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Jon Ezrine with Assurance Software

June 20, 2020 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Jon Ezrine with Assurance Software

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Jon Ezrine, CEO of Assurance Software, brings a great mix of enthusiasm, drive, and operational focus to Assurance. Jon has a strong track record of leadership in high-growth software and managed services companies including roles as the COO of Nexidia, a customer service analytics software company, and as the CFO of Witness Systems, a customer service software business which successfully went public during Jon’s tenure.

Jon has managed companies through multiple stages from startup through IPO and acquisition. Jon enjoys a number of outdoor pursuits including backpacking, skiing and cycling. He and his wife have two adult children.

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About Our Sponsor

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YHFRE E10: Michael Peel, Sustainability in Southern AZ

June 19, 2020 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

YHFRE E10: Michael Peel, Sustainability in Southern AZ

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Michael Peel, Statewide Sustainability Director
Local First Arizona Foundation
407 E Roosevelt St
Phoenix, AZ 85004
(602)956-0909
mike@localfirstaz.com
wwww.localfirstazfoundation.org/
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | Instagram| LinkedIn | Twitter |

Michael Peel is the Statewide Sustainability Director for Local First Arizona Foundation, with over 15-years of experience in sustainability program development, local business and non-profit support services with a focus on sustainability planning and project implementation, and grant writing and research. Michael is a proud native of Tucson.

About the Host:

Carol Nigut, Realtor® ABR, ePro, GRI
Your Home for Real Estate at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
2890 E. Skyline Drive #250
Tucson, AZ 85718
520-448-6033
yourhomeforrealestate@gmail.com
www.yourhome4realestate.com
https://t.co/Ytqo2gMWBB
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | Google | Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Zillow |

Originally from the Chicago area, Carol is a former educator and small business owner who has lived all over the United States, buying and selling property with each move. Knowing what it’s like to go through the process drives her commitment to her clients. Trusted for her knowledge, integrity, and diligence, Carol is one of a small percentage of Arizona Realtors® who have earned the GRI (Graduate Realtor® Institute) designation, making her uniquely qualified to serve and protect her clients through every phase of their real estate transaction. As an ePro professional, she also has the skills to take full advantage of the digital environment and social media marketing platforms which have become the backbone of the Real Estate industry. Dedicated to her clients, profession, and community, Carol serves on the Professional Development Committee of the Tucson Association of Realtors, as a sponsor of Meet Me at Maynards and a volunteer at Tucson Meet Yourself, and the Tucson Folk Festival. To learn what her clients have to say about working with Carol, check out her reviews on Google, Yelp, and Zillow.

Carol provides residential real estate services throughout the greater Tucson area, She works with both buyers and sellers, first-time home buyers, vacation/second home buyers/sellers and investors. If you, or someone you know, are looking for an energetic Realtor@ who cares about their clients and is dedicated to superior customer service, please contact Carol and give her the opportunity to become “Your Home for Real Estate”.

Bishop Dedric Avery with Salt and Light Truth Center

June 19, 2020 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Bishop Dedric Avery with Salt and Light Truth Center

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Dedric M. Avery (Oba Chikelu), B.A., MSL, is a native of Decatur, GA. Avery attended University of West Georgia and Belhaven University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies and a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership. Avery also has earned several professional executive management certifications from University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business. He also uses his Organizational Development skillset to consult and support several companies and veterans service organizations.

Currently, he faithfully serves as Bishop and Overseer of the Salt and Light Truth Center in Decatur, Georgia. Since 2004, Bishop Avery has led this progressive and non-traditional community of worshippers through the process of asset attainment, holistic healing and spiritual awakening. From an alternative perspective, Avery has obtained certifications in African Holistic Health Consultation and Master Level Reiki from A life of Peace Wellness Institute. In addition, he obtained a certification in Life Coaching from The Life Coaching Institute of Orange County.

Avery is a dynamic leader, teacher, speaker, strategist, visionary, musician, model, actor, scholar, activist, vocalist, writer and United States Army Veteran. Avery is most fulfilled and accomplished when he is accompanied by his two daughters N’dea and J’sari. His main life purpose is to be an agent of positive change while impacting the community and world with transformational and servant leadership.

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What You’ll Learn in This Episode

What makes Salt and Light Truth Center so different from traditional churches?
Why is being an intergenerational spiritual leader important?
How do you hope to affect change with millennials, Generation X and Y through spiritual leadership?
How can the nation/world heal from recent events–Covid-19 and the police killing of George Floyd?
What are some of your main community initiatives?

About Our Sponsor

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ATDC Radio: Take Five – Updates From Five Tech Startups From Across The State Of Georgia

June 19, 2020 by angishields

About Your Host

Jane McCracken returns to ATDC as a Startup Catalyst, having started her career here many years ago. She then moved into venture capital and investment banking both in the United States and Europe before joining an early-stage, medical diagnostics company as chief financial officer. During her time there, she raised $60 million and completed eight international acquisitions. The company was listed on both the London and Oslo stock exchanges.

Jane then worked with two venture-backed companies. She joined the founders of an online travel company as CEO, and took it from startup to the world’s second-largest hotel booking site before Travelocity acquired it. At the request of her venture investors, Jane then joined a computer games developer as CEO and turned around the faltering enterprise before it was sold to a NASDAQ-listed games company.

Most recently, Jane was CEO of an oncology-focused clinical research company, which grew from startup to a multinational firm with $15 million in annual revenue and offices across Europe and the United States. The company was financed through its own cash flow and was sold in early 2012 to a larger clinical research organization.

Jane continues to work with fast growing companies — in interim and full-time positions — as a consultant, board member, and angel investor. In addition, Jane has served on boards for public and private companies, as well as government-related and non-profit organizations. She is a frequent speaker and panelist at conferences, companies, and universities and is an active volunteer in her community. Jane obtained her bachelor’s degree from Wake Forest University and her master’s degree at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Franchise Marketing Radio: Rick Porter with Cinch I.T.

June 19, 2020 by angishields

Franchise Marketing Radio

Franchise Marketing Radio: Rick Porter with Cinch I.T.

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Brought To You By SeoSamba . . . Comprehensive, High Performing Marketing Solutions For Mature And Emerging Franchise Brands . . . To Supercharge Your Franchise Marketing, Go To seosamba.com

Richard (Rick) Porter is the Owner and President of Cinch IT, Inc. Rick has an unwavering commitment to helping entrepreneurs make their dreams come true. As President, he leads Cinch IT’s Franchise in delivering best-in-class customer service and driving innovation.

Rick was a member of the US Army’s Special Operation Community, Recipient of the Worcester Business Journals 40 under 40, named one of the Top 10 Best CEO’s of 2018, Board member for the Better Business Bureau of Central and Western Massachusetts and the Founder of Cinch Scholarship Foundation.

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Franchise Bible Coach Radio: Andrew Cox with Medi-Weightloss Clinics

June 19, 2020 by angishields

Denver Business Radio

Franchise Bible Coach Radio: Andrew Cox with Medi-Weightloss Clinics

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Andrew Cox is SVP of Business Development with Medi-Weightloss® Clinics. Medi-Weightloss® is the leading physician-supervised weight loss brand in the U.S. Known as “The One That Works!”, our comprehensive program blends one-on-one support and education with cutting-edge technology and a clinically proven protocol to produce real weight loss results for adults, diabetics and adolescents.

As part of the program, physicians and medical professionals provide individualized care based on patients’ goals, health, and medical history, as well as provide weekly consultations that focus on nutrition, lifestyle, and exercise. Plus, we offer the sale of signature supplements and products.

Medi-Weightloss® is a franchise that offers a total turn-key business opportunity for investors and physicians.

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About the Show

The Franchise Bible Coach Radio Podcast with Rick and Rob features no-nonsense franchise industry best practices and proprietary strategies that franchisors and franchise owners can implement to improve their profitability and operational efficiencies.

Our show guests are franchise superstars and everyday heroes that share their tips for growth and strategies to survive and thrive during the current challenges.

About Your Hosts

Rick Grossman has been involved in the franchise industry since 1994. He franchised his first company and grew it to 49 locations in 19 states during the mid to late 1990s. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and primary trainer focusing on franchise owner relations and creating tools and technologies to increase franchisee success.

Rick developed and launched his second franchise organization in 2003. He led this company as the CEO and CMO growing to over 150 locations in less than three years. He developed the high tech/high touch franchise recruiting and sales system.

Both companies achieved ranking on Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500 List. During this period Rick served as a business and marketing consultant to small business and multimillion dollar enterprises. He also consulted with franchise owners and prospective franchisees, franchisors, and companies seeking to franchise.

Rick had the honor of working with his mentor, Erwin Keup as a contributing Author for the 7th edition of Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise Bible published by Entrepreneur Press.

Mr. Grossmann has been chosen as the new Author of Franchise Bible and his 8th Edition was released worldwide in January of 2017. He currently serves as an executive coach and strategist for multiple franchise clients.

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Rob Gandley has served as SeoSamba’s Vice President and Strategic Partner since 2015.

With 25 years of experience in entrepreneurship, digital marketing, sales, and technology, he continues to focus on leading the expansion of SeoSamba’s product and service capabilities and US market penetration. SeoSamba specializes in centralized marketing technology built for multi-location business models and continues to win industry awards and grow consistently year over year.

Concurrent with his work at SeoSamba, Gandley is a strategic growth consultant and CEO of FranchiseNow, a digital marketing and sales consulting firm. Gandley consults digital businesses, entrepreneurs, coaches and multi-location businesses across diverse industries. Prior to SeoSamba, he built an Internet Marketing business and platform responsible for generating over 100,000 qualified franchise development leads used by more than 400 US-based franchise brands for rapid business expansion.

Gandley also held various senior sales and management positions with IT and Internet pioneers like PSINet, AT&T, and SunGard Data Systems from (1993-2005) where he set sales records for sales and revenue growth at each company. He graduated from Pennsylvania State University’s Smeal Business School in 92’ with a BS degree in Finance and emphasis on Marketing.

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Franchise Bible Coach Radio: Michael Moorhouse with Mosquito Shield

June 19, 2020 by angishields

Denver Business Radio

Franchise Bible Coach Radio: Michael Moorhouse with Mosquito Shield

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Michael Moorhouse began working for David’s lawn care company back in 2008. Over the next few years, as the locally run mosquito business continued to grow, Michael began focusing his efforts on Mosquito Shield.

In 2011, the decision was made to grow Mosquito Shield nationally. David and Michael began working together to develop Mosquito Shield Franchise Corporation, and formalized the effort in February of 2013. Michael started representing Mosquito Shield at franchise shows around the country and has now opened franchises in 24 states.

Connect with Michael on LinkedIn and follow Mosquito Shield on Facebook.

About the Show

Our show guests are franchise superstars and everyday heroes that share their tips for growth and strategies to survive and thrive during the current challenges.

About Your Hosts

Rick had the honor of working with his mentor, Erwin Keup as a contributing Author for the 7th edition of Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise Bible published by Entrepreneur Press.

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Rob Gandley has served as SeoSamba’s Vice President and Strategic Partner since 2015.

Connect with Rob on LinkedIn.

Franchise Bible Coach Radio: Keith Paul with HandyPro

June 19, 2020 by angishields

Denver Business Radio

Franchise Bible Coach Radio: Keith Paul with HandyPro

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Keith Paul is a Founding member of HandyPro.

HandyPro is a professional handyman service for residential, senior and people with disabilities home modifications, & commercial improvement and repair services.

HandyPro provides a broad range of services including grab bars, walk-in tubs, door widening, carpentry, painting, drywall, ceramic tile, plumbing, electrical, gutters, doors, and much more.

Connect with Keith on LinkedIn.

About the Show

Our show guests are franchise superstars and everyday heroes that share their tips for growth and strategies to survive and thrive during the current challenges.

About Your Hosts

Rick had the honor of working with his mentor, Erwin Keup as a contributing Author for the 7th edition of Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise Bible published by Entrepreneur Press.

Follow Franchise Bible Coach on Facebook.

Rob Gandley has served as SeoSamba’s Vice President and Strategic Partner since 2015.

Connect with Rob on LinkedIn.

BRX Pro Tip: Understand Your Weaknesses

June 19, 2020 by angishields

BRX Pro Tips

BRX Pro Tip: Understand Your Weaknesses

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BRX Pro Tip: Understand Your Weaknesses

Stone Payton: [00:00:00] And we’re back with BRX Pro Tips. Stone Payton and Lee Kantor here with you. Lee, we spend a considerable amount of time talking about capitalizing, doubling down on your strengths, but we’re not saying to ignore your weaknesses, right?

Lee Kantor: [00:00:16] Right. You have to understand what your weak spots are and what your weaknesses are in order to kind of prevent yourself from making the same mistakes over and over again. So, you can’t grow until you identify what those weaknesses are, and you put processes or people in place to help you minimize or alleviate them. That’s the important lesson from this tip, because you should focus on your strength. That’s where you should be spending your time for your learnings. But you have to know you have weaknesses and you have to put processes in place in order to get past the weaknesses, because if you don’t, you’re just going to be making the same mistakes over and over again. And it just becomes Groundhog Day.

Lee Kantor: [00:01:00] So, it’s important to just say, “Okay, I’m not good at this and I’m hiring this person to take care of that,” or “I’m putting in this automation to take care of that.” Otherwise, you’re going to just make the same mistakes over and over again. So, that’s my recommendation. Get clear on what those weaknesses are. And then delegate either automation or people to make them go away.

Stone Payton: [00:01:24] Well, that’s an important distinction. I guess maybe this is coming from my own self-awareness that I hope is growing, but it’s not, “Okay, there’s a weakness. I’m gonna go get better at that.” That might be the choice but,really, for you, the plan A on this is find a way to get it off of your plate to delegate it, right?

Lee Kantor: [00:01:45] Right. I mean, I’m not saying to advocate it. I’m just saying to delegated. So, you’re not ignoring it. You’re just putting in a process in place that’s going to make sure that that gets done, that something else is watching your back, so you don’t have to spend the mental energy or time doing something you’re not good at or you don’t like doing because you’re not saying that that activity isn’t important. You’re saying it is important, you’re just not good enough to do it, so find someone who is.

Stone Payton: [00:02:12] And now, I can go double down on something that I do enjoy and that I am good at.

Lee Kantor: [00:02:16] Right. Then, you’ll have growth.