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STRATEGIC INSIGHTS RADIO: Funding Options For Businesses of All Sizes

March 11, 2021 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

STRATEGIC INSIGHTS RADIO: Funding Options For Businesses of All Sizes

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Today’s show discusses why it’s important to look at the current and future financial health of your business. According to small business failure statistics, nearly a third of companies don’t make it because they simply run out of cash. Ken Tevis will discuss different options on how to first acquire money for your business, in addition to building credit both personally and professionally. This show will also explain what the pros and cons are for each of these financing options.

Ken Tevis/True Source Funding

True Source Funding has been providing real solutions to small and medium businesses throughout the United States through a variety of business loans since 2007. Their funding advisors have the product knowledge and years of experience to help you get approved. Don’t be embarrassed by bad credit. They understand and are here to provide the funding your business needs.

PHONE: 1-888-370-8702 EMAIL: info@truesourcefunding.com

Jennifer Powell/Sterling Rose Consulting Corp

Jennifer Rusz Powell has a long career working for both corporations and as an entrepreneur. Rusz began her career, in the 90’s in market intelligence, business operations and management for companies such as Mid America Research/Fact in Focus, Lucent Technologies, Kyocera Wireless, ARS/ Current Analysis and Websense Software Solutions before starting her first company in 2004. She has since been a business consultant and now Founder and CEO of Sterling Rose Consulting Corp. Sterling Rose Consulting Corp is an award-winning full service business consulting firm with three divisions, which include business consulting, marketing consulting and strategic technology consulting. For more information about Jennifer Rusz or Sterling Rose Consulting Corp, visit www.sterlingroseconsultingcorp.com or call (470) 202-8659.

About “Strategic Insights Radio”:

“Strategic Insights Radio” is intended to be an interactive radio show hosted by Sterling Rose Consulting Corp. Listeners can Tweet their questions for a live response on the radio to @sterling_rose1 or via @strategicradio. Also, suggestions on business topics that listeners would like to learn more about are welcome. Please send suggestions to info@sterlingroseconsultingcorp.com.

Tad Leithead with Leithead Consulting & Lilburn CID, and Tyler Weant with Legendary Home Team @ Keller Williams

February 25, 2021 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Tad Leithead with Leithead Consulting & Lilburn CID, and Tyler Weant with Legendary Home Team @ Keller Williams

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Tad Leithead/Leithead Consulting & Lilburn CID

Founded in 2018, Leithead Consulting uses its resources and in-depth network to identify properties that are outside of the boundaries of current Community Improvement Districts (CIDs) in order to expand their boundaries. Through this process, Leithead Consulting helps CIDs increase their revenue while also increasing their geographical size.

Leithead Consulting also assists in the creation of a Community Improvement District and supports the administrative and legal paperwork and processes required for a CID’s creation plan or expansion. The firm also finds and identifies properties that may have been overlooked, locates the building owners, and secures contact information to update a CID’s database of current and potential members.

The Lilburn Community Improvement District (CID) is a quasi-governmental entity whose members are commercial property owners. The membership voluntarily increases their property taxes to invest in local infrastructure and improvement projects.

Tyler Weant/Legendary Home Team @ Keller Williams

Tyler Weant, Founder of Legendary Home Team @ Keller Williams, has over 16 years of real world real estate experience that allows him to best assist buyers, sellers, and investors in successfully completing transactions to gain the best value for their specific needs. He moved to Sugar Hill, GA in 2019 with his wife and two children because they love the area, the weather, and the wonderful people who live there. Tyler enjoys calling this area home and enjoys helping others to discover what living in Gwinnett County has to offer.

Prior to being in Real Estate in the Gwinnett area full time, Tyler was the Owner/Operator of a real estate acquisition & management company, as well as a termite & pest control company in North Carolina. Successfully selling the pest management company allowed him the opportunity to relocate to Georgia and dedicate his attention and expertise solely to the real estate profession. Leading and managing both of these corporations contributed to a vast and comprehensive knowledge of building and construction types, materials, risk factors, problem solving and conflict resolution, and the development of negotiation skills that aid in real estate transactions.

Tyler has a passion for helping people succeed. For that reason, he is dedicated to volunteering at local schools to mentor at risk youth, assisting with the cub scouts to help develop future leaders, and assisting individuals in finding the right home for their needs. Tyler is well equipped with the skills, knowledge and expertise to assist you in successfully concluding your next real estate transaction.

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Maxwell Wolk with Raymond James and Nancy Herrington & Sarah Senior with Insperity

February 18, 2021 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Maxwell Wolk with Raymond James and Nancy Herrington & Sarah Senior with Insperity

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Sarah Senior, Max Wolk and Nancy Herrington

Maxwell Wolk/Raymond James

When Bob James founded Raymond James, he did so based on a belief that clients deserved more than help with investment decisions. They needed advice that considered their entire financial picture.

Today, that client-focused approach has extended to serve client accounts through 8,200 financial advisors in the United States, Canada and overseas. Further, the company has expanded through the years to serve corporations, institutions and municipalities through significant capital markets, banking and asset management services.

Their deliberate nature and thoughtful approach to financial planning has led to a history of strength and steady, stable growth. The company’s conservative approach began in 1962 when Robert James put the word “Investments” after his name. Since then, Raymond James advisors have been crafting meticulously tailored, holistic financial plans to help ensure their clients can retire and realize their individual financial goals.

Nancy Herrington & Sarah Senior/Insperity

Insperity is a full-service HR Company that helps clients strengthen and streamline their business. Their proven approach helps better manage costs and minimize risk, helping businesses get ready-to-use HR infrastructure that they need to be more efficient and profitable, while showing them how to maximize their performance and productivity.

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Mia Hubbard with Regions Bank and Amy Greiner with Kingsview Wealth Management

February 11, 2021 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Mia Hubbard with Regions Bank and Amy Greiner with Kingsview Wealth Management

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Mia Hubbard/Regions Bank

Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE.RF), with $144 billion in assets, is a member of the S&P 500 Index and is one of the nation’s largest full-service providers of Consumer and Commercial Banking, Wealth Management, and Mortgage products and services. Regions serves customers cross the South, Midwest, and Texas, and through its subsidiary. Regions Bank operates approximately 1,400 banking offices and 2,000 ATMs. Regions Bank is an Equal Housing Lender and Member of FDIC. Additional Information about Regions and its full line of products and services can be found at www.Regions.com.

Amy Greiner/Kingsview Wealth Management

Kingsview Wealth Management provides personalized, confidential financial planning and investment management to individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, endowments, trusts and small businesses. Advice is provided through consultation with the client and may include: determination of financial objectives, identification of financial problems, cash flow management, tax planning, insurance review, investment management, education funding, retirement planning and estate planning.

Amy is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER ™ with over two decades of experience in financial services.

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Enrique Alvarez with Vector Global Logistics and Shaun Collings with Regions Bank

January 14, 2021 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Enrique Alvarez with Vector Global Logistics and Shaun Collings with Regions Bank

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Enrique Alvarez/Vector Global Logistics

You need a logistics and supply chain partner that can not only provide you with a good price, but a great value. Vector Global Logistics works with you to find efficient, cost-effective solutions for moving the products you care about from point A to point B. When you don’t have to worry about a successful arrival, you can focus on changing the world.

Shaun Collings/Regions Bank

Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF), with $144 billion in assets, is a member of the S&P 500 Index and is one of the nation’s largest full-service providers of consumer and commercial banking, wealth management, and mortgage products and services. Regions serves customers across the South, Midwest and Texas, and through its subsidiary, Regions Bank, operates approximately 1,400 banking offices and 2,000 ATMs. Regions Bank is an Equal Housing Lender and Member FDIC. Additional information about Regions and its full line of products and services can be found at www.regions.com.

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Casey Clark & Rich Dobbs with Capital Restoration and Eric Alimena with Alimena Limousine & Worldwide Transportation

December 17, 2020 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Casey Clark & Rich Dobbs with Capital Restoration and Eric Alimena with Alimena Limousine & Worldwide Transportation

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Casey Clark, Rich Dobbs and Eric Alimena

Casey Clark & Rich Dobbs/Capital Restoration

Capital Restoration, headquartered in Marietta, GA is a General Contractor that specializes in commercial emergency restoration services such as fire, smoke, water, storm damage and Covid disinfecting for Atlanta and the entire Southeastern U.S. Their motto is “Problem Solved!”

Eric Alimena/Alimena Limousine & Worldwide Transportation

Alimena Limousine & Worldwide Transportation is an elite provider of professional, reliable, luxury transportation services worldwide, whose mission is to make a difference one person at a time by making life easier, creating peace of mind and generating unforgettable experiences.

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New Product Launch Strategy, with Monique Mills, TPM Focus

December 15, 2020 by John Ray

Alpharetta Tech Talk

New Product Launch Strategy, with Monique Mills, TPM Focus

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New Product Launch Strategy, with Monique Mills, TPM Focus (“Alpharetta Tech Talk”, Episode 21)

Monique Mills of TPM Focus joined host John Ray to discuss her entrepreneurial journey, how she helps start-ups and other businesses with new product launches, why everyone’s own future involves entrepreneurship in some form, and much more. “Alpharetta Tech Talk” is produced virtually by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.

Monique Mills, CEO, TPM Focus, LLC

Monique Mills is a degreed electrical engineer turned serial entrepreneur. She attended Rochester Institute of Technology for her engineering degree and completed her MBA, with a concentration on Management of Technology, at Georgia Institute of Technology. She is a licensed Realtor(R) as well as a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Monique began her career in the semiconductor industry then went on to hold positions in the energy, aviation, real estate, and technology industries. Monique’s earliest entrepreneurial experience began while simultaneously working in her engineering career. As a result of her love of real estate, construction, and desire to manage her personal investment transactions, she became a licensed Realtor and launched a real estate sales and consulting business to assist other investors in strategic planning and execution of their real estate ventures. Monique has expertise in buying, selling, leasing, and construction management of both residential and commercial properties. She is a Member of the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors.

Monique has founded four companies, one of which was a SaaS technology startup targeting the commercial real estate and retail industry. Currently, she is the CEO of TPM Focus, a strategy consulting firm providing revenue-focused strategy and execution services to startups and SMB’s launching new products.

Monique lends her talents to startup incubators and accelerators around the country including serving as a Mentor for Founder Institute, a Startup Coach for the Advanced Technology Development Center at Georgia Tech, and serving as an Advisory Board Member for Stem to Market, a Kauffman Foundation-funded accelerator of the Association for Women in Science that supports STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) entrepreneurs seeking commercialization of their research and technology. She is an advocate for the diversification of STEM careers, expanded leadership, and equitable entrepreneurial opportunities for women and underrepresented minorities.

Monique is an Adjunct Instructor of Entrepreneurship at Georgia State University in the College of Business as part of the University’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute teaching students how to apply evidence-based entrepreneurship methods to go from an idea to a sustainable business model.

Company website

Monique on LinkedIn

Question/Topics Covered in this Interview

Taking an electrical engineering experience, adding an MBA, and leveraging it as tech startup founder.
Tech startup founder as a Black person and as a woman.
Facing burnout.
The addiction to the torture of entrepreneurship even though you have other “safer” options.
Connection to Georgia Tech and desire to be helpful in whatever capacity in higher education (especially STEM and even teaching entrepreneurship at GSU)
The challenges encountered with established small businesses.
The challenges encountered with startups.
How the future is entrepreneurship, in some capacity, for everyone.

About “Alpharetta Tech Talk”

“Alpharetta Tech Talk” is the radio show/podcast home of the burgeoning technology sector in Alpharetta and the surrounding GA 400 and North Fulton area. We feature key technology players from a dynamic region of over 900 technology companies. “Alpharetta Tech Talk” comes to you from from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® and is hosted by John Ray.

Past episodes of “Alpharetta Tech Talk” can be found at alpharettatechtalk.com.

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has grown to become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions with approximately $12.9 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you.

Dawn Kirk with BestU4Life and Zachary Bennett with Reformation Productions

December 10, 2020 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Dawn Kirk with BestU4Life and Zachary Bennett with Reformation Productions

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Dawn Kirk/BestU4Life

Thump-thump. How healthy is your leadership? Thump-thump. How engaged is your team? Thump-thump. Is your organization thriving? Not sure? It’s time for a heart check-up. Dawn S. Kirk, owner and founder of BestU4Life, reveals her unique, people-first approach that has help countless leader build real-world influence and impact. No matter the problem, it can be solved through people. Let the Six Pulses of Heartbeat Leadership position you to empower yourself, engage your team, and impact your organization starting right now!

Zachary Bennett/Reformation Productions

Reformation Productions is a full-service marketing agency located in the North Atlanta metro area of Gwinnett County. They use a more scientific, proven approach to business communications and marketing. Partnering with companies to help them accomplish effective and efficient marketing by providing fresh ideas, creative design, and effective strategies that are designed to work against a backdrop of proven success in the traditions of business. No winging it. No guessing. No trying things out.

They are led by author and marketing executive B. Zachary Bennett (bzacharybennett.com) who also offers fractional chief marketing officer services, one-on-one consulting, and business coaching in addition to the services of the agency. He is also a partner with SCORE and the SBDC, providing for speaking engagements and workshops around the Southeast.

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Connected Vehicles: What the FCC Ruling Means and Where Do We Go From Here?

December 4, 2020 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

Connected Vehicles: What the FCC Ruling Means and Where Do We Go From Here?

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Applied Information recently presented a webinar – Connected Vehicles: What the FCC ruling Means and Where Do We Go From Here?

This special edition of “TravelSafely with Bryan Mulligan” offers a replay of that webinar hosted by Bryan Mulligan, President and CEO of Applied Information, and Peter Ashley, Vice President of Business Development & Marketing with Applied Information.

The pace of change today is the slowest it will be for the rest of our lives. This webinar explores this topic and what’s ahead for transportation technology. Bryan and Peter highlight the reallocation of the 5.9 Mhz spectrum and help clarify how the changes impact current DSRC deployments and future CV2X deployments. They also discuss the sunset timeline for DSRC and how Applied Information’s CV2X solutions support agencies pursuing CV.