Muruku Rambta Family Daycare
 Mukutu Rambta is an early care and learning program for children ages 6 weeks through 5 years. This program was designed to focus on and promote the physical, social, emotional and intellectual development of young children; through creative expression. The friendly home environment daycare fosters exploration, problem solving, creativity and growth. A comprehensive age appropriate in-house age appropriate curriculum is created for the students of Mukutu Rambta. Days are structured with daily routine schedules and students are provided with a rich and stimulating education year round. The daycare facility is open Monday-Friday 6:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. and full-time, part-time and drop in care services are all available.
Contact Mukutu Rambta Family Daycare Today!
Online: http://www.mukuturambta.com/
4469 South Springwood Drive
Smyrna, GA 30082
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 Free Online Training: Contracting for Veteran Entrepreneurs Check out SBA's updated training course on Contracting Opportunities for Veteran Entrepreneurs. This improved self-paced course gives an introduction to federal contracting opportunities for Vets, including how to land government contracts, the importance of industry clusters and how to access SBA certification.
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St. Patrick's Day: Increased Sales Not
Just the Luck of the Irish?
It is the end of winter and there only two things on  people's minds: the warm weather to come - and St. Patrick's Day. The two seem to be intertwined as people will take spring vacations and extended weekend trips just to celebrate the holiday on the brink of spring. It's a time to celebrate heritage and history. Originally becoming popular from historical events such as the hunger strike and the tensions between the IRA and Great Britain, celebrating Irish heritage began to draw intense media coverage. Today, the holiday has become more than just celebrating Irish heritage. It has evolved into a sort of celebration of life for all people and all religions. As the popular saying goes, "On St. Patty's Day, Everyone is Irish."
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Free Tax Services To Small Business!
VITA PROGRAM Volunteer Income Tax Assistance 
The Edge Connection is providing Free Tax preparation to clients whose household income was $52,000 or less AND your expenses were less than $10,000 in 2013. Don't pay for filing, loans or repaid refund. VITA e-filing gets your cash fast! 1040EZ, 1040A, 1040NR and 1040's prepared FREE!
Every Wednesday through April 9th from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays on Feb. 22nd, March 15th, and March 22nd from 10:30-2:30.
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7 E-commerce Trends Small Businesses Need to Know in 2014
If you're a small business owner, congratulations on surviving Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday, and the last frantic days of the Christmas shopping season. You can't slow down as now you need to prepare for 2014 -- especially your e-commerce strategy. The e-commerce landscape changes by the minute and you want to make sure you have the tools and business strategies to adapt to these changes. Here are 7 e-commerce trends that small business owners should be aware of in 2014.
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Writing and Editing Tips for Entrepreneurs
Success in business is determined by many factors: product, price, customer service, location or accessibility, and more. Every time you present yourself, you are being compared to your competition, a comparison that can make or break your business. Consumers are very quick to judge you by your writing.
Letters, website copy, brochures, and signs give your consumers an impression of you and your professionalism. Incorrect spelling, grammar, and punctuation make a poor impression, suggesting that you either don't know or don't care how to write correctly. But writing without errors is difficult.
As a professional writer and editor, I have learned a few tricks over the years to ensure that my work is as polished as possible.
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Premier Development Program for
The Premier Development Program (PDP) is a six-month program for women business owners. The program includes various high powered training sessions which will arm business owners with dynamic skills and increase opportunities for success. Enrollment is limited to 15 participants in Metro Atlanta.
Classes begin in April of 2014 and occur monthly for 6 months. Classes will be from 8:30am to 12:00pm at Georgia Power.
For participants registering before March 1, 2014, The Edge Connection will offer a scholarship toward the course fee.
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When Is the Right Time to Grow a Business?
 In early 2012, just a year after Michelle King started her business, she had more work than she could handle on her own. Reputation Capital, her Jacksonville, Fla.-based B2B public relations and communications firm, was continually growing through King's relationships and referrals from happy clients and required more and more of her time. She was working long weekdays and every weekend, and because she had worked as a consultant for years, managing teams of PR consultants and their workflow for other agencies, King knew that the billings and hours were too much for just one person. While she enjoyed the flexibility of working from home without managing employees, she realized that she had reached the point where her only choices were to turn down new work or hire someone and grow the company.
It's a dilemma faced by many solo entrepreneurs at some point - to keep the business small and easily manageable or to expand the business and hire employees for greater growth.
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Attention Edge Kitchen Entrepreneurs!!
A ServSafe certification class will be conducted at The Edge kitchen on March 6th, 2014, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. All members of the Edge Kitchen must be ServSafe certified to use the commercial kitchen. New clients have a grace period of 30 days to obtain certification from the date your initial contract wa s signed. It is the responsibility of all Edge Kitchen members to ensure that your ServSafe certification is kept up-to-date, so please take advantage of this training if your certification is nearing expiration. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: If you know anyone interested in obtaining ServSafe certification, please invite them to come. This training class is open to the public. Pre-registration is required. The cost is $129, which includes training and exam. |
The Edge Kitchen Recipe of the Month
Happy St. Patricks
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It is with great appreciation that we thank Cbeyond for awarding The Edge Connection a $10,000 technology grant! The grant is awarded through TechBridge, who will work with The Edge Connection to implement Salesforce, a CRM cloud computing platform that will enable the organization track and manage data in a more efficient and effective way. This means we can focus more time on what is important - the people we serve.
Many thanks to The Gabriel Center for awarding The Edge Connection a staff scholarship for servant-leadership training! The Gabriel Center believes in shared leadership based on respect and inclusion for all - a vision that we here at The Edge Connection embrace and strive to always practice. The Edge Connection Staff are committed to making the most of this opportunity to develop our skills and understanding; thereby promoting unity and empowerment between each other and those we serve. |
UPCOMING CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS
Mark Your Calendar For Innovative, Relevant,
and Inspiring Classes and Workshops!!
One on One Exploring Entrepreneurship with Jaime Fulsang
Our program manger Jaime Fulsang will be teaching one on one Exploring Entrepreneurship course during the month of February. Call 770-499-3228 to schedule an appointment!
Course Fee: $50
Sign Up TodayPlan for Profit Bootcamp- Analysis and Planning
(Clients: $75 - $150 / Non-Clients: $250)
The business analysis and planning module guides you through various phases of your business by analyzing the direction your company is headed and measuring its potential for success. Through careful analysis participants will have a clear understanding of their businesses' purpose and goals and will develop the formal structure in which to support them. Clients may choose to take this class outside of the Plan for Profit track and become "Edge Certified in Business Analysis and Planning." (4 consecutive weeks / Mon & Wed, 6-9pm)
The Edge Connection Champions for ChangeCome meet and mingle with CHAMPIONS that are working to create jobs, alleviate poverty and changing lives . We are gathering to celebrate and supporting entrepreneurs.
Join us in June to help us celebrate entrepreneurship! Check out our website for updates.
Workshop on Women Owned Business Certification
Charlotte Johnson of the Small Business Administration (SBA) will be joining us to guide participants through the process of self-certifying as a Woman-Owned Small Business.
Join us and ask all your questions about the process of self-certifying and pick up some tips and tricks from someone who knows the system well!
Join us on June 12th from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Workshop Fee $15
Sign Up Today
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Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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