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Trade Show Radio Spotlights Booth 61 with Ricky Steele at the Atlanta CEO Council Holiday Celebration

December 11, 2013 by angishields

Trade Show Radio spotlights Booth 61 with Ricky Steele who was broadcasting live at the Atlanta CEO Council’s Holiday Celebration, held at the Junior Achievement’s Chick-fil-A Foundation Discovery Center on Monday, December 9, 2013.

This special evening provided a first look at this fantastic educational facility where the Atlanta CEO Council joined 50 of Atlanta’s top corporate partners in Junior Achievement’s Chick-fil-A Foundation Discovery Center.

The Discovery Center will provide more than 30,000 students with a dynamic learning experience designed to enhance their financial literacy and build skills for personal and professional success.

The Atlanta CEO Council and several partner organizations have created a “Start-Up Storefront” branded as stArTLe, designed to expose students to the entrepreneurial experience and provide them with information about the startup ecosystem that supports growing businesses.

The stArTLe teams will build a different business each day, with the ultimate goal of managing to profitability by the end of the day through both B2C and B2B transactions.

All proceeds go directly to Junior Achievement and are 100% tax deductible. There are several options available including purchasing a logo that is added to the start-ups wall in the stArTLe space.

During this event, Host Ricky Steele spoke with some of the attendees.

Check out these great interviews…

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Craig Alan Carlson

Craig Carlson Studios

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Everett Steele

Get Kanga

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Jacqui Chew

iFusion Marketing

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Jen Bonnett

Startup Chicks

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Sathish John

Alora Healthcare Systems

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Barry Givens and Paul Judge

Monsieur and Judge Ventures

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Inner City Capital Connections

December 10, 2013 by angishields

Burr Forman's Results Matter Radio

Inner City Capital Connections

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The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC), Bank of America, and FORTUNE are proud to announce that they have selected 44 Atlanta-area companies for their annual Inner City Capital Connections (ICCC) program. This year the program received a record-setting 2,700 qualified company nominations from across the country and selected 415 companies for participation. Especially critical in today’s economic climate, ICCC identifies inner city businesses in need of growth capital, educates them on building capacity and accessing capital, and connects them with capital providers in order to grow their businesses and create jobs.

Four of the 44 Atlanta companies appear as guests on today’s show.

Kevin Mobley/The Ian Thomas Group LLC

Kevin Mobley is a Six Sigma Black Belt with over twenty years of experience creating software systems for Fortune 1000 companies in the entertainment, financial services, government, retail and travel sectors. Kevin Mobley is the Chief Executive Officer of The Ian Thomas Group, LLC (ITG). ITG provides strategic and tactical software performance engineering and deployment services to organizations deploying complex software systems — solving the types of complex performance problems that have recently plagued Healthcare.gov.

The services of The Ian Thomas Group are being leveraged by Bank of America, Capital One and AT&T during the replacement and management of their enterprise software.

Engineering teams led by Mr. Mobley have managed the performance engineering of complex multi‐tier systems of more than 100 customer implementations. Mr. Mobley’s teams have rewritten the core components of software architectures with increases in performance of several by more than 1300%.

Mr. Mobley has a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering from George Mason University and Masters of Science in Systems Engineering from Georgia Tech.

Deidre F. Brown Collins/Acsential

Deidre F. Brown Collins is the Founding Managing Member and CEO of Brown & Pipkins, LLC and its divisions – Acsential, Acsential Technologies, Acsential Services and Acsential Construction. She brings almost 20 years of experience in the management and technical industries. Deidre manages numerous government and commercial clients providing building services, strategy management and information technology.

Deidre holds a BS and MS in Computer Science from Clark Atlanta University. She has successfully completed the Georgia Mentor/Protégé Program where she was mentored by Hardin Construction Company.

She was selected as a 2010 Make Mine Million $ Business awardee sponsored by American Express. A participant in the Women’s Flying High Initiative, she is the recipient of the 2006 Phoenix Trail Blazer Award.

A board member of Metro Atlanta Respite & Developmental Services (MARDS), Inc., Deidre is alumna of United Way Volunteer Improvement Leadership Program (VIP) and Marvin C. Goldstein Project Understanding with the Atlanta American Jewish Committee. Deidre is a member of Women’s Initiative Next Generation (WINGs), Women Impacting Pubic Policy (WIPP) and a life member of the National Council of Negro Women.

Dr. Russell Brown/Avenia Behavioral Management, Inc.

Sanquinetta Dover/Dover Solutions

Sanquinetta Dover provides over 30 years of professional staffing, training, and project management experience. Over the last 17 years she has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of DoverStaffing, DoverSolutions, and Dover Training Institute. As the visionary and leader, Sanquinetta practices innovative techniques to deliver leading workforce solutions to the human capital management industry. Sanquinetta holds an economics degree from Spelman College and has extensive experience in staffing and training with diverse audiences.

Sanquinetta’s professional achievements have been noted nationally, regionally, and locally. She was recognized as one of the Nation’s Top Business Leaders by DiversityBusiness.com, as well as honored with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Regional Director’s Award. She was featured in The Business Journals from Beginners to Bigshots 2012 segment and was recently quoted in the Atlanta Business Chronicle discussing the skills gap and how the right training can provide a solution to unemployment. Sanquinetta was also named as one of Enterprising Women Magazine’s 2013 Enterprising Women of the Year and the Atlanta Business League’s 100 Women of Influence.

DoverSolutions is a full service, multi-platform consultant agency born from a desire to satisfy the diverse needs of their clients. Complete with project management and executive training capabilities, they are committed to providing workforce innovation to remain ahead of inevitable changes within this global economy. DoverSolutions’ versatility and flexibility enables them to offer proactive solutions that support their clients to sustain a competitive edge while successfully responding to any and all business needs.

Desiree Scales Interviews Tyler Garns about Video Marketing

December 10, 2013 by angishields

High Velocity Radio

Desiree Scales Interviews Tyler Garns about Video Marketing

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Tyler Garns

Tyler Garns is a long time Infusionsoft expert.Â He was an integral part of the Infusionsoft team in the “early days” and has continued to be an asset to the broader community for the last couple of years since he branched out on his own.Â His unique combination of marketing expertise and technical skills makes him one of the key resources for solving difficult problems and creating campaigns that actually work. Find Tyler at http://www.tylergarns.com.

For more information about Questionmine, click hereÂ https://stepsto1.infusionsoft.com/go/quemine/dscales.

A Street Kid That Brings Street Smarts to a White Collar World – Barry Calano of Level Creek Wealth

December 10, 2013 by angishields

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A Street Kid That Brings Street Smarts to a White Collar World - Barry Calano of Level Creek Wealth

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Barry Calano was born into a typical middle-class family in Bronx, New York. He attributes his success in life to common courtesy and old-fashion values, while gaining 20 + years of valuable market and management experience with companies like Campbell Soups, Gillette, Seven-Up USA and Nielsen Marketing Research. Afterwards, he successfully built, operated and sold a small business. “The experience of building something from the ground-up and making it work, shouldering the risks on long the way, puts me on common ground with the entrepreneurs with whom I work.

Today, Barry is a Certified Fund Specialist and Financial Advisor for Level Creek Wealth Management. Barry states that “Achieving a good balance of investments that is custom-suited to the needs and risk tolerances of my clients is critical. My job is to help folks to make their wealth last a lifetime… their lifetime”.

For more information, contact Barry at, Level Creek Wealth Management, Inc. (770) 623-3317 or email him at bcalano@levelcreekwealth.com.

We want to thank Griswold Home Care for sponsoring today’s show. Griswold Home Care has been a preferred provider of high quality, affordable in-home senior care in Atlanta for more than 20 years.

Victor Antonio with Sellinger Group, Matt Andrew with Uncle Maddios Pizza Joint, Jodie Charlop with Exceleration Partners and Jim Hackler – The Urbane Environmentalist

December 10, 2013 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

Victor Antonio with Sellinger Group, Matt Andrew with Uncle Maddios Pizza Joint, Jodie Charlop with Exceleration Partners and Jim Hackler - The Urbane Environmentalist

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Victor Antonio/Sellinger Group

Keynote speaker on sales motivation, Victor Antonio has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, an MBA and built a 20 year career as a top sales executive and then CEO of a high-tech company.

His success in sales and management also helped him establish channels internationally. He has conducted business in: Europe, Asia, Latin America, UAE, Australia, South Africa and The Middle East.

Victor has shared the big stage with some of the top business speakers in the nation including: Rudy Giuliani, Zig Ziglar, Dr. Robert Schuller, Paul Ortellini (CEO of Intel), John May (CEO of FedEx Kinkos) and many other top business speakers.

Specialties: keynote speaker on sales & motivation, sales training, sales trainer, sales motivation, sales presentation, public speaker, strategic selling, keynote speaker, business motivation, motivational speaker.

Matt Andrew/Uncle Maddio’s

Celebrating its 5th year, Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint is the original create-your-own fast casual pizza restaurant. Operating 18 restaurants in six states, Uncle Maddio’s is the fastest growing fast casual pizza brand in the US, with an additional 35 franchise restaurants in development for 2014, and 165 units committed through its franchisee network. Uncle Maddio’s pizzas are completely customizable, made-to-order, and served up in just six minutes for under $7. Uncle Maddio’s offers four pizza sizes, three types of crusts, including gluten-free, six sauces, and 48 fresh toppings, many vegan, organic, and hormone-free. The freshest and largest menu in the category, Uncle Maddio’s also serves toasted paninis and gourmet salads — all prepared with locally sourced ingredients and salad dressings that are made daily. Based in Atlanta, Uncle Maddio’s management team is the most experienced in the fast casual pizza category. Uncle Maddio’s has targeted Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Colorado, Tennessee, and Virginia.

Jodie Charlop/Exceleration Partners

Jodie Charlop, NCC, CMC is Founding Partner of Exceleration Partners. Jodie Charlop understands how to help leaders transform from technically brilliant producers to powerful leaders. Her background as a former communication executive combined with advanced study of human behavior brings her clients a unique intersection of business, communication, and human understanding. She advises emerging leaders and executives on how to take a holistic view of their professional path, and ensure they are not only relevant to their organization and industry, but also, building a career and life that matters.

While Jodie works with professionals across industries and the Fortune 500, she is particularly attuned to helping professionals – especially women – hone in on sabotaging behaviors and limiting beliefs. She challenges women to get out of the production trap of work, seize control of their lives and build a healthy relationship with power and influence. She teams with her coaching and consulting partners on developing coaching, learning and leadership development programs that build awareness, conscious choice and tenacity. Jodie speaks and teaches regularly on topics of emotional intelligence, executive effectiveness, career strategy, leadership development, and power and influence.

Jim Hackler/The Urbane Environmentalist

As a multi-platform journalist and new media content manager, Jim Hackler is a leader in turning complex, technical information into compelling content. He founded the Urbane Environmentalist LLC., a new approach to communicating the benefits of green living and home construction in an accessible and understandable way. As the former head of two of the country’s leading green building initiatives (U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for Homes and the Southeast’s EarthCraft House program), Jim brings a unique industry insider’s perspective on what it means to be green. His professional background also includes broadcast and print journalism where he worked in local television news and CNN, edited GoodCents, and contributed to Green Builder, Delta Sky, LoftLife, and Natural Home. Jim is also a national recognized speaker and trainer sharing his expertise at workshops, start-up accelerators and national conferences (including TEDx Peachtree).

He’s been adjunct faculty at Georgia State University and served as a mentor for the Habitat International Entrepreneur Program, Georgia Tech’s Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship, and HUB Atlanta. Jim holds a Master of Arts in Journalism from the University of Georgia and a Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications from the University of Florida.

Sunday December 8th, 2013

December 9, 2013 by angishields

Week In Review

Sunday December 8th, 2013

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On this Sunday’s Business RadioX Week In Review on biz1190AM, Host Dana Barrett featured clips from the following Business RadioX shows:

From Testing the Experts: Gwinnett Studio host Mike Sammond interviewed Wes Warrington (CEO of Confirmatrix Laboratory) at their ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday to talk about the new show they will be launching Friday January 10th on BusinessRadioX!

From Results Matter: Sandy Hofmann/Legacy Award Winner talks about the Bibliobabes book club. Of note: you don’t have to read the book! For more info go to mywit.org.

From Good Morning Atlanta: Kelly Sorois from AtlantaHollywood.com talks about the importance of getting “real” interaction on your social media, likes and comments – not just views.

Special Edition: Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce

December 9, 2013 by angishields

High Velocity Radio

Special Edition: Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce

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Todd Pinkerton/Empire State Pizza & Growlers

Mike Muldoon/da Via

Mike Muldoon is President of the US Division of AmRest. AmRest, based in central Europe, owns and operates two brands in the US â€“ La Tagliatella and itâ€™s newest concept da Via. da Via, a fast casual Italian restaurant, debuted its first restaurant in Dunwoody in the Perimeter Place shopping center in October of 2013.

Beth Summers/Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce

Trade Show Radio Spotlights Booth 61 with Ricky Steele at the Atlanta CEO Council Holiday Celebration – Business RadioX

December 9, 2013 by angishields

The Discovery Center will provide more than 30,000 students with a dynamic learning experience designed to enhance their financial literacy and build skills for personal and professional success.

The stArTLe teams will build a different business each day, with the ultimate goal of managing to profitability by the end of the day through both B2C and B2B transactions.

All proceeds go directly to Junior Achievement and are 100% tax deductible. There are several options available including purchasing a logo that is added to the start-ups wall in the stArTLe space.

During this event, Host Ricky Steele spoke with some of the attendees.

Check out these great interviews…