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Ken Lewandowski with Aviation Institute of Maintenance and Anthony Mitchell with IMPACT! Group

January 8, 2015 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Ken Lewandowski with Aviation Institute of Maintenance and Anthony Mitchell with IMPACT! Group

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Mike Sammond, Ken Lewandowski, Anthony Mitchell, Steven Julian

Ken Lewandowski/Aviation Institute of Maintenance

The AIM – Atlanta campus is part of the nation’s largest family of aviation maintenance schools, with headquarters in Virginia Beach, VA. Through AIM’s FAA-approved aviation program, students prepare for a high-flying career in aviation maintenance. AIM Atlanta also is home to a comprehensive combination welding program. Students in both areas learn the skills necessary to become successful in two of the world’s fastest growing industries, aviation maintenance and welding. AIM graduates are there to meet the increasing global demands of commercial, cargo, corporate and private aviation and equipment manufacturing employers. AIM’s other campuses are located in Chesapeake, VA and Manassas, VA, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Oakland, Las Vegas, Orlando and Philadelphia.

Anthony Mitchell/IMPACT! Group

The IMPACT! HomeOwnership Center was added in 1994 to meet the needs of first-time homebuyers and residents in danger of losing their homes to foreclosure, and it shortly thereafter became a HUD-Certified Housing Counseling Agency. The center today helps prevent foreclosures in Gwinnett County and greater Atlanta through group classes and free individual counseling sessions. The center also provides housing counseling, down payment assistance, and financial counseling services to first-time home buyers, current homeowners, and the general public in Gwinnett County and northeast Georgia.

Lara Sadowski with First Prize Writing and Bill Scott with WallyPark

December 17, 2014 by Garrett Ervin

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Lara Sadowski with First Prize Writing and Bill Scott with WallyPark

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Lara Sadowski/First Prize Writing

First Prize Writing is a freelance copywriting business specializing in marketing communications for individuals and companies. They can create effective website content, marketing brochures and other marketing collateral, ghostwrite e-books, books, blogs and social media sites as well as speech-writing… and that just scratches the surface! FPW would be happy to meet with you to discuss your specific writing and communications project.

Bill Scott/WallyPark

WallyPark‘s premier brand of airport parking is expanding from coast to coast, and their first-class service and unbeatable amenities are raising the bar on airport parking. With added perks, which include Shuttles departing every five minutes and secured 24/7, 365 day-a-year parking, the word is spreading of the WallyPark difference.

From the moment you pull into WallyPark, you can relax. They’re ready and waiting to make your send-off or arrival home seamless. Great locations, well-designed facilities and a friendly smile are just the beginning. They offer secure parking options including uncovered, covered, self park and valet. You will agree that “WallyPark Is Where Great Trips Begin and End!”

Dr. Alan Wang with Salude, Cappi Arneson with Foster & Witmer and Mike DiLeone with Lanier Islands

December 11, 2014 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Dr. Alan Wang with Salude, Cappi Arneson with Foster & Witmer and Mike DiLeone with Lanier Islands

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Steven Julian, Dr. Alan Wang, Cappi Arneson, Mike DiLeone, Mike Sammond

Dr. Alan Wang/Salude

Salude is a 46,610-square-foot, upscale transitional care and rehabilitation facility focused on providing exceptional care in a state-of-the-art environment. Helping patients recover is as much of an art as it is a science, and Salude combines clinical excellence with beautiful surroundings as a way to enhance the health and wellness of every person who passes through the doors.

Cappi Arneson/Foster & Witmer

Established in 1976, Foster & Witmer specializes in all types of insurance coverage with a focus on hard to place risks. If you or someone you know is having a difficult time with their insurance, give them a call. Their ability to shop your coverage with several companies allows for the best results in the marketplace.

Mike DiLeone/Lanier Islands

Situated along the shores of Georgia’s Great Lake, Lanier Islands features 1,500 scenic acres, beckoning to families and corporate groups alike. Marrying luxurious amenities with unparalleled natural beauty, a Lanier Islands vacation is one to be treasured long after your bags have been unpacked and your photos have been uploaded. With over 24,000 sq feet of indoor space, multiple unique outdoor function spaces and extensive team-building activities, a meeting at Lanier Islands is never just a meeting – it’s an inspirational experience.

Scott Specker with Five Star Painting and Lyle Sheppard with The Hot Lead Key

December 10, 2014 by Garrett Ervin

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Scott Specker with Five Star Painting and Lyle Sheppard with The Hot Lead Key

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Lyle Sheppard, Dom Rainey, Scott Specker

Scott Specker/Five Star Painting

Five Star Painting is one of the fastest-growing house painting franchises in North America. Want to know their secret? Their Suwanee house painters provide wonderful work, great warranties, and no funny business when it comes to prices. Your job will be clean, on time and on budget. Guaranteed. They specialize in Interior and Exterior painting for Residential and Commercial properties.

Lyle Sheppard/The Hot Lead Key

The Hot Lead Key helps businesses grow. For us “It’s about smart Business”. By implementing things such as Business Processes, Technology, Marketing Strategies and Benchmarks we create Efficiency and Focus. While Efficiency gives time back to business owners and managers that would otherwise be bogged down with functions they may not enjoy or be good at, Focus puts effort into revenue generating activity to foster growth.

CHANGES IN THE HOTEL INDUSTRY: Nitin Shah with Imperial Investments Group

December 10, 2014 by Garrett Ervin

On the Money

CHANGES IN THE HOTEL INDUSTRY: Nitin Shah with Imperial Investments Group

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Hotel owner Nitin Shah with Imperial Investments Group joins host Joe Moss, the president of Embassy National Bank, to discuss the latest changes within the hotel industry.

Nitin Shah/Imperial Investments Group

Nitin Shah serves as president of Imperial Investments Group Inc., a Georgia-based hospitality company he founded in 1984 which currently has assets approaching $100 million, including 15 hotels plus a variety of commercial real estate projects.

Nitin is also chairman and CEO of Embassy National Bank, an Atlanta-based community bank he helped establish in 2007 which has grown to $100 million in assets and is a leading lender to small businesses in the southeastern United States.

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On the Money focuses on topics and issues allowing small businesses to better navigate the financial services minefield, with analysis and opinions from today’s industry experts on banking and loans. On the Money also introduces you to some of the top small business leaders in the Atlanta market.

Hosted by Joe Moss, the president of Embassy National Bank, On the Money airs live every Wednesday at 3:00 PM EST from the Business RadioX studio in Gwinnett.

Steve Walker with Civis Capital and Michael Sytsma and Monique Wells with Building Intimate Marriages

December 4, 2014 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Steve Walker with Civis Capital and Michael Sytsma and Monique Wells with Building Intimate Marriages

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Dr. Michael Sytsma, Monique Wells, Steve Walker, Steven Julian

Steve Walker/Civis Capital

Civis Capital, based in Knoxville, is the small business lending division of Civis Bank, a 109-years old community bank headquartered in Rogersville, TN. The bank prides itself on taking its hometown, community bank attitude and approach beyond the TN borders and throughout the southeast. Civis’s business lending territory is the southeastern USA including all of Florida. Civis Capital treats its clients with the attitude reflected in its motto – “Small Business is our Only Business.” The bank began life as Citizens Bank of East Tennessee, and recently changed the name to use the Latin word for “citizen” and reflect a broader geographic reach.

Steve Walker is a native of Atlanta and 25-year Georgia banking veteran, with the vast majority of that time in commercial loans. He spent the bulk of it in the “big bank” world, logging 12 years with Wachovia/Wells Fargo and 9 years with Regions Bank before moving to the community bank world, which he considers a breath of fresh air. Steve is a subject matter expert on SBA lending and the benefits it offers today’s entrepreneurs, especially the 7(a) program.

Dr. Michael Sytsma & Monique Wells/Building Intimate Marriages

Building Intimate Marriages aims to help individuals grow using marriage as the main agent of change. They do so by providing counseling, psycho-education, and resources focusing on relationship, premarital, marriage, and sex therapy. They also provide consulting and training to other professionals who specialize in the same arena.

They provide about 100 hours of counseling per week with the specialty areas of sex therapy (i.e., sexual conflict, sexual desire conflict, sexless marriages, painful sex, erectile dysfunction), affair recovery, premarital, communication problems, highly conflicted marriages, general marital discord. They also see individuals and families for a variety of typical counseling needs. They provide this counseling for a range of fees depending on the training and experience of the counselor. Session fees for interns can be as low as $10 per session.

They also have a sexual enrichment workshop for married couples – the Passionate Intimacy Workshop. This Friday/Saturday workshop has been shown in follow-up research to be highly effective in helping couples, with 75% stating what they learned was still having a positive change in their overall sexual satisfaction in marriage 6 months after the workshop. They provide the workshop about 4 times a year.

DIRECT MAILING & THINGS THAT MATTER: Kyle Campbell with GIANT Marketing and Doug Ireland with Freeland Painting

December 3, 2014 by Garrett Ervin

On the Money

DIRECT MAILING & THINGS THAT MATTER: Kyle Campbell with GIANT Marketing and Doug Ireland with Freeland Painting

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Kyle Campbell with GIANT Marketing and Doug Ireland with Freeland Painting join host Joe Moss to discuss “Direct Marketing & Things That Matter” related to small business.

Kyle Campbell/GIANT Marketing & Anytime Fitness

GIANT Marketing is a full-service marketing and design firm located in the heart of Atlanta. From start to finish, they can make your business GIANT! GIANT Marketing started with just postcards. Well, marketing is so much more than just hitting mailboxes! So GIANT Marketing now offers everything including direct mail campaigns, email marketing, social media marketing, website and logo design, call tracking, print marketing and more.

GIANT Postcards of Atlanta has been an established and successful brand since 2009, delivering the highest quality direct mail to your doorstep. When their CEO Kyle Campbell realized the endless bounds the company could reach with a bigger concept and a more diverse range of services, GIANT Marketing was born. With their industry experience and our motivation to make your business GIANT, they are sure to help you succeed in all of your business marketing goals.

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 the ultimate goal and their only assignment. They believe that only by serving their customers FIRST can they then serve their employees, suppliers and families.

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Hosted by Joe Moss, the president of Embassy National Bank, On the Money airs live every Wednesday at 3:00 PM EST from the Business RadioX studio in Gwinnett.

Yasmine Jandali with Starwood Business Group, Noah Pines with Ross & Pines and Mike Gifford with National Business Chamber of Greater Gwinnett

December 3, 2014 by Garrett Ervin

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Yasmine Jandali with Starwood Business Group, Noah Pines with Ross & Pines and Mike Gifford with National Business Chamber of Greater Gwinnett

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Dom Rainey, Yasmine Jandali, Noah Pines, Mike Griffin — Dom Rainey, Yasmine Jandali, Noah Pines, Mike Gifford

Yasmine Jandali/Starwood Business Group

Since 2005, the professional brokers at Starwood Business Group have been helping Metro Atlanta entrepreneurs achieve their goals of business ownership. They represent quality businesses of all sizes and in all industries, and are proud to say that the majority of their businesses sell for an average of 95% of the asking price and within 162 days of listing. Starwood Business Group offers free, no-obligation valuations to prospective sellers and will always strive to help you make the best decisions for you and your business.

Noah Pines/Ross & Pines, LLC

Ross & Pines, LLC is a preeminent AV rated law firm that handles Personal Injury, Criminal Defense and Immigration matters in the greater Atlanta area. With five attorneys, who are all seasoned trial lawyers, they are able to offer our clients dedicated, personal service, while at the same time handling their cases with courtroom experience and resources that typically only comes by hiring a “big” firm. You will not find another law firm in Atlanta that is able to offer the level of service that they provide with the level of experience that they possess.

Mike Gifford/National Business Chamber of Greater Gwinnett

The National Business Chamber of Greater Gwinnett is a local chamber of commerce built on the Business To Consumer model. While they offer the traditional networking and educational opportunities of a chamber, they also employ innovative, hands-on marketing methods that are designed to bring customers to their member businesses.

OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Jeff Kim with TRACS Group, Jai Rogers with Delta Community Credit Union, Rachel Fasig with Suwanee Magazine, and Vince DeSilva with the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

November 21, 2014 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Jeff Kim with TRACS Group, Jai Rogers with Delta Community Credit Union, Rachel Fasig with Suwanee Magazine, and Vince DeSilva with the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

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Mike Sammond, Jai Rogers, Jeff Kim, Rachel Fasig, Vince DeSilva

Jeff Kim/TRACS Group

Tax Rebate And Credit Specialists ( TRACS ) brings their specialty of identifying and generating state and federal tax credits to Georgia businesses. They service over 1,200 clients and have generated more than $292 million of state and federal tax credits for their clients.

Jai Rogers/Delta Community Credit Union

Delta Community Credit Union is Georgia’s largest credit union serving more than 300,000 members in the metro Atlanta area and employees of top businesses such as Delta Air Lines, Chick-fil-A and RaceTrac. Delta Community is a state-chartered credit union organized under the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, and its deposit accounts are federally insured through the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund. Unlike a for-profit bank, Delta Community is owned by its members, not individual or institutional investors.

Rachel Fasig/Suwanee Magazine

Suwanee Magazine is a family, community and lifestyle magazine designed to keep pace and flow with the active Suwanee lifestyle. Distributing over 20,000 free copies bi-monthly to hundreds of businesses and locations in the Suwanee area, the magazine shares insight with its readers and focuses on their unique interests. Suwanee Magazine devotes sections pertaining to the best of dining, shopping, music, local personalities, business, industry and everything in between that impacts the Suwanee area and beyond. Each month new businesses emerge, new trends develop, new leaders move to the community forefront and Suwanee Magazine is there to keep you connected!