Bruce Barker is a contributing columnist for the Athens Banner Herald giving a small business prospective on the challenges and obstacles facing small businesses. Barker hopes that his accumulated experience of 30 plus years of association with small business can provide valuable lessons and insight for other entrepreneurs.

Barker along with his wife has expanded their business far beyond the original House of 10,000 Frames that opened in 1970, to include Frameworks, Prince Avenue Gallery, The Dawg Pen and Cups Coffee Cafe.

Barker does not offer business advice or has a formal business education but provides a practical business view point and real-life lessons about running a small business. more on history

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