A.J. Piplica/Hermeus
Hermeus is a startup developing a Mach 5 aircraft with the goal of massively reduced flight times and increased safety for long haul, business class air travel. The aircraft will be capable of a range of 4,600 miles at a cruising speed of 3,300 miles per hour. The product’s design enables it to operate with minimal changes to current aviation infrastructure.
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Kaushik Desai & Saloni Desai/By Design LED
By Design LED’s commercial lights are manufactured using the latest technology and innovation. As an Atlanta-based company with global connections, they are personally involved during the entire process, from consultation and manufacturing to supplying and installing. Their company’s mission is to offer customers a faster ROI with low upfront pricing, proven quality materials, tested and verified specifications, nearly zero maintenance costs, low installation costs, and eligibility to qualify for location-based rebate programs.
By Design LED has all the required certifications and licenses for every product. Their lights undergo rigorous testing, the results of which are available to the public on the DLC website under their company name. Many LED lights are developed with technology that would require minimal time for installation by merely replacing the existing fixture through retrofit kits, without requiring any extra rewiring. Furthermore, their products are certified to receive any available government rebates in each state for retrofitting or installing new LED fixtures.
By Design LED guarantees 50,000 hours operating at 80% performance or better for their LED products. In addition to their commitment for energy efficient products in the LED market, they are also passionate about making an environmental difference. By Design LED is the solution you need to “give your future the green light.”
There’s no escaping the reality of having a strong online presence. In this Season 4 finale, Alicia Butler Pierre, business infrastructure expert and host of the Business Infrastructure show, shares the two-pronged approach she uses to design a content management process that is practical, sustainable and rooted in data science. Listen as she candidly shares the series of events that led her to change her once negative views about online content creation and distribution. You too can create your own “web” of content that sticks and converts through the right selection of people, processes and tools.
Special Guest: Alicia Butler Pierre, Founder & CEO – Equilibria, Inc.
Location: Atlanta, GA USA
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The power of the Baldrige framework is examined with special guest and former healthcare industry CEO Lowell Kruse.
Lowell Kruse/Chair of Communities of Excellence
Lowell C. Kruse is the former CEO of Heartland Health in St. Joseph, Missouri. He retired in July 2009 after serving Heartland for 25 years as their CEO. Kruse came to St. Joseph in 1984 when the two existing community hospital boards had decided to come together and form Heartland Health to better serve the needs of the community and the broader region surrounding St. Joseph. He describes the vision of the organization as, “Heartland Health and its service area will be the best and safest place in America to receive healthcare and live a healthy and productive life.” As evidence of the organization’s progress toward that vision, they were the 2009 recipient of both the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and the Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service. During his 45 year career, Lowell served on numerous boards, committees, commissions and in leadership capacities in professional and civic organizations including State and National Jaycee Organizations, state hospital associations, American Hospital Association, Chamber of Commerce, United Way, State Commissions, health planning agencies, and similar organizations. He has been the recipient of a variety of personal and professional awards and recognitions during his career. Lowell currently serves as Co-Founder and Chair of Communities of Excellence 2026, the Board of Directors for the Baldrige Foundation and the Missouri Family and Community Trust.
About SOAR Vision Group
The SOAR Vision Group mission is to: Align People with Purpose to Achieve Exceptional Results. SOAR provides best practice strategy execution, business process optimization services, and a structured organizational development approach for organizations to effectively implement the Baldrige Performance Excellence framework. For more information, contact SOAR Vision Group at (888) 294-3303 or visit soarvisiongroup.com.
About the Baldrige Foundation
The mission of the Baldrige Foundation is to ensure the long-term financial growth and viability of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, and to support organizational performance excellence in the United States and throughout the world. The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is presented annually by the United States President to organizations that demonstrate quality and performance excellence. For more information, contact the Baldrige Foundation at (202) 559-9195 or visit baldrigefoundation.org.
David Taylor-Klaus/DTK Coaching
DTK Coaching is a powerful propellant for transformational change. David Taylor-Klaus guides successful professionals through a clear and distinct process of stepping into their brilliance with authenticity, purpose and heart. The results are a kind of Life-Work balance that produces profitable businesses, thriving families and wildly fulfilling lives.
Mark Galvin/ePresence
ePresence provides personal branding services for individuals, executives and entrepreneurs. They leverage social media on an individual level since that is where the audience is most engaged. Mark Galvin, CEO and Founder of ePresence, is a personal social media expert with 29 years of business management and hotel industry experience including stops with Marriott, Hyatt, Omni and IHG.
Luciano Lombera/MC Granite Countertops
Located in Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina, MC Granite Countertops offers affordable prices on granite, marble, quartzite, quartz, and soapstone. MC Granite Countertops makes it their priority to deliver high quality countertops at competitive prices. Their warehouse works with only the finest quality tools and materials. From template to installation, they are devoted to quality workmanship and professionalism. Their promise of quality is backed by a 100% warranty on materials and workmanship.
Nic Cooley/North Florida Security Academy
North Florida Security Academy was founded to educate Security Officers at the highest level to provide them with the necessary training and skills to obtain employment and to make a difference. Since 2016, their mission remains the same, however they have now extended their programs to the general public. They believe that self-defense, awareness training, and education should be taught to everyone.
Nic Cooley, the Founder, President, CEO and Lead Instructor of the North Florida Security Academy has a passion for education and training. He started teaching at the age of 15 for the American Red Cross CPR and First Aid programs. During his career, he has taught thousand of courses. He is a former EMT-P, holds degrees in Security Management, Education, Business, and Counseling from an AS Degree to a PhD. He was written and developed hundreds of educational programs, test and certification programs. His classes and instructors hold to the highest standards at all times, and he has produced dozens of Supervisors and Managers in the Security field.
What are the hot new companies, just how big is the Atlanta startup market, and what does the future of starting a new business in Georgia look like? Christy Brown, the managing director with the Atlanta office of Loeb Enterprises – an unique venture capital fund – and host Bryan Mulligan of Applied Information share the common experience of entrepreneurship, which is what makes America work.
Christy Brown/Loeb Enterprises
Loeb Enterprises are people-first investors, moving beyond venture capital to become a friend and trusted ally of their entrepreneurs. And they are always looking for the next big idea.
The approach of Loeb.atl mirrors the character of Atlanta itself: Intelligent, gritty and geared to win. Atlanta is an ideal ecosystem to build the next generation of startups focused on creating real value and solving problems.
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In an ever-changing economic landscape, it’s difficult for small businesses to find salespeople willing to work on mostly commission. Have you ever thought about empowering your existing employees to become intrapreneurs? IBM started this concept of intrapreneurship as an affordable, alternative way to foster innovation and sales while bringing new products and services to market faster. In this episode, technology and leadership development consultant Carl E. Reid defines what an intrapreneur is and shares how he develops intrapreneurship programs to help clients dramatically increase their sales. Learn why the edification process is key to maximizing the outcome.
Special Guest: Carl E. Reid, Founder & CEO – Savvy Intrapreneur
Location: New York, NY USA
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