Edge Connection, a nonprofit group that provides entrepreneurial training and development for micro and small business owners, will hold its annual Business-Forward Breakfast on April 2.

The group is in its 15th year of operation and provides services in partnership with Kennesaw State University’s Coles College of Business. The keynote speaker for the breakfast, which is from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, will be Michael Coles, founder of Great American Cookie Co. and namesake for the college of business.

Edge Connection serves businesses in 31 metro Atlanta counties.

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