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Tish Times with Tish Times Networking and Sales Training and Lisa Riley with LINK Business

July 30, 2019 by angishields

Small Business Sales & Selling the Business

Valley Business Radio

Tish Times with Tish Times Networking and Sales Training and Lisa Riley with LINK Business

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Tish Times

Tish Times is a sales and networking expert, speaker, trainer, author and the founder and CEO of Tish Times Networking & Sales Training, a sales coaching and training company headquartered in Buckeye, AZ with a national reach and clientele. Tish teaches entrepreneurs and sales professionals to sell with unstoppable confidence, because many are frustrated with their income, struggling to fill their pipeline, and afraid to make follow up calls. She helps them to increase their income with strategies and systems for networking, follow up, and closing the sale.

Connect with Tish Times on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and follow Tish Times Networking and Sales Training on LinkedIn and Facebook.

Lisa Riley

Lisa Riley, Owner and Business Intermediary at LINK Business-Phoenix, has been serving clients in the Phoenix metro area as well as across the country. She has been engaged by a wide variety of buyers and sellers and provides a higher closing rate than the national average. Having earned the prestigious designations of CBI (Certified Business Intermediary) and CCB (Certified Business Broker), Ms. Riley is skilled in negotiations and is an experienced adviser and a key member of any business transaction team.

An active resident of Maricopa County, Ms. Riley is involved in both the local business and philanthropic communities. She is a member of the Arizona Business Brokers Association (AZBBA- Current Board Member and past chair), the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA-Current Board Member), Market Pulse Chair (a quarterly survey/report on Main Street and Lower M&A markets), M&A Source, and has been involved with several local non-profits since moving to Arizona. Working the last 10 years in the Phoenix metro area, she has access to a broad spectrum of business types and sizes. Additionally, she heads a team of agents specializing in various industries.

Ms. Riley holds a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. She enjoys spending time with her husband, as well as traveling, hiking, wine, music, and enjoys helping others transition to the next phase in their lives.

To hear more, listen to Lisa’s appearance on Valley Business Radio in March 2019.

Connect with Lisa Riley on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter, and follow LINK Business-Phoenix on LinkedIn.

Larry Pless and Bob Sauro with Pless and Sauro, PC and Brian Bullock with Legacy Ventures

July 30, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Larry Pless and Bob Sauro with Pless and Sauro, PC and Brian Bullock with Legacy Ventures

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Bob Sauro is a Partner at Pless and Sauro, PC in Atlanta. The scope of Bob’s law practice is a general corporate practice; everything from advising startups on corporate and LLC formations, drafting and negotiating employment and noncompete agreements, confidentiality agreements, distributor and importer agreements, and shareholders’ buy-sell and operating agreements, to mergers, acquisitions, and the purchase or sale of a company’s stock or assets in whatever form.

He also has expertise in intellectual property matters, such as technology licensing, web development and content license agreements, copyright matters, trademark licensing, book publishing, website terms and conditions, and other matters related to protecting intellectual property on the Internet.

He is a 1988 graduate of Emory University School of Law and a 1984 graduate of Boston College. He is admitted to practice law in the States of Georgia, New York, and New Jersey.

Bob has presented at various conferences and workshops covering legal topics related to: 1) starting a business; 2) buying or selling a business; 3) negotiation strategies; and 4) copyright, trademark and book publishing.

Larry Pless has led acquisitions ranging in size from six figures to $450M including: Advertising, Medical Devices, Hospital, Industrial Gases, Steel Fabrication, Home Health Care Products, Tech and Metal Coating. His areas of practice include: General Business and Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Contracts, Executive Employment Agreements, Noncompetes and Restrictive Covenants.

Connect with Larry on LinkedIn.

Brian Bullock joined Legacy Ventures in 2010 to form the company’s Restaurant Management division. Brian oversees the operations of Legacy Ventures’ portfolio of managed stand-alone and hotel-integrated restaurants, as well as its catering and banquet programs. With the support of his corporate team, Brian ensures that the company remains focused on site-specific programs that provide exceptional guest experiences and ensure profitability. Brian also leads the new concept development process and actively seeks new third-party management assignments.

Brian began his career with Houston’s in Atlanta. In 2000 he joined Border Café Restaurants as VP of Operations, overseeing locations in Boston, New Jersey and Delaware. Brian then returned to Atlanta with Bricktop’s Restaurant Company, started by Joe Ledbetter, one of the founders of Houston’s restaurants. Brian holds an AS in Culinary Arts from Johnson & Wales University and a BS in Hotel and Restaurant Management from The University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Brian serves on the Giving Kitchen Restaurant Board and the Board of the Atlanta Sports Council, and is a Past Chairman of the Georgia Restaurant Association. Brian enjoys cooking and entertaining, hunting, and spending time with his family.

BRX Pro Tip: Why Sponsors Move from Clients to Media

July 30, 2019 by angishields

BRX Pro Tips

BRX Pro Tip: Why Sponsors Move from Clients to Media

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BRX Pro Tip: Why Sponsors Move from Clients to Media Transcript

Stone Payton: [00:00:01] Welcome back to BRX Pro Tips. Lee Kantor and Stone Payton here with you. Lee, we’ve had this happen more than a few times. I’m sure it’s happening in other studios across the network. Why is it do you think that sponsors who are initially focused on growing their business and getting more clients have a tendency to get enamored with and, often, take specific steps toward getting in the media business?

Lee Kantor: [00:00:26] I think the bottom line part of it is it’s fun. I mean, it’s fun to do. It’s rewarding. You get a lot of strokes from the guests. They all tell you how smart you are, what a great interviewer you are, and it’s it’s not that big of a leap to go, “You know what, my job, I’m not that thrilled with my job. There’s a lot of my job I don’t like. So, if I could do this all day long interviewing people, and be the smart person, and being told how smart I am, I wonder if I can build a sponsor base, and just do this and make money while I sleep, and do the thing that I love to do?”

Lee Kantor: [00:00:59] So, that, to me, is at the heart of why this happens. but it’s something you have to be aware of and you really have to protect yourself against when you’re kind of nurturing the relationships with your sponsors. You have to keep them focused on building their book of business. You have to make sure that they’re saying, “Hey, is that person going to write your checks?” Because once they start bringing in these thought leaders and these micro celebrities in their space, they start thinking that they’re a micro celebrity, and then it’s a short leap to saying, “You know what, I just want to host this show. And I’m going to get my own sponsors. And then, I’m going to make money and not do what I set out to do initially.”

Stone Payton: [00:01:36] And then, that’s where they seek the compensation and the ROI, which is our built-in ROI that works – it always works, and never doesn’t work – is building relationships with the people in their market that they could and should be serving.

Lee Kantor: [00:01:49] Right. And then, now it moves to, “I got to build an audience, so I can get a sponsor, so I can tell them how many people this is in front of, so they will buy an ad or a sponsorship based on an audience.”

Stone Payton: [00:01:58] And we already know that’s a tough row to hoe. That’s why so much terrestrial radio is on such a rapid decline and very few podcasters, if any, make any real money.

TMBS E14, Matt Logan, Advisor with Cetera Financial Group

July 29, 2019 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

TMBS E14, Matt Logan, Advisor with Cetera Financial Group

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Matt Logan, CFP®, AIF® – is an advisor with the Cetera Financial Group. An independent financial advisor within the Cetera Financial Group network, serving business owners, retirees, doctors, young professionals, and other individuals and assisting with their financial planning needs.

Matt graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a degree in Economics. He holds his Series 7, 24, and 66 registrations, life, health, and long-term care insurance licenses.

In 2008, Matt earned the Certified Financial Planner and in 2017, he earned the Accredited Investment Fiduciary designations. He is based in Greensboro, NC

HW&W E10: Sandi Eghtesadi, Owner/CEO of Farmers Insurance

July 29, 2019 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

HW&W E10: Sandi Eghtesadi, Owner/CEO of Farmers Insurance

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Guest

Sandi Eghtesadi is the Owner and CEO of her Farmers Insurance Agency for over 30 years. She has passionately been serving Tucson families and businesses with over 6,000 customers. She has built her Insurance Agency from scratch and attributes her success to building on her past experience in human resources and the legal field. Transferring this skill set to helping her clients assess their current risk and transferring that risk to insurance is what she excels at. Her many awards both locally and nationally attest to her love of people and passion and knowledge of her business.

Sandi states “It is so exciting seeing what how Tucson has grown so dramatically in the last 40 years and it is rewarding to play a role in helping Tucson families and businesses succeed. Having great customers is a privilege I never take for granted as my inter-generational agency continues to grow and succeed. I have an outstanding staff and together we have over 56 years of experience. Success is a team sport and that extends to the community partners and military. My staff and I volunteer to support our U.S. Military and First Responders as an integral part of our vision for the Tucson we love.” If you want more information please take a look at us on Google or call (520) 881-8000 for more information.

About Your 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

Fynn Glover with Matcha and Ravi Venkatesan with Bridge2 Solutions

July 29, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Fynn Glover with Matcha and Ravi Venkatesan with Bridge2 Solutions

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Fynn Glover founded RootsRated.com in 2012. The company leveraged its origins as a digital publisher to develop content marketing SaaS for small e-commerce businesses and rebranded as Matcha. In 2018, the company raised its Series A from Atlanta-based TechOperators and relocated from Chattanooga to Atlanta. He has a BA from the University of Richmond, where he played soccer and studied international relations and French.

Ravi Venkatesan is a Product and Technology Leader specializing in driving Business and Technology alignment with Bridge2 Solutions. Passionate disruptive new product development and innovation. His top strengths include lateral thinking, being a talent magnet, simplifying complex business problems using technology.

Ravi has 15 years of experience in Consulting, Product Development, and Technology and has worked with industry leaders including 7 years with Accenture deploying large-scale technologies for Fortune 100 clients, and 4 years with Cbeyond deploying technology to power Cloud and Communications products for SMBs.

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.

BRX Pro Tip: Why Broadcast Live

July 29, 2019 by angishields

TMBS w/ Dr. Buck Blodgett, The LOVE>hate Project, Ep 13

July 28, 2019 by angishields

Business RadioX® Community

TMBS w/ Dr. Buck Blodgett, The LOVE>hate Project, Ep 13

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If A Loved One Was Murdered or Hurt Badly, Would You Seek Revenge or Offer Forgiveness?

Dr. Buck Blodgett, who wrote A Message from Jessie  and founded The LOVE>hate Project (www.ligth.org) after his daughter was raped and murdered.

Most people would tell you that it is hard to forgive after a tragic event. Some people will forgive easily while others will look to seek revenge.

He founded the LOVE>Hate Project after his daughter was murdered in her home by a friend. Her name was Jessie.

He has turned the tragedy into a mission that could help others? It is an effort to end male violence against women.

Dr. Buck Blodgett, wrote A Message from Jessie and founded The LOVE>hate Project (www.ligth.org) after his daughter was murdered. The book can be bought on Amazon.

Many people who suffer personal tragedies don’t want to talk about it, yet you not only did Doctor Blodgett talk about it, but he turned it into a mission. Why? Each day in the United States women are victims of all types of violence at the hands of men – murder, domestic abuse, sexual assault – yet too often as a nation, we take little or no notice.

Her death left Blodgett stunned, shocked and filled with anguish, yet also inspired him to do all he can to prevent such horrors from happening to others.

As he says, “It’s too late for Jessie, but not too late for millions of girls and women,” “My question is: How many more Jessies will there be before we get the job done?”

Dr. Buck Blodgett is the author of A Message from Jessie and is the Founder of The LOVE>hate Project (www.ligth.org). He also has been in family chiropractic practice since 1996 and is the founder of The Chiropractic & Wellness Group, and Wellness Drs. He and his wife, Joy, were the parents of Jessie, who was murdered when she was 19. Since her death, Blodgett has worked to end violence and to educate, motivate, and inspire young minds to choose love over hate. He speaks nationally in schools, conferences, and prisons.

TMB E17: Howard Stewart – AGM & Brett Wright – D& H

July 26, 2019 by angishields

Business RadioX® Community

TMB E17: Howard Stewart - AGM & Brett Wright - D& H

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Guests

Howard Stewart, President/CEO
AGM Container Controls
3526 E. Fort Lowell Road
Tucson, AZ 85716
hstewart@agmcontainer.com
520-881-2130

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Howard Stewart has been President/CEO of AGM Container Controls (AGM) since 2000.

Howard currently serves as the 2019/2020 Open Your Heart Chair for the American Heart Association (AHA) Tucson Chapter. He serves as a board member for the United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona, UWTSA (2013-2020). Howard also serves as a board member for the Tucson Metro Chamber (2012-2020).

In 2018/2019, Howard chaired the local AHA Heart and Stroke Ball, helping to raise over $500,000 for local heart research.

Under Howard’s leadership, AGM has successfully run 21 consecutive UWTSA fundraising campaigns at the Gold award level. In 2019, AGM achieved its 27th straight year without a layoff. Due to Howard having recreated AGM’s college tuition reimbursement plan, a record 26% of AGM’s workforce attended college in 2018.

In 2017, Howard proposed an important new Tucson initiative, which has since been named “FlyTucsonFirst”. The initiative’s purpose is to get Tucsonans to understand the vital economic impact that will occur only if we fly in and out of our own Tucson International Airport.

In 2018, Howard was named CEO of the Year by Tucson Local Media. In 2009, AGM was recognized as “America’s Small Business of the Year” by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In 2002, Howard was recognized as Tucson’s Small Business Leader of the Year.

Business info:

AGM Container Controls is a Tucson-based manufacturing company with 145 employees. AGM has an Employee Stock Ownership Program. As such, every AGM employee is either an employee-owner or in the process of becoming such. AGM manufactures environmental control hardware for missiles and other electro-optical equipment. AGM also manufactures the world’s premier vertical wheelchair lift, which provides access to elevation changes in public facilities and residences for individuals with disabilities.

Brett Wright, Owner, and President of D&H Air Conditioning & Heating Co.
Date: Thursday, July 25
3629 N Oracle Road, Tucson, AZ 85705
Phone: 520-408-2665

D&H AC: AIR CONDITIONING SERVICE IN TUCSON

Social Media: D&H Facebook | D&H Instagram
Other: https://dandhac.com/ac-technicians-training-facility/

Brett Wright grandfather Arthur Duhamel and partner Harry Hawk founded the company in Tucson back in 1959. He says he literally grew up in the business tagged around with his grandpa by age 6 and by his teen years, he was “digging ditches and working in the shop, before studying business at the U of A.”

Brett bought the company in 1987. And now, as D&H celebrates its 60th anniversary, the family-owned business continues to provide consistent, high quality, expert HVAC services throughout Southern Arizona.

In fact, the company is doing an exciting first as they are in the process of opening a state-of-the-art technicians’ training center, which will benefit the industry, workforce development and its clients at all levels, including superior 24/7 service, full financing, and coverage of all brands. Word has it that Four core values set D&H Air Conditioning and Heating apart from the competition: Service; Innovation; Knowledge; and Experience.

This facility is a complete house INSIDE a huge commercial facility at 3990 S. Evans Blvd in Tucson. It’s never been done before in Tucson – or anywhere, that we know of.

The new space will include our showroom, training lab, classrooms, call center, and offices. The house will be fully equipped with every residential system we offer, each connected to a control room that can simulate all kinds of system failures– and wired for audio and video so training techs can see a playback of visits with roleplaying ‘homeowners’ to self-assess their technical and communication skills. This will be a place where young people will be able to build a well-paying career without four-year college experience.

With our training lab and training house, we will be able to continuously train our technicians and help improve their skills to make sure our customers receive the best service every time.

The air conditioning industry is undergoing a major technological change benefiting homeowners: more comfortable homes, lower energy bills, more flexible and durable A/C systems.

Small A/C operators are bound to disappear, unable to keep up with the level of training, mobility, and service required by equipment makers and consumers. D&H AC is well prepared for this, with large investments in hiring, training, equipment, and technology. Our clients benefit from this at all levels, including 24/7 service, full financing, and coverage of all brands.