February 24, 2020 | Tactical Leadership: Building Better Business Michael J. Coles started a $100-million company with only $8,000, overcame a near-fatal motorcycle accident, set three transcontinental cycling world records, and ran for Congress twice. On This Episode: Michael talks…
February 10, 2020 | Atlanta Business Chronicle I had been thinking about writing a book for more than 25 years. During that time, I have been given numerous opportunities to tell my story about overcoming adversity, and these talks seemed…
January 09, 2020 | Interview with Bill Lampton, Ph.D. Michael J. Coles, founder of the Great American Cookie Company and former president of Hillels of Georgia, will receive the Billi and Bernie Marcus Visionary Award for his work in the Jewish…
January, 2020 | Georgia Hollywood Review
January 1, 2020 | Atlanta Magazine After a long career in the clothing business, Coles founded the Great American Cookie Co. with Arthur Karp in 1977. They grew an initial $8,000 investment into the largest cookie store franchise in the…
November 21, 2019 | GSU Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute By: Lexie Newhouse A year to the date from his release of Time to Get Tough, Michael Coles’ memoir offers a glimpse of his experiences as Co-Founder of Great American Cookies and former…
November 21, 2019 | GSU Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa9Ba_ny93Y&ab_channel=Entrepreneurship%26InnovationInstitute The H.J. Russell Motivational Author Talk connects award-winning authors to the Georgia State community to share their experiences and tips for today's entrepreneurs. Following the talk, there was an opportunity…
November 14, 2019 | The Jesse T Show Jesse is joined by Michael J. Coles, co-founder of the Great American Cookie Company and former CEO of Caribou Coffee. Michael talks about the surprise overnight success that grew out of a…
November, 5 2019 | FLOCK Specialty Finance Please join Michael Flock of FLOCK Specialty Finance as he interviews Michael J. Coles, Atlanta business executive, serial entrepreneur, education advocate, well-known public speaker, the namesake of the Coles College of Business at…