employees of Delta Community Credit Union can see the building that once housed Haven Trust Bank. The red and blue logo still adorns the top of the otherwise nondescript…
Ken Stewart: Riding Out The Storm
Communities throughout the state are feeling the pain as jobs continue to disappear with no ready supply of new ones to take their place. In search of advice for Georgia’s counties and cities, Georgia Trend sought out Ken Stewart, commissioner…
Hands-On Learning
The orange robotic arms embrace the skeletal chassis of the automobile for just a moment as they plant their welds on the steel frame and then withdraw, pause and smoothly move to another part of the body. This is the…
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