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Todd Fine with Wintellect and Emily Bridges with Choate Construction Company

April 10, 2019 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

Todd Fine with Wintellect and Emily Bridges with Choate Construction Company

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Todd Fine/Wintellect

Wintellect is a software development, cloud, and developer training company founded by a team of technology experts renowned in the industry, with the goal of providing the highest level of custom software development, training, and architecture expertise to their clients. Wintellect’s mission is to help customers “build better software, faster,” and to do this they have structured their company as a dedicated team of technology experts accompanied by the top tier of software engineers. Their employees have published over 30 software technology books and hundreds of articles, and along the way have won a host of accolades, including the Worldwide Microsoft Channel Partner of the Year Award in 2018. Wintellect is one of the top trainers on the Microsoft platform in the U.S., including for Microsoft itself where they train their product team developers in Seattle and around the world. On the Consulting side, Wintellect is recognized as a leader in mission critical software design and development, and continually work with major companies on large enterprise systems around the country and worldwide.

Emily Bridges/Choate Construction Company

As one of the largest general contractors in the Southeast, 100% employee-owned Choate Construction Company considers its Reputation as its number one asset, with future success founded upon the strength of its client relationships. Choate Construction excels in both base and interior construction with office locations in Atlanta, Charleston, Charlotte, Nashville, Raleigh, and Savannah. Choate strives to lead the industry in financially viable, functional solutions and continually invests in the tools to do so, promoting advances in safety, virtual construction, sustainability, and risk mitigation. Please visit www.choateco.com for more information.

Episode 40: Lowering Overhead and Increasing Revenue with Forrest Tuff

April 8, 2019 by Garrett Ervin

Business Infrastructure

Episode 40: Lowering Overhead and Increasing Revenue with Forrest Tuff

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“When you call yourself the CEO, you have to make hard decisions.” This is how Forrest Tuff describes the revelation that led to him redefining what success is at his film production company. In this episode, he describes the two specific actions he took to reduce overhead that radically transformed his business model. Find out how this transformation also increased his company’s operating capacity as well as competitive advantage leading to greater agility, revenue and profitability.

Special Guest: Forrest Tuff, CEO of One Vision Productions

Location: Atlanta, GA USA

Show Notes:

SBA: the Small Business Administration offering free business counseling, access to business loans, and info to secure federal government contracts.
SCORE: the Service Corps of Retired Executives offering free small business mentoring.
Sales: Easily Sell Anything To Anyone & Achieve Sales Excellence In 7 Simple Steps (Sales, Sales Techniques, Sales Management, How To Sell, Charisma): a book by Steve Gold.
Run Your Business Like a Fortune 100: 7 Principles for Boosting Profits: a book by Rosalie Lober, Ph.D.
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant: a book by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne.

POWER PLAY: Kemper Smalley with Super Hero Fire Protection and Bryan Butterstein with Sweet Tomatoes

April 3, 2019 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

POWER PLAY: Kemper Smalley with Super Hero Fire Protection and Bryan Butterstein with Sweet Tomatoes

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Bryan Butterstein, Kemper Smalley, Kyle Peacock

Bryan Butterstein/Sweet Tomatoes

Sweet Tomatoes is known for its 50-foot salad bar, made from scratch soups, hot pastas, freshly baked breads, muffins and desserts, serving more than 25 million guests each year. Guests have the freedom to create their own, one-of-a-kind wholesome meal in a family friendly atmosphere at an everyday value. Visit Sweet Tomatoes in Atlanta with locations in Dunwoody, Alpharetta, Duluth and Kennesaw. Follow Sweet Tomatoes on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Kemper Smalley/Super Hero Fire Protection

Super Hero Fire Protection is a full-service fire protection company. They install new construction systems and inspect, service and repair existing systems. Sprinklers, Alarms, Extinguishers – Super Hero Fire Protection does it all with integrity and excellent customer service.

Doug Ireland with Freeland Painting

April 3, 2019 by Garrett Ervin

Case In Point

Doug Ireland with Freeland Painting

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Doug Ireland/Freeland Painting & Construction

The mission at Freeland Painting is to bring excellence to their clients through home repairs. Painting, roofing, and general renovations are not a unique business but Freeland Painting & Construction intends to be unique within this industry. They believe that their customer’s fulfillment and happiness is their ultimate goal and their only assignment. They believe that only by serving their customers FIRST can they then serve their employees, suppliers, and families.

Todd Latz with GoHealth Urgent Care

April 3, 2019 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

Todd Latz with GoHealth Urgent Care

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Todd Latz/GoHealth Urgent Care

GoHealth Urgent Care is one of the country’s fastest-growing and largest urgent care companies. At GoHealth Urgent Care, they provide unparalleled experiences that are effortless, personal and connected through partnerships with market-leading health systems and their communities as a whole. GoHealth Urgent Care operates over 125 urgent care centers in the greater New York metropolitan area, the Portland, Oregon-Vancouver, Washington metropolitan area, the San Francisco Bay Area, Hartford and Southeastern Connecticut, Winston-Salem and Charlotte, North Carolina, St. Louis and Springfield, Missouri, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas. GoHealth Urgent Care is a d/b/a of Access Clinical Partners, LLC, a TPG Growth portfolio company. TPG Growth is the middle market and growth equity investment platform of TPG, which has more than $103 billion of assets under management.

Chamblee Leads the Way: Mayor Eric Clarkson

April 2, 2019 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

Chamblee Leads the Way: Mayor Eric Clarkson

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Eric Clarkson/Mayor of Chamblee

Located just 14 miles from downtown Atlanta, the City of Chamblee is a vibrant urban city with a diverse community and international flair. The City began as a small rail town and was incorporated in 1908. Through multiple annexations, the City has grown to more than 7 square miles and 29,000 residents. The downtown district has experienced significant commercial development including lofts and townhomes since 2000, while maintaining its vintage buildings and architecture.

The City of Chamblee operates under a mayor and council-city manager form of government. The services provided by the City under general governmental functions include police protection, planning and development, sidewalk and curb maintenance and parks operation and maintenance. Chamblee is located in Northern DeKalb County and is bordered by Dunwoody to the northwest, Doraville to the east and Brookhaven to the southwest.

Two major interstate highways that border the City, I-285 to the north and I-85 to the southeast, provide easy roadway access to and from the City. For commuters, the roadway access is complimented by a MARTA rail station and several MARTA bus stops throughout the City. The City also is home to DeKalb Peachtree Airport (PDK), which is the second busiest airport in the State.

From the South’s largest collection of antiques to the extensive collection of auto dealerships, Chamblee is an exciting city to explore. Also, Chamblee’s restaurants feature cuisines from all over the world.

Whether you are resident or visitor, we hope you get a chance to Discover Chamblee!

CLICK HERE to watch the video of this show.

Episode 39: Using Processes for Structure & Consistent Results with Paul Nicholaides

April 1, 2019 by Garrett Ervin

Business Infrastructure

Episode 39: Using Processes for Structure & Consistent Results with Paul Nicholaides

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In this first episode of Season 4, Paul Nicholaides shares an example of how he used processes to help a fast-growing company scale without compromising their culture. He specifically explains how he helped shape his client’s business infrastructure based on their value chain and processes. Processes are a valuable component of business infrastructure because as Paul says, “Without it, there is chaos and people will produce different results.” He also debunks the popular belief that processes are only for large enterprises and stresses that, to be effective, processes must be purposeful, relevant and continuously improved. Discover the important lesson Paul says he learned from this experience as well as the two fundamental things he says are needed to sustain processes.

Special Guest: Paul Nicholaides, Principal Consultant/Managing Partner at Tanic.

Location: Leeds, England

Show Notes:

Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation: a book by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones
Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World: a book by John D. Sterman
Paul mentioned the importance of understanding the philosophy and principles behind the methodologies and concepts of Lean, Business Infrastructure, Scrum and Agile. Below are some articles as well as an infographic to get you started:
- https://www.smartsheet.com/agile-vs-scrum-vs-waterfall-vs-kanban
- https://brainhub.eu/blog/differences-lean-agile-scrum/

SIMON SAYS, LET’S TALK BUSINESS: Rich Bartolotta with Schooley Mitchell Atlanta and Jeff Waller with 7 Mindsets

March 28, 2019 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

SIMON SAYS, LET'S TALK BUSINESS: Rich Bartolotta with Schooley Mitchell Atlanta and Jeff Waller with 7 Mindsets

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Rich Bartolotta/Schooley Mitchell Atlanta

Businesses are bombarded with offers on the latest technology, service or application every day. That’s why Rich Bartolotta of Schooley Mitchell helps his clients make sense of their merchant services, telecom, and small-package shipping expenses, allowing them to receive independent, objective advice that reduces their expenses by an average of 28%. One unique benefit of Rich’s offering is that he works on a performance-fee basis, meaning his fee is a share of the savings he generates. Business owners take no risk in working with Schooley Mitchell. At Schooley Mitchell, they’ve helped over 18,000 clients realize over $320 million in savings.

Jeff Waller/7 Mindsets

Combining elements of relationship-based teaching and social-emotional learning, the 7 Mindsets distills extensive research on the nature of happiness and success into tools that provide a new language and operating system for schools and classrooms. With multiple courses of flexible, age-appropriate online curriculum for elementary, middle and high school, 7 Mindsets for schools is an easy-to-implement, transformational program that has been established in 22 U.S. states.

EASTSIDE MEDICAL CENTER: Bariatric Center and Surgical Weight Loss Program

March 28, 2019 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

EASTSIDE MEDICAL CENTER: Bariatric Center and Surgical Weight Loss Program

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Dr. Aliu Sanni and Tracy Kuzava/Eastside Medical Center

Eastside Medical Center has been a healthcare leader for more than 39 years, providing quality care to patients in Gwinnett and surrounding counties. Nationally recognized for patient safety, Eastside focuses on delivering quality care with exceptional outcomes by utilizing the most advanced technology and experienced physicians. Eastside is a 310-bed, multi-campus system of care offering comprehensive medical and surgical programs including cardiovascular, neurosciences, oncology, orthopedics, robotic surgery, rehabilitation, maternity with neonatal intensive care, behavioral health, bariatric, urgent care, and 24-hour emergency care at two locations. Their medical staff of 500 board-certified physicians, 1,200 employees and 400 volunteers is committed to providing the community a healthcare system of excellence.

About Eastside Medical Center’s Surgical Weight Loss Program:

Eastside offers a nationally accredited surgical weight loss program that meets the highest standards for patient safety and quality care. As a Bariatric Center of Excellence, their program, staff and facilities have been evaluated to meet and exceed all criteria and protocols for the care of patients with obesity. If you battle obesity, bariatric surgery can be an important step to help you succeed on your weight loss journey. The bariatric surgeons at Eastside offer a full range of procedures depending on each patient’s needs. From the first consultation or weight loss seminar to every milestone their patients reach, they’re there every step of the way.