On this past Sunday’s edition of Week In Review (aired on Biz1190AM in Atlanta), Host Dana Barrett aired the following BusinessRadioX clips:

• From Gwinnett Business Radio: Bill Blackwell, Business & Community Manager for the Gwinnett Center, talks about plans for a new hotel on the campus.
• From Burr & Forman’s Results Matter Radio Show: Chris Arndt of Financial Executives International (FEI) talks about the need for CFOs to have an exit strategy.
• From Atlanta Business Radio: Ernie Garcia, Jr., President and Founder of Carvana – explains the Carvana model and talks about why traditional car dealers can’t make money without selling you things you may not need.

Other topics covered on the show:

• Fun events happening around Atlanta
• MARTA moving north!  Expansion planned along GA 400 in North Fulton County.
• Is North Carolina getting rid of their tax break for movie companies and will Georgia reap the benefits if they do?
• Atlanta is #4 in the “happiest cities” survey, but our friends and family don’t bring us happiness and we’re still kinda worried about money1
• … and lots more!

And on Dana’s personal soapbox:

• Before the Labor Day holiday, it seemed like Dana’s efforts to buy her first used car were going well.  Alas, there were some bumps, cursing and raging before the car was finally purchased.  Here how the story ends!!

On this past Sunday’s edition of Week In Review (aired on Biz1190AM in Atlanta), Host Dana Barrett aired the following BusinessRadioX clips:

• From Burr & Forman’s Results Matter Radio Show: Bob Johnson talking about the Club E Facility in College Park.  Of note:   Social challenges as great as entrepreneurial challenges.
• From Midtown Business Radio: Clip features Shirley Borghi,  Interim Executive Director of the Hispanic  Health Coalition of Georgia (HHCGA) talking about  being passionate about your work and having compassion for the people you serve.
• From Burr & Forman’s Results Matter Radio Show:  Miranda Bryen talking about how GivingPoint got started.  Of note:  helping young people find what they are passionate about.

Other topics covered on the show:

• Has car buying changed?  Why aren’t the salesman hungry anymore?
• Obamacare – don’t just pick a side, dig in and figure out which parts are good for you and which parts you want to be angry about!
• Restoration Hardware starting construction on new store in Buckhead – at old ESPN Zone location.
• Delta flight attendants getting fancy new Windows Phones as part of the job – will they ever look us in the eye again?
• … and lots more!

And on Dana’s personal soapbox:

• Remember a couple weeks ago when we talked about made-up things that companies use to sell you a product, like Ecoboost and SmartTube Technology?  Well we added a few more to the list – how ’bout tissues with “Sneeze Shield” and toilet paper with “CleanStretch”!  These are not actual things!!  Have you taken in by products like this?  Or just perplexed?  Take a snap and share the photos with me on Twitter @DanaHBarrett – or on Facebook at facebook.com/TheDanaBarrett and I’ll talk about them on next week’s show!

On this past Sunday’s edition of Week In Review (aired on Biz1190AM in Atlanta), Host Dana Barrett aired the following BusinessRadioX clips:

• From Burr & Forman’s Results Matter Radio Show: Nancy Wright Whatley, Vice President of Entrepreneurial Development for the Metro Atlanta Chamber talking about how the Chamber helps connect small business members to Fortune 100 Companies.
• From Atlanta Business Radio: CEO of Facdeals and partner at redpepper, Dave McMullen talks about how redpepper has instituted 20% time.
• From Atlanta Business Radio: A second clip features Dave McMullen explains what Facedeals is (and it scares Dana a little bit!)

Other topics covered on the show:

• Gov. Deal leading another business mission to China and Japan.
• BCBS of GA adding 750 new jobs in Atlanta (and Columbus).
• New list from Money magazine puts 3 Atlanta cities in the Top 50 Best Places to Live.  (Dana begs to differ because all the places on the list are small towns).
• UGA researchers working on new treatment for breast cancer using nanoparticles.
• … and lots more!

And on Dana’s personal soapbox:

• Privacy and technology… where do we draw the line on what to share and who can see it.  If we’re so afraid of people being up in our business, why are we sharing it all on Facebook and Instagram?  AND why are all these teens and twenty-somethings running around taking “selfies” (pictures of themselves)… what is that all about?

On this past Sunday’s edition of Week In Review (aired on Biz1190AM in Atlanta), Host Dana Barrett aired the following BusinessRadioX clips:

• From High Velocity Radio: Desiree C. Scales of Bella Web Design talking about getting past social media to content.  The right message to the right people at the right time.  And she talked about how email can still be sexy!
• From Burr & Forman’s Results Matter Radio Show: Rodney Abney of Greenberg & Farrow talking about the decision to expand globally and what it was like to be a part of Atlanta’s trade mission to China.
• From the Good Morning Atlanta Show: Jason Swenk talking about coming up with the title of Webpreneur.

Other topics covered on the show:

• Another update on the Falcons stadium location… the south site is still in play!
• Jeff Bezos buys WaPo and Apple tells new CEO Tim Cook to do something fast!
• Aloft Hotel concept coming to Atlanta – next to Phipps
• New small Walmart concept opens this week at Georgia Tech (should we maybe call it SmalMart?)
• Atlanta least expensive city to become a parent.
• … and lots more!

And on Dana’s personal soapbox:

• Why do marketers think we (as consumers) are stupid.  We see through the made up problems and made up solutions.   “Skin fatigue” is not a thing!  Neither is “EcoBoost”…

On this past Sunday’s edition of Week In Review (aired on Biz1190AM in Atlanta), Host Dana Barrett aired the following BusinessRadioX clips:

• From Atlanta Business Radio: Serial Entrepreneur Bill Crossley from TiE Atlanta giving some advice to entrepreneurs at the idea stage
• From the Good Morning Atlanta show:Jeffrey Small – Author of The Breath of God and The Jericho Deception talking about success vs. significance and why he chose to be a novelist.
• From the Learning Insights Show: Brent Darnell with Brent Darnell International, a leading authority on emotional intelligence and a pioneer in its use in the construction industry talking about the kind of learning required to create real change.

Other topics covered on the show:

• An update on the Falcons stadium location and the new bag policy for Falcons games.
• Cumuls Media drops Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.
• Atlanta takes the number 2 spot in the worst sports cities list!

And on Dana’s personal soapbox:

• What is with the absurd number of surveys we get in our email every day.  “If I’m going to do that much work for a company, I want to get paid!”

Enjoy the podcast, and tune in live next week at Noon on Sunday on Biz1190AM!