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John Foshee with MyPorter, Fred McGill with SimpleShowing and Jesse Lindsley with Thrust Interactive

September 19, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

John Foshee with MyPorter, Fred McGill with SimpleShowing and Jesse Lindsley with Thrust Interactive

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John Foshee is MyPorter’s Co-CEO CMO, responsible for generating demand and bringing MyPorter’s message out to the
market.

Prior to MyPorter, John worked for five years at Deloitte Digital Consulting specializing in marketing performance & strategy. Trained in digital & classic media, he advised clients on their customer and marketing strategies.

Connect with John on LinkedIn.

Fred McGill is the Co-Founder & CEO of SimpleShowing – the new way to tour and buy a home. SimpleShowing is a residential real estate technology company based in Atlanta, GA.

Fred was previously VP of Marketing at Redox, a health tech startup and served in sales roles at Fortune 500 companies such as Johnson & Johnson and Salesforce.com. Fred is a graduate of Georgia Tech (MBA) and Samford University (BS).

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Jesse Lindsley is the CEO & Co-Founder of Thrust Interactive. The Thrust team has been creating video games and interactive experiences together for 10 years with over 200 product launches. We are game developers, game designers and behavioral scientists who believe that innovation through collaboration can make a difference.

Our Game Science philosophy applies a research-based approach to agile game development to create socially responsible solutions that influence behavior.

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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.

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Paul Wilson and Telisha Farrow Jackson with SBDC

September 19, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Paul Wilson and Telisha Farrow Jackson with SBDC

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Paul Wilson, Area Director with SBDC, has extensive industry experience that spans leadership roles in supply chain management, procurement, marketing, supplier diversity, and small business development. His expertise includes strategic analysis, operational planning, leadership development, contract writing, video marketing, video production, training and curriculum development.

Having worked with Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and educational institutions, Paul brings a diverse wealth of knowledge, perspective, and skills to the small business community.

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Telisha Farrow Jackson brings her engaging personality, as well as, over 15 years of experience in managing all levels of large scale projects to the SBDC. She has an extensive and varied career in multiple industries, including lending and underwriting; business development; project management; compliance and controls.

She has initiated negotiations, partnership initiatives and cost analysis for businesses majority of her career. Her expertise lies in analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of program operations to ensure that strategies can be effectively and efficiently executed.

One of her most rewarding professional experiences was developing young minds as an elementary school teacher. In addition to her classroom responsibilities, she developed curriculum and led multiple school-wide process improvement and best practice initiatives.

Telisha has used her people skills to build community involvement and awareness by participating in various community outreach events and professionally moderating conferences. She is an inspiring talent and we look forward to the innovative outlook she’s going to add to the UGA SBDC at Georgia State University team.

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BRX Pro Tip: How to Add Surprise and Delight

September 19, 2019 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio: Conscious Capitalism Ep 12

September 18, 2019 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

Tucson Business Radio: Conscious Capitalism Ep 12

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GUESTS:

Rachael Collins
Chief Inspiration Officer & Problem Solver at Partners in Prosperity
Rachel Collins rc@transformurbusiness.com
Web: www.transformurbusiness.com
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Rachael Collins is an entrepreneur who has been successful strategic management and organizational effectiveness consultant for 30 years. She is a communication, business & motivation expert who provides business improvement expertise to improve organizational effectiveness, insight and recruiting savvy to help her clients increase profitability, productivity, organizational energy, employee commitment and customer satisfaction in alignment with strategic goals. Ms. Collins has worked with industries and companies of every type and size from start-ups to national brands.

Anthony Martinez, MSW, JD
President, Founder & CEO at Zenitra Strategic Consulting
Adjunct Lecturer of Ethics & Law at University of Arizona – Eller College of Management
Anthony Martinez aumartinez01@yahoo.com 520-304-8725
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/anthonyumartinez

Mr. Martinez spent 30 years in the military and reserves as well as a varied career in mediation, consulting, leadership of start-ups and non-profits, Board advisement, Hispanic Chamber development and as a Professor of Ethics and Business Law for 17 years at multiple universities. His key competencies center on Strategic Management, Legal Environment of Business, Ethics, Business Law, Leadership Dynamics, and Organizational Behavior. He holds a J.D. in Law from AZ State University, M.S.W. from the University of California and a B.A. in Sociology from University of San Francisco.

About Your Hosts

McCraren Compliance
sarah@mccrarencompliance.com

Sarah McCraren is CEO and President of McCraren Compliance and is a Tucson native with a strong sense of community. Sarah spent many years in the corporate finance world specializing in the operational analysis, measurement and accountability systems, project management and software implementations. However, Sarah wanted to do work which was meaningful and would positively impact her community. She found that saving lives and reducing injuries through comprehensive safety programs fit that bill. Sarah leads the McCraren Compliance team by keeping everyone focused on their primary purpose and balancing the needs of all their stakeholders.

Sarah serves on the Board for the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Tucson Chapter, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Conscious Capitalism Arizona and are active with the Arizona Builders Alliance, Arizona Rock Products Association and Arizona Transportation Builders.

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Retirement Evolutions
jneis@retevo.com
www.retevobiz.com

Jeremy Neis is an Investment Advisor with Retirement Evolutions and a small business operator fueled by the desire to enrich the life experience. He grew up in the Chicago area and chased the sun to get a degree at the University of Arizona in human and organizational communications. After doing so, he returned to Illinois where over the next 15 years he would find joy in co-launching and growing a technology solutions company and establishing a family. In 2014 he returned to the desert to join his current venture, Retirement Evolutions, where his focuses are: (1) Conduct planning with individuals and families so that they can maximize the likelihood of leading secure and comfortable retirements. (2) Through the business services arm, Resourceful, empower business leaders to care for the people that they will rely upon to be thriving, sustainable organizations.

Jeremy is a proud contributor to the Conscious Capitalism movement as he views it as a powerful vehicle to bring about greater prosperity and reduced suffering for our human family. Over his career, he has had the privilege to work closely with hundreds of different enterprises across many markets and industries. A common theme emerges among those firms that he’s seen excel and that is to be great not just with what they are bringing to market, but also with the manner in which they are doing so.

Connect with Jeremy on LinkedIn and follow Retirement Evolutions on Facebook.

ATDC Radio: Greg Coonley with Wahsega

September 18, 2019 by angishields

ATDC Radio

ATDC Radio: Greg Coonley with Wahsega

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Greg Coonley is a Georgia Tech Graduate with a EE degree. He worked for Motorola designing 2-way RF pagers as well as manufacturing lines for the pagers.

Greg founded an embedded operating system company (Unicoi Systems) in 2002. Unicoi is still going strong and provides a full suite of embedded software offerings.

Greg founded Wahsega in 2015. Wahsega is an IOT Life Safety, Mass Notification company with an initial focus in the K-12 market segment. Wahsega manufactures a wide range of communication equipment from IP speakers, IP Displays, IP Intercoms.

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ATDC Radio: Ben Andrews and Rad Harrell with ATDC

September 18, 2019 by angishields

ATDC Radio

ATDC Radio: Ben Andrews and Rad Harrell with ATDC

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Statewide Program Manager Ben Andrews joined ATDC as Community Engagement Coordinator in the fall of 2017. After graduating from the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Scheller College of Business in 2009, Ben began his career working for the Community and Economic Development Department for the city of Americus. While working for the city, he earned his MBA from Georgia Southwestern State University.

In 2013 he was promoted to department director, becoming the youngest senior staff member in the city’s modern history. Ben oversaw a variety of boards and authorities, and worked with recruiting, retaining, and assisting small businesses. He was regularly invited to speak at various conferences about the work being accomplished by him and his team in Americus.

In 2016 he returned to Atlanta to work for the American Cancer Society in the role of Senior Market Manager for Community Engagement. There he worked with various verticals within the Atlanta market, ranging from fundraising to mission delivery.

Outside of work Ben is active in his community. He has served as a board member for several non-profit organizations and has worked to address issues ranging from affordable housing and cyclist and pedestrian safety, to improving childhood literacy. He has managed capital campaigns for various charitable organizations.

Currently, he is a board member of GeorgiaForward, a non-partisan think tank focused on policy issues across the state. He also is chairman of alumni engagement for GeorgiaForward’s Young Gamechanger program. In September 2014, Rural Leader Magazine named him one of the top four selections for its inaugural “40 Under 40” publication.

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Radford Harrell is the new ATDC Startup Catalysts in Savannah, Georgia. In that role, he will manage the ATDC @ Savannah programming and work with entrepreneurs looking to build technology companies and product-based startups in the greater Savannah region.

Harrell is a serial entrepreneur. His most recent venture was as CEO of TalentSoup.com. After serving in the U.S. Navy, Harrell earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial design from Auburn University, where he was a Dean’s List graduate. He relocated to Savannah from Atlanta in 2009, and has been active with the Creative Coast in Savannah ever since.

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ATDC Radio: Kell Canty with Verady, Anthony Maley with Vouch and Chris Maurice with Yellow Card Financial

September 18, 2019 by angishields

ATDC Radio

ATDC Radio: Kell Canty with Verady, Anthony Maley with Vouch and Chris Maurice with Yellow Card Financial

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Kell Canty has over 25 years of experience in technology development and building companies that capitalize on identity, audit, and payments utilizing advanced technology. Kell is Co-founder of Verady, a blockchain asset accounting and audit technology company, and leads its product direction and business development efforts.

Previously in the Blockchain space, Kell started Coinpliance in 2013 as one of the first ventures to advance regulatory innovation in Bitcoin particularly in the areas of KYC and AML. He has co-founded multiple Fintech startups including a market leading real-time identity, credit, and risk assessment company that was acquired by HNC Software Inc. which then merged into Fair Isaac Corporation(FICO.)

Kell holds a BS in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology and lives in Atlanta, Georgia. He is a licensed pilot, advanced scuba diver, and volunteers locally.

Connect with Kell on LinkedIn and follow Verady on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Anthony Maley is Co-Founder and CTO at Vouch.io where he also leads strategy for products and intellectual property. Anthony has 25 years of executive and leadership experience performing CTO or Chief Architect roles for Toyota Europe, AGCO, SunTrust in both the USA and Europe.

He has extensive expertise in building innovation and transformation teams as well as designing and implementing full end to end solutions within the Blockchain, Digital, IoT and Enterprise spaces.

Connect with Anthony on LinkedIn and follow Vouch on Twitter and Facebook.

Chris Maurice is the CEO and co-founder of Yellow Card Financial. Chris started his first company in High School sourcing clothing and metalwork from India and Pakistan, giving him his first experience with international markets, partnerships, and currency exchange.

While studying finance at Auburn University, Chris and his co-founder Justin Poiroux started selling Bitcoin with the mission of giving people access to financial resources in a scalable, efficient manner. They made many mistakes and founded Yellow Card on the back of everything they learned. Chris is an Eagle Scout and was a finalist for both the 2019 Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships.

Follow Yellow Card on LinkedIn and Facebook and connect with Chris on Twitter.

ATDC Radio: Betsy Plattenburg with Curiosity Lab

September 18, 2019 by angishields

ATDC Radio

ATDC Radio: Betsy Plattenburg with Curiosity Lab

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Betsy Plattenburg has been connecting corporate innovation teams and startups for mutual benefit for more than a decade. She created both the Industry and Investor Connect programs at ATDC and has worked as a consultant advancing innovation.

Curiosity Lab is a unique economic development innovation investment that has allowed her to facilitate innovation in the smart city, IoT and mobility space on a global scale.

Connect with Betsy on LinkedIn and follow Curiosity Lab on Twitter.

BRX Pro Tip: Remember PR Firms

September 18, 2019 by angishields

BRX Pro Tips

BRX Pro Tip: Remember PR Firms

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BRX Pro Tip: Remember PR Firms Transcript

Stone Payton: [00:00:01] And we are back with Business RadioX Pro Tips. Stone Payton and Lee Kantor here with you. Lee, sometimes, we find something that works so well, and then we don’t do it anymore for a while. At least, I’m guilty of that. For today’s topic, I would like to reinforce, remember your PR firms.

Lee Kantor: [00:00:20] Right. PR firms are an ally in your quest to serve the marketplace and to get new clients because companies that hire PR firms can afford to hire you and sponsor work there. And if you’re an ally to the PR firm, you can educate them to show how they can leverage your studio. And then, they can sponsor a show on behalf of their clients. So, I would recommend having regular—I would invite PR firms on shows, first of all, semi-regularly and do maybe a PR series periodically. And you invite them on to just talk about their work, number one.

Lee Kantor: [00:00:56] Number two, I would, also, periodically reach out to them and say, “Hey, remember, if you have any clients that are good for us, please send them our way.” We’re very—they should be friends with the—you should be friends with all the PR firms in your market. And then, periodically, have meetings with them to explore ways to work together where you can offer them maybe a PR firm discount, or they get like agency discounts. You charge one rate, and they get 15% agency fee for making that referral.

Lee Kantor: [00:01:27] So, it’s a way for them to make money. It’s a way for them to refer clients. You can explain to them how they can use the platform to create content because that’s one of the biggest challenges PR firms have with their clients is creating enough content for them. So, there’s lots of ways for you to work together with the PR firm, some of which is guest acquisition, but it’s also services you can provide for the PR firms.