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Small Biz Spotlight: Towable Tailgates - the Ultimate Tailgating Experience

By Ryan Waldrep, Assistant Director for Entrepreneur and Small Business Development Eatonton, Putnam County | Region 6 Who doesn't love tailgating before the big game? Burgers on the grill, the pre-game show on the TV and a cold beverage sets up the… Read More

Platinum Hermes Creative Award

The Georgia Department of Economic Development has just won top honors in the annual Hermes Creative Awards for its Georgia is Built for Business video. An international awards competition, the 2016… Read More

Calling Violet Beauregarde! Alma's Blueberry Barn is Amping Up Georgia's No. 1 Fruit

By Ryan Waldrep, Assistant Director for Entrepreneur and Small Business Development Alma, Bacon County | Region 11 Agriculture is Georgia's No. 1 industry. Think about all of the great things that are grown here: poultry, peanuts, peaches, pecans, pine… Read More

Georgia Delegation Recognized for Innovation and Great Taste at SIAL Canada

International Trade Manager Priya Verma and Canadian Trade Representative Gail Morris traveled with four Georgia food exporters to SIAL, the leading food retail and food service show in Canada.  Two of these companies, Fire & Flavor Grilling (Athens) and Tru-Nut Company (Atlanta), were selected… Read More

Hannover Messe Highlights Georgia's German Companies and Advanced Manufacturing Capabilities

Georgia's German Ties Run DeepHannover Messe, held annually in Germany, is the world's leading fair for industry technology. The fact that Georgia is home to more than 450 German companies employing 25,000 people - in addition to another 75,000 employed by European-owned facilities - makes Hannover… Read More

This Won't Hurt: Buzzy Takes the Pain Away

By Ryan Waldrep, Assistant Director for Entrepreneur and Small Business Development Atlanta, Fulton County | Region 3 For many of us, aches and pains are a part of everyday life. Maybe it's a bruise from last night's pickup basketball game, a sore joint to let you… Read More

International Trade to Host Pavilion at World's Largest Defense & Security Trade Show

  Eurosatory, the world's largest land and air-land defense and security trade show, is underway in Paris, France, and the Georgia Department of Economic Development's International Trade Division is hosting a Georgia, USA Pavilion consisting of six small to medium-sized businesses.… Read More

Cooking Up Success, One Entrepreneur at a Time: PREP Atlanta

By Ryan Waldrep, Assistant Director for Entrepreneur and Small Business Development Small Business Spotlight | Atlanta, DeKalb County | Region 3 I am constantly in awe at the number of amazing and unique food products that we produce here in Georgia. And I always… Read More

Grubbly Farms Uses Bugs to Create Sustainable Business

Turning Waste into ResourcesMost people would see rampant hatching of fly larvae in their apartments as a reason to call the exterminator, but for Patrick Pittaluga and Sean Warner it was a welcome and encouraging sight.  One that, with the help of Center of Innovation for Energy Technology… Read More