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Fabi Preslar with SPARK Publications

November 17, 2020 by angishields

GWBC Radio

Fabi Preslar with SPARK Publications

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Fabi Preslar is the owner and president of SPARK Publications, a national, award-winning, independent publishing firm specializing in the design of niche magazines, and independently published non-fiction books for print, digital, and interactive media.

Preslar has been honored as a 2020 FOLIO: Top Women in Media, was inducted into the 2019 North Carolina Women Business Owners Hall of Fame, and was awarded the 2018 First-Generation Family Business of the Year by the Charlotte Business Journal.

SPARK Publications celebrates 22 years in business. Learn more at SPARKpublications.com and FabiPreslar.com.

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About GWBC

The Greater Women’s Business Council (GWBC®) is at the forefront of redefining women business enterprises (WBEs). An increasing focus on supplier diversity means major corporations are viewing our WBEs as innovative, flexible and competitive solutions. The number of women-owned businesses is rising to reflect an increasingly diverse consumer base of women making a majority of buying decision for herself, her family and her business.

GWBC^® has partnered with dozens of major companies who are committed to providing a sustainable foundation through our guiding principles to bring education, training and the standardization of national certification to women businesses in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Christi Powell with 84 Lumber Company

November 17, 2020 by angishields

GWBC Radio

Christi Powell with 84 Lumber Company

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Christi Powell with 84 Lumber. Christi is the WBE Commercial Sales Market Manager for 84 Lumber and works directly with their over 250 locations.

She has an extensive background in commercial and residential sales as they relate to construction and building. She shares an exciting vision with owner, Maggie Hardy Knox, for growth of the company and community impact.

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About GWBC

Eric Rodriguez with WealthBuilders

November 17, 2020 by angishields

Retirement Tips Radio

Eric Rodriguez with WealthBuilders

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Eric Rodriguez was born and raised in San Jose, CA. He graduated from San Jose State University and earned his Personal Financial Planning Certificate from UCLA. He founded WealthBuilders, LLC, in 2017.

Eric is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and is a member of XYPN Planning Network, Financial Planning Association and the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA). WealthBuilders, LLC is a fee-only virtual financial planning and investment management firm serving clients around the U.S.

In addition to the wealth management practice, Eric has a philanthropic focus on decreasing the racial wealth gap through financial, in-kind, and volunteer donations via WealthBuilders. He is also co-host of The Avocado Toast Podcast, a financial literacy podcast for Millennials and H.E.N.R.Y.s.

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BRX Pro Tip: Don’t be a Commodity

November 17, 2020 by angishields

BRX Pro Tips

BRX Pro Tip: Don't be a Commodity

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BRX Pro Tip: Don’t be a Commodity

Stone Payton: [00:00:00] And we are back with BRX Pro Tips. Stone Payton and Lee Kantor here with you, Lee, it’s really important, probably and virtually any business, certainly in ours, don’t be a commodity.

Lee Kantor: [00:00:14] Yeah, this is so important. If you’re in any type of competitive environment where there’s lots of people doing a similar thing, you don’t want to be thought of as just another person who does that same thing. So, you have to constantly be thinking of ways to elevate and add value to your service, so that you’re not seen as just like anybody else. So, you have to be different, you have to become valuable, and you’ve got to continue to push the value line. Otherwise, you devolve into this cheap commodity that the person thinks they can get anywhere.

Lee Kantor: [00:00:47] And that means don’t advertise in the same place as your competitors are advertising. Don’t have the same mission statement as your competitor. Go out of your way to be different. And you don’t want to get into a price war. You don’t want to get into that race to the bottom in terms of pricing. That’s a race you’re not going to win, and you don’t want to win. So, you want to keep adding so much value that your client is happy to pay whatever you charge because they can’t get what you have anywhere else. So, be different, stand out, serve the heck out of your clients and don’t become a commodity. You do not want to be positioned that way. You want to be the only person in town that delivers what you deliver.

The Movie “Electric Jesus” – Brian Baumgartner, Chris White, Caleb Hoffman, and Daniel Smith

November 16, 2020 by angishields

Rome Business Radio

The Movie "Electric Jesus" - Brian Baumgartner, Chris White, Caleb Hoffman, and Daniel Smith

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Ali Awad with CEO Lawyer

November 16, 2020 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Ali Awad with CEO Lawyer

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Ali Awad’s personal injury practice primarily consists of auto collisions, but also involves premises liability and medical malpractice suits. Mr. Awad is fluent in three languages (Arabic, English, Spanish) and conversational in two others (Chinese, Portuguese). These linguistic skills allow Mr. Awad to effectively communicate with a wide array of clients, fostering strong long-term relationships.

During law school, Mr. Awad became a published author on Immigration Law while working as a Senior Editor for a law review journal. He also clerked with a business litigation firm and an immigration firm in Atlanta, GA to gain a deeper understanding of the nuances of client communication in a legal setting.

Mr. Awad has studied internationally during his undergraduate and post-graduate career, spending extended periods of time in countries like China, Turkey, Mexico, and Brazil. This diverse international experience helps Mr. Awad connect with people from all walks of life.

Mr. Awad’s hobbies include flying planes (private pilot in training) and building show cars (from antiques to 1500-horsepower exotics). Mr. Awad also holds a black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do and has competed on a regional and national level over the past 15 years.

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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.

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Harry Hutchins with Alma Coffee

November 16, 2020 by angishields

Cherokee Business Radio

Harry Hutchins with Alma Coffee

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Alma was founded on the idea of improving lives, sustainable practices, and producing extraordinary coffee. When they started Alma in 2018, Harry and Leticia Hutchins left their corporate careers, moved into their parents basement, and got to work on building the brand.

The idea was simple, bring extraordinary coffees from their own family farms in Honduras to be roasted and served in the US. Today they are proud to have their coffee in the homes of customers, and in some of the best restaurants, cafes, and businesses in Georgia. Their goal is to continue growing their business to further increase the impact they make at their farms in Honduras and in the communities that they serve.

Harry runs the sales for Alma, as well as the operations to fulfill client needs and online orders. Leticia runs the backend operations such as marketing, branding, SEO and private/co-branded labeled products.

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The Writing King Richard Lowe

November 15, 2020 by angishields

High Velocity Radio

The Writing King Richard Lowe

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Richard Lowe is a professional ghostwriter and author. His passion is to help businesses and individuals write books that showcase their expertise, build credibility and tell their story.

Richard has written and published 63 books on a variety of subjects (including 2 Kindle bestsellers), ghostwritten 42 books, and authored over a thousand articles for blogs and social media.

Before his writing career, he was the Director of Computer Operations for Trader Joe’s Company, and before that the VP of Consulting for two computer firms. His works include Focus on LinkedIn (an Amazon bestseller), Cyberheist (for KnowBe4), and Digitize or Die (as Copy Editor).

Martha Johnson with Hypur and Stan Deak with Skynamo

November 15, 2020 by angishields

Tech Talk

Martha Johnson with Hypur and Stan Deak with Skynamo

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An entrepreneur and investor with over 25 years of leadership experience, Martha Johnson, CMO of Hypur, has a proven track record of bringing multi-billion-dollar products and services to market.

Striking the balance between strategic vision and what is operationally achievable, she has been successful across a range of startups and industries including content providers, manufacturing, hospitality, consumer packaged goods, and cannabis. Martha brings her mastery at creating and managing monetization to Hypur, driving the implementation and operationalization of Hypur’s services.

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Stan Deak is GM of Skynamo, is a Georgia Tech grad and long time Atlantan who brings more than 20 years experience in business-to-business SaaS technology, with a focus on building and developing early stage companies.

Most recently with Experience, the Atlanta-based mobile ticketing technology company, he was the ninth employee and helped grow the company to more than 350 sports and entertainment partners worldwide.

Deak was also part of the core team that conceptualized INWEGO, the company’s consumer subscription service. Deak also spent 10 years at Silverpop, now part of Acoustic, leading sales and customer success teams prior to its acquisition by IBM.

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About Your Host

Joey Kline is a Vice President at JLL, specializing in office brokerage and tenant representation. As an Atlanta native, he has a deep passion for promoting the economic growth and continued competitiveness of communities in and around Atlanta, as well as the Southeast as a whole.

He has completed transactions in every major submarket of metro Atlanta, and works primarily with start-ups, advertising/marketing agencies, and publicly-traded companies. With a healthy mix of tenacious drive and analytical insights, Joey is a skilled negotiator who advises clients on a myriad of complex real estate matters.

With a strategy and business development background, Joey is first and foremost a pragmatic advisor to his clients. Most recently, he was the Director of Business Development for American Fueling Systems, an Atlanta-based alternative energy company.

While at JLL, he has become a member of the Million Dollar Club, and has built a reputation as an expert on the intersection of transit-accessibility and urban real estate. With intimate involvement in site selection and planning/zoning concerns, Joey approaches real estate from the perspective of the end user, and thus possesses a unique lens through which to serve his clients.

Joey holds a Master of Business Administration from Emory University, and a Bachelor of Arts from Washington University in St. Louis. He is a founder, board member, and the treasurer of Advance Atlanta, and also sits on the Selection Committee for the Association for Corporate Growth’s Fast 40 event. In addition, he is a member of CoreNet and the Urban Land Institute. Finally, he is part of LEAD Atlanta’s Class of 2019.

Connect with Joey on LinkedIn.