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Jamie Maldonado, Founder of JAM Design Studio LLC opens up to listeners about her upbringing as a daughter of missionaries and the challenges she overcame at a young age that have proven to be influential in her success.
Jamie stands out amongst her competitors with her experience in every aspect of the business. She has done everything from laying tile to working with sheet rock. She knows the inside and outside of design which is so important in this industry when it comes to giving clients the best service/product outcome they deserve.
Tune in to hear how Jamie used creativity, resilience, and emotional intelligence to become a leading design studio. 
Our goal at JAM Design Studio (JAMDS) is to enhance the way people live and work by making the most out of both interior and exterior space bringing its full potential to life. Based out of Atlanta GA, JAMDS has secured and developed design packages on over 200 projects, across 30 states, managing in excess of 70 million dollars in just the last 5 yrs.
Working in Hospitality, Multi-Family, Commercial, Office, Micro Homes, and High-End Residential; our passion is excellence with creativity and attention to detail. From initial concept development to full design deliverables, procurement, and final white-glove installation, we provide full-service design with a focus on efficiency and budget management.
Additionally, JAMDS offers full branding, project oversite, and master planning as well as design consulting services for outside design firm development.
With premier design staff across the country holding combined career projects numbering in excess of 1000, we have the ability to accommodate any level of design from the basic cleanup of a garden-style product to the full redesign of luxury high rises.
Jamie Ann Maldonado is a entrepreneur and businesswoman raised in an environment that encouraged acceptance of change and adaptation in order to be successful and to find her place of purpose in the business world.
With an Interior Design degree from Savanah College of art and Design (SCAD), and NCIDQ certification, Jamie had leveraged her knowledge of design and construction to create all-encompassing designs and architectural solutions for even the most complex projects.
Jam Design Studio is the creative brainchild of Jamie Ann Maldonado, founded in 2001 in Atlanta GA. Jamie has worked in numerous facets of design to include; multifamily, hospitality, restaurant, new construction, corporate, high end residential, micro homes, as well as site and amenity planning.
Jamie has led large teams of designers and construction professionals through hundreds of projects, entrusted with over 80million dollars in capitol improvement funds used in creating cutting edge, forward thinking, functional spaces that serve every need of the client as well as the end-user.
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About the Show
Tycoons of Small Biz spotlights the true backbone of the American economy, the true tycoons of business in America… the owners, founders and CEO’s of small businesses. Join hosts, Austin L Peterson, Landon Mance and the featured tycoons LIVE every Tuesday at 1 pm, right here on Business RadioX and your favorite podcast platform.
About Your Hosts
Austin Peterson is a Comprehensive Financial Planner and co-founder of Backbone Planning Partners in Scottsdale, AZ. Austin is a registered rep and investment advisor representative with Lincoln Financial Advisors. Prior to joining Lincoln Financial Advisors, Austin worked in a variety of roles in the financial services industry.
He began his career in financial services in the year 2000 as a personal financial advisor with Independent Capital Management in Santa Ana, CA. Austin then joined Pacific Life Insurance Company as an internal wholesaler for their variable annuity and mutual fund products. After Pacific Life, Austin formed his own financial planning company in Southern California that he built and ran for 6 years and eventually sold when he moved his family to Salt Lake City to pursue his MBA.
After he completed his MBA, Austin joined Crump Life Insurance where he filled a couple of different sales roles and eventually a management role throughout the five years he was with Crump. Most recently before joining Lincoln Financial Advisors in February 2015, Austin spent 2 years as a life insurance field wholesaler with Symetra Life Insurance Company. Austin is a Certified Financial Planner Professional and Chartered Life Underwriter. In 2021, Austin became a Certified Business Exit Consultant® (CBEC®) to help entrepreneurs plan to exit their businesses.
Austin and his wife of 23 years, Robin, have two children, AJ (21) and Ella (18) and they reside in Gilbert, Arizona. He is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton with a Bachelor of Arts in French and of Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management with a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in sales and entrepreneurship.
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Landon Mance is a Financial Planner and co-founder of Backbone Planning Partners out of Las Vegas, Nevada. He rebranded his practice in 2020 to focus on serving small business owners after operating as Mance Wealth Management since 2015 when Landon broke off from a major bank and started his own “shop.”
Landon comes from a family of successful entrepreneurs and has a passion and excitement for serving the business community. This passion is what brought about the growth of Backbone Planning Partners to help business owners and their families. At Backbone Planning, we believe small business owners’ personal and business goals are intertwined, so we work with our clients to design a financial plan to support all aspects of their lives.
In 2019, Landon obtained the Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) designation through the Exit Planning Institute. With this certification, Backbone Planning Partners assists business owners through an ownership transition while focusing on a positive outcome for their employees and meeting the business owner’s goals. Landon is also a member of the Business Intelligence Institute (BII) which is a collaborative group that shares tools, resources and personnel, and offers advanced level training and technical support to specifically serve business owners. In 2021, Landon became a Certified Business Exit Consultant® (CBEC®) to help entrepreneurs plan to exit their businesses by counseling owners about exit options, estimating the value of the business, preparing the business for exit and tax considerations.
Landon enjoys spending time with his beautiful wife, stepson, and new baby twins. He grew up in sunny San Diego and loves visiting his family, playing a round of golf with friends, and many other outdoor activities. Landon tries to make a difference in the lives of children in Las Vegas as a part of the leadership team for a local non-profit. He regularly visits the children that we work with to remind himself of why it’s so important to, “be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
Landon received his B.S. from California State University Long Beach in business marketing and gets the rest of his education through the school of hard knocks via his business owner clients.
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Gary Braun is a Founder and co-owner of Pivotal Advisors. In his role at Pivotal, Gary is primarily responsible for business development but, he’ll gladly take on few clients in a consulting role. Gary speaks with and partners with other firms that help drive top-line growth.
Gary, helps organizations define where growth is coming from, helps them hire and/or develop the sales team, identify ideal clients and markets, and leverage true differentiators (even in commodity markets). He also implements sales processes, targets specific KPIs, increases activity, creates and applies sales compensation plans, and develops sales leadership skills.
Pivotal Advisors LLC is dedicated to creating a community of people who strive for excellence in sales and leadership. A Sales Operating System is the model for how to achieve excellence. Leadership is the First Factor of success in any sales organization. Therefore, building and developing leaders responsible for generating revenue is critical for growth.
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Austin Peterson and Landon Mance are registered representatives of Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp. Gary Braun and Pivotal Advisors are separate from and not affiliated with Backbone Planning Partners/Lincoln Financial Advisors.
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