HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?

The GAME/Center for Entrepreneurship aims to provide minorities who wish to start small businesses with the skills, training, services, resources, and referrals you need to successfully start and operate thriving business enterprises. We want to help you identify and intensify opportunities for your own business.

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DID YOU KNOW THAT

• Georgia continues to lead the nation in the number of small businesses being established? Small business owners-women, minorities, and home-based individuals fuel the economy.

• African American business grew to 1.2 million firms in 2002, up 45% from 1997; and they experienced the largest growth in revenues, up 30% from 1997 to $93 billion?

• 10.6 million firms are at least 50% owned by a woman or women? About 85-90% of the micro enterprises are owned by women. In Georgia, women-owned firms accounted for 44.2% of Georgia's privately-held companies.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; U.S. Department of Commerce; Center for Women's Business Research.

If you have always wanted to start your own small business, but do not know where to turn, let

Atlanta Metropolitan College
The Georgia Association of Minority Entrepreneurs (GAME) Center for Entrepreneurship
HELP YOU!

WE OFFER:

Comprehensive Entrepreneurship Training: Learn how to successfully start your own business, how to create a business plan, and how to create an effective marketing plan. We also offer life skills training. There is a minimal cost for the training.

Business Development Power Workshops and Seminars: Get the fundamentals of starting your own business in our one-day seminars and workshops offered in the fall, winter, and spring.

Resource Library: Research on your own using our resource library. Our library houses books on start-up guides, journals, magazines, business development software, video tapes, audio tapes, and audio books on various topics.

Online classes: Acquire business development skills anywhere, any time through our online classes.

We offer over 50 business development-related courses. Please visit our online classes at http://www.ed2go.com/atlmetro

Presentations: Invite us to your school or organization to learn more about entrepreneurship and our center's services.

Referrals for the following services:
Business Development Consultation
Professional Counseling
Electronic Commerce
Youth Entrepreneurship Program
Start-up Loans
Presentations to your organization or school.

Contact us today!
For more information or to schedule a presentation, please contact:

Marie Bautista-Foley, Ph.D.,Coordinator
Atlanta Metropolitan College
GAME/Center for Entrepreneurship
Science Lecture Building, Room 162

1630 Metropolitan Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30310-4498
404-756-4039 (phone)
404-756-4833 (fax)
Email: mfoley@atlm.edu

Announcements:

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Classes Offered By GAME :

Entrepreneurship Classes

Helpful Information:

Become a Vendor

Small Business Loans

Qualities of an Entrepreneur

SBA & Faith-Based Initiative

Event Calendar

Business Development

Credit and Debt

Where to Begin

Loans and Business Centers

Corporations, Partnerships, LLC

Protecting Your Business

Other Legal Matters

Business Plan Basics

Sample Business Plans

Youth Entrepreneurship:

Youth Entrepreneurship Brochure

Important Links:

GAME Main Office

SBA

Consumer SOS