For Cody T. McCain Sr., opening a funeral home has been a lifelong dream, nurtured from the time he was a 4-year-old attending his great-great uncle’s funeral and fascinated by the ceremony and service. By age 8, McCain’s interest in the funerary process had taken hold, and he worked diligently toward his goal. He graduated…
Please note: This story touches on topics of body image, sexual harassment, and substance use. “Because we all have a story.” That’s what reads above the doors and walls in and around the main gym room at CrossFit Lanier (CFL). The tagline is a new addition for the high-intensity, high-interval training gym, one brought in…
Since its inception in 2000, ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs has served more than 2,000 entrepreneurs in Georgia, about half of whom represent small business owners who are regularly unserved or underserved in the commercial lending marketplace. ACE serves 68 counties in Georgia, including all of North Georgia and the Atlanta-metro area. In…
For Edmund Washington, being an entrepreneur is a dream come true. “I got a late start to it, but I always wanted to own my own business,” says Edmund, owner of two locations of the franchise, No Grease, a men’s luxury barbershop, in the Greater Charlotte area of North Carolina. Becoming an entrepreneur was inevitable for…
Jill Hendrick of Pineville, West Virginia, says that entrepreneurship is in her blood. “My grandmother opened the first flower shop in Wyoming County in 1948,” she says. “I haven’t researched it, but I’d bet that she was one of the first women in the county to have a business license.” In addition to running the…