Free Advice Fridays: Archive

August!

“Advice on How to Start a Business and Get a Permit in the City of Savannah” If that’s been on your mind you should make a point to stop by The Creative Coast this Friday anytime between 12-2pm. Or if you need any other advice. This month’s line-up includes: Cristy Lawrence: an engineer with the City of Savannah and serves as the Development Services Department...

Jul 31st

FAF July!

Friday July 6th 12pm-2pm Free Advice Friday is back inside the office (it’s too hot outside)! On the first Friday of every month, (we started in August 2011), we gather folks at 15 W York St to dispense advice to whoever shows up. Here are our ADVICE GIVERS for July: Jordan Crook: Tech Crunch Shabnam Gideon: vegan baking, local/seasonal food, project management Chad Warner: Blue...

Jun 29th

Feb 28th

Anonymous asked: Is the next event March 2nd?

Feb 22nd

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January 2012: Ring in the New Year With Free...

I’m late getting this out, but we are definitely having Free Advice Friday this Friday (1/6) from 12-2 at the Creative Coast office at 15 W York St!! We’ve got an awesome lineup this month: Steve Hartley - A professor at Savannah Tech with special expertise in historic preservation Tom Kohler - Connector of people and ideas, wise man and bearded gentle giant Jillian Rowe -...

Jan 3rd

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December's Free Advice Friday

I hope y’all had a lovely Thanksgiving and survived the Black Friday and Cyber Monday without getting maced, tazed, occupied or bankrupted. If you did get any of those things, or better yet, want some advice about solar stuff, then we’ve got a great lineup of advice givers for you this month! This month’s lineup includes: Tom Kohler: Savannah native, knower of everyone, maven,...

Nov 28th

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October is Fast-Approaching

We are on for Free Advice Friday next week (10/7) from 12-2 at the Creative Coast office at 15 W York St!! We’ve got a great lineup of advice givers with expertise in everything from dealing with the city bureaucracy to web development to… well, we may have a special guest or two. I hope to see you there!

Sep 30th

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How Free Advice Fridays Work

I was walking to lunch with a co-worker and she asked if it was “alright to just drop in for a few minutes.” After I recovered, I realized that this was all my fault and I need to explain the process a little more. Here’s how it’s supposed to work (you can see this process in action for yourself tomorrow from 12-2 at the Creative Coast office at 15 W York St in...

Sep 1st

Anonymous asked: decaf or regular?

Aug 31st

September's Advisors Are Go!

We’ve got our victims for September all signed up and ready to go, and it’s an impressive lineup. So, get ye down to the Creative Coast office (15 W York St) on September 2nd from 12-2 and come get some free advice. Advice on what? Just about whatever you can think of. We’ll come up with some kind of answer for you. Here’s who we’ve got for September: ...

Aug 25th

Anonymous asked: I would like to start an Order Fulfillment business from home for small and medium retailers/e-tailers. This would help them focus on their business and improve it while I take care of their product stocking and shipping, all for a small and very affordable fee (as its from home with limitations). Where and how can I find people with products they need stocked, inventoried and shipped like any...

Aug 17th

Anonymous asked: I have no experience coding for mobile devices. Where can I find resources to begin?
I already have a good grasp of OOP and XHTML/CSS experience developing for the web.

Aug 5th

Anonymous asked: I am interested in programming for games. Where should I start? What languages are often used? I

Aug 5th

Why Free Advice Fridays?

No one’s asked me this question, but I’m going to pretend you did and answer it anyway. This all started early on weekday morning as I walked around the park with two of my favorite people - Murray Wilson and Tom Kohler. Tom told us about his idea to set up a table in front of the Sentient Bean, grab a chair and put up a sign that says Free Advice. He’d get people to man...

Aug 3rd

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What Do You Need Advice On?

We’re a little over a week away from our first Free Advice Friday and I’m starting to get nervous. I’m one of the advice-givers this time, and I have no idea what people are going to ask. So, I’m asking you - What do you need advice on?

Jul 27th

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Get Some Advice! 8/5/2011 @ 12PM!

The first Free Advice Friday is coming up quickly and we’re really excited about it! We also have our lineup for the first event! I know these folks, and they’re just bursting with knowledge to share. Without further ado, here’s the lineup with what I think they’re expert in: Jim Goodlett - angel funding, running technology companies, mobile industry, motorcycles and...

Jul 13th

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Stay Calm and Ask Questions

Hello, Savannah! Free Advice Fridays are coming! The first Friday of every month, starting in August, we’ll be gathering folks at the Creative Coast office at 15 W York St in lovely downtown Savannah to dispense advice to whoever shows up. We haven’t settled on the lineup for the first one yet, but we’re working on it! This all started because Tom Kohler mentioned to me...

Jun 24th

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