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PPP/EIDL Scrutiny Is Rising Again: A Recordkeeping Checklist for Legitimate Small-Business Borrowers
On September 23, SBA and IRS announced a new enforcement step involving pandemic-era PPP and COVID EIDL data. Legitimate borrowers should not panic—but they should make sure their loan, tax, payroll, banking, forgiveness, and supporting records can be located and reconciled.
A Georgia Manufacturer Just Won SBA Critical-Supplier Funding: What Other Small Suppliers Can Learn
SBA awarded more than $18 million across seven small businesses in its first Critical Suppliers Prize Competition. One winner is Statesboro-based ShaloTek. The current awards are already decided, but the selection offers useful lessons about how growth-stage manufacturers can document capacity, automation, investment needs, and measurable scale-up plans.
Georgia Innovators: New SBA FAST Funding Can Help You Compete for America’s Seed Fund
SBA awarded more than $8 million to 50 FAST organizations, including the University of Georgia Research Foundation, to help startups prepare for SBIR and STTR opportunities.
Veteran-Owned Business? Start Preparing Now for National Veterans Small Business Week
SBA announced that National Veterans Small Business Week will run November 9-13, 2026. Veteran entrepreneurs do not need to wait until November to strengthen their capability statement, financing readiness, contracting profile, and referral network.
October 1 Is Coming: What FY2027 SBA 7(a) Fee Changes Mean for Small-Business Loan Planning
SBA’s FY2027 7(a) fee schedule takes effect October 1. Small businesses should ask lenders for a written fee calculation and compare total financing costs before closing.
SBA Just Extended the Size-Standards Comment Period: Why Small Businesses Should Review Their Classification Now
SBA extended the comment deadline on its proposed size-standards overhaul to November 20, 2026. Small businesses should use the extra time to verify classifications and understand potential impacts.
How Being Your Own Boss Can Support Mental Health and Well-Being
Guest writer Grant Winrich explores how autonomy, routines, financial visibility, boundaries, and support can help entrepreneurs build a more sustainable working life.
Georgia Tech Wins SBA SCALE Funding: What Atlanta Small Manufacturers Should Do Next
SBA awarded $8.9 million through the new SCALE program on Sept. 22, including a Georgia award to Georgia Tech Research Corporation. Atlanta-area manufacturers should prepare now for supplier and accelerator opportunities.
SBA SCALE Awards Bring New Supply-Chain Support to Georgia: What Small Manufacturers and Suppliers Should Watch
SBA’s new SCALE awards include a Georgia energy-sector grantee. The funding goes to support organizations—not directly to small firms—but may create new technical-assistance and supplier-development pathways.
SBA’s New SCALE Awards Put Georgia in the Supply-Chain Spotlight: What Small Manufacturers Should Watch Next
The SBA announced $8.9 million in SCALE awards to 18 organizations across 17 states, including Georgia Tech Research Corporation for an energy-focused program. The money goes to ecosystem organizations—not directly to every small manufacturer—but it may create new technical-assistance, supplier-matching, and accelerator pathways worth monitoring.
The Invoice Looks Real. That’s the Problem: A 5-Minute Fraud Check for Small Businesses
Fake invoices can look legitimate and create artificial urgency. A short approval workflow can help small businesses verify vendors, avoid phishing, and reduce payment-fraud risk.
SBA’s Size-Standard Comment Period Just Closed: What Small Businesses Should Watch Next
SBA completed another public-testimony session on September 21 for its proposed overhaul of federal small-business size standards. The proposal would consolidate classifications and could expand eligibility, but businesses should keep using current rules until a final rule actually takes effect.
Why You Need The Atlanta Small Business Incubator
I created and opened the Atlanta Small Business Incubator [ASBI] because I realized that many of my holistic mental health, self-improvement and dietary and weight loss clients were asking for my assistance to start their own small business, open a consulting firm, start a business that they could work on during the weekends, or to grow and/or expand a small business that they had already created.
People who have left their jobs already or who are contemplating a change in employment have 2 broad choices:
(1) Continue to work for someone else and make them wealthier or richer
(2) Create your own small business and build generational wealth while working for yourself doing something that you enjoy or even love.
These days, more and more people are taking their labor, talents, skills and abilities back into their own hands and becoming small business owners.
Because of the current economic state, the current workplace state of uncertainty and the ongoing COVID19 Worldwide Pandemic, you have a unique opportunity right now to take back control of your financial circumstances, your earning power and your time and work schedule. Don’t miss out!
However, you also have to be very careful because in the business world simple small business mistakes, errors & miscalculations can cost you thousands of dollars and can lead to your new small business simply becoming a statistic among the many small businesses that fail within the first 12, 24 or 36 months of opening due to strategic mistakes, missed opportunities, poor planning and the lack of a firm business foundation. And, that’s why I’m here.
As an MD with several successful small businesses (i.e., 3 health, holistic mental health and improvement oriented practices, a learning/academic improvement and performance practice, etc.), I decided to help my clients and others to create their own small business while teaching them to avoid the pitfalls, mistakes and financial grenades that lead to the failure of the vast majority of new small businesses within their first 24 to 36 months. You’ll benefit from the mistakes that I made when I opened my 1st small businesses in 2016 and 2019, businesses which are flourishing today after I learned from the marketplace and took specific, strategic steps to align my practices with current trends and market forces. And, we’ll set up your small business so that you’re not missing out on thousands of dollars each year, hundreds of potential customers and dozens of opportunities to beat out your competitors!



