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Since that time, MySupplies, a subsidiary of , has seen drastivc changes as big-box retailers like and entered the Yet Balkcom has continued to grow her foundedin 1970, and become a majore woman-owned business in metro Atlanta and one of the oldestr independent distributors in Georgia. Balkcom, 52, is being honoredc as the ’s Small Business Person of theYear “becausw of her longevity in a male-dominated business, her success in the face of a crowdec market,” and her commitmen t to the chamber, according to award “Back in 1986, when I took over the that was the very new stagese of the big-box retailers,” Balkcom said.
“Ther Office Depots and Staples’ of the worlds were just coming into the National retailers, with big nationak budgets, would often lose money on some producte to gain market share, she “During that time, more than 60 percent of the independenf distributors failed,” Balkcom “The strength that my company has always had is in takinhg care of the By growing up in the business, “You learn everythinf between distribution and ordering and takingb care of the customer,” she said. “It’s strangde to say, but it made me a bettet business because ofthe big-bo x retailers. I had to be bettedr than them.” MySupplies has roughly $6.
5 milliom in gross annual revenue and 16 Balkcom is not just interested in the healthand well-beingv of MySupplies, but other women-ownesd businesses, said Roz Lewis, executive director of the Greaterf Women’s Business Council. Professional and energetic, Balkcom is also “a greart volunteer, and not just in Lewis said. Balkcom traveled to Charlotte, N.C., in Marchh to ensure a woman-ownexd business was represented at an event and to reacuh out to women business owners Lewis said. Her willingness to assist othef women-owned businesses led to her winning the Business Trailblazetr Award from theGreater Women’s Businese Council. MySupplies has also won Gov.
Sonng Perdue’s Georgia Business of Excellence the Phoenix Trailblazer from the city of and the Top Supplier Awardfrom Hartsfield-Jacksonb Atlanta International Airport, among others. “When she is procuring goods and services forher business, she’s looking for women-owned businesses,” Lewis said. That principle will help smaller businesses survive in theseeconomic times. “She wasn’tt born with a silver spoon inher mouth,” Lewix said. “She didn’t just have a businesas handedto her. She was givehn a dream that she had to and to know what to focus on in ordefr to make thebusiness grow.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
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