Office Space Making a Comeback

Now that we have emerged from covid, people are ready to get back to normal - and back to the office. They are ready to get out of the home office (or garage) and back into the office. The idea that we can work from anywhere was a fair and reasonable prediction but not entirely true. Office space has made a comeback and has been in demand for the past few months and we predict a continued uptick in demand.

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Mary Margaret Epps
Grow Your Business TODAY

Growing your small business can be a daunting task. The success of your business depends largely on the effort you put into growing it. Many people work on their business rather than in their business. Every aspect from the marketing plan to the financials needs attention.

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Mary Margaret Epps
Starting a Business

You have a great idea - but all business owners will tell you that starting a business is WORK. If you have been considering starting a business, ask yourself these questions. It is a good idea to know what you are up against before getting too far down the road.

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Mary Margaret Epps
Client Spotlight: Global Asia Resource

“Business is in his family” says Rodney Robbins of Global Asia Resource. “My father was a self-made man” talking about how his father started a tire business and later got into floor covering. Entrepreneurship has been instilled in him all of his life.

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Mary Margaret Epps
The Look of of a Place

I am often asked how a community can differentiate itself from the competition. Most economic development organizations try to highlight their strengths, their assets, to attract particular industry sectors, which you almost have to do.

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Mary Margaret Epps
The Startup Surge

The latest release of Census Bureau’s Business Formation Statistics data shows that nearly 1.4 million applications have been filed to form new businesses likely to hire employees through September of 2021 — the most through the third quarter of any year on record.

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Mary Margaret Epps
The Challenge for the Heartland

Here's the good news, new business launches are exploding. Applications to form new businesses are reaching unprecedented levels. Seeing millions of people from all walks of life starting their own business in the face of greater than usual uncertainty is inspiring.

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Mary Margaret Epps
Welcome Customs Café Brands to the Shoals Business Incubator

Teresa White was one of the first businesses to operate from the Shoals Culinary Center in the 2000’s when she started a small business in Muscle Shoals. Starting with a coffee bar in a giftshop, she was soon asked to add a coffee shop to the new Florence Library. Needing a space to prepare baked goods, the relationship with the Culinary Center was born.

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Mary Margaret Epps
New Services at Monzyk Innovations

Monzyk Innovations(MI) would like to announce the addition of a full time skilled and experienced  Analytical Chemist, Marion Cates, to our staff. We are now able to do a variety of analytical procedures and consultations for clients that are accurate, reasonably priced and with a quick response time. All work is supported by a Ph.D Chemist with a career of R&D chemistry.

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Mary Margaret Epps
An Extraordinary Time

Americans last year filed paperwork to start over 4.3 million new businesses, a 24 percent rise from the year before and reversing a 40-year decline in entrepreneurship. The increase in “Covid era” companies is on pace to continue this year. The share of workers reporting they were self-employed hit an eight-year high in July. 

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Mary Margaret Epps
Welcome View 360 Marketing to the SBI

“We want to make an impact” was the business goal of View 360 Marketing’s owner, Bart Davis. Davis started with SpotOn as a Regional Manager, a business solutions company, about 4 years ago. Since then, he has grown and wanted to offer his clients the complete package with a marketing agency as well. View 360 Marketing was born.

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Mary Margaret Epps