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Jim Cichanski with Flex HR, Rob Moffa with Ernest Sports, and Lenore Graham with Prosperitas Financial

December 8, 2016 by Mike

John Ray, Lenore Graham, Rob Moffa, Jim Cichanski, Steven Julian

Jim Cichanski/Flex HR

Flex HR, a professional human resources organization, has been assisting businesses for over 16 years. Whether you have one HR project, or need Senior HR Strategic help or want to fully outsource your human resources activity, Flex HR can design the right plan for your organization.

Rob Moffa/Ernest Sports

Ernest Sports provides a full line of launch monitors to fit any golfer’s needs. With products designed for teachers, driving ranges, club fitters, and golf novices, know your shot statistics instantly and improve your game with a launch monitor from Ernest Sports.

Lenore Graham/Prosperitas Financial

Prosperitas Financial Group is the nation’s leader in Living Benefits life insurance. A company represents a “culture.” At Prosperitas Financial Group, it is the coming together of people around a common set of values, beliefs, and purpose. It’s more than products and services, or features and benefits. It is about sharing a common cause. It is about their customers achieving peace of mind.

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Lee Doernberg with Liquid Capital Funding, Jim Tardif with Signs of Significance, and Peter Tarantino with CPA Tarantino

December 6, 2016 by Mike

John Ray, Lee Doernberg, Jim Tardif, Peter Tarantino, Mike Sammond

Lee Doernberg/Liquid Capital Funding

Liquid Capital Funding is an alternative working capital lender. They provide asset based lending when the bank says “no”. The collateral for the loans that Liquid Capital seeks is primarily account receivables (invoices), but they also lend on inventory and equipment.

Jim Tardif/Signs of Significance

Jim believes integrity must always be the first priority. His business philosophy is based on a commitment to employees and customers. To employees, Jim’s goal is to provide a safe, challenging, professional, fun work environment allowing everyone, through hard work and dedication, the opportunity to achieve their goals. To customers, Jim’s commitment is to provide the highest quality products, on time in an effort to meet or exceed customer expectations. Prior to opening Signs of Significance, Jim held significant roles in sales, marketing, business development and commercial operations over a 30-year career with one of the world’s largest corporations. Jim looks forward to working with his customers to help create graphical branding and messaging with a goal of making not only the first but every impression significant.

Peter Tarantino/CPA Tarantino

CPA Tarantino has provided tax compliance and reduction strategies to business owners and individuals for more than two decades. By working alongside clients throughout the calendar year, they are able to help them minimize tax obligations, avoid tax conflicts and provide appropriate consultation and representation for audits, levies and garnishments when needed. Armed with a full appreciation of the fact that clients dislike paying taxes, CPA Tarantino brings a unique and critical eye for finding an appropriate, legal and responsible approach. From their offices in Roswell, GA, CPA Tarantino serves the needs of small to mid-size organizations as well as high income individuals from 16 states, four counties and on three continents.

TIFFANY KRUMINS SHOW: The Amanda Riley Foundation and a Gift From Santa

December 2, 2016 by Mike

Brian Dunsha, Tiffany Krumins, Olivia Glenn, Barbara Riley, Debbie Glenn, Steven Julian

On this special edition of “The Tiffany Krumins Show“, hosts Tiffany Krumins and Steven Julian introduce you to the Amanda Riley Foundation and a very special young lady who is battling cancer. During the show, the family is surprised with a visit from Santa Claus who delivers a heartwarming gift to the family: an all-expenses paid trip to Beaches Resorts in the Caribbean.

Also joining the show is the person that inspired Tiffany in her entrepreneurial success: her father Brian Dunsha of Backflow Testing & Service.

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About Tiffany Krumins:

Tiffany Krumins is the CEO, founder and inventor of the Ava the Elephant® brand. Ava the Elephant is a talking children’s medicine dispenser that takes the fear and anxiety out of administering medicine to children.

Tiffany’s passion for helping children has been evident through her years of experience, including the work she’s done with children who have special needs and with childhood cancer patients. It was that same passion which brought Ava the Elephant to life! She realized no product on the market resolved the common problem of giving children medicine. She took matters into her own hands and created the first Ava the Elephant from sponges, fabric and a store bought medicine dropper. After seeing the profound effect it had on children she knew she was onto something.

After her life changing experience on ABC’s “Shark Tank” she returned home with her investment from Barbara Corcoran and started the process of launching a product. In the midst of it all, Tiffany was diagnosed with cancer three months after the show (at the age of 27). This personal heartbreak only made her passion to help sick children even stronger.

Monte Ortel & Stan Hall with the Mitsubishi Electric Classic, Ryan Lucia with Aaron Overhead Doors of Atlanta, and Dimitry Mikhaylov with Paranoia Quest Escape the Room

December 1, 2016 by Mike

Steven Julian, Monte Ortel, Stan Hall, Dmitry Mikhaylov, Ryan Lucia, Mike Sammond

Monte Ortel & Stan Hall/Mitsubishi Electric Classic

The Mitsubishi Electric Classic will return to the metro Atlanta area April 10-16, 2017 and will feature legends of the game such as Tom Watson, Miguel Angel Jimenez, and Bernhard Langer. The Mitsubishi Electric Classic proudly stands as a premier golf tournament on the PGA TOUR Champions, but this event is much more than a golf tournament. The events and activities associated with the Mitsubishi Electric Classic provide an all-inclusive, entertaining atmosphere and the beautiful views of TPC Sugarloaf serve as a backdrop for world-class golf and provide the perfect venue to mingle with friends and business leaders while watching the legends of the game. The event, which will benefit local charities through the Gwinnett Championship Foundation, has raised over $1 million since the first tournament in 2013. All three rounds of the Mitsubishi Electric Classic will be televised worldwide by The Golf Channel.

Ryan Lucia/Aaron Overhead Doors Atlanta

There are many choices when searching for an Atlanta garage door company. Aaron Overhead Doors are one of many. However, they believe they are different. They aren’t a garage door company, but a customer service company who hired the best garage door technicians and installers to work for them. Can you imagine an experience that goes great and if something happens, the company stands by you to help take care of it? They are bringing back the old way of doing business. Honesty, integrity, and great follow up is what they are committed to. If you need garage door repair or installation in the north Atlanta area, don’t hesitate to call or text 24/7.

Dmitry Mikhaylov/Paranoia Quest Escape the Room

Paranoia Quest is an escape room. It’s a place where teams of 2 to 12 people try to escape the room in 60 minutes by solving puzzles and riddles, finding clues, and opening secret locks using logic and teamwork. It’s a fun time to spend with your date, family, friends, or coworkers. They have locations in downtown Atlanta and offer a Virtual Escape Room at the Mall of Georgia in Buford.

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USING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN BUSINESS: Dawn Cook with Daybreak Enterprises

November 30, 2016 by Mike

Joe Moss and Dawn Cook

Dawn Cook/Daybreak Enterprises

DayBreak Enterprises provides coaching, consulting and training to small and medium sized businesses that are looking to invest in the development of their employees. Their mission is to help organizations drive profits by developing their emotional intelligence. They believe that better emotional intelligence (EQ) leads to better leaders which leads to better business performance. Research shows that leaders and teams with high EQ perform at a higher level, contribute to increased corporate earnings, enjoy higher morale and experience lower turnover. Daybreak Enterprises likes helping their clients prove that research every day!

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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.

Bret Rachlin with Sales Resonance, Bill Tepper with Provaré Technology, and Matt Minicozzi with Advantage Technologies

November 29, 2016 by Mike

John Ray, Bret Rachlin, Bill Tepper, Matt Minicozzi, Mike Sammond

Bret Rachlin/Sales Resonance

Sales Resonance enables businesses to reduce friction around sales and marketing by grounding strategy, process and content in buyer insights. Sales Resonance realigns B2B firms’ marketing and sales teams around how their buyers buy. Sales Resonance is devoted to marketing-driven sales and sales-driven marketing. They take an outside-in approach to help B2B companies develop a deeper understanding of their buyers’ needs and how they buy. That insight is then infused into sales and marketing strategy, process and content to help drive leads and produce results, achieving “Sales Resonance.”

Bill Tepper/Provaré Technology

Founded in 2004, Provaré Technology helps companies in any and every industry and field improve the quality of their products and services and improve the productivity of their teams and thus the profitability of their efforts. Provaré improves team productivity via the optimization of business and technology development processes, the smart selection and use of technology and automation, elimination of overspending on unproductive technologies, and the creation and optimization of dashboards and other means to obtain real-time feedback from business operations. While these improvements tend to result in quality products and services as a natural outcome, they add software and product testing to the mix to ensure that we have achieved that objective.

Matt Minicozzi/Advantage Technologies

Advantage Technologies is the leading source of technology integration solutions for the medical, dental, legal, CPA and SMB communities. With their highly skilled information technology team, Advantage Technologies understands the needs and requirements of the modern office and develops customized IT infrastructures to support them. The training and experience they have enables them to truly deliver a “Hassle Free I.T.” experience to your entire business.

Making Financial Sense of Your Divorce

November 23, 2016 by Mike

Millie Baumbusch, Michael Bean, JoAnne Donner, Steve Kirson, Robert Port

Michael Bean/Divorce Sense

Michael is a financial professional in the Atlanta area who specializes in evaluating and advising clients on the tax and financial aspects of divorce. With a first-hand understanding of how highly emotional the divorce process can be, Mike is dedicated to lightening the burden of each client by thoroughly dissecting the financial elements of the client’s divorce, with a keen focus on what is in his or her best interests. He is committed to helping his clients understand the more complex tax and financial implications of his or her particular case and provide thoughtful, objective solutions to the financial questions an individual must ask when filing for divorce. As both a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, Mike is uniquely equipped to recognize frequently overlooked financial hurdles and inequities in the settlement process, from the unforeseen tax ramifications of losing, dividing, or gaining certain assets to the unveiling of hidden assets. Based on his analysis, Mike advises clients on which assets to fight for and the valuation and division of those assets. He also assists in child support and alimony proposals and provides forward-looking income, expense and net worth projections. Mike received his undergraduate degree in Accountancy from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School and completed his graduate work in Financial Planning from Duke University. He is collaboratively trained by the Collaborative Law Institute of Georgia. Mike is former Vice President and Board Member for the Association of Divorce Financial Planners (ADFP), and is an active member of the Institute of Divorce Financial Advisors (IDFA), two of the most nationally recognized and respected professional organizations in the Divorce Planning industry. Mike has been highlighted numerous times for his commitment to his clients and service to Atlanta’s business community, having been featured in Divorce.com magazine and recognized by Atlanta Magazine as a Five Star Wealth Management ‘Best in Class for Customer Service’ for three successive years. During his 25 years as an Atlanta resident, he has developed strong ties to both his clients and the community, founding and running The Georgia Tuition Assistance Program, a 501(c)(3) organization that awards scholarships to children of single parent households due to death or divorce.

JoAnne Donner/Donner Mediation & Coaching

JoAnne Donner MS, CDFA, CDC, CDPC, is a trained, certified and registered mediator whose areas of expertise include divorce, eldercare, civil, workplace, and family conflict. She is also a certified coach and offers services in mediation coaching, divorce coaching, and conflict coaching. As a mediator, Ms. Donner excels at creating an environment where disputing parties can productively address issues and work toward a mutually-satisfying resolution that considers the needs of both sides. As a divorce coach, she is a supportive ally, helping divorcing individuals successfully navigate the many emotional, financial, and logistical challenges of the divorce process. She serves as a resource for divorce information and professional referrals and also helps clients identify goals and priorities, get organized, and gain credibility and confidence. As a mediation coach, she helps disputants prepare for the pressures, pitfalls, and possibilities of a mediation session. She is a firm believer that pre-mediation preparation can make the difference between a successful outcome at the mediation table or years of wishing something different had been decided on mediation day. In conflict coaching, Ms. Donner helps individuals and families effectively manage relationship and communication difficulties both at home and in the workplace. Ms. Donner is a Magna Cum Laude (first in class) graduate of the Master’s Program in Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University, a graduate of Kent State University, and a member of the Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame at Cleveland Heights High School in Cleveland, Ohio. She is named in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who in the Registry of Business Leaders, Who’s Who in the Media and Communications and Personalities of America. She is a member of the Golden Key International Honorary. An award-winning interviewer and writer, she has been an active part of Atlanta’s professional community for more than 25 years. She has also been active in Atlanta’s charitable community, donating her time to many worthwhile causes especially those assisting the elderly and the developmentally-disabled. She currently is a corporate sponsor, board member, and past co-chair of the Board of Directors of Visions Anew Institute, an organization that supports and educates individuals and families in the midst of the divorce process. She also contributes volunteer time to The Link Counseling Center, a nationally-recognized facility for psychological counseling in Atlanta, Georgia.

Steve Kirson/Kessler & Solomiany

Steve began his career as a labor and employment lawyer with Ford & Harrison. Steve took a detour from the practice of law and was a Financial Advisor with UBS for half a dozen years, working with business owners and other high net worth individuals. Steve returned to the practice of law fourteen years ago, and has practiced family law exclusively since that time. He is a Senior Attorney with Kessler & Solomiany, a firm practicing exclusively family law, and previously practiced family law with Warner Bates & McGough. Steve is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell, is a Barrister in the Charles Longstreet Weltner Family Law Inn of Court, and has been listed in the Atlanta Magazine Top Family Law Attorneys in Georgia for 2014, 2015 & 2016. Steve’s previous presentations have included the Fiduciary Law Institute of the State Bar of Georgia, the Atlanta Bar Association Estate Planning Section, Emory Business School, Georgia Growth Companies CLE and the Georgia Society of CPA’s. Steve represents business owners, professionals and other high net worth individuals, in divorces, post-divorce modification and enforcement actions, custody and support matters, and prepares prenuptial and post-nuptial agreements.

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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MAKING SENSE OF BITPAY AND BITCOIN: Stephen Pair with BitPay

November 22, 2016 by Mike

Joe Moss and Stephen Pair

Stephen Pair/BitPay

BitPay was founded in 2011, while Bitcoin was still in its infancy. BitPay saw the potential for bitcoin to revolutionize the financial industry, making payments faster, more secure, and less expensive on a global scale. BitPay was started because they wanted to make it easy for businesses to accept bitcoin payments. They are currently the largest bitcoin payment processor in the world, serving industry-leading merchants on six continents. They’ve created a seamless, secure bitcoin payment experience used daily by hundreds of thousands of bitcoin users.

Payment processing was their first contribution to the Bitcoin ecosystem, but it is not their last. With Bitcore, they’re building an open source platform to power the next applications of Bitcoin. The BitPay secure bitcoin wallet is giving consumers a powerful toolkit for getting started right with bitcoin payments, and the BitPay Card gives bitcoin users a fast way to convert bitcoin into dollars and spend their funds anywhere Visa® is accepted.

Bitcoin’s future looks very bright, and BitPay plans on remaining on the forefront of this technology, creating more tools and services for everyone to use in innovative new ways.

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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.

TIFFANY KRUMINS SHOW: Barbara Corcoran from ABC’s Shark Tank

November 18, 2016 by Mike

Barbara Corcoran/ABC’s Shark Tank

Entrepreneurs, business managers and salespeople alike benefit from lessons on how to get people moving on the path to greatness. Barbara Corcoran built The Corcoran Group, New York’s largest real estate company, and is a Shark on ABC’s hit reality show Shark Tank. Barbara is an expert in the art of leading a team to success and in how to build a successful business.

This big bucks self-starter’s credentials include straight D’s in high school and college and 20 jobs by the time she’d turned 23. Don’t believe us? Now what would you say if we told you it was Barbara Corcoran’s next job that would make her one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the country, when she borrowed $1,000 from her boyfriend and quit her job as a waitress to start a tiny real estate company in New York City? Over the next 25 years, she’d parlay that $1,000 loan into a five-billion-dollar real estate business and the largest and best known brand in the industry.

“If I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own that started with nothing and I made the difference to make them all billionaires.”

As a speaker, Barbara brings her front-lines experience and infectious energy to each person in the audience. They laugh, cry and learn how to become more successful. Motivational, inspirational and sometimes outrageous, Barbara Corcoran’s “tell it like it is” attitude is a refreshing approach to success.

The author of If You Don’t Have Big Breasts, Put Ribbons on Your Pigtails, an unlikely business book that has become a national best-seller, Barbara credits her struggles in school and her mother’s kitchen-table wisdom for her innovation and huge success in the business world. The book is a fresh, frank look at how to succeed in life and business, and is as heartwarming as it is smart and motivating.