Rome Floyd Chamber Small Business Spotlight – Devon Goddard Smyth with The Davies Shelter, Danielle Stitt and Reanna Tucker with Charles Williams Real Estate Investment Corporation, and Chris Carey with Logical Systems
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Jim DiRugeris with Celebree School
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Jim DiRugeris joined Celebree in January 2020, where he is currently the Chief Development Officer. Jim works directly with prospective and current Celebree franchise owners, helping them navigate through the sales, real estate, construction and marketing process. Jim’s leadership skills, franchise expertise, market knowledge and subject matter expert relationships are an invaluable resource for Celebree franchise owners. 
Prior to joining Celebree, Jim spent 14 years with national franchise companies both in the automotive and childcare sectors. Jim’s career includes building departments from the ground up, creating strategical growth plans for entering new markets nationally and continued process improvement.
As our Chief Development Officer, Jim translates his extensive childcare experience into guidance and support for Celebree franchisees. Jim works closely with new franchise owners during the site selection and negotiation process, using analytics, demographics and intuition to assist in selecting optimal locations. Jim’s guidance helps franchisees make sound decisions on their path to business ownership.
Connect with Jim on LinkedIn.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
- What compelled Jim to join Celebree
- Getting a franchise off the ground amid a global pandemic
- The benefits of getting involved with Celebree at the ground level of its entry into franchising
- How Jim is growing the franchise system
- Predictions for the future of early childhood education franchising
BRX Pro Tip: Team Up with a Networker
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BRX Pro Tip: Team Up with a Networker
Stone Payton: [00:00:01] And we are back with Business RadioX Pro Tips. Lee Kantor and Stone Payton here with you. Lee, one of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever received from you in terms of running a successful studio, for the studio partner to team up with a networker.
Lee Kantor: [00:00:15] Right. This is at the heart of how this business started for me personally. I don’t like to network. I’m not good at networking. And the first thing I did was identify somebody who was and who enjoyed it. And then, made her a co-host on my house show, Atlanta Business Radio. So, that’s how this began. So, I think it’s important. Ubiquity is important. Having people see Business RadioX all over the place is good for you and your market. So, the more places you can show up and be seen, the better.
Lee Kantor: [00:00:44] So, if you don’t like to go to all the networking meetings, a way to attack that is to partner with somebody who likes to go, make them a co-host or a periodic co-host on your house show, a semi-regular guest host, or whatever you want to call them, and give them the latitude to invite guests, and show them how to leverage it. And they’re going to be happy to go out to the networking meeting, and to come in there, and tell the story for Business RadioX in order to invite guests that are important to them.
Steve Hart with PMI
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When Steve Hart founded Property Management, Inc. (PMI) in 2008, his vision was to create the nation’s largest residential, commercial, and association management franchise network. Much of his career prior to PMI was spent riding the ups and downs of the real estate industry in land development, construction, and sales.
Steve came to understand that no matter what the real estate market is doing, the property management sector of the industry remains stable.
With this in mind, he built the PMI model for a consistent revenue-generating property management business which now helps hundreds of property managers realize their dreams of successful business ownership.
Connect with Steve on LinkedIn.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
- How Steve started Property Management, Inc.
- What markets of the industry PMI touches
- How PMI’s business model offers a consistent revenue generating business
- How the company was able to navigate the turmoil of the 2008 economy and again during the pandemic in 2020
- What PMI looks for in a franchise
- Plans for growth in 2021
BRX Pro Tip: Success Story: Regional Business Association
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BRX Pro Tip: Success Story: Regional Business Association
Stone Payton: [00:00:00] And we are back with Business RadioX Pro Tips. Stone Payton and Lee Kantor here with you. Lee, for our Success Story series, today, we want to talk about serving a Regional Business Association.
Lee Kantor: [00:00:13] Yeah. We have a client that’s a Regional Business Association that we were doing in-studio work and that’s how we were serving them. And then, the pandemic happened and then they were unable to come in the studio anymore. And in order to kind of provide value with and for them, we, together, came up with the idea of instead of just doing this thought leadership series that we had been doing, but to pivot slightly and use this kind of flexible time that we had now to actually spotlight their members. And this enabled them to really provide a lot of value to their members that were missing out on some of the good stuff of being part of a member organization like them. They were missing out on the face-to-face networking. They were missing out on the kind of ways to collaborate together with other members.
Lee Kantor: [00:01:03] So, by us spotlighting their members, we were able to really provide a lot of value and appreciation where the members kept getting value from this association. And this is something I think a lot of associations miss out on. They don’t realize how important it is for them as a member organization to not just kind of provide networking opportunities. But if they go out of their way and actually support and celebrate the work of their members, and promote the work of their members, and give them a promotional vehicle that allows them to take that content and then share it and kind of vouch for them, it really helps the members and it’ll keep the members sticky so they don’t quit the organization.
Lee Kantor: [00:01:49] So, that’s what we did on behalf of this association. We helped them get the word out that these business people were still in business. They’re still doing good work. And a side effect of doing this work was that we were able to capture so many testimonials out of the mouths of all of their members that it was dozens upon dozens of testimonials, way more than they had historically been able to capture in any other way throughout the year. So, that was a side benefit that really just you can do kind of a value proposition from this is just capturing those testimonials is worth the value of doing the interviews. So, we were able to serve their members, keep them sticky, keep them around, and also get a lot of testimonials that the member organization was able to repurpose and use to attract even more members.
HW&W E30: Christie Lee, Tucson Metro Chamber
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Christie Lee, Director of Member Services
Tucson Metro Chamber
212 E. Broadway
Tucson, AZ 85701
520-792-2250 ext. 158
Clee@tucsonchamber.org
Website: https://tucsonchamber.org/
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As the new Director of Member Services for the Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, I couldn’t be more thrilled to be part of such a dynamic organization! This certainly is not your father’s Chamber; however, the principal remains as a modernized version of a 125-year-old organization that has historically supported businesses in our local community.
A little about me, is I am a native Tucsonan that considers myself the girl next door who has a genuine passion for helping my neighbor, being involved for the good of the community, and making the world a better place- especially one business at a time.
The steppingstone of my journey includes being a part of large corporations, smaller communities, and locally owned organizations, most recently, Commerce Bank of Arizona, fundraising for non-profits, such as the Good Scout Awards and the Spina Bifida Association of Southern Arizona. I have been an instrumental part of startups and turning around failing companies to be extraordinary successes. Positions held ranged from entry-level to Vice President due to a robust passion and ability to deliver time and time again and my commitment is to do the same for you.
My background in business and relationship development is the heartbeat of my successes across industries and is what excites me the most about serving you. I truly understand business issues and I can’t wait to hear about yours. I am your connector and I love Tucson!
About the Host
Karen M. Fisher
Senior Loan Officer
NMLS ID# 180167 – AZ MLO Lic# 0911886
Summit Funding, Inc.
5151 E. Broadway Blvd., Ste. 700
Tucson, AZ 85711
Branch NMLS ID# 1464335 – Summit Funding, Inc NMLS ID#3199
AZ Lic# 0925837 – Equal Housing Opportunity 
(520) 447-2279 Direct Phone
Karen.Fisher@SummitFunding.net
www.OurNeighborsOurHeroes.com
As a Senior Loan Officer, I originate residential home loans (1-4 Units) for purchase or refinance transactions for owner-occupied, second homes, or investment properties. I am licensed in the State of Arizona; however, I can connect you to great mortgage loan officers anywhere in the United States or Canada. I have been a loan officer for just over 20 years. In the prior 17 years, I was a Realtor, an Associate Broker, Branch Manager, and Designated Broker. My beloved husband Scott and I have been married for over 37 years, we have an awesome daughter Allison who is engaged to her Gonzaga University sweetheart, Enrique. I love to read, travel, hike, golf, camp, entrepreneurial ideas, inventions, animals, and children. My key to success is to focus on excellence, not perfection, and being growth-minded.
Jarrett Gorlin with Judicial Innovations
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Jarrett Gorlin is founder and CEO of Judicial Innovations, an Atlanta-based technology company that provides free cloud-based platforms for online traffic court resolution, government payments and probation management.
Backed by a team with over 60 years of direct court experience, Judicial Innovations provides government agencies with the tools they need to improve efficiencies – at no cost to them. Learn more at www.judicialinnovation.com
Connect with Jarrett on LinkedIn.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
- About Judicial Innovations
- About Jarrett
- The recent launch of their Online Traffic Resolution platform
- Judicial Innovations being named one of the Top 40 Innovative Technology Companies by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG)
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Shaniqua Washington with Mahogany Massage
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Shaniqua Washington, Massage Therapist at Mahogany Massage, is a Richmond native, mother of two, a godly woman, and advocate for the people. She loves people and people love her.
Follow Mahogany Massage on Facebook.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
- About Shaniqua and how she got into massage therapy
- Why massages are important
- How did Shaniqua start Mahogany Massage
Dave Excell with Featurespace
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Dave Excell is Featurespace’s Founder, responsible for the growth and operation of the business across the Americas and oversees the global Product strategy.
After studying at the Australian National University and the University of Cambridge, Featurespace began as a concept and has become a leading enterprise financial crime platform for financial institutions and technology providers.
Dave is also a board member for the Technology Association of Georgia and The Knoble, bringing together networks of financial crime specialists to prevent criminals from using the world’s financial systems to profit from the suffering of others.
Connect with Dave on LinkedIn and follow Featurespace on Twitter.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
- About Dave and his role at Featurespace
- The core mission of Featurespace
- About Automated Deep Behavioral Networks
- How the new technology reacts to the changes in payments due to the pandemic
- Future plans for Featurespace
About Our Sponsor
OnPay’s payroll services and HR software give you more time to focus on what’s most important. Rated “Excellent” by PC Magazine, we make it easy to pay employees fast, we automate all payroll taxes, and we even keep all your HR and benefits organized and compliant.
Our award-winning customer service includes an accuracy guarantee, deep integrations with popular accounting software, and we’ll even enter all your employee information for you — whether you have five employees or 500. Take a closer look to see all the ways we can save you time and money in the back office.
