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Family Business Radio, Episode 11: John Marsh, Bristol Group, Cheryl Blazej, Blazej & Associates, and Valencia Holland, The Style Educator

August 21, 2020 by John Ray

Family Business Radio, Episode 11: John Marsh, Bristol Group, Cheryl Blazej, Blazej & Associates, and Valencia Holland, The Style EducatorJohn Ray
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Family Business Radio, Episode 11: John Marsh, Bristol Group, Cheryl Blazej, Blazej and Associates, and Valencia Holland, The Style Educator

Host Anthony Chen welcomes John Marsh, discussing his firm’s work with business transitions, Cheryl Blazej, whose firm provides accounting services to small businesses, and Valencia Holland, who provides personal style services for women. “Family Business Radio” is broadcast from the North Fulton Studio of Business RadioX®.

John Marsh, Bristol Group

The Bristol Group is a boutique Business Brokerage and Mergers and Acquisition firm that helps business owners successfully transition ownership. They build trusting relationships before transactions and assist their clients throughout the selling process. While the firm represents the interest of sellers, they are constantly qualifying buyers and have relationships with financial, strategic, and individual acquires around the country. Bristol Group’s typical client has a business valued between $1M and $50M.

John is a successful cross functional executive with experience leading and strengthening finance, accounting, and operations organizations. He has held a variety of executive roles including CFO, VP of Supply Chain and Planning, and EVP of Finance and Operations during his 17 year career. In those roles, John served as an integral part of the leadership team that scaled a medical device company and sold it to a private equity firm for $161M. John led integration efforts and was a part of due diligence on all of the companies acquisitions.

John started his career with the accounting firm, Ernst and Young in Atlanta, GA and has worked with both start-ups and a large private equity owned medical device manufacturer. He leverages his significant mergers and acquisition experience to help entrepreneurs successfully transition business ownership.

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Cheryl Blazej, Managing Partner, Blazej & Associates

Smart decision making starts with understanding the financial status of the business. Blazej Business is the ideal accounting partner for business owners who:
  • Rely on family or admin staff to handle day-to-date accounting and it’s not working
  • Are preparing to seek funding for expansion
  • Have disregarded standard accounting practices and procedures due to lack of expertise among staff
Blazej Business clients receive accounting oversight plans tailor-made to their businesses: Revenue and expenses will be booked to the proper accounts Accounting procedures will be provided for internal staff Financial reports will be created, verified and explained. Complexities like multiple locations or multiple entities within a single organization will be handled easily. Payroll and benefit payments will be reconciled and compliance will be confirmed. Their project scope is based on client need:  if clients have internal staff, Blazej works with them. If they don’t, Blazej has the team to handle day-to-day transactions.

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Valencia Holland, Owner, The Style Educator

The style educator is a full service image consulting firm specializing in personal styling services for women. The services they provide range from 1-on-1 styling, closet/wardrobe organizing, personal shopping, and more.

Owner Valencia Holland’s expertise has been proven and awarded by various clientele, including the modeling agency Leon Dash Media and Aquila Style magazine along with artist Amanda Holley, Delux Magazine, GMI Clothing Commercials, and Project Hope CT which donates prom attire to underprivileged girls. Valencia also had the opportunity to be an Assistant Stylist for Levi’s, Fuzion Magazine, and Team Swerve with the use of her education in fashion styling from New York City’s School of Style and an Associate’s Degree in Business Administration & Management from Colorado Technical University.

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Anthony Chen, Host of “Family Business Radio”

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Anthony Chen

This show is sponsored and brought to you by Anthony Chen with Lighthouse Financial Network. Securities and advisory services offered through Royal Alliance Associates, Inc. (RAA), member FINRA/SIPC. RAA is separately owned and other entities and/or marketing names, products or services referenced here are independent of RAA. The main office address is 575 Broadhollow Rd. Melville, NY 11747. You can reach Anthony at 631-465-9090 ext 5075 or by email at anthonychen@lfnllc.com.

Anthony Chen started his career in financial services with MetLife in Buffalo, NY in 2008. Born and raised in Elmhurst, Queens, he considers himself a full-blooded New Yorker while now enjoying his Atlanta, GA home. Specializing in family businesses and their owners, Anthony works to protect what is most important to them. From preserving to creating wealth, Anthony partners with CPAs and attorneys to help address all of the concerns and help clients achieve their goals. By using a combination of financial products ranging from life, disability, and long term care insurance to many investment options through Royal Alliance. Anthony looks to be the eyes and ears for his client’s financial foundation. In his spare time, Anthony is an avid long-distance runner.

The complete show archive of “Family Business Radio” can be found at familybusinessradioshow.com.

Filed Under: Family Business Radio, North Fulton Studio Tagged with: Anthony Chen, Blazej & Associates, Bristol Group, Cheryl Blazej, Family Business Radio, John Marsh, The Style Educator, Valencia Holland

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Studio Partner

In addition to operating the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX®, John Ray is the owner of Ray Business Advisors, LLC.
 
 Because pricing is the fastest way to change the profitability of a business, John advises business owners on how to change their pricing and make more money. His clients include attorneys, CPAs, consultants, technology companies, and retail store owners.
 
His blog, “The Price and Value Journey,” regularly features examples and stories which help business owners in their own pricing journey. John is also a speaker on pricing at numerous chambers, business events and seminars. John also helps small to mid-sized companies achieve their profit and growth goals as an outside CFO.
 
John is extremely active in the North Fulton community. He is on the board of the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce (GNFCC), and serves in a variety of capacities there, including Chairman’s Circle, member of the Executive Committee, member of the Finance Committee, Chair of the Small Business/Entrepreneurship Economic Recovery Task Force, and Chair of the Small Business Awards Committee. John was named the 2018 Harry Rucker Jr. Volunteer of the Year by GNFCC.
 
In 2011, John founded Backpacks of Love, a grassroots, all-volunteer organization which serves children and their families in the north metro Atlanta area who are homeless or otherwise in severe need. Backpacks of Love delivers backpacks of food, purchased and packed by volunteer sponsors, to 18 different elementary, middle, and high schools in north Fulton County and Forsyth County.
 
In 2015, John was named Small Business Partner in Education of the Year by the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce for his work with Backpacks of Love. 
 
John is a Deacon in the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta and is currently assigned to Holy Comforter Episcopal Church in Atlanta.

 

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