When I came into the BIG, I saw the tremendous potential and was excited to make improvements that would yield synergy between clients and incubator employees,” Clark said. “I enjoy adding value and improving any organization that I am a part of. With a background in engineering and as the owner of a thriving business, Clark began thinking of ways he could add value to BIG’s operation.
Clark looked to acquire a larger office space in Statesboro where he discovered BIG’s facilities and its operations. “Having that perspective from the boots on the ground, having an entrepreneur that’s really thinking a couple of steps ahead about what the data needs are going to be to help drive those determinations really helps us in thinking about which process we put for other entrepreneurs.”Ĭlark, who owns Rolling Monkey Ice Cream in Statesboro, began working with BIG in 2019 after he and his team began to outgrow the business’ original storefront office space due to rapid success. “He is really a growth minded entrepreneur, so it’s not just about the business that he has in place and making the most of that business, for him it’s about developing strategies for growth to make that business scalable and the steps it will take to get it there,” Halaby said. In this role, Clark shares his leadership, problem-solving expertise and marketing strategy in an advisory capacity to BIG’s leadership team and fellow entrepreneurs in the space.įounding Director of BIG and Associate Provost for Innovation and Commercialization at Georgia Southern, Dominique Halaby, DPA, said as the current Community Catalyst, Clark, a visionary and innovator, has been an integral part of the environment.
Georgia Southern University’s Business Innovation Group (BIG), a place where innovators and entrepreneurs in southeast Georgia can gain skills and training to transform their businesses, has teamed up with one of its own clients to offer enhanced resources to the community.īIG has been working alongside Garrett Clark - a Georgia Southern alumnus, Statesboro-Bulloch County Chamber of Commerce board member and local business owner - as its Community Catalyst, a role BIG has had since its inception in 2014. Garrett Clark, community catalyst at the Business Innovation Group.
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