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Marcel Williams with MSW Creative Services and Aubrey Logan-Holland & Robbie Reyes with Blue Dream Industries

August 8, 2017 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Marcel Williams with MSW Creative Services and Aubrey Logan-Holland & Robbie Reyes with Blue Dream Industries

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Robbie Reyes, Aubrey Logan-Holland, Marcel Williams

Marcel Williams/MSW Creative Services

At MSW Creative, camera is life. They are a team of creative content creators that specialize in video production to photography. Whether you need video footage from the sky with a drone, or your mission is to speak to your customers on Instagram, through creative video promotion they are your “go to” team. MSW Creative is where ideas Happen.

Aubrey Logan-Holland & Robbie Reyes/Blue Dream Industries

Blue Dream Industries is the parent company of Vape Funnel and 19 other brands. The goal of Blue Dream Industries is to be the Rolls-Royce of the personal vaporizer industry.

Mike Russell with ETS Solutions, Tonia Morris with Tonia Morris Speaks, and Kevin Petree with ATL Urban Farms

August 8, 2017 by Mike

North Fulton Business Radio

Mike Russell with ETS Solutions, Tonia Morris with Tonia Morris Speaks, and Kevin Petree with ATL Urban Farms

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Kevin Petree, Mike Russell, Tonia Morris, John Ray

Mike Russell/ETS Solutions

In today’s evolving technology environment, options for businesses can be overwhelming, even painful. ETS Solutions will identify a company’s technology pains, provide a tailored solution using their business partners, implement the solution, and follow-up with superior customer service. ETS takes a holistic approach to deliver technology solutions in an ever-changing environment. ETS believes in being a trusted partner for all your voice, data and cloud needs.

Tonia Morris/Tonia Morris Speaks

Tonia Morris is the Generational Connector who cares about all generations in the workplace. Tonia started her career in Human Resources and worked in the profession for over 20 plus years in various industries. One of Tonia’s main responsibilities in her positions were to increase morale and drive productivity within organizations. She noticed that the workplace was changing and becoming more difficult to increase morale among the employees, which in turns decrease productivity and job fulfillment among employees. Tonia founded Tonia Morris Speaks, a training and consultant firm that specializes in helping organization transform their culture by leveraging all generations in the workplace. It is her belief that all generations are important and bring added value to organizations. As a professional speaker with the National Speaker Association and John Maxwell, Tonia has helped organizations transform their culture by leveraging all generations.

Kevin Petree/ATL Urban Farms

ATL Urban Farms was formed in 2013 to grow non-GMO fruit, vegetable, herb and leafy green seedlings for the Tower Garden growing system. As the demand for local and fresh produce increases, ATL Urban Farms has been adding urban farms to rooftops, parking lots, and other areas that were not previously farmable – all the while, using 10% of the water and space of soil gardens.

Children and Bullying (Part 1 of 2)

August 6, 2017 by Mike

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Food, Faith & Feelings

Children and Bullying (Part 1 of 2)

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“Food, Faith, and Feelings” Podcast Episode from August 6, 2017

Bob Ellis with the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and Karen Cashion with the Alpharetta Technology Commission

August 1, 2017 by Mike

North Fulton Business Radio

Bob Ellis with the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and Karen Cashion with the Alpharetta Technology Commission

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Bob Ellis/Fulton County Board of Commissioners

Bob Ellis is Vice Chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and the representative for District 2 that includes Milton and large parts of Alpharetta, Roswell and Sandy Springs. A graduate of the University of Georgia, Bob is also a Senior Vice President at Chubb Insurance, the world’s largest publicly traded insurance company. He and his wife Jennifer have three children and reside in Milton. First elected in 2014, Bob’s current term expires at the end of 2020.

Karen Cashion/Alpharetta Technology Commission

The City of Alpharetta formed the Alpharetta Technology Commission (ATC) in 2012, and the ATC was granted 501c(6) nonprofit trade association status in 2015. At the time of its formation in 2012, the city’s predominant industry was, and continues to be, technology. The ATC’s mission is to identify and pursue key investment opportunities and policy decisions for the city’s technology companies and its robust technology sector. The ATC’s Board is comprised of some of Alpharetta’s leading technology companies, including emerging, intermediate, and enterprise sized companies, along with community partner organizations. The ATC is run by its CEO, Karen Cashion, who reports directly to the ATC Board.

MASTERMIND YOUR LAUNCH: Alex Han and David Choi with PupWalkr

August 1, 2017 by Mike

Mastermind Your Launch

MASTERMIND YOUR LAUNCH: Alex Han and David Choi with PupWalkr

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Alex Han & David Choi/PupWalkr

Alex started his career as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Mergers & Acquisitions group at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey working on buy-side/sell-side transactions across the healthcare, industrial, technology, and media verticals. He now runs the customer side of the PupWalkr platform.

David began his career with H.M. Wallace, a firm started by the same guys as Hypepotamus, and worked in multiple functions gaining experience in management, operations, and business development. David now runs the provider side of the PupWalkr platform.

www.pupwalkr.com

Alex’s personal: @PWAhan email: ahan@pupwalkr.com

David’s personal: @PupWalkr_David email: dchoi@pupwalkr.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.

Dieting with a Psychiatric Perspective

July 30, 2017 by Mike

Food, Faith & Feelings

Dieting with a Psychiatric Perspective

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“Food, Faith, and Feelings” Podcast Episode from July 30, 2017

Marques Burnett with The Sports Utility Vehicle, Mattie Smith with Cartridge World Lawrenceville and Markell Bryant with Edward Jones Investments

July 27, 2017 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Marques Burnett with The Sports Utility Vehicle, Mattie Smith with Cartridge World Lawrenceville and Markell Bryant with Edward Jones Investments

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Marques Burnett, Mattie Smith, Markell Bryant

Marques Burnett/The Sports Utility Vehicle

The Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) is committed to enhancing every sports event they work with while delivering content that engages, empowers, and connects brands with fans. The SUV uses content, expertise, and execution to give audiences the sports experience they want and brands the value they need. The SUV and its affiliate sites offer over 500 live events, full game replays, original segments, and branded content for general and sport-specific audiences. SUV helps sports properties by maximizing the experience for fans and brands that are a part of each event.

Mattie Smith/Cartridge World of Lawrenceville

Cartridge World of Lawrenceville is Gwinnett’s local supplier of desktop printers, ink and toner cartridges, and printer repair and service. Helpful technical resources are available at a convenient Lawrenceville retail location, with free delivery and recycling services for business customers.

Markell Bryant/Edward Jones Investments

Edward Jones is a financial services firm dedicated to serving the needs of individual investors. With nearly 15,000 financial advisors serving over 7 million investors, the firm has been built on the belief that the only way to do business is on a one-on-one personal basis. Edward Jones Investments does that by getting to know you, understanding your goals, and developing individualized strategies to help you reach them.

State Income Tax Issues For Residents Relocating To States Without Income Tax

July 27, 2017 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

State Income Tax Issues For Residents Relocating To States Without Income Tax

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Robert Port, Brian Enlow, Richard Litwin, Millie Baumbusch

This episode of “Wealth Matters” includes a roundtable discussion about how Georgia residents can address income tax issues when relocating to states that don’t have income tax. Special guests include attorney Richard Litwin and CPA Brian Enlow. Hosted by Robert Port and Millie Baumbusch of Gaslowitz Frankel LLC.

Richard Litwin/The Litwin Law Firm

Richard C. Litwin is an Atlanta attorney, who specializes in state and local taxation and tax disputes, including sales and use tax, multistate corporate income tax, personal income tax, state residency, employment tax and property tax matters. Mr. Litwin is a Georgia Super Lawyer and has been listed in The Top 100 (lawyers in Georgia). He is also listed in U.S. News and World Report’s The Best Lawyers in America, for (1) Litigation and Controversy – Tax and (2) Tax Law; Georgia’s Top-Rated Lawyers (publication of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Wall Street Journal and The Daily Report) and Mr. Litwin has also been voted as one of the state’s top attorneys in Georgia Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite, in Taxes/Estates/Trusts. Mr. Litwin is Co-Moderator of the Georgia Department of Revenue Attorney Liaison Committee, which meets twice each year.

Mr. Litwin served as Chairperson of the State Bar of Georgia Section of Taxation (2001-2002) and served as a member of the State Bar of Georgia Tax Section Georgia Tax Court Task Force. Mr. Litwin was Chairperson of the Atlanta Bar Association Taxation Section (2004-2005) and currently serves as a board member. Mr. Litwin has also served as a member-at-large of the Atlanta Bar Association CLE Board of Trustees. Mr. Litwin has worked on projects with the Department of Revenue, in his role as a member of the Georgia Department of Revenue Liaison Committee and as a member of a special task force formed to address State consolidated return filing regulations. He also served as a member of the Georgia Department of Revenue Business Advisory Committee from 2007-2008.

Prior to forming his current firm, Mr. Litwin was a partner at an Atlanta law firm. Mr. Litwin was also an Assistant Attorney General in the Tax Section of the Georgia Attorney General’s Office and worked in the Tax Department at the Atlanta office of an international accounting firm. Mr. Litwin speaks frequently on various tax topics, at national and state bar seminars and at seminars sponsored by the Georgia Society of CPAs. Mr. Litwin has also published articles on various aspects of taxation, including “The Georgia Tax Tribunal Act of 2012,” an article that he co-authored and that was published in the December 2012 edition of The Georgia Bar Journal. Mr. Litwin serves as a volunteer tax lawyer with Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta. He also serves, by appointment by the Georgia Supreme Court, as on the State Bar of Georgia’s Standing Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law.

Mr. Litwin graduated from the University of South Carolina, with a B.S. degree, cum laude, in Economics, and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated from Emory Law School, where he was a member of the Moot Court Society. In September 2016, Mr. Litwin was appointed by the Univ. of South Carolina Board of Trustees to serve a three-year term as an at-large member of the USC Board of Visitors.

Brian Enlow/Warren Averett

Brian Enlow is a CPA in Warren Averett’s tax division and is a member of the firm’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Roundtable. For over 15 years, Brian has served as a trusted advisor to multi-state businesses and their owners, focusing on the manufacturing and distribution, real estate, and service industries. He has helped these clients in all stages, from business formation to successful exits, including sales to private equity funds and ESOPs. Brian resides in Atlanta with his wife and twin 3 year old sons.

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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TIFFANY KRUMINS SHOW: Janelle Fitzpatrick with Better Options

July 23, 2017 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

TIFFANY KRUMINS SHOW: Janelle Fitzpatrick with Better Options

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JANELLE FITZPATRICK

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 USA 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.