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Rob Donahue with North Georgia Business Connection and Zachary Bennett with Reformation Productions

July 23, 2013 by Garrett Ervin

Partners for Success

Rob Donahue with North Georgia Business Connection and Zachary Bennett with Reformation Productions

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Randy Hicks, Rob Donahue, Zachary Bennett

Rob Donahue/North Georgia Business Connection

The North Georgia Business Connection is a networking and growth organization for business owners and sales representatives wanting to grow their businesses through education, accountability and networking with members within their community.

They grow each other and are invested in each other’s success. Member accountability, educational seminars, community activities, mentor partnerships, one-on-one sessions, and more – to put business in their people, in addition to working together as an outside sales force for each other, constantly looking for opportunities to refer business to each other through their own contacts, relationships and opportunities – putting more people in each others’ businesses.

Zachary Bennett/Reformation Productions

Reformation Productions is a full service marketing agency located in Gwinnett County. They focus on helping local and regional businesses in taking their business to the next level, making their marketing the most effective and targeted that it can be, and their marketing budgets and strategic plans the most efficient as possible.

Mike Haswell with Storing Treasures, Beth Levine with Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Courtney Legg and Sarah Biehl with Ivy Springs Manor

July 23, 2013 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Mike Haswell with Storing Treasures, Beth Levine with Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Courtney Legg and Sarah Biehl with Ivy Springs Manor

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Mike Haswell/Storing Treasures

Storing Treasures is dedicated to providing new and unique options regarding financial coaching. Rather than assuming everyone responds to handling finances in the same manner, Storing Treasures recognizes each person’s unique financial personality regarding money. The Financial Personality Assessment is the cornerstone of the entire Storing Treasures Program. Our financial personalities are driven by specific traits that define how we think and how we behave financially. In order to reach many more people with the Storing Treasures approach, they have developed a new web-based program called STAFF (Storing Treasures Automated Financial Foundation). STAFF is a unique, one of a kind educational platform designed to provide the user with a personalized plan. It is an 8 session course that allows the individual to learn about educational topics and then input their own information into a secure environment. Individuals can then get a personalized report, based on their own financial personality, that they can use time and time again. Once you understand how you and those around you are wired from a financial standpoint, you can make better decisions that will ultimately lead to better communication, lower debt, higher savings and improvement in your finances.

Storing Treasures promotes this program to employers, financial professionals, churches and non-profits as a way for these organizations to provide a new program for those they serve. Statistics show the incredible amount of time people worry about their finances in any given day… leading to stress-related illnesses, absenteeism and a lack of productivity. Your organization will become stronger by offering a way for people to get the basic financial help and support they need… helping them become a better employee.

Beth Levine/Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (Georgia Campus)

The M.S. in Organizational Development and Leadership from the GA campus of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) is located in Suwanee, GA. Their program is geared toward working adults. As a result, they have evening and weekend classes and a flexible curriculum. The classes rely on experiential learning and they bring students’ current work-related issues into the classroom so students can discuss them in light of the theories they are learning about. That way they can immediately apply the classroom learning to their work environment.

Courtney Legg & Sarah Biehl/Ivy Springs Manor

Ivy Springs Manor was designed to reflect the heart and culture of Buford. The genuine warmth and gracious hospitality of this region permeates through Ivy Springs Manor. They envisioned and designed a community where vibrant living continues in a friendly, caring atmosphere. Ivy Springs Manor offers a resort style community serviced by a team of individuals ready to provide the highest level of care and assistance, whenever needed. This is Buford’s new alternative option for assisted living at its finest.

Residents moving to Ivy Springs Manor discover a new beginning as they meet new friends and enjoy both companionship and shared experiences. This is a place where independence thrives but assistance is only a call away. The philosophy developed and embraced by the staff is one which recognizes the uniqueness of each individual and inspires creativity. You will enjoy the many on-site activities for residents to enjoy as well as local excursions to take.

Lisa Harris with RE/MAX Center and Patsy Overton with Patsy Overton Interiors

July 17, 2013 by Garrett Ervin

Squawk Talk

Lisa Harris with RE/MAX Center and Patsy Overton with Patsy Overton Interiors

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lisa harris, kate schermerhorn, patsy overton — Lisa Harris, Kate Schermerhorn, Patsy Overton

Lisa Harris/ RE/MAX Center

RE/MAX is the #1 real estate company in the world with over 91,809 associates and 6,359 offices across 93 countries. RE/MAX Center has over 120 real estate associates supporting three Gwinnett offices in Dacula, Duluth and Johns Creek. Before Lisa Harris joined RE/MAX Center in 2007, she worked as a Regional Sales Manager in the consumer electronics business for almost 20 years.

Destined for Real Estate, Lisa grew up helping her parents work in the Real Estate business after school and weekends. Today, she enjoys assisting folks with all of their real estate needs including selling homes, relocations, first time home buyers, move up buyers, luxury homes, short sales, foreclosures, leases, 55+ active adult communities, REO’s, golf course communities, estate sales and new home construction.

As a Certified Investor Agent Specialist, Lisa is professionally trained to assist investors of all sizes to identify properties, evaluate ROI and support long-term investment strategies. Her Certified Distressed Property Expert training qualifies her to assist distressed homeowners potentially avoid foreclosure through short sale if they have fallen behind on payments due to life’s unforeseen challenges such as job loss, divorce, medical issues, etc.

RE/MAX Regional Services recently became the first ever Official Real estate Partner for the Atlanta Falcons. Lisa has been appointed to be one of the two realtors to assist the team with their real estate needs. She’s very excited to be helping the Falcons players, coaches and staff with all of their moves into and away from the Atlanta metro area. Watch for the RE/MAX Balloon at all of the home games this season and be sure to visit the booth at Gate C.

Patsy Overton/Patsy Overton Interiors

Patsy Overton Interiors began as a home staging business in 2007 but has since expanded to include decorating, redesign and color consultations. Whether you need help with color consulting, decorating, home staging or redesign services, Patsy Overton Interiors is here to serve you. Many DIYers start out with the best intentions. They want to do it themselves but quickly realize they don’t have the necessary skills to pull it all together. Patsy Overton Interiors can help.

Greta Cairns with SCI Companies, Cindy Southwell with AFR Furniture Rental and Lisa Kennedy with Bobby Dodd Institute

July 17, 2013 by Garrett Ervin

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Greta Cairns with SCI Companies, Cindy Southwell with AFR Furniture Rental and Lisa Kennedy with Bobby Dodd Institute

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Dominick Rainey, Greta Cairns, Cindy Southwell, Lisa Kennedy, Nikole Toptas

Greta Cairns/SCI Companies

SCI Companies is a first in class Human Resource Provider specializing in offering solutions to help companies leverage the full potential of their human capital. SCI offers professional HR and business consultation, Human Resource Information Technology, HR administration in the areas of payroll, benefits, workers’ compensation, performance management, talent acquisition and efficient processes to help maintain compliance with both state and federal regulations. SCI’s professionals maintain expertise in all areas of Human Resources to support companies at every stage of their life cycle. SCI Companies has developed innovative services designed to allow businesses to focus on their core areas of performance in order to fully support the business goals of the organization.

Cindy Southwell/AFR Furniture Rental

AFR Furniture Rental is a national company that provides office, event, trade show and residential furniture. AFR is headquartered in Pennsauken, NJ and has sixteen locations across the United States. The Atlanta location of AFR expanded into a 30,000 square foot facility in January 2013 after purchasing the office division of Aaron’s in September, 2012.

AFR was first introduced to the Atlanta market in 2011 with the Events division and rapidly grew adding on Office, Trade Show and Residential furniture. The success of Atlanta’s growth is due to the leadership skills of Ron Benedit, formally of Aaron’s, and the skilled team he has built.

Lisa Kennedy/Bobby Dodd Institute

Bobby Dodd Institute (BDI) helps people with disabilities and disadvantages gain the dignity of work and the security and purpose that work brings. They fulfill their mission by sustaining good jobs in their mission-based businesses, offering high quality job training, and connecting businesses with talented, committed employees.

BDI employs more than 200 people with disabilities in their own businesses and social enterprises. These deliver critical services for community businesses, such as call centers, packaging and fulfillment services, mail room operations, janitorial services and grounds maintenance.

Dr. Nick Tedder with Upper Cervical Chiropractic of Georgia, Kraig Streetman with Kraig Streetman State Farm Agency, Michelle Anderson with DateNightATL and Keith Vencill with EFSI Restoration and Construction

July 16, 2013 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Dr. Nick Tedder with Upper Cervical Chiropractic of Georgia, Kraig Streetman with Kraig Streetman State Farm Agency, Michelle Anderson with DateNightATL and Keith Vencill with EFSI Restoration and Construction

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Dr. Nick Tedder/Upper Cervical Chiropractic of Georgia

Upper Cervical Chiropractic of Georgia is located in Dacula, GA. Upper Cervical care is a rapidly growing form of chiropractic that focuses on the intimate relationship between the first two bones in the neck, called the Upper Cervical spine, and a vital portion of the nervous system, known as the brain stem. This relationship is essential to the body’s ability to preserve and restore health. Think of the brain stem as the control center that extends down an opening in the base of your skull, making it vulnerable to injuries or irritation around the upper neck. The brain stem works like a telephone cable with thousands of individual wires or nerve fibers sending signals back and forth between the brain and spinal cord to every cell, organ and system in the body. Every nerve impulse between the brain and the body must pass through the brain stem. The nervous system is responsible for all communication within the body. It controls your immune system, emotions, vision, hearing, balance, breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, muscle tension, posture, hormones and every other function. Irritation or pressure within the central nervous system can interrupt communication between the brain and the body, thus creating a variety of health problems.

Kraig Streetman/Kraig Streetman State Farm Agency

The mission of Kraig Streetman State Farm Agency is to help people manage the risks of everyday life, recover from the unexpected and realize their dreams. They offer not only auto and home insurance, but life insurance, long term care products, disability insurance along with investments. They pride themselves on offering exceptional customer service. When you purchase insurance through their agency, you will never have a reason to shop again. They give their cell phone number out to all customers. This gives customers the ability to reach them all hours of the day and even on weekends. When it comes to insurance, being there is very important. If you are ready to meet your last agent ever, give them a call at 678-541-2990.

Michelle Anderson/DateNightATL

Are you stuck in the same tired routine and so overworked that you can’t find time or energy to plan a special night with the one you love? It’s your anniversary… her birthday… his big promotion… or you just want an evening out. Where do you start?

That’s where DateNightATL comes in! They specialize in tailoring an evening (or two) for you. They make it simple: You pick the date, they’ll plan the night. DateNightATL plans date nights and special occasions for busy couples.

Keith Vencill/EFSI Restoration and Construction

Emergency Flood Services, Inc. (EFSI Restoration and Construction) is your one-call resource for water, fire and storm clean-up and restoration. Established in 1996, and local in Gwinnett, EFSI is a full service restoration and construction company providing comprehensive damage assessments utilizing industry standard software, Xactimate. As a preferred contractor with major insurance companies in the metropolitan Atlanta and North Georgia areas, EFSI is experienced in processing client claims and dedicated to quality work and complete customer satisfaction. Whether you are in need of a one-call resource for disaster clean-up and restoration, or you wish to add value to your home with improvements, EFSI can do it all. Trust them for rapid response, reliability, quality workmanship, attention to detail and fair pricing. They are a State of Georgia licensed general contractor, fully insured, Institute of Inspection, Cleaning & Restoration/CleanTrust Certified and EPA Lead Safe Certified.

Pam Estabrooke with ProTect Painters and Tom Leatherberry with Leatherberry Associates

July 16, 2013 by Garrett Ervin

Partners for Success

Pam Estabrooke with ProTect Painters and Tom Leatherberry with Leatherberry Associates

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Randy Hicks, Tom Leatherberry, Pam Estabrooke, Dennis Bonin

Pam Estabrooke/ProTect Painters

ProTect Painters of Central Gwinnett is a residential and commercial painting company. They have over ten years of service in Gwinnett county. They offer most wood repair, whole house siding replacement, window repair & replacement, garage & basement floors, decks and many other painted surfaces.

Tom Leatherberry/Leatherberry Associates

Leatherberry Associates is a performance driven provider of CRM, BI Reporting, Marketing and Workflow Automation software solutions. If you are serious about finding the right solution for your business, one that will provide measurable value through increased employee efficiency, reduced fiscal costs, and improved customer tracking, then we want to talk to you.

Tom Leatherberry is the founder and CEO of Leatherberry Associates and crmLinX Software, a 15 year veteran and performance driven provider of CRM, Marketing and Workflow Automation solutions.

Jake Moran with The Simpson Company, Christie Wilkins with Keller Williams Realty and Jay Lazega with CAI-Georgia

July 10, 2013 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

Jake Moran with The Simpson Company, Christie Wilkins with Keller Williams Realty and Jay Lazega with CAI-Georgia

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Jake Moran, Kate Schermerhorn, Christie Wilkins, Jay Lazega

Jake Moran/The Simpson Company

The Simpson Company is a full-service commercial real estate and property management firm offering regional market expertise and comprehensive services to clients, investors and businesses. Their full-service team of CCIM-trained professionals offers a complete array of commercial real estate services including brokerage, property management, strategic planning, investment analysis, development and corporate services. Their territory spans from the Atlanta metro area to Alabama, Tennessee and North Carolina.

With nearly 20 years of success in commercial real estate, The Simpson Company has built a solid reputation by providing results that ensure a client’s long-term needs are met.

It is the integrity, knowledge, and experience they offer clients that produce the stellar results desired. By developing solid business relationships and immersing themselves in a client’s business and investment objectives, they deliver sound advice and recommendations.

Christie Wilkins/Christie & Company of Keller Williams Realty

As a 20 year resident in the southeast, Christie Wilkins with Christie & Co. of Keller Williams Realty has a thorough knowledge of the neighborhoods, schools and amenities in Atlanta and specialize in Gwinnett, Fulton and Cobb counties.

She has been licensed since 1995 and has a team in place to handle all of your needs and keep things running smoothly. Her clients say she is a great problem solver and gets the deals closed!

Christie appreciates your trust in her and will treat you the way you deserve to be treated – with first class service and attention to details.

Jay Lazega/CAI-Georgia

The Georgia Chapter of the CAI (Community Associations Institute) is the area’s voice for condominium, cooperative and homeowner associations. With over 17,000 members in 57 chapters throughout the U.S. and in several foreign countries, CAI advances excellence through seminars, workshops, conferences and programs.

CAI publishes the largest collection of resources available on community associations including the award-winning Common Ground magazine. CAI advocates community association interests before legislatures, it conducts research on innovations and best practices in community association creation and management, and provides networking and referral opportunities through both the national office and local chapters.

Todd Rielly with IPG, Kile Lewis with oXYGen Financial and Edward Henderson with Synergy America

July 10, 2013 by Garrett Ervin

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Todd Rielly with IPG, Kile Lewis with oXYGen Financial and Edward Henderson with Synergy America

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Dominick Rainey, Todd Rielly, Kile Lewis, Edward Henderson, Nikole Toptas

Todd Rielly/IPG

IPG collaborates with health plans in partnership with providers, physicians, manufacturers and patients to develop market-based solutions that deliver tangible value in the implantable Device Benefit Management (DBM) space.

Their model effectively manages the complexities associated with device coordination, billing, replacement and tracking, which subsequently delivers increased transparency and predictability to implantable device spend.

Kile Lewis/oXYGen Financial

What’s the scoop about oXYGen Financial? Guitar Hero is to a financial services firm what a treasure chest full of toys is to a dentist’s chair: it doesn’t change the office operation, but at least it makes you quit yer snivelin’. Face it, kids: we all have to do our financial planning and our income taxes unless we want to get cavities. No, wait. That’s not it. We all have to do taxes lest we end up like Wesley Snipes. The way they see it at oXYGen Financial, you might as well have financial advisors that are not only good at planning your future, but also deliver your experience with a twist of fun… and an oxygen bar in the lobby just in case you need a last-minute happy boost before you get down to business with them.

oXYGen Financial is a full service family office offering financial services for the X and Y generations. Their mission is to help clients breathe easier about life by providing financial advice, wealth management, insurance, group benefits and tax and accounting services. oXYGen Financial also offers coordination of legal services and concierge services. They aren’t your parent’s firm, but oXYGen Financial can help you breathe easier… and it will feel a lot less like having teeth pulled. Take a spin today!

Edward Henderson/Synergy America

Synergy America, Inc. (1993) is a minority, women owned, full service Professional Services firm located in Atlanta. They have 20 years of experience in the staffing, consulting and professional services industry. They specialize in the fields of IT, engineering, finance and accounting, healthcare, administrative areas and all professional staffing services. Synergy America can help fill any position, whether it’s contract, contract to hire or a permanent position. They have highly trained and seasoned experts who are proven… getting superior results by focusing within a given area of expertise sets them apart! Their passion at Synergy America is finding the right SOLUTION and TALENT for your specific organization while servicing the communities in which we live.

Dr. Lauren Millman with Suwanee Spine and Wellness Center and Melissa Cammack with Nicholas Greene Agency Nationwide Insurance

July 9, 2013 by Garrett Ervin

Partners for Success

Dr. Lauren Millman with Suwanee Spine and Wellness Center and Melissa Cammack with Nicholas Greene Agency Nationwide Insurance

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Randy Hicks, Melissa Cammack, Dr. Lauren Millman

Dr. Lauren Millman/Suwanee Spine and Wellness Center

Suwanee Spine and Wellness Center specializes in providing a unique and specialized form of chiropractic to help naturally heal those suffering from pain or dysfunction. The unique approach that Dr. Millman utilizes naturally and effectively restores the body back to a balanced position so that the body can heal and live as it was intended. Suwanee Spine and Wellness Center operates under the foundation that unless you correct the underlying problem (spinal imbalance), no pill, potion or lotion can make you better. When you can effectively correct the underlying dysfunction, your body can heal. Their spinal care procedure effectively and uniquely evaluates the state of your whole frame, which in turn effects your overall health. Your structure dictates your body’s function, and their practitioners understand how to effectively evaluate structure to optimize your body’s function.

Melissa Cammack/Nicholas Greene Agency Nationwide Insurance

The Nicholas Greene Agency is a full-service insurance agency. The agency is much more than a property and casualty insurance company. In addition to auto and home insurance, they write commercial insurance and provide a wide array of financial services. In addition, the agency is On Your Side certified!