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Velocity Small Business Radio: Donald Variste with DV Productions

January 21, 2020 by angishields

Velocity Radio

Velocity Small Business Radio: Donald Variste with DV Productions

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Donald Variste, Founder and CEO of DV Productions, entered the world at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, FL. He grew up in the culture-filled streets of Little Haiti. At the age of thirteen, a strong desire to model emerged. Pressing forward, Donald made his dream to model a reality. Announcing his presence and sense of style to the city was not a walk in the park. Fortunately, he was given an opportunity through the Jeff Anderson Modeling Agency doing runway, print work and commercials. While modeling was his endeavor,

Donald was and still is an avid believer in pursuing higher education. Education is imperative not only for himself but also for his parents. Because of this, modeling came to a halt after they realized how much time away from school it required. Although modeling was put on the back burner his tenacious spirit drove him to accomplish more than he could ever imagine.

Connect with Donald on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

About the Show

Velocity Small Business Radio features small businesses from across the U.S. through the Velocity Small Business Network. As an Atlanta based show, we target entrepreneurs in the southeast but more specifically focus on businesses within the greater Metro-Atlanta community.

The Velocity Small Business Radio Show is hosted by International Speaker & Small Business Expert J.R. McNair.

Lisa Blaurock with 5Strands Allergy Test, Giovanni Paul with my CBD Organics and Burges Jokhi with The Burgess Hotel

January 20, 2020 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Lisa Blaurock with 5Strands Allergy Test, Giovanni Paul with my CBD Organics and Burges Jokhi with The Burgess Hotel

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Lisa Blaurock, President and Founder of 5Strands Affordable Testing, is simply a mom on a mission who became frustrated with the system and desired to find a better way.

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my CBD Organics was founded by Giovanni Paul and two of his childhood friends, all of whom are serial entrepreneurs. Paul and his friends wanted to create a CBD wellness and beauty products company from the highest quality hemp, so they embarked on a journey around the US, personally meeting with CBD farmers who shared their ideas.

Once the best growers were found, they embarked on a search for a manufacturer who could create premiere CBD products from their non-GMO, pesticide and chemical free CBD. And the last step was creating the storefronts for their luxury CBD products to be introduced to the masses. They launched my CBD Organics, a national CBD franchise, featuring luxury CBD products, sold only in my CBD Organics stores or on their website, exclusively.

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Burges Jokhi, Owner, The Burgess Hotel.

What You’ll Learn in this Episode

What is Blue-Green Algae and why is it a problem today
Is Blue-Green Algae more prevalent in some places than others?
What is CBD oil and how does it compare to medical marijuana?
Why CBD is so popular
Why my CBD Organics is franchising their stores
The Burgess Hotel background
The inspiration for The Burgess Hotel

BRX Pro Tip: Documenting Success

January 20, 2020 by angishields

BRX Pro Tips

BRX Pro Tip: Documenting Success

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BRX Pro Tip: Documenting Success Transcript

Stone Payton: [00:00:02] Welcome back to Business RadioX Pro Tips. Stone Payton, Lee Kantor here with you. Lee, let’s talk a little bit about the discipline of consistently documenting success.

Lee Kantor: [00:00:13] Yeah. This is so, so important, especially when you’re starting out in your studio or starting out with your show. The more that you can document your client’s success, the easier it will be to get your next client. So, be sure you’re always asking for testimonials or you’re always capturing success stories or case studies about how a client is using the platform. Well, don’t keep this stuff a secret. Share it with everyone. A testimonial from one of us is a testimonial that can be used by each of us.

Lee Kantor: [00:00:43] A way to capture testimonials from your guest or your clients are do some sort of a video conference, video contest where that give away some restaurant gift card or something to somebody, to people that are out there telling them success stories or how beneficial it was to be on Business RadioX or how many clients they got from being part of Business RadioX or how they leveraged their interview to get something or funding or whatever they got out of being part of the Business RadioX community. But do not keep this stuff a secret. Please share it with all of us because we all benefit by anybody’s testimonial.

YHFRE E4: Getting Smart About Mortgages, Steve Srackangast

January 17, 2020 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

YHFRE E4: Getting Smart About Mortgages, Steve Srackangast

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Steve Srackangast, Senior loan officer
Fairway Mortgage
10195 N. Oracle Road, Suite 121
Tucson, AZ 85737
520.940.2996
Email: srack@fairwaymc.com
WebsiteURL:https://www.fairwayindependentmc.com/Steve-Srackangast
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn |

Steve grew up in Michigan and has been in Tucson for the past 30 years. His extensive experience, knowledge of loan programs and his commitment to customer satisfaction is not easily duplicated. His lending philosophy focuses on guiding his clients through the lending process, educating them on their financing option and ultimately helping them to decide on the mortgage option best suited for their long term needs.

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”.

Franchise Marketing Radio: Rick Higgins with TeamLogic IT

January 17, 2020 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Franchise Marketing Radio: Rick Higgins with TeamLogic IT

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Rick Higgins is Owner and President of TeamLogic IT of Dunwoody, GA. We are a national network of locally-owned service businesses, providing comprehensive IT services to the small-medium sized business market.

We offer managed service for networking, cyber security, data and email, as well as hardware and software support in addition to a variety of consultation and preventative maintenance services.

Rick’s personal and corporate philosophy is simple: Stand up, be bold, and tell the truth.

Connect with Rick on LinkedIn and Twitter, and follow TeamLogic IT on Facebook.

Questions and Topics in this Interview

Cyber Security
Cloud Computing
IT
Franchising

BRX Pro Tip: Don’t be the Low Cost Option

January 17, 2020 by angishields

BRX Pro Tips

BRX Pro Tip: Don't be the Low Cost Option

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BRX Pro Tip: Don’t be the Low Cost Option Transcript

Stone Payton: [00:00:02] And we are back with BRX Pro Tips. Stone Payton, Lee Kantor here with you. Lee, if I’ve heard you say it once, I’ve heard you say it a thousand times, do not be the low cost option.

Lee Kantor: [00:00:12] Yeah. It’s so important to not be the low cost option. There’s no reason for you to be the low cost option. I don’t care what market you’re in. You shouldn’t be the cheapest game in town. You cannot deliver the level of service that you need to make your clients successful if they are paying too low of a fee. So, you have to charge enough so you can deliver the ROI back to that client, because that’s why they’re going to stay.

Lee Kantor: [00:00:37] They don’t care how much they’re paying you. They really don’t. They just care that that investment is paying off and it’s making them money. People, if it cost $100 or $1,000 or $10,000, as long as it’s returning two or three times that amount, they’ll pay any of those amounts. So, don’t think that you have to charge a little bit and don’t think of yourself as being a small player in your market. Look at the entire network as a whole when you’re going up to a potential client.

Lee Kantor: [00:01:07] The people in this network have achieved, we’ve had billionaires in here, we’ve had millionaires in here, we’ve had people running multi-billion dollar companies. This network has interviewed and have been affiliated with events that have generated millions, billions of dollars. And you are part of that network. You’re a part of this team. You should not be the low cost option. Being the low cost option does not help anybody. You should be charging top dollar for the service you’re providing because that’s what we deliver back to our clients, top dollar.

Troy Deus with Drum, Kurt Jacobus with GRA Venture Fund and Sean Gordon with vidREACH

January 16, 2020 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Troy Deus with Drum, Kurt Jacobus with GRA Venture Fund and Sean Gordon with vidREACH

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Troy Deus is the Co-founder and Head of Experience at Drum, where he is focused on delivering powerful products that enable any business to drive customer engagement through Drum’s social recommendation commerce platform. Troy comes to Drum by way of years of managing Design, UX, and Product teams in a variety of industries, including interactive television, mobile, marketing automation, and fin-tech.

Troy graduated with a degree in digital design and 3-D animation from University of Georgia. Since graduating, Troy watched as product design, development and user experience gained prominence as a key revenue driver. Troy focuses on building elegant easy to use products with personality that enrich the lives of everyone that uses them.

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Dr. Kurt Jacobus joined GRA Venture Fund in 2018 as the managing director, overseeing the Fund’s investment decisions and board relations.
As CEO of MedShape, Inc. – an orthopedic device company he co-founded – Dr. Jacobus is a materials scientist and mechanical engineer with a track record of growing young businesses as a leader, advisor and investor. In addition to MedShape, he had a founding role in three other companies and has served in a formal advisory role to five other companies.

Dr. Jacobus began his career as a business consultant with McKinsey & Co., shortly after completing his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at the University of Illinois. His engagements centered primarily on startup and turnaround work, infusing strategy, finance and operations expertise to drive better results for companies. Following McKinsey, he spent three years as vice president for The J.M. Huber Corporation, focusing on business development and mergers and acquisitions.

Dr. Jacobus left Huber in 2006 to launch MedShape with co-founder Ken Gall, whom he had met as a student at the University of Illinois. As president, he led MedShape from an unfunded business plan to a thriving company. Today, MedShape has a global sales force of more than 150 representatives and three FDA/EU-approved biomaterials for the human body, all of them new kinds of products.

Dr. Jacobus is an instructor at Georgia Tech. He also holds a B.S.M.E. degree from Georgia Tech and an M.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois. He serves on two external advisory boards for Georgia Tech.

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Sean Gordon has an extensive track record recruiting, hiring, training, selling, and unlocking the talent of people. For 20 years, Sean has been on the front lines of business across North America. He started with AT&T, where he built award-winning teams in sales and operations from coast to coast. He delivered equally stellar results for EMC, Aetna and West Corporation before becoming CEO of a technology company in need of innovation.

Sean founded vidREACH.io to engage prospects, customers, employees and candidates through personalized automation via video, email, and/or mobile. Sean has created new lines of business, reinvigorated stagnant company cultures, and mentored hundreds of employees who have gone on to do great things.

Connect with Sean on LinkedIn.

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.

TMBS E51; Dr. Scott Adzick, MD, MMM, FACS, FAAP

January 16, 2020 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

TMBS E51; Dr. Scott Adzick, MD, MMM, FACS, FAAP

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Scott Adzick, MD, MMM, FACS, FAAP, is Surgeon-in-Chief of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the founder and Director of the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment.

Areas of Expertise: Fetal surgery, Clinical applications of fetal diagnosis and therapy, Endocrine surgery, Neonatal Surgery, Pectus surgery, Surgical treatment of hyperinsulinism, Thoracic Surgery, Thyroid, and parathyroid surgery

Dr. Adzick is the C. Everett Koop Professor of Pediatric Surgery at CHOP and the founder and Director of the Hospital’s Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment. He also serves as CHOP’s Surgeon-in-Chief, Director of the Division of Pediatric General, Thoracic and Fetal Surgery, and Professor of Surgery, Obstetrics, and Gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
A true innovator in the field of fetal medicine since its inception, Dr. Adzick has dedicated his career to the pursuit of groundbreaking prenatal treatment for debilitating birth defects. He has made pioneering contributions to the practice of fetal surgery, and today continues to explore cutting edge surgical treatment options for life-threatening fetal anatomic malformations such as urethral obstruction, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung, and sacrococcygeal teratoma.

Dr. Adzick was the principal investigator for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) “Management of Myelomeningocele Study” (MOMS) at CHOP. This breakthrough study demonstrated that performing fetal surgery for spina bifida results in significantly improved outcomes versus conventional postnatal repair. The study represents the fruition of decades of research, much of it led by Dr. Adzick and his team and is an example of how a once-radical idea can, through meticulous investigation, be transformed into a viable treatment for patients. Dr. Adzick is the lead author of the study results, published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

“For the first time in the history of mankind, we have a new way to offer hope to families who have a diagnosis of spina bifida,” says Dr. Adzick. “It’s very gratifying to take an idea we had 20 years ago, test it thoroughly, apply it cautiously in the clinical setting and, eventually, have the ability to offer a new therapy that can completely change the life of a child.”

Dr. Adzick is also an active pediatric general and thoracic surgeon and performs more than 400 operations a year. Much of his work is devoted to surgery in newborns including repairs for congenital diaphragmatic hernia, abdominal wall defects, lung lesions and other complex conditions affecting neonates.
In addition, Dr. Adzick has a special interest and expertise in surgery for Hyperinsulinism (HI) and pediatric thyroid disorders. Working closely with CHOP’s Congenital Hyperinsulinism Center, he has been instrumental in using 18 F-DOPA PET scanning technology to identify focal HI lesions in the pancreas, offering the chance of a complete surgical cure by performing partial pancreatectomy for affected patients.

Dr. Adzick is also one of the nation’s most experienced surgeons in pediatric surgery to treat thyroid cancer and Graves disease, working in collaboration with CHOP’s Pediatric Thyroid Center.
Dr. Adzick earned his bachelor’s degree from Harvard College, his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, completed his surgical residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and his pediatric surgery fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital. He holds a Masters of Medical Management degree from Carnegie Mellon University.

Dr. Adzick was a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California San Francisco, where he was an attending surgeon from 1988 until 1995, when he was recruited to The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as Surgeon-in-Chief.

Dr. Adzick has had NIH grant support for more than 30 years and has authored more than 500 peer-reviewed research papers. He was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science in 1998. He is recognized worldwide for his contributions to the field of pediatric surgery, and for his creative leadership at CHOP to enhance the surgical care of children.
In spring 2015, Dr. Adzick appeared in a three-part documentary series airing on PBS called TWICE BORN: Stories from the Special Delivery Unit. The Emmy® Award-winning documentary offered a look inside the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and its unique Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit.

Customer Experience Radio Welcomes: Leo Falkenstein and Landon Yarborough with Consume Media

January 15, 2020 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Customer Experience Radio Welcomes: Leo Falkenstein and Landon Yarborough with Consume Media

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Leo Falkenstein is a Video Marketer who is passionate about helping clients achieve their business goals through video. Leo founded Consume Media with his business partner, Michael Rosenberg, eight years ago and is proud of the fact that he has not held a ‘real job’ since his graduation from UGA in 2014.

Over the years, Consume Media has evolved but one thing that has stayed consistent is our dedication to customer satisfaction. We know that Customers are the lifeblood of our business and will always go above and beyond to ensure their satisfaction with their experience with Consume Media

Outside of work Leo likes to play hockey, golf, and watch football (Go Dawgs!).

Landon Yarborough is a Customer Success Manager and video marketing evangelist. She loves the way video brings concepts to life and, combined with digital marketing strategies, helps businesses achieve their goals.

Landon started her career with Consume Media over two years ago and has been delighted and humbled to be part of the company’s growth and evolution.

Outside of work, Landon loves cooking fun recipes and practicing yoga. Everyone at the Consume office is jealous of the lunches she brings.

Connect with Leo and Landon on LinkedIn and follow Consume Media on Twitter and Facebook.

Questions and Topics in this Interview

What is video marketing?
The difference between video marketing and video production
How Consume Media evolved from a video production firm to a video marketing agency
What the customer experience looks like for a client of Consume Media

About Your Host

Jill Heineck is a leading authority on corporate relocations, and is highly sought after for her real estate industry acumen and business insights. As a published author, frequent panelist and keynote speaker, Jill shares her experience and perceptions with people from around the globe.

Jill is a founding partner of Keller Williams Southeast, established in 1999, and the founder and managing partner of Heineck & Co. Her real estate practice specializes in corporate relocations, individual relocations, luxury residential, and commercial properties. Jill’s analytical approach to problem-solving, along with her expert negotiation skills and sophisticated marketing, deliver superior results to her clients. Her winning strategies and tenacious client advocacy have earned her a reputation for excellence among Atlanta’s top producers.

While Jill has received many accolades throughout her career, she is most gratified by the personal testimonials and referrals she receives from her clients. Jill’s unwavering commitment to the customer experience, and her focus on the unique needs of each client, serve as the foundation of her success.

Follow Jill Heineck on LinkedIn.