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SIMON SAYS, LET’S TALK BUSINESS: Benny StaRomana with the UGA Small Business Development Center

October 25, 2018 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

SIMON SAYS, LET'S TALK BUSINESS: Benny StaRomana with the UGA Small Business Development Center

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Benny StaRomana/UGA Small Business Development Center

Existing and aspiring business owners come to the UGA Small Business Development Center for professional business consulting to help them start and grow their businesses with maximum advantage. UGA SBDC provides consultants with a successful track record in entrepreneurship and/or corporate management and a Master’s degree in business. Consultants use premium database and information systems to supply facts, statistics, and analyses for intelligent strategies and decisions. UGA SBDC’s services are provided at no cost to its clients.

How Will The New Tax Law Impact Giving To Non-Profits?

October 25, 2018 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

How Will The New Tax Law Impact Giving To Non-Profits?

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Craig Frankel, Evan Pearson, Christy Eckoff, Adam Gaslowitz

Christy Butler Eckoff/Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta

Christy Butler Eckoff is responsible for the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta’s comprehensive planned and major giving programs, Nonprofit Advantage Fund private placement institutional investment vehicle, asset-based giving, legal issues pertaining to charitable tax planning, funds, and agreements, and business development. Previously, Christy served as senior director of gift planning at Georgia State University. She is past-president of the Georgia Planned Giving Council, past-president of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Greater Atlanta chapter and a member of the Atlanta Estate Planning Council, North Carolina bar and the Junior League of Atlanta. Christy is a board member of AdNet (the Advancement Network for Community Foundations) and the National Association of Charitable Gift Planners. Christy graduated from Duke University, earned her J.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and LL.M. in Taxation at the University of Washington. Christy is a CFRE Certified Fundraising Executive and a CAP® Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy.

Evan M. Pearson/Hillside

Evan M. Pearson has been working with donors and raising money in Atlanta for over 20 years. He is currently the Director of Development at Hillside. His department is responsible for individual donor, foundation, and corporate engagement and solicitation, special events, volunteers, and community engagement. Evan earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Florida, a master’s degree from Georgia State University, and a MBA from Kennesaw State University. Evan is a member of the Advisors in Philanthropy as well as a CFRE Certified Fundraising Executive and a CAP® Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy.

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About Gaslowitz Frankel:

Gaslowitz Frankel is an experienced trial practice firm specializing in all aspects of complex fiduciary litigation throughout Georgia and the Southeast. With a focus on representing individuals, companies, banks, and fiduciaries in dispute involving wills, estates, trusts, guardianships, businesses, and securities law, their experienced and highly qualified litigation attorneys have tremendous credentials and a proven history of success.

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Melissa Gunderson with Morsels by Melissa – Catering & More

October 25, 2018 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

Melissa Gunderson with Morsels by Melissa - Catering & More

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Melissa Gunderson/Morsels by Melissa

Melissa Gunderson, Chef and Owner of Morsels by Melissa, moved her company to Atlanta in 1999. She provides expertise to her clientele in the planning and implementation of corporate and private parties and events, wedding receptions, and intimate dinners with full range menu items including specialty cakes and sweets. Allow Melissa to design and fulfill all aspects of your next event.

Some of the finest caterers in New York – including Abigail Kirsch, Karen Lee, Taste and Robins Wolfe – helped to carefully train Melissa in her craft. She served as a Private Chef for Four Star Chef Works and The Pavilion Agency. She’s also been Party Chef and Event Coordinator for Bold American Food Company, and Proof of the Pudding in Atlanta, GA.

Connie Rose with Empire Insurance Recruiters

October 24, 2018 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

Connie Rose with Empire Insurance Recruiters

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Connie Rose/Empire Insurance Recruiters

Empire Insurance Recruiters/Empire Jobs is a full-service staffing agency. Their agency serves the insurance property, casualty, health, benefits, and property restoration and reconstruction industries. Empire’s services are full-cycle direct hire, temp and temp-to-hire. Clients or candidates can contact them via their website at their convenience. Resumes can be uploaded and any information can be requested through the web. Currently they have ongoing work at Empire. When completed, this work will save time for both the client and candidate with their own portals. This digital experience will save the candidates, clients and the industries that Empire serves time; help submit job orders; retrieve contracts, fee inquires and resumes; and reference all information related to an open job or a new job being submitted. The candidates will be able to retrieve applications, personality profile links, tests to take, and view test scores. These services that Empire provides to their current and prospective clients and candidates is due to continued growth.

Joe Profit for U.S. Congress – Georgia’s 4th Congressional District

October 24, 2018 by Garrett Ervin

Case In Point

Joe Profit for U.S. Congress - Georgia's 4th Congressional District

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Joe Profit/Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives 4th District

After college, Joe Profit was selected in the first round of the 1971 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons. Due to a season-ending knee injury suffered in his first game in the NFL, Joe eventually retired his cleats, but the lessons he learned on the football field were invaluable.

Lessons regarding perseverance, discipline, and teamwork on the football field are partly the reasons he is recognized as one of the most prominent small businessmen in America. As a successful businessman, his company, Gourmet Profit, Inc., owned Burger King Franchises in Atlanta. Joe was the first African-American to own a franchise for International House of Pancakes (IHOP) in the state of Georgia. He is the founder and CEO of a $100 million international multimedia firm, Communications International Corporation. It is ranked by INC. 500 Magazine as one of the fastest growing privately-held companies in America for three consecutive years. Joe contributes to the nation’s economic engine by providing over 800 jobs to people in 37 states and nine countries.

Today, former Atlanta Falcon and successful businessman Joe Profit is on the November ballot for U.S. Congress for Georgia’s 4th Congressional District.

Someone who has worked with and will work with both Democrats and Republicans
A savvy business professional who can attract new, good jobs
A leader with integrity who respects life, respects us and respects equality
A leader who has and will continue to work on criminal justice reform

Joe Profit believes we all deserve opportunity, economic growth and fair pay for hard work. Joe Profit is pro business, pro affordable education, and pro prosperity for all.

Mark Treager with Cornerstone Media Group and Marc Catalano with ACA GPS

October 23, 2018 by Garrett Ervin

North Fulton Business Radio

Mark Treager with Cornerstone Media Group and Marc Catalano with ACA GPS

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Mark Treager/Cornerstone Media Group

For over 35 years, Mark Treager with Cornerstone Media Group has been labeled as a maverick right from the start of his professional sales and marketing career because he refuses to accept the marketing status quo. He has a long career of stirring the pot, questioning why, tipping over and shooting the sacred cows, and a passion for finding unique uses of today’s modern technology to get his clients’ voice into the minds of potential customers. His simple, logical, diverse and down-to-earth approach to marketing will challenge your thinking way beyond any box in creating generational customers for your brand. His candor when it comes to branding will challenge you to become the next W-O-W brand in your industry.

Marc Catalano/ACA GPS

ACA GPS was founded in May of 2013 with the sole purpose of developing a comprehensive software suite of applications and services that would keep an Applicable Large Employer (ALE) in compliance with the requirements of the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate. They strongly believe that they have accomplished that goal and have created one of the best compliance tools, if not the best, on the market today: ACA Management Tool.

ACA Management Tool is a Software as a Service (SaaS) application that is offered in two variations: as a Full Comprehensive Compliance Suite and as a Distributing/Reporting Only Solution.

Additionally, ACA GPS has developed DECATool, a SaaS application that allows employers and third party administrators to conduct efficient dependent eligibility audits.

STRATEGIC INSIGHTS RADIO: Reno Borgognoni and Reno Borgognoni Jr. from RMBCPA

October 19, 2018 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

STRATEGIC INSIGHTS RADIO: Reno Borgognoni and Reno Borgognoni Jr. from RMBCPA

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Reno Borgognoni

Reno has over 30 years of experience in Accounting and Finance. After an internship as a staff accountant in a CPA firm, Reno began his career in Healthcare services in 1982, with a proven track record of accomplishments. Beginning as a Staff Accountant with one of the nation’s largest and leading healthcare providers, Beverly Enterprises, and progressing upwards to a Director of Finance and Management Information Services position. Reno joined with some close Beverly colleagues and spun off a new affiliate of Beverly, called ADVINET, introducing the first national preferred-provider network of sub-acute healthcare providers coupled with a nurse-staffed patient case management service. Successful in its market entrance, ADVINET was acquired by an insurance firm within just 4 years of operation.

Focused on his passion for his profession, Reno began public practice as a CPA, in May of 1988, in conjunction with his corporate career. Experiencing a relocation from Georgia to Arkansas in 1992 and then back to Georgia in 1999, the public practice endured and continues to grow.

Reno serves, since 1999, as the Chief Financial Officer and Board Member of a legacy client (and employer) MD&E, Inc., an IT staffing firm in Johns Creek, GA. Reno serves, since 2017, as the Chief Accounting Officer of Needle Wrieless Solutions, LLC, A Wireless IT consutling firm. This “Big Business” and executive level experience provides Reno a diversity of knowledge enabling him,and his firm, to provide higher levels of support to his clients today. Reno has obtained the following FINRA licenses: Series 6 – Investment Company Products/Variable Contracts Representative; Series 7 – General Securities Representative; Series 63 – Uniform Securities Agent State Law Exam; and Series 65 – NASAA-Investment Advisor’s Law Exam. Reno continues to operate the accounting, tax preparation and investment advisory services firm (nicknamed: RMBCPA) while offering fractional CFO services to clients of all sizes.

Reno Borgognoni Jr.

Reno Jr has shown an interest in accounting since high school. During his high school career, he took all business classes offered! Reno Jr graduated with a BBA in Accounting from the Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University. By year-end 2015, Reno Jr completed the additional thirty hours of post-degree credit required to sit for the CPA exam, and continues to work towards that goal. Reno Jr joined the firm in January 2016, and handles monthly accounting services, sales and property taxes, and personal and small business income taxes.

LEADER DIALOGUE: The Baldrige Journey – Pursuing Performance Excellence with the Baldrige Foundation – Deep Dive

October 19, 2018 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

LEADER DIALOGUE: The Baldrige Journey – Pursuing Performance Excellence with the Baldrige Foundation - Deep Dive

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In this follow-up deep dive Leader Dialogue episode, hosts Ben Sawyer and Duffie Dixon continue the “Baldrige Journey – Pursuing Performance Excellence” discussion with Al Faber, the President & CEO of the Baldrige Foundation, clarifying what it takes for organizations and people to succeed.

Listen in to learn…

1. What effective leaders do to succeed
2. How to overcome the organizational gaps in knowledge, performance, and visibility
3. How to identify the “metrics that matter” to improve organizational performance
4. How to overcome employee behaviors expressed as “it’s not my job” and “we’ve always done it that way”
5. How to tie these key performance excellence principles back to the visual Baldrige organizational hierarchy of needs, clarifying the critical aspects of performance, and specifying where innovation is necessary to achieve sustainable organizational and personal success

Al Faber/Baldrige Foundation

Al Faber was named President and CEO of the Baldrige Foundation in July 2014. 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. Prior to joining the Foundation, Al served as President & CEO of The Partnership for Excellence (TPE).
Prior to that, Al served in federal and state government culminating in executive positions and leading more than 11,500 employees, with 65 major facilities, a 250 million dollar operating budget and real property exceeding $2.1 billion dollars. He has provided executive leadership, establishing policies, priorities and oversight of federal budgets, operations and training, personnel, logistical operations and infrastructure management to include numerous construction programs. He is driven to create winning organizational results with a deep sense of commitment to public service.

Jeff Bond with Ledgent Technology

October 18, 2018 by Garrett Ervin

ePresence

Jeff Bond with Ledgent Technology

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Jeff Bond/Ledgent Technology

Since their opening in 1994, Ledgent Technology has always believed that they are limited only by their own vision, creativity and ethics.

First and foremost, the fact that Ledgent Technology has a soul and is firmly rooted in their Mission, Vision and Values makes them very different and innovative. How can you operate an organization that affects the very livelihood of thousands of people without being philosophy-driven? How can a business that only deals with people be focused on anything else but people? Their approach struck a chord: when they opened their doors in 1994, Ledgent saw their revenue increase by over 22,000% in the first four years. Customers and job seekers yearn to do business with a staffing partner that listens, cares, admits mistakes and is trustworthy. Ledgent is proud to see a change in the staffing industry as a result of their values-driven approach.

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.