CentricsIT CEO Derek Odegard hugs a co-worker during a company ceremony.

A kind, consistent culture

An employee at CentricsIT used the company’s 21st-century Suggestion Box — anonymous email to CEO Derek Odegard — to lodge a complaint about the malfunctioning toaster in the lunchroom.

Southern Straws founders Neal Amos and his mother Margaret Amos pose for a photo next to a box containing their company's products.

A knack for snacks

Neal Amos can just about pinpoint the precise moment he knew he wanted to be in business with his mom.

Richard Stamper

Three Dawg might

Jim Price, Richard Stamper, and Jim Scott — primed almost four decades ago in the unofficial entrepreneurial incubator of UGA’s College of Business Administration — will tell you the soundtrack of a successful entrepreneur is not trumpets blaring, but of wheels grinding.

Dina Carey poses for a photo in a kitchen.

Ingredients for Growth

Dina Carey discovered starting your own business requires a little humility, and a lot of support.

The Studio 225 interior with a meeting area and offices.

On your mark, get set, go

Walking into Studio 225 is like entering a startup culture only imaginable on a hip show about Silicon Valley, except this one takes place in downtown Athens.

ASW Disterilly founders Jim Chasteen

That’s the spirit

For 107 years, the Terry College has produced men and women of legendary entrepreneurial spirit. Turns out you can bottle it.

2019 Terry Alumni Award winners Scott Colosi

We’re just getting started

Featuring engaging speeches, vibrant videos, and speed painting (yes, speed painting), the annual Terry College Alumni Awards and Gala attracted a record crowd on a fine April night in Atlanta.

Scott Colosi

A lifelong education: Scott Colosi (BBA ’86), Distinguished Alumni Award winner

One of the greatest lessons Scott Colosi ever learned happened one Friday night in a Pensacola Pizza Hut. Business was brisk and Colosi, who was helping the team take orders and prepare pizzas, watched as the crew made pizzas faster than they could go through the oven. Pizzas were stacking up, delivery guys were growing […]