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Family Business Radio, Episode 5: John Waid, C3-Corporate Culture Consulting

December 12, 2019 by John Ray

Family Business Radio

Family Business Radio, Episode 5: John Waid, C3-Corporate Culture Consulting

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Family Business Radio, Episode 5: John Waid, C3-Corporate Culture Consulting

What’s the effect of corporate culture on the bottom line? On this episode of “Family Business Radio,” host Anthony Chen speaks with John Waid, Founder of C3-Corporate Culture Consulting, on this question and much more. “Family Business Radio” is broadcast from the North Fulton Studio of Business RadioX®.

John Waid, C3-Corporate Culture Consulting

John Waid is founder of C3-Corporate Culture Consulting. C3 is a consultancy-based training and coaching company founded on the belief that the best companies, teams, and positions are based on best practice values, and behaviors that are aligned and lived by everyone. The company’s programs include Culture-Driven Companies, Leadership, Management, Coaching, Keynote, Negotiation, Sales, Sales Management, Communications, and Communication Process Model.

Prior to starting C3, John was a Senior Consultant with Krauthammer, a leadership management and behavior training firm based in Europe.

For more information visit the C3-Corporate Culture Consulting website. John can be reached by email, or call 404-915-3051.

Anthony Chen, Host of “Family Business Radio”

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.

Family Business Radio, Episode 3: Cathy Hogan-Smith, Cachet Corporate Gift Services, and Brian Riggs, Foot Solutions Sandy Springs

October 8, 2019 by John Ray

Family Business Radio

Family Business Radio, Episode 3: Cathy Hogan-Smith, Cachet Corporate Gift Services, and Brian Riggs, Foot Solutions Sandy Springs

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**Anthony Chen, Kathy Hogan-Smith, and Brian Riggs**

Family Business Radio, Episode 3: Cathy Hogan-Smith, Cachet Corporate Gifts, and Brian Riggs, Foot Solutions Sandy Springs

On this episode of “Family Business Radio,” host Anthony Chen welcomes Cathy Hogan-Smith, owner of Cachet Corporate Gift Services and Brian Riggs, general manager of Foot Solutions Sandy Springs. “Family Business Radio” is broadcast from the North Fulton Studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

Cathy Hogan-Smith, Cachet Corporate Gift Services

Cachet Corporate Gift Services has been the go-to gift service for major corporations in Atlanta and nationally since Cathy Hogan-Smith started her business in 1997. Cathy is an expert in design and marketing. She has won numerous awards as a gift designer, writer and instructor/trainer in the gift industry. Her clients have included CNN, Cox Media Group, Turner Broadcasting System, Auto Trader, the Atlanta Braves, the Atlanta Falcons, Williams Sonoma and the Marriott Corporation. Cachet’s award-winning design team specializes in unique creations that feature delectable gourmet food and specialty gift items from around the world. Gifts are tailored to specific occasions or events and can include business logos. Cachet has provided gifts that fit with conventions, hotel room amenities, marketing, promotion and branding, grand openings, swag bags, celebrity or professional sporting events and much more.

For more information visit the Cachet Corporate Gift Services website. Cathy Hogan-Smith can be reached by email or text at 678-438-4486.

Brian Riggs, Foot Solutions

Brian Riggs is general manager of Foot Solutions in Sandy Springs. Each shoe at Foot Solutions must earn a place on their shelves, as employees undergo training in Pedorthics. Pedorthics is the biomechanical study of the foot and ankle, and how they affect the rest of the body. Foot Solutions can help prevent and relieve pain and discomfort. The retailer makes custom orthotics especially for you. They also have a variety of medical grade over the counter arch supports and orthotics that are already custom fitted. Each season, buyers for Foot Solutions Sandy Springs attend the world’s largest shoe show in Milan, Italy.

Foot Solutions Sandy Springs is located at 6307B Roswell Road, Sandy Springs GA 30328. You can reach Brian Riggs by email or phone 404-252-8001. Also visit the Foot Solutions website

Anthony Chen, Host of “Family Business Radio”

Family Business Radio, Episode 2: Trenton Carson, TC Productions, and Brady Barron and Jason Perry, Sutter McLellan & Gilbreath

September 10, 2019 by John Ray

Family Business Radio

Family Business Radio, Episode 2: Trenton Carson, TC Productions, and Brady Barron and Jason Perry, Sutter McLellan & Gilbreath

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**Trenton Carson, Anthony Chen, Brady Barron, and Jason Perry**

Family Business Radio, Episode 2: Trenton Carson, TC Productions, and Brady Barron and Jason Perry, Sutter McLellan & Gilbreath

On this episode of “Family Business Radio,” host Anthony Chen welcomes Trenton Carson, TC Productions, to discuss the benefits of video marketing for business owners. Brady Barron and Jason Perry of Sutter McLellan & Gilbreath also join the show with insights on insurance options employers should offer as part of their employee benefits package.

Trenton Carson, TC Productions

Trenton Carson is the Founder and Owner of TC Productions. Full service video production company that partners with business owners and marketing teams to develop and execute highly customized video marketing campaigns focused on driving leads, awareness and brand loyalty. The two areas TC Productions specialize in: producing videos specifically for your intended audience – Video Production. I get those videos in front of your intended audience – Video Marketing. Trenton helps clients: *Build brand awareness and establish an influencing presence online *Effectively use video as a tool in their marketing strategy *Create evergreen content that enhances their marketing message *Become comfortable with the growing demand the market has for videos. Trenton has learned that stories are in everything you do. Your brand and the story it tells impacts people, what they believe, how they feel, and the decisions they make. The combination of visuals and sound evoke emotions more effectively than text alone. If you want to draw your viewers in, connect with them emotionally, and move them to take the next step, working with TC Productions to produce your next video will make you the company hero.

For more information, go to the TC Productions website.

Brady Barron, Employee Benefits Broker, and Jason Perry, Benefits Manager, Sutter McLellan & Gilbreath, Inc.

Brady Barron is an Employee Benefits Broker and Jason Perry a Benefits Manager with Sutter McLellan & Gilbreath Inc.

Sutter McLellan & Gilbreath Inc. has operated as an insurance broker since 1953 in the Atlanta Metro Area. They specialize in all types of insurance from Employee Benefits, Auto & Home Owner Insurance, and Property and Casualty Insurance. They are committed to providing you with the highest level of service in the areas of claims management, loss control, insurance company negotiations, and account administration. Our mutual objectives, at a minimum, are to: protect your assets, eliminate redundant costs by combining coverages into one program, and provide simplified pricing so you can anticipate and accurately allocate insurance costs. They also aim to keep you apprised of the costs and direction of your insurance program to avoid costly surprises and also to develop any other strategy or objective that would enhance your program.

For more information, you can find their website here.

Anthony Chen, Host of “Family Business Radio”

Tim Fulton, Small Business Matters, and Anthony Chen, “Family Business Radio”

August 19, 2019 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Tim Fulton, Small Business Matters, and Anthony Chen, "Family Business Radio"

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**John Ray, Anthony Chen, and Tim Fulton**

“North Fulton Business Radio,” Episode 156: Tim Fulton, Small Business Matters, and Anthony Chen, “Family Business Radio”

On this edition of “North Fulton Business Radio,” host John Ray speaks with small business consultant Tim Fulton, Small Business Matters, and family business specialist Anthony Chen, host of “Family Business Radio” on Business RadioX®.

Tim Fulton, Small Business Matters

Tim Fulton is a nationally recognized small business consultant and advocate. He has been involved in entrepreneurship for the past thirty years in varying capacities as a successful business owner, a small business counselor, and as an adjunct university professor. In 1994, he started Small Business Matters, an independent management consulting and training practice. During this time he has worked with companies such as Lucent Technologies, Carlson Companies, Insignia ESG, and Georgia Power.

Tim’s past work experience also includes serving as the assistant director of the Small Business Development Center at Clayton State University and the Director of the Family Business Institute at Florida International University. He has worked with thousands of business start-ups and existing business entities as a catalyst for starting and growing their business enterprise.

Tim’s own entrepreneurial experience includes the ownership and operation of several fast-growing retail and service businesses. Each of which resulted in successful M&A opportunities. In addition, he was one of the founders of a successful Atlanta-based INC 500 internet software company.

Tim currently is a Vistage Group Chair in Atlanta, Georgia. Over the past fourteen years, Tim has facilitated over 500 executive group meetings, participated in over 3000 face-to face discussions with chief executives, and trained over 2000 small business owners.

Tim Fulton is the author of a very popular award-winning book on small business titled Small Business Matters. This past year he published his second book Small Business Matters and All That Jazz. He has also been published and featured in numerous magazines and newspapers including the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Entrepreneur Magazine, and Catalyst Magazine. Tim also publishes his own award-winning electronic monthly newsletter, SMALL BUSINESS MATTERS, for small business owners.

Starting in 2013, Tim Fulton began hosting the Small Business Matters Conference in Atlanta. The event features twelve different speakers and over 200 small business owners and key executives in attendance.

For more information, go to the Small Business Matters website. To contact Tim directly, you can email or call directly at 678-427-9436.

Anthony Chen, “Family Business Radio”

**Anthony Chen, Host of “Family Business Radio”**

Anthony Chen is a financial advisor with Lighthouse Financial Network and the host of “Family Business Radio” on Business RadioX®.

Anthony 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.

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.

“North Fulton Business Radio” is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX®, located inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. 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 because they work and live alongside you every day.

Family Business Radio, Episode 1: Jennifer DeLoach, Bexley & DeLoach, and Saloni Desai, By Design LED

August 13, 2019 by John Ray

Family Business Radio

Family Business Radio, Episode 1: Jennifer DeLoach, Bexley & DeLoach, and Saloni Desai, By Design LED

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**Jennifer DeLoach, Anthony Chen, and Saloni Desai**

Family Business Radio, Episode 1: Jennifer DeLoach, Bexley & DeLoach, and Saloni Desai, By Design LED

In the debut episode of “Family Business Radio,” host Anthony Chen welcomes attorney Jennifer DeLoach, Bexley & DeLoach, and Saloni Desai, co-founder of By Design LED.

Jennifer DeLoach, Bexley & DeLoach

Jennifer DeLoach is a founding partner at Bexley & DeLoach. A graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law, Jennifer has five years of litigation experience in Los Angeles, and has been practicing in Georgia since 2017. Jennifer’s specialties include family law, estate planning & probate, and general litigation. She has successfully led her clients through bench and jury trials, alternative dispute resolution, and full settlement negotiations. She is deeply committed to providing outstanding services to all of her clients, and is a member of Georgia Women Lawyers and the Stonewall Bar Association. She recently taught the Applications of Law Pathway at Central Gwinnett High School, and is very happy to once again live in her hometown of Lawrenceville.

Jennifer and her partner, Robert Bexley, are Managing Partners of Bexley & DeLoach. Their firm is a boutique firm specializing in providing affordable legal consultation and representation to individuals and families, small business owners, entrepreneurs, and nonprofit organizations.

For more information or to contact Jennifer, go to her firm’s website or call 770-689-6006.

Solani Desai, By Design LED

Solani Desai is Co-Founder and Vice President of By Design LED.

By Design LED’s commercial lights are manufactured using the latest technology and innovation. As an Atlanta-based company with global connections, they are personally involved during the entire process, from consultation and manufacturing to supplying and installing. Their company’s mission is to offer customers a faster ROI with low upfront pricing, proven quality materials, tested and verified specifications, nearly zero maintenance costs, low installation costs, and eligibility to qualify for location-based rebate programs.

By Design LED has all the required certifications and licenses for every product. Their lights undergo rigorous testing, the results of which are available to the public on the DLC website under their company name. Many LED lights are developed with technology that would require minimal time for installation by merely replacing the existing fixture through retrofit kits, without requiring any extra rewiring. Furthermore, their products are certified to receive any available government rebates in each state for retrofitting or installing new LED fixtures.

By Design LED guarantees 50,000 hours operating at 80% performance or better for their LED products. In addition to their commitment for energy efficient products in the LED market, they are also passionate about making an environmental difference. By Design LED is the solution you need to “give your future the green light.”

Anthony Chen, Host of “Family Business Radio”

LEADERSHIP LOWDOWN with Tom Hatten of Mountainside Fitness and Russ Yelton of Yelton and Associates

March 10, 2018 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

LEADERSHIP LOWDOWN with Tom Hatten of Mountainside Fitness and Russ Yelton of Yelton and Associates

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LEADERSHIP LOWDOWN with Tom Hatten of Mountainside Fitness and Russ Yelton of Yelton and Associates

It all started with an idea. An idea to be the friendliest gym in town. To know their members’ names, not just their numbers. To offer free towel service, even if that meant doing laundry at his apartment until two in the morning. This was the beginning of Mountainside Fitness.

In 1991, founder and CEO, Tom Hatten, began Mountainside Fitness while a junior at Arizona State University. Together with his family and friends, Tom brought his dream to life. From welding gym equipment to painting walls to selling memberships, the early years were true sweat equity in every sense of the word. Mountainside Fitness was founded on community and value, and those continue to be at the company’s core as they grow into 16 locations and over 80,000 members this year.

In November of 2005, Mountainside Fitness Centers was voted 1 of 10 “hottest growing” companies in Arizona by Biz AZ magazine when 5 clubs were added to the chain. Tom has also received various awards and accolades throughout his career, including being voted 1996 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Business Journal/USA Today, being the Cover story of Entrepreneur Magazine July 2004, and being featured in Forbes Magazine, US News and World Report, Club Solutions Magazine, Paradise Valley Magazine, and Club Insider Magazine.

In addition to growing his company, Tom is a motivational speaker to many business organizations, colleges, high schools and churches. His topics range from entrepreneurship, economics, and corporate community involvement. Hatten is also featured in the college textbook titled Entrepreneurship: A Practice Based Approach co-written by authors: Christopher Neck (Management Professor Arizona State University), Heidi Neck (Entrepreneurship Professor Babson College), Emma Murray (Consultant). And he is currently working on another book Dream On: An Entrepreneurs desire to overcome which is due out in Spring 2018.

Hatten at one time co-hosted the mid-day all fitness request hour for local KZZP FM radio. Tom strongly values the community and has dedicated his time and resources, not only to helping people live healthier lifestyles, but also to social responsibility. Some of the highlights of his commitment to the community include:

2016 Honoree – Teen Lifeline Foundation
2016 Honoree – Muscular Dystrophy Association
2016 Chairman of the board – Make-A-Wish Arizona
2017 Honored as one of the Most Admired Leaders by the Phoenix Business Journal
2017 Board member – AZ Special Olympics
2017 Board member – AZ Diamondbacks Foundation

Tom is also a Founding Board member of AZ Bank & Trust, member of the YPO (Young Presidents Organization) Scottsdale, and member of the International CEO’s against cancer. Born in Austin, Minnesota, he has lived in Arizona for all but 6 months of his life. Favorite charitable organizations include: Make-A-Wish Arizona, Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation, Special Olympics and MDA of AZ.

Tom@MountainsideFitness.com
MountainsideFitness.com
Tom Hatten on Linkedin

Russ Yelton served as Chairman of the AZBio Board of Directors from January 2015 to December 2017. He has been an active board members since being elected in 2009.

He is currently president of Yelton and Associates. The firm provides economic development services as well as early stage business solutions. Yelton and Associates has experience both domestically and internationally and has assisted thousands of entrepreneurs to raise funding and bring their products to a variety of markets. The firm also has a long history of assisting municipalities with the development of co-w0rk, incubators and accelerators as well as loan funds, student focused entrepreneurial programming as well as shared facilities.

As a Board Member at Pinnacle Transplant Technologies, Inc., Yelton provides executive level leadership to a rapidly expanding tissue bank and medical device company. Yelton served as Pinnacle Transplant’s CEO from 2014 to 2017.

Pinnacle Transplant Technologies is a multi-service tissue bank dedicated to ethical participation in the donate life process. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) registered and American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB) accredited, Pinnacle only works with federally chartered Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) and agencies accredited by AATB to help safeguard our employees, provide superior allografts for transplantation and assure reverence to our donor families.

Prior to joining Pinnacle Transplant Technologies, Yelton was President and CEO of the Northern Arizona Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology located in Flagstaff. NACET is a business incubation program that assists companies with commercializing their technologies in both domestic and international markets. NACET is supported by the City of Flagstaff and Northern Arizona University where it functions as the Technology Transfer Office for NAU. Clients in NACET’s program received individual business consulting, access to mentors, venture and angel capital and domestic and international student research teams.

Prior to coming to Arizona in 2009, Yelton oversaw the creation of a business incubation program in Asheville, North Carolina in an abandoned 141,000 sq feet former BASF manufacturing plant. That program, located at a community college, included a commercial food kitchen, biotechnology space with wet, dry and core laboratories, light manufacturing and executive offices.

Yelton received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at Appalachian State University, a Masters of Business Administration from Western Carolina University and Doctoral studies in Educational Leadership also at WCU. In addition, he received a European Union Grant in 2008 to complete Evaluation of Sustainability Training from Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.

Russ@YeltonandAssociates.com
PinnacleTransplantTechnologies
Russ Yelton on Linkedin

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Jodi Low is an accomplished corporate trainer, inspirational speaker, and the Founder and CEO of U & Improved. Jodi has trained thousands of entrepreneurs and executives on how to build a booming business, master a mindset for success, and achieve the lifestyle they desire through heart-fueled leadership.

Through U & Improved—an award-winning personal and professional leadership development company based in Scottsdale—Jodi has redefined traditional leadership training by creating a sustainable and actionable model that is personal, challenging and meaningful to each and every individual who enrolls in any of the two-and-a-half-day experiential training classes. She and her elite training team have advanced the charge in heart-based leadership
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Among her many accomplishments as a Valley leader, Jodi launched a teen leadership program in 2014 to empower young adults to become more confident, motivated and focused stewards of our future. In 2016, she founded a non-profit arm of the company—the U & Improved Leadership Foundation—that makes the program more accessible to deserving teens.

Jodi has been recognized by industry publications and organizations for her work in leadership development and serves as a source of inspiration within the community. In 2015, she was honored as an “Outstanding Women in Business” by the Phoenix Business Journal and by the Phoenix Suns and National Bank of Arizona with the “Amazing Women” award. She has received both the prestigious “Diversity Leader of the Year” and the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce’s “Sterling Award.” She was also awarded a Silver Stevie Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year 2015 and was a finalist for the Junior League of Phoenix’s Valley Impact Award. Jodi is a devoted single parent who volunteers her time at her daughters’ school programs and with organizations such as Angel Mamas, where she’s served on the board for three years.