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Introduction. After a successful 19-year career in the clothing business, Michael Coles co-founded Great American Cookie Company in 1977 with an investment of only $8,000. Shortly after starting the company, he was involved in a near-fatal motorcycle accident.
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Michael Coles Keynote Speech at Atlanta Small Business Expo...
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Michael Coles, Co-Founder of Great American Cookie Company...
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Big Picture Speech Topics: Facing Goliath-like challenges....
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Michael and Donna Coles Launch Scholarship Endowment to...
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On October 17, 2018, Michael Coles officially launched his...
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My Great American Cookie Story - Michael Coles. September...
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Michael J. Coles is an American entrepreneur, author, philanthropist, and politician. Coles was the co-founder of Great American Cookie Company and former CEO of Caribou Coffee. Coles was the 1996 Democratic nominee for the house of representatives in the Sixth District of Georgia, and the 1998 Democratic nominee for U.S senate.
Great American Cookie Co. was founded by future CEO Michael J. Coles and partner Arthur Karp, who each invested $4,000 to develop a business selling cookies on the strength of a family recipe passed on to Karp's wife. That same year the first store opened in Atlanta's Perimeter Mall.
- Cookies, Cookie cake, Double doozies, Brownies
- 1977; 46 years ago, Dunwoody, Georgia, U.S.
Dec 13, 2021 · Instagram. Great American Cookies Co-founder Michael Coles is no stranger to fast food chains. In addition to starting one of the most famous cookie companies in the United States, he's also been the CEO of Minnesota-born coffee chain Caribou Coffee, per MPR News.
Jan 25, 2019 · Jan 25, 2019. Michael Coles literally crashed. He literally burned. He literally had to learn to put one foot in front of the other. The memoir from the entrepreneur who founded Great American...
