GWINNETT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DAY
SANDY RICHARDSON
LISA SHERMAN
and Chamber Member TIM THORNBERRY of Cornerstone Financial Partners
http://www.gwinnettchamber.org/
STEVE BACHMAN, AuditMyBooks Analyzer.
Bachman is a proven executive and angel investor with more than 30 years of experience
working with startup and fast growth technology companies. Throughout his
career, Bachman has built and led top notch teams focused on sales execution
and profitable operations.
Bachman’s track record includes growing several self-funded and VC backed
businesses. He has created shareholder value through the sale of companies to
McAfee, NetIQ, Computer Associates and 8e6 Technologies.
Bachman was founder & CEO of Automated Design Systems, President of Marshal
Software Americas, Founder & Director of UK-based Image Analyser and a
consulting executive to CyberPatrol during a management buyout from Websense.
Well known in the Southeast technology community, Bachman is an angel investor
in Nexidia, Oversight Systems, QCept, Servigistics and SilverPop. He is also
active as a Founder & Director of both the Wireless Technology Forum and
the Executive Sales & Marketing Association. Bachman is also the past
President of the Southeast Software Association and a former Founder &
Director of the Technology Association of Georgia.
Tracey Mallet came on and told us about her new exercise dvds that she has put out including The Booty Barre. 
She mixes together ballet, kick boxing and the hippest music. Tracey shared how she dealth with migraine headaches and how that adding balance to her life helped her slow down.
Dr Fitness and her Tracey debated the merits of body weight exercises and how lunges may be the most functional exercise. Tracey just turned 40 (hard to believe) and she says she has to really challenge her body now when she works out. She doesn’t like to run because she feels compassion for her joints
She also updated us on some of the travel she has been doing including her recent trip to England where they couldn’t recognize her British accent. She is still cranking out the dvds, appearing on TV and she has a new workout certification for fitness trainers that she is rolling out all around the world.
Everyone loves spinach – from Popeye to Dr Fitness. No one debates how healthy it is but some people aren’t crazy about the taste. Here is a salad recipe that even the most picky spinach eater will eat. In a big bowl throw in baby spinach, with chopped avocado, and red bell peppers. Olives work well here if you like them along with onions. If you feel adventurous make some homemade croutons by baking some bread and crumbling it in the salad. Use a nice vinegarette dressing and you are good to go.
Summer’s here so let the grilling begin. Here is a refreshing lemon chicken recipe that is great for the barbeque. Mix up some lemon juice with honey, olive oil and some spices. Rub some of that dressing on your 4 6 oz chicken breasts. Grill them up. Then you can make a cole slaw with some cabbage and even use the remaining dressing on that as well.
Marcel has more than 12 years experience building, implementing and managing enterprise-level solutions in a diverse collection of industries. As President and Founder of Soket, a SaaS-based command center that provides a single place for local organizations and their PR and marketing agencies to orchestrate their web presences, he oversees operations, business development and product management. Prior to Soket, Marcel founded innerEcho, a business and technology consulting firm he lead for 6 years until he sold it in 2008. He has a B.S. in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.
Find your Franchise / Keller Williams Realty: Anita Best
Anita Best brings over 20 years of business experience to the franchise industry. As a franchise owner and operator for over 10 years herself, Anita’s experience and passion toward the industry are of constant benefit to all her clients.
In 2001 Anita opened a Keller Williams Franchise as managing Partner, through her stewardship the business achieved profitability in year one and the office grew to over 125 agents in less than 3 years. Due to her outstanding business instincts and her success in running the franchise, she was invited to join the business coaching program at Keller Williams, where she coached other Franchise owners and their brokers around the country on how to better their business results and expand their successes.
Today Anita uses her wealth of knowledge and broad base of experience to assist aspiring entrepreneurs in determining if business ownership is the right choice for them. Her services are complimentary and each consultation is designed to elicit the absolute best match for their experience, skill set, goals and available investment capital, from nearly 4000 franchise concepts that are available today.
“My single expectation of every client interaction is that they have a positive experience and leave the exchange immensely more knowledgeable of their choices, regardless of whether or not they decide to pursue business ownership.” Anita Best
Sports Clips: Paul Rogers
Paul Rogers is a Sport Clips franchise owner. After twenty years in apparel manufacturing working for Russell Corporation and Fruit of the Loom, Rogers partnered with three local business owners to build and operate Sport Clips stores that provide a championship haircut experience for men and boys in a sports themed environment. After opening their first store in East Cobb in April of 2010, this group acquired three more stores in North Fulton within the next ninety days. In March of 2011, Rogers received the Sport Clips Rookie Franchise Owner of the Year Award at the annual franchise convention. Future plans include the addition of eight to ten more stores within the next 4 years.
Yogli Mogli: Roy Levi
Roy Levi, together with his attorney wife and another investor partner, is the owner of Yogli Mogli Dunwoody, a premium self-serve frozen yogurt store. Prior to opening his franchise business on April 2011, Roy had several diplomatic posts around the globe for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including working for the Consulate General of Israel in Atlanta.
Roy was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel. He moved to the United States in 2005 and obtained a B.B.A Degree in Managerial Science from Georgia State University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude on May 2010. Today he lives happily in Dunwoody with his wife, Tina and their two dogs, Sophie and Oscar.
We opened the show up with a recap of our Memorial Day. Dr Fitness tried to go on a double date with another couple and that ended awkwardly. And the Fat Guy recounted the many ways his 86 year old father has either fallen down or almost fallen down lately but has still managed to stay alive. Dr Fitness told a story about some new sunscreen he likes called California Baby
Then Tracey Mallet came on and told us about her new exercise dvds that she has put out including The Booty Barre. She updated us on some of the travel she has been doing including her recent trip to England where they couldn’t recognize her British accent. She is still cranking out the dvds and she has a new workout certification for fitness trainers that she is rolling out all around the world.
Our first guest was someone we met at FitBloggin No Meat Athlete Matt Frazier. He is a vegan ultramarathon 
runner.Anyone who can shave over 100 minutes from his marathon time is a beast and this guy can do it without eating meat. He shared a bunch of his story and how he became a vegetarian runner. He gave us some running tips and told us some of the things he would like to accomplish running in the future. That Scott Pilgrim movie was right…those vegans are like superheroes. He’s got a new book coming out soon that shows you how to train for a half marathon and his first book helps vegetarians train for marathons.
