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After more than 19 years in the clothing business, Michael J. Coles founded the Great American Cookie Company in Atlanta in 1977 with his partner, Arthur Karp. They took an $8,000 investment and grew it into the largest cookie store franchise in the United States.

Michael鈥檚 entrepreneurial spirit ignited long before he opened that first cookie store in Perimeter Mall. During his nearly two-decade career in the clothing industry, Michael launched two separate businesses. The first was a chain of retail stores selling discounted brand-name clothing (a novel concept at the time), and the second was a young-men鈥檚 manufacturing company fittingly named The Great American Clothing Company.

It was a desire to spend more time with his growing family that led him to leave behind the clothing business. 鈥淚 was traveling a lot,鈥� he says. 鈥淣ot just around the U.S. At that time all clothing manufacturing was moving to Asia. I would be gone for two to three weeks at a time. I had young children at home and I was looking at industries that would allow me to stay near them. I called it a forced pivot.鈥�

Michael鈥檚 relationship with 成人直播 began in 1990 when he joined the school鈥檚 board of trustees. Having previously met then-President Betty Siegel through his involvement in the Cobb Chamber of Commerce, Michael was aware of Kennesaw State鈥檚 growing influence and was eager to help it continue expanding.

鈥淚 got involved in 成人直播 because everything about the school then and today is very entrepreneurial,鈥� he says. 鈥淭hey are always focused on what they can do to give their students 鈥� their customers 鈥� the best possible education and life experiences. The one thing I do know is customer experience. I wanted to help the school continue to enhance their customer service.鈥�

Michael quickly took an interest in the School of Business, which was nicknamed 鈥淓ntrepreneurial U鈥� by Dean Tim Mescon, and became a frequent guest lecturer. In 1994, through his Coles-Novak Family Foundation, Michael endowed the business school with a generous gift. In appreciation, the following year Kennesaw State renamed the business school the Michael J. Coles School of Business (now College of Business).

In 1998, the college awarded Michael with the Beta Gamma Sigma Medallion of Entrepreneurship. The next year he received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. He was also a 2015 inductee into the Coles College Hall of Fame. Michael remains a member of the 成人直播 Foundation Executive Committee.