Connect with us

Business

Three Common Sales Strategies to Avoid

Al Simon, President Sandler Training by Simon Inc. Your strategies for interacting with prospects from the time you first meet them to the time you make a presentation can have a greater impact on your likelihood of closing a sale than the actual aspects of the product or service you have to offer. Following are three unproductive strategies that are so commonplace...

Georgia Teacher Wins 2018 Leavey Award Honoring Free Enterprise/Entreprenership Education

CARRIE SETTLES-LIVERS, of Brookwood High School in Snellville, Georgia, has been named one of eight recipients of the prestigious 2018 Leavey Awards for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education. Settles-Livers is being honored for her creation of "STEMpreneurship with Brookwood Aquaponics," which combines the teaching of next-generation science standards alongside the free enterprise system. The Leavey Awards, administered by the Thomas and...

Georgia Named Third Best State For Starting a Business

Research by financial advisory company WalletHub shows that Georgia has the third best environment for entrepreneurship in the U.S. Drawing on a wide variety of governmental, independent, and finance-oriented sources, WalletHub found that Georgia was not outstanding in any particular area, but that taken as a whole the business development climate in Georgia is ripe for startup success. Here's how Georgia...

Filing Fuels Amazon Speculation

Documents related to zoning of a 2.5 million-square-foot facility in Stone Mountain has sparked speculation that Amazon could be planning a distribution center for the county. Based on parking capacity, some speculate that the facility could involve as many as 1800 jobs. The property in question lies in both Gwinnett and DeKalb counties, though the facility itself would be entirely...

GCPS Ranks In Forbes’ Best Employers List

District is one of a handful of K-12 school districts to make the list.

Gwinnett Small Business Week Events

Take part in a full week of educational, social, business building and networking events.

State of the State Address at Chamber’s Meeting

This ON TOPIC meeting will feature Georgia Chamber President & CEO Chris Clark.

Video: Assurant Expansion in Gwinnett

Assurant will create 335 new jobs in a technical support center in Duluth.