Rate My Professor Georgann Jouflas

In the 1990s, Jouflas owned and operated a restaurant/bakery and a restaurant/nightclub in western Colorado, and served as CEO of a small food manufacturing company with products distributed by major chains in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Denver. Following the sale of her businesses in 1996, she worked at the Western Colorado Business Development Center, developing the Kitchen Incubator program for food entrepreneurs, leading the Small Business Development Center's 12-week Leading Edge Program on business operations and planning, and contributing to the Competitive Edge program for strategic planning and networking. She provides consulting on accounting software implementation for small businesses. At Colorado Mesa University, she advises The Point, an interdisciplinary student-run coffee shop and bar opened in 2013, and manages the Coleman Faculty Entrepreneurship Fellows program, assisting over 10 faculty fellows in infusing entrepreneurship across disciplines. Her research and consulting include the Listening to Business program, featuring biennial interviews with 100 business leaders to discern local economic trends, and membership on the Planning Oversight Committee of the Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce, conducting monthly interviews to improve planning processes. Jouflas's expertise centers on entrepreneurship, accounting, and basic business skills. She has co-authored key publications, including 'Flexing the Leadership Muscle: An International Study of Entrepreneurial Resilience in Rural Communities during the COVID-19 Pandemic' (Journal of Small Business Strategy, 2021) and 'An Investigation on Factors Influencing University Students’ Entrepreneurship Orientations' (Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy, 2024).