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Town Village North Dallas and Veterans Information Services

January 19, 2011 by angishields

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Town Village North Dallas and Veterans Information Services

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Karolyn Sorensen, like so many of our guests, was nudged into senior care by a personal experience with a family member. She received a degree in Gerontology from the University of North Texas. today she is the Executive Director of Town Village North Dallas, an exceptional Senior Living experience offering options for both independent living and personalized assisted living. Karolyn is joined by her associates, Teri Lock, the Director of Sales and Marketing, and Tracey Bruce, the Business Development Coordinator. This terrific tiro is part of what makes Town Village North such an exceptional experience! Teri is a midwesterner, having received a Political Science degree from Northing Illinois University, and a Masters in Counseling from Indiana University. After spending a good bit of her career in non-profit management serving families and children, she was introduced to the senior services world. Tracey is a rare Dallas native. She attended the University of Texas at Arlington, earning a social work degree. She also started her career in the non-profit sector. She’s thrilled to be working with Karolyn and Teri at Town Village. They tell us that one of the most compelling features of Town Village is its award-winning food service, specifically designed for seniors, from both a nutrition and a taste perspective. Find out for yourself by scheduling a tour by calling Teri at 972-866-7575. You can also visit them on the web here.

Though Karen McIntyre was born in Tampa, she considers herself an Atlanta native, having lived in Atlanta for 40 years! Karen is a registered nurse, and has an Associates degree in Nursing, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from Kennesaw State College. She spent much of her career in hospital nursing and home health. Back in the 1990s, Karen began to see that there was little care management available to patients free of charge. She began a door to door campaign to the assisted living facilities to get them to pay a “finders fee” so that she could provide the senior placement service to her patients for free. Since then, this industry has taken off. Karen took her business in a slightly different direction. She started helping veterans and spouses of veterans apply for the aid they were entitled to from the Veterans Administration. Karen and her husband, Jay, subsequently founded Veterans Information Services, Inc. As Karen points out in the interview, there are many programs available to veterans and their surviving spouses for both those who are service-connected and for many war-time veterans and their surviving spouses who are not service-connected, but who have a financial need. Today Karen is a VA-accredited agent specializing in education for professionals wanting to assist eligible veterans in obtaining their benefits. In addition to the training, she also offers a software solution that makes the application process very simple. Karen points out that last year, there were over 23 million veterans and less than 400,000 were actually receiving non-service-connected pension benefits. Her advice, “get some assistance from someone who knows how to navigate the application process”. To learn more, call 866-869-2777, or visit them on the web at www.info4vets.com.

Special thanks to Griswold Special Care, A Tradition in Home Care Excellence since 1982, for hosting today’s show!

Charles Green of Charles Green & Co. and Patrick Turner, Visionaire Partners appeared on the Avenue Friday, January 21st .

January 19, 2011 by angishields

BRX National

Charles Green of Charles Green & Co. and Patrick Turner, Visionaire Partners appeared on the Avenue Friday, January 21st .

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Charles Green worked in his parents’ small business by age 8, often listening in on “board meetings” around the dinner table. Today he is an eminent authority on small businesses with over 30 years of advising, financing, and investing in small business owners and entrepreneurs.

His experience includes years as a commercial banker, venture capitalist, business advisor and business owner. He founded and served as President and CEO of Sunrise Bank of Atlanta. Charles has advised clients from 30 countries and served as corporate director for several businesses in the U.S., Mexico, and Europe including a NASDAQ-listed company.

Charles wrote several popular books and articles on business financing and has been interviewed by CNN, CNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, Bloomberg, Business Week, Entrepreneur, Inc., Success, Essence, Crain’s Business, Fortune Small Business, Reuters, AP Radio, Business Radio, and others.

He earned a B.S. in Finance from the University of Alabama and completed the Stonier National Graduate School of Banking at the Wharton School of Business. In 2005 he was named the Financial Services Champion by the Georgia District of the U.S. Small Business Administration.

His volunteer work focuses on strengthening Atlanta’s arts community by serving as chair of the Fulton County Arts Council. He’s also on the board of the Atlanta Medical Center.

www.charlesgreenco.com

For clients wanting the edge of having the very best talent possible, Pat Turner provides the solution. With more than two decades of recruiting and search experience in Information Technology in the Atlanta market, Pat Turner has developed sharp insights on helping companies achieve their mission through hiring A+ employees and temporary professionals. As an entrepreneur who with three other partners launched Visionaire Partners in early 2008, Pat helps other businesses find motivated professionals who supply jet fuel for his clients’ success. Visionaire Partners has grown from the original four founders to a company of nineteen sales and recruiting professionals in under three years.

Pat’s clients have ranged from Fortune 500 giants to high growth technology firms of under 50 employees. So he understands the challenges of both entrepreneurs and corporate executives. He thrives when teaching others the staffing business.

Before entering the staffing arena, Pat was an Information Technology consultant with the national firm Booz Allen Hamilton. He earned his BS in Engineering and his MS in Computer Science from the University of Tennessee.

Outside of work, Pat has a passion for riding his road bicycle, shooting weddings with his camera, and introducing his friends to the relaxing benefits of yoga. An energetic risk taker, he has jumped from a plane three times, went on a SCUBA dive in a dark cave in Mexican waters, and has ridden his bicycle over 100 miles in a single day.

http://www.visionairepartners.com/

Derek Gable: I have this great idea but I don’t know what to do with it

January 19, 2011 by angishields

The Launch Hour

Derek Gable: I have this great idea but I don’t know what to do with it

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Derek Gable of West Coast Innovations is going to tell us how to enjoy your life to the fullest in the world of inventing.

Derek Gable has been a very successful inventor and product developer for over 40 years with dozens of his creations making it to the market place.

Gable has approximately 60 patents in categories as diverse as toys, entertainment machines, games, medical devices and systems for showing real estate.

Gable ran a large part of the think tank at Mattel for about 16 years and was responsible for creating and/or managing many big hits including Masters of the Universe and items for Barbie, Hot Wheels, large promotional dolls, games, preschool etc.

Gable invented the recording Lock Box system for showing Real Estate in 1979 and along with a partner formed a company to produce and market the system. The company was successful for 15 years produced over 1.5 million units, controlled 80% of the business worldwide and employed over 200 people.

In 1984 Gable formed West Coast Innovations [WCI] an invention and product development company with an extensive network of associates capable of creating new concepts and taking them all the way to production. WCI has successfully licensed many items to most of the major toy companies and several other industries

Gable is very interested in helping other rookie inventors and mentoring high school students with passion and potential. Gable does guest speaking and ran a class for inventors called “I have this great idea but don’t know what to do with it”

Tasty Teriyaki Burger Recipe

January 18, 2011 by angishields

Dr. Fitness & the Fat Guy

Tasty Teriyaki Burger Recipe

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Teriyaki seems to make everything taste better. This teriyaki burger recipe is so simple the Fat Guy can do it. Take about a pound and half of ground beef and mix in salt and pepper. Heat the grill – wait for it to get pretty hot. Now drop you 1/2″ thick hamburger patties on the grill. Less than 5 minutes on each side and you should be good. You don’t want to flip them too many times and you don’t want to push down on the burgers either. Baste the burgers with the teriyaki sauce towards the end of your cooking. Slice up some zucchini and throw that on the grill and try that on your burger as well. Listen right now to hear Dr Fitness’ tips. Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Wellness Minutes improve your health in 3 minutes a day or less. iTunes Follow us on Twitter @FatGuy and @DrFitness6 Be our Friend on Facebook

Prepare To Sell

January 18, 2011 by angishields

Burr Forman's Results Matter Radio

Prepare To Sell

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Part 4 of our 4 part series on Business Succession Planning will close out the series with our final topic on how to prepare to sell your business. This discussion will help you prepare for when it is time to sell your business and how to appropriately position your business to sell successfully. Our guest speakers are Alan A. McClure with Breckinridge Investment Bankers and Edward H. Brown with Burr & Forman.

Alan has over 30 years of experience advising management teams and shareholders of middle market businesses in connection with the sale of their business as well as assignments relating to acquisitions and capital raises. E-Mail Alan McClure

Ed is a Partner in the Atlanta office of Burr & Forman. He provides a variety of corporate services to the firm’s clients, but for purposes of this discussion will be focusing on representing family and privately held growth and mid-size businesses and investors in the Southeast. E-Mail Ed Brown

Listen to Alan and Ed talk about best practices in selling a business.

Run Your Family’s Business

January 18, 2011 by angishields

Burr Forman's Results Matter Radio

Run Your Family’s Business

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Part 3 of our 4 part series on Business Succession Planning focuses on the critical factors you need to consider when you have been asked to run the family business. Joining us for this discussion are John Comer and Jack Stephenson.

John is President & CEO of the Southern Restaurant Group, headquartered in Destin, Florida. The Southern Restaurant Group owns 8 waterfront seafood restaurants along the gulf coast, including the Back Porch, the Louisiana Lagniappe, Pompano Joe’s, Reggae J’s, Café Grazie, and the Fisherman’s Wharf. The company has been in business since 1979 and currently employs about 600 people. E-Mail John Comer.

Jack is a Partner in the Birmingham office of Burr & Forman and is the Chair of the firm’s Business Section. A substantial part of Jack’s practice involves corporate and tax planning for transactions involving business, insurance, real estate and health care entities and the negotiation and implementation of such transactions. E-Mail Jack Stephenson.

Listen to John and Jack provide tips on what you need to know when running a family business.

Hire The Right Management Team

January 18, 2011 by angishields

Burr Forman's Results Matter Radio

Hire The Right Management Team

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Part 2 of our 4 part series on Business Succession Planning is a discussion about how to attract and/or retain the right management team for your business once the restructuring process is in place. At the request of our listeners we have asked our speakers, John Cooper and Jack Stephenson, from Part 1 of our series (Restructure Your Business) to join us for this session.

Listen to John and Jack talk about how to hire the right management team.

What I Would Say to My 320lb Self of Ten Years Ago If I Could

January 18, 2011 by angishields

This post was written by Jim Hodgson

I remember stepping on the scale for the first time and seeing the needle swing all the way around past 300 into some incalculable territory that it was never meant to measure. I tell people now that I once weighed 320lbs but there’s no way that bathroom scale was accurate. Could it have been 340… 350?

I don’t really have a good excuse for how I got so big. I just stopped looking at myself in the mirror and didn’t think about it. I smoked a pack of cigarettes a day — the hard core, full power ones too. Not the light ones. The light ones are for children.

Time to Change
When I saw the scale indicating over 300lbs I said okay, that’s about enough, and I decided to change. I remembered how much I enjoyed riding my bike to school as a kid, so I bought a BMX bike just like I’d had back in the day. I started riding it to work every day and immediately lost a good bit of weight.

Have you ever lost 60lbs and still been fat as hell? I have!

I also remember the first time I ever ran purely for exercise as an adult. It was on Monroe here in Atlanta, heading north from St. Charles. I made it to the intersection of Monroe and Virginia, or about .4 of a mile, before I had to stop because I had a splitting headache. I didn’t even get far enough to be out of sight of my starting point. I felt like the fattest, most useless lump of lard that ever gobbled a cheeseburger that day.

Reasons for Not Starting
I had a lot of reasons for not starting. I thought people would laugh at me.

“Look at that fat douche,” they’d exclaim from red convertibles stacked high with buxom blondes, “Let’s all laugh at him!”

That never happened. Not only did no one ever make fun of me for attempting to improve myself, most people who saw what I was trying to do were approving and supportive. Some were extremely helpful and shared stories of their own trials and tribulations.

Time Travel
If I could go back in time to deliver a message to myself of ten years ago, I would say something like this:

Hey, no one is looking at you. They are busy with their own lives, and if they want to laugh at you, let them. It’s better to be laughed at than to die young and miserable, which is where you are heading.

Get up and start. It doesn’t matter what you start, just start, right now, today.

Jim Hodgson has lost more than 110lbs over the course of nearly ten years without the aid of surgery or drugs and he talks about it on his blog. He also loves design and marketing, so he started a new media marketing firm.

Restructure Your Business

January 18, 2011 by angishields

Burr Forman's Results Matter Radio

Restructure Your Business

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Part 1 of our 4 part series on Business Succession Planning is a discussion devoted to the restructuring of your business. Learn what to do to determine the appropriate time to restructure your business and the steps you should take once you have made the decision to restructure your business. John Cooper and Jack Stephenson join us for this discussion.

John has served as CEO and CFO of public companies and as Managing Partner of two offices of Coopers & Lybrand. Since retiring from his CEO position in 2008, he has spent a significant portion of his time assisting middle market businesses with strategy and working on corporate restructurings from both a financial and operational standpoint. His experience covers a wide variety of industries including manufacturing, technology and financial companies.

Listen to experts give tips on when and how to restructure your business.