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Coach Mark Speaks

October 13, 2015 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

Coach Mark Speaks

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CW Hall and Coach Mark Speaks (Mark Todd)

Coach Mark Speaks

This week I sat down with entrepreneur, coach, and mentor, Mark Todd of Coach Mark Speaks. He shared his story of how he longed to be an entrepreneur as a young kid, tried as a college student and failed, then found a talent he possessed and leveraged it into a successful business.

We talked about how he and a friend decided to start a night club while they were college students, with hopes of building on their love of DJ’ing. Unfortunately, with no experience, no mentors, and limited capital, the partners could not support the business to keep it open during the early start-up phase. While trying to keep the business open, Mark lost his car, used his student loan funds, and was doing anything he could to make his rent.

While trying to save money promoting his business, Mark began creating the graphic design pieces he would distribute about his club. It was then he realized he had a knack for it and once the club shut down, he pivoted and started working to build his graphic design business. 15 years later he came by to talk about what it was that made him achieve success and have the life he always wanted.

He is now spending much of his time authoring (and reading) books on how to succeed and overcome challenges and giving away his time to coach and mentor entrepreneurs and individuals looking to improve their lives.

Coach Mark isn’t an athletic coach although he can help you win the biggest race of your life. He isn’t a life coach, but he can help you live the best life you could ever possibly imagine. Coach Mark is a believability coach. He helps others to increase what they believe is possible for them. That self-belief will help determine how far anyone can go in life.

As a successful entrepreneur over the last 15 years, Coach Mark has built 2 exceedingly successful million-dollar businesses. Driven by his desire to acquire and share knowledge, Coach Mark retired from the day to day operations of his businesses before the age of 40 and decided to spend the rest of his life serving others by sharing his philosophy of continual self improvement. It’s Coach Mark’s belief that life gets better when you get better, and his goal is for each and everyone he encounters to continually get better. You can stay in touch with Coach Mark by visiting www.powerinahalfhour.com or on FB – Mark Starr, or on IG & Twitter @coachmarkspeaks

Special Guest:

Coach Mark Todd of Coach Mark Speaks, Inc

IRC Wealth 1

August 4, 2015 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

IRC Wealth 1

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IRC Wealth and 3 Female Entrepreneurs

This week marked the first of a monthly series we’re running with the folks from IRC Wealth. Vice President of Business Development, Joe Schum, co-hosted the show with me. He introduced us to three highly-successful female entrepreneurs from the Atlanta area who, while accomplished in their own rights, are also clients of IRC Wealth.

Jodi Hersh founded Orange Star Design, a firm specializing in graphic and web design and social media content creation. For over 20 years, Jodi has worked with small businesses, Fortune 500 companies, indie artists, and even rock stars, helping them craft and improve their brands. Jodi has been providing her services to the IRC Wealth team for a number of years.

Sarah Huie Coleman, an Atlanta native, founded Huie Design, Inc. in 1996 after completing design and implementation of the “Look Of The Games” for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Centennial Games for Copeland Hirthler / Iconologic.

Huie Design has been working with municipalities, architects, developers, and owners on public spaces to create entire signage and wayfinding systems that function effectively, entice interaction, and inspire joy. Feeling lost or confused when navigating is frustrating and stressful. Their work achieves project goals, puts patrons and visitors at ease, and makes a lasting impression. In fact, their quality of work and attention to customer service and detail has allowed the firm to grow, heavily through referral and repeat business.

Founded in 1999, Giant Studios offered filmmakers capabilities that simply cant be done anywhere else, from Gollum in Lord of the Rings to Avatar. With a home office in Atlanta, state-of-the art studio facilities in Los Angeles, and To Go capabilities around the world, Giant was the recognized leader in motion capture and virtual environments for even the most demanding film requirements.

Candice Algers joined us to talk about the genesis of Giant Studios and how they leveraged innovative technology to become a sought-after partner in some of the film and gaming industries’ most highly-acclaimed productions.

In 2014, Giant Studios, Inc. sold the rights to its performance capture technology for entertainment applications to Lightstorm Entertainment. The Giant R&D team will continue developing the software under the Lightstorm umbrella. Lightstorm will continue developing and leveraging the technology during the production of the next three Avatar sequels.

Giant was able to demonstrate the robustness of the technology over the past fifteen years on numerous films including, but not limited to: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Polar Express, The Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe, Iron Man, Real Steel, Avatar, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret Unicorn, and Jack the Giant Slayer. Video Game credits include many highly acclaimed titles such as Halo 4, Call of Duty 3, Devil May Cry, Fable II, and Jade Empire.

Special Guests:

Joe Schum, VP of Business Development, IRC Wealth

BS, Economics/Commerce, Niagara University
Founder, The Niagara Group
Board of Advisors, Safe Haven Museum and Education Center
Board Member, Visions Anew Institute

Jodi Hersh, Founder, Orange Star Design

BFA, Graphic Design & Photography, University of Michigan
Previous Graphic Designer, Tom Graboski & Associates
Former Art Director, Dynamic Press

Sarah Huie Coleman, Founder, Huie Design

BA, Graphic Design/Packaging, Art Center College of Design
BA, Psychology, Sweet Briar College
Previous Managing Director of Environmental Design, Iconologic
Former Senior Graphics Designer/Manager, RTKL

Candice Algers, CEO, Giant Studios

ABJ, Journalism/Minor in Marketing, University of Georgia
Previous Executive Vice President, Crawford Communications

Tony Fountain with Intelligent Safety USA, Tonya Burge with My Apple Gadgets, Jim Ware with iMadeThis and Albert Grassia with Digital Safety Net

March 6, 2015 by Mike

Business Leaders of Today

Tony Fountain with Intelligent Safety USA, Tonya Burge with My Apple Gadgets, Jim Ware with iMadeThis and Albert Grassia with Digital Safety Net

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Chris Horne, Tony Fountain, Albert Grassia, Tonya Burge, Jim Ware, Tess Turrin

Tony Fountain/Intelligent Safety USA

Intelligent Safety USA is a technology-based security company that provides high end video surveillance, burglar and fire alarms, and access control. Their solutions use the latest in technology for deterrence, proactive responses, and evidence for the prevention and prosecution of crime. Their servers allow for the integration of your access control points to video surveillance and all your mobile devices.

Tonya Burge/My Apple Gadgets

Want to get the most from your iPad or iPhone? My Apple Gadgets is Your Source For iPad and iPhone apps, news and accessory reviews. Tonya Burge (a.k.a. The iGadget Lady) shares some great iPad and iPhone Apps and Accessories with you as well as a ton of iPhone and iPad tips and tricks she’s found helpful. The reviews are unbiased and they are products that she’s either tried or currently use on a regular basis. She does the research so you won’t have to!

Jim Ware/iMadeThis

The relationship is paramount to Jim Ware, the owner of iMadeThis. Graphic design and website development are Jim Ware’s passions and creative solutions are what he does best. He wants to help you brand your business, build your website, launch your new advertising campaign and find overall creative solutions to reach your clients.

Albert Grassia/Digital Safety Net

Digital Safety Net helps private and commercial organizations assess their vulnerability to technological and security risks, and develop customized solutions to support workstations and networks from hackers.

Trina Newby with Women About Biz and Littie Brown & Karen Brown with Speedpro Imaging

May 30, 2014 by Mike

Business Leaders of Today

Trina Newby with Women About Biz and Littie Brown & Karen Brown with Speedpro Imaging

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Angel Nowlin, Littie Brown, Karen Brown, Trina Newby

Trina Newby/Women About Biz

Women About Biz is a business, personal and wealth development network just for women. Through their innovative teleclasses, webinars, training programs and group coaching, they empower women with the tools and resources to start and grow successful businesses. Through their live events, they provide positive and energy-filled environments for women to connect, share resources and build collaborative relationships!

Littie & Karen Brown/Speedpro Imaging

Speedpro Imaging Marietta specializes in premium, large-format digital graphics with amazing clarity and vivid colors. Thier goal is to deliver persuasive graphics to their customers that will differentiate the customer in the marketplace and grow their bottom line. They accomplish this through providing printed images on a wide variety of media options such as custom prints and posters, wall, window and floor graphics, vehicle wraps and lettering, banners and trade show displays just to name a few. Their motto is: “if you can imagine it, we can print it!”