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“Food, Faith, and Feelings” Podcast Episode from June 18, 2017
Questions on Body Image
LAUNCHING A NEW PRODUCT (Part 4 of 5): Recapping Everything You’ve Learned So Far
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Shark Tank winner Tiffany Krumins and co-host Steven Julian return from vacation and review everything they’ve discussed so far in the different phases of launching a new product.
TIFFANY KRUMINS
Tiffany Krumins, the first Shark Tank winner, is an Atlanta native and the inventor of Ava the Elephant, a child friendly dispenser that takes the fear out of taking medicine. Called a modern day Mary Poppins, Tiffany has gone from nanny to entrepreneur, and has seen her passion to help children grow into a business that is now known and loved all over the world.
Tiffany’s success story began when she was a nanny to a little boy with Down’s syndrome who was terrified of “medicine time”. To help alleviate his fear, she constructed an animal made of fabric, sponges, a store bought medicine dropper, and a recordable sound chip from a greeting card – and Ava the Elephant was born. Knowing that she would need to find a way to produce her invention, Tiffany began searching the internet and found a casting call on Craigslist that said: “Do you have the next million dollar idea but don’t have the funding to make it happen?” She immediately applied for the casting and was invited to be on the first ever episode of Shark Tank.
Her story has been a roller coaster ride as she went from being on a national TV show and receiving $50,000 to start her company, to learning just months later that she had thyroid cancer. While working from a hospital bed, she struggled through the growing pains of building a business and fighting cancer.
Tiffany’s appearance on Shark Tank and the success following continues to provide countless opportunities for her and her brand. Her story has received unparalleled exposure. Some of her more notable appearances and acknowledgements:
- Follow-up appearances on Shark Tank on four separate occasions
- Sharing her story and her product on the Dr. Oz Show to a national audience of millions of viewers
- Nominated for the Top 50 Mompreneurs by Babble.com
- Keynote speaker for Disney Social Media Mom’s
- Her story has been featured on Forbes.com, Entrepreneur.com, TVGuide.com, YoungEntrepreneur.com, MomInventors.com and many other online and print publications
Steve Wilkes with Signarama Buford
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Steve Wilkes/Signarama Buford
Custom solutions for increasing your company’s visibility, improve your branding, and make your marketing more effective. What makes Signarama Buford unique is their approach to help getting you and your business found by both current and potential customers. They can provide you a 50-foot-high monument sign, a message on your store window, graphics on your vehicle, branded wearables for you and your employees, or a pen to hand out at a trade show. Signarama works with customers to make visibility an integral part of their overall marketing program. Their 8,000-square-foot facility has the latest equipment, experienced people, and an overwhelming desire to always provide the “wow” factor to your business’s visibility.
Floyd Rembert with Open Systems and Bernadette Harris with By The Book Accounting
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Floyd Rembert/Open Systems Inc.
Open Systems Inc. is a certified technology services company committed to delivering innovative solutions for its clients. With deep industry expertise and proven experience in consulting and outsourcing, OSI has the skills and technologies needed to deliver tangible solutions with measurable results. Open Systems Inc. has successfully completed projects for large and small companies and the state and federal government. In business since 1994, Open Systems is a certified minority owned Small Business.
Bernadette Harris/By The Book Accounting
Bernadette is a tax and forensic accountant with By The Book Accounting. Over the last 16 years, she has helped her clients do three primary things: start, run, and grow their businesses the right way; look forward to tax season; and protect their businesses from employee fraud.
She is the author of four books. Her most recent books are “Business Blueprint: A Guide To Starting & Running Your Business THE RIGHT WAY!” and “Did You Hire a Fraud: Solid Safeguards to Prevent Insider Theft”.
Janelle Fitzpatrick with the Stair Barrier, Dan Linihan with Atlanta Diamond Design, and Ashley Booth with Roswell Infiniti
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Janelle Fitzpatrick/Stair Barrier
Better Options, LLC designs, manufactures and sells patented safety gates to the baby and pet markets under The Stair Barrier® brand. The Stair Barrier provides a safe and attractive solution to keep children off stairs and pets contained to one level of the home. The product is mom-invented and made in the U.S. with sustainable materials. This innovative gate does not require two flat surfaces for installation, attaches to banisters with ease, and rolls neatly to the side when not in use.
Dan Linihan/Atlanta Diamond Design
Atlanta Diamond Design is a family owned and operated local jeweler with two locations in Georgia. The owner is Izzy Israeli, a bench jeweler himself. Izzy was trained by his father-in-law, who was a Holocaust survivor and was forced to make jewelry and counterfeit coins for Nazi officers after they killed his family. Izzy was trained over 36 years ago and has been a jeweler ever since. There is an amazing passion for jewelry and personal service that cannot be matched. Atlanta Diamond Design specializes in custom made jewelry, repairs, and appraisals.
Ashley Booth/Roswell Infiniti
As one of the nation’s original Infiniti dealers, Roswell Infiniti has witnessed the growth of their area and how today’s customers expect and demand more than ever before. Their goal is to exceed your expectations. Their satisfied customers, many of them repeat customers, come from all over Georgia and the Southeast because buying or leasing a new Infiniti from Roswell Infiniti is both a pleasant and rewarding experience.
Cultural Differences in Body Language
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“Food, Faith, and Feelings” Podcast Episode from June 10, 2017
THE DR. DIONNE SHOW: Exploring Gwinnett the Great
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“Gwinnett is Great” was the motto long-used to describe Gwinnett County, GA. On this edition of “The Dr. Dionne Show“, the panel takes a look inside the day-to-day operations, initiatives, and challenges of growing, sustaining, and enriching a county.
Nicole Hendrickson/Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners
Nicole Hendrickson was appointed as the Director of the Community Outreach Program for the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in 2015, and has developed a comprehensive outreach plan that involves engaging diverse constituents in county government. In her first year, Nicole launched two notable programs: the Gwinnett 101 Citizens Academy, and Dinner & Dialogue with Chairman Nash. Both gained popularity with residents across Gwinnett County.
Prior to her role with county government, Nicole served as the Associate Director for the Gwinnett Coalition for Health and Human Services for eight years. In that capacity, she spearheaded the Gwinnett Neighborhood Leadership Institute, providing grassroots community leadership training to residents, and led the annual Gwinnett Great Days of Service which is known as one of the largest volunteer initiatives in the country. She is actively involved in the community, serving in a variety of capacities.
Her current involvement includes serving on the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Gwinnett Community Board, the United Way Gwinnett Advisory Board, and the Gwinnett Young Professionals Board of Directors. Nicole is a graduate of the Leadership Gwinnett Class of 2010, the Georgia Center for Non-profit Leadership Program, the 2016 Regional Leadership Institute, and the Georgia Hispanic Chamber’s Cultivating Hispanic Leaders Institute. Nicole is a recipient of the 2017 Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce Annual Public Service Award.
Her work has been featured in Gwinnett Magazine, The Atlanta Business Chronicle, and the Gwinnett Chamber’s Edge Magazine. She has served as a panelist on diversity and inclusion for the Partnership Gwinnett Summit.
Brandy Swanson/Smith & Howard CPA
Brandy Swanson is an associate with Smith & Howard CPA firm. With over 20 years of experience in small business leadership, development and management, she has proven skills in senior leadership, business development, budgeting, recruiting, profitability, accounting, sales, customer service and human resources.
Brandy earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Georgia State University and is a proud graduate of Leadership Gwinnett. She is an active member of the Gwinnett Rotary Club and has been a Rotarian for over 24 years. Their motto “Service above Self” is her mantra. Over the years, she has served as president, treasurer, vocational chair, youth services chair and international chair.
Prior to Smith & Howard, Brandy was VP at Accent Creative Group; Executive VP at Sandler Training; the Chief Operations and Financial Officer at Lloyd Pro Group; VP of Operations at VIP Auto Care; and a Sales Manager for Administrative Managers, Inc. Her financial planning and advanced skills in contract negotiation significantly increased profitability and guided the sale and purchase of several businesses.
HOST: Dr. Dionne Wright Poulton
Dionne Wright Poulton, Ph.D., is an HR and Leadership Consultant, Educator, Author, Speaker, and Owner of Poulton Consulting Group, LLC, an HR and leadership consulting business specializing in diversity and inclusion, equity, bias, intercultural communication, adult learning, adult behavior, and conflict mediation. Since its inception in 2004, Poulton Consulting Group has worked with a wide range of diverse clients in the U.S. and Canada including many in the San Francisco tech and digital marketing industry; K-12 schools and higher education; and many corporate and service industries. Poulton Consulting Group is also a government-approved business for local, state and federal level contracts.
Dr. Wright Poulton is author of the acclaimed book “It’s Not Always Racist…but Sometimes It Is” which is an extension of her PhD dissertation at the University of Georgia where she researched the racial biases and assumptions of teachers. She is also a certified K-12 teacher whose work is inspired by her 16 years of cumulative experiences as a high school teacher and university instructor in public and private institutions in Canada and the United States. Additionally, Dr. Wright Poulton has earned professional degrees from San Francisco State University (M.A.), the University of Toronto/OISE (B.Ed.), and from Rice University (B.A.) in Houston, TX where she was a former NCAA Division I track and field scholarship athlete.
In 2014, Profiles In Diversity Journal identified Dr. Wright Poulton as “a woman to watch.” She has presented social commentary in print media in the U.S. and the United Kingdom, as well as on numerous radio shows including CBS Radio stations in Atlanta, GA and on Tavis Smiley’s Radio Show. “The Dr Dionne Show” debuted in 2016 on Business RadioX with a focus on smart dialogue about diversity, leadership, and behavior in the workplace and beyond.
Dr. Wright Poulton is originally from Toronto, Canada and is a former member of Canada’s National Track and Field Team. She currently lives with her husband and two daughters in Snellville, GA.
To book Dr. Dionne Poulton as a speaker for your next event, or to facilitate one of her innovative professional development workshops based on her PhD research, you can reach her through:
Email: dionne@poultonconsultinggroup.com
Phone: 404-323-3842 or 1-877-263-2227 (internationally)
Facebook: The Dr. Dionne Show
LinkedIn: @Dr Dionne (Wright) Poulton
Twitter: @DrDionnePoulton
For more information, visit Dr. Poulton’s business website: www.poultonconsultinggroup.com
Cedric Willis with Veterans Brothers Painting and Calvin Foster with Minuteman Press of Duluth
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Cedric Willis/Veterans Brothers Painting
Veterans Brothers Painting is committed to providing their customers the best in quality, professional full service painting services: interior, exterior and commercial. They respect their customers time by being on time to their appointments and their service commitments. Although painting is their primary business, they are also capable of providing other professional services. In addition to their business, equally important to them is being committed to community involvement and improving the communities they work with.
Calvin Foster/Minuteman Press of Duluth
When it comes to business communications services, Minuteman Press of Duluth can do it all. With a complete range of products and services at your disposal, they can help you get your message out to customers, employees and vendors alike.
Using the latest printing and document management technology, they handle your projects from start to finish. Their energetic and experienced staff is dedicated to delivering what you need, when you need it.
Minuteman Press of Duluth. They design, print and promote… You. They’re the “one stop shop” for your business.
MASTERMIND YOUR LAUNCH: Adam Steinberg with Fetch
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Adam Steinberg/Fetch
Prior to co-founding Fetch, Adam served as Director of Emerging Apps at Silverpop, which was acquired by IBM. Adam was also co-founder and CEO of PlacePunch, a location-based marketing platform. PlacePunch was acquired by Silverpop in 2011.
Adam believes in serving the customer and and creating an effortless experience for every product. He can be reached at adam@fetchtruck.com.
Stefanie Diaz/Mastermind Your Launch
Stefanie Diaz has always had a keen ability for developing marketing strategies for entrepreneurs, but it’s her ability to position startups for accelerated momentum through personal branding and content marketing that has become the cornerstone to her professional success. Her background includes being a strategic adviser to CEO’s spanning startup phase to over $100 million in annual revenue. She has led strategic partnerships with global retailers and Fortune 500 companies, as well as facilitated multi-million dollar government contracts. There is something magnetic about the energy of startup founders that draws Stefanie in. They’re hungry, driven, and committed to making positive change for themselves and the greater community. Learn more at MastermindYourLaunch.com.
