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Sharon Catter with Catter Design Group and Soul Ongoiba with Quantum Do

July 3, 2025 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Sharon Catter with Catter Design Group and Soul Ongoiba with Quantum Do

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Sharon Catter/Catter Design Group

Established in 1991, Catter Design Group is a woman-owned small business based out of Duluth, GA. They specialize in office, industrial, and retail spaces, and have provided design services for commercial leasing agents, property managers, facilities managers, tenants, building owners, landlords, and business owners.

Soul Ongoiba/Quantum Do

The Quantum Do™ (the way of energy) is an energetic, high-performance approach that equips athletes, executives, and business owners to move from frustration, pressure, and plateaued performance to fulfillment, flow, and inner peace so they can create the meaningful impact they desire.

Gwinnett Business Radio is presented by

Tara Lombardo with United Child Actors Network and Alex Radford with The Edge Agency

August 15, 2024 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Tara Lombardo with United Child Actors Network and Alex Radford with The Edge Agency

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Tara Lombardo/United Child Actors Network

United Child Actors Network (UCAN) is a one-stop shop for everything a parent of a child actor needs to know so they can safely and successfully move their child through the entertainment industry. UCAN offers free resources, as well as an online masterclass that is an all-encompassing guide to empower the parent to not only advocate for their child’s rights, but give them an advantage in an extremely competitive industry.

Alex Radford/The Edge Agency

The Edge Agency is a women owned creative marketing agency that creates a bridge of impact between your business goals and your customer needs through a personalized approach to branding, marketing and internal communications for B2B companies.

Gwinnett Business Radio is presented by

Hosted by Mike Sammond and Steven Julian
Produced by Dan Braverman

Support at Every Turn E42

March 28, 2023 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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Are you looking for ways to support local businesses or get support as a small business? How about mindset or entrepreneurial tips? Or do you have someone you love living with Dementia?

If so, then check out this episode of Collaborative Connections Radio Show and Podcast with host, Kelly Lorenzen.

She was on-air with Michelle Zipser, owner of Cognitive Care and Counseling, Thomas Barr, Vice President of Business Development at Local First Arizona, and Carla Reeves, owner of Carla Reeves, LLC.

They gave amazing insights, resources, and tips for all of the above and more.

Cognitive Care and Counseling provides counseling, education, and consultations to care partners/caregivers and family members of people living with dementia as well as older adults going through a life transition. They help you care for yourself, so you can care for your loved one.

Michelle Zipser worked as a medical social worker in hospice and palliative care for the last 20 years and has been a caregiver herself.

She knows and understands that this caregiving journey can create many emotions that we could never anticipate.

Having a counselor who understands this can make all the difference. Michelle focuses on meeting her clients where they are at and understands that everyone is on their own journey.

Connect with Michelle on LinkedIn.

Founded in 2003, Local First Arizona is a nonprofit organization committed to community and economic development throughout Arizona. Our work connects people, locally-owned businesses, and communities for meaningful actions that build a diverse, inclusive and prosperous Arizona economy, including:

Educating consumers about the interconnectedness of the economy — how and where they spend matters.

Training small businesses to be more resilient, while helping our larger partners tell their story as champions of Arizona.

Creating programs and events that make it fun and easy to discover local businesses and buy local.

Targeting systems of inequity and building prosperity for all Arizonans by proactively identifying comprehensive solutions and taking action.

Thomas Barr is the Vice President of Business Development for Local First Arizona, the largest coalition of local businesses in North America. He advocates for a strong local business community that contributes to building vibrancy, equity, and prosperity across the state.

A proud Arizona native and graduate of Arizona State University, Thomas leads the business coalition of Local First Arizona by advocating for the economic and cultural benefits provided by building strong local economies.

Thomas steers the strategic direction of LFA’s major programs and initiatives as well as the engagement of over 3000 businesses across Arizona. As Vice President, Thomas guides the direction and execution of LFA’s major initiatives and key partnerships, as well as the collaboration of 40 staff implementing work in entrepreneurship programs, small business advocacy, environmental sustainability, urban development, local food systems, and community building.

He frequently speaks to groups locally and nationally, presenting the impact of Local First Arizona and the importance of local economy work in building prosperity.

Outside of Local First Arizona, Thomas contributes his time to many causes and organizations throughout the Valley including Young Nonprofit Professionals – Phoenix, Equality Arizona, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Heritage Square Foundation, Phoenix Legal Action Network, and ONE Community.

Additionally, he serves as a director on the board of the American Independent Business Alliance, the leading national organization supporting the growth and development of local business alliances across the country. Thomas is a 2018 Phoenix Magazine and 2021 Phoenix Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree, alumni of Arizona Leading for Change, and alumni of Valley Leadership Institute’s 40th cohort.

Most recently, Thomas has been appointed to the Small Business Advisory Council for the Arizona Secretary of State’s office.

Connect with Thomas on LinkedIn.

At Carla Reeves Coaching, they believe people are far closer than they realize to what they deeply desire, but trapped by an outdated way of thinking that prevents them from achieving their most important goals.

For over a decade they have been helping ambitious leaders identify their blind spots and overcome the internal barriers that keep them from taking their life to the next level.

For over a decade, ambitious leaders and hyper-achievers have been relying on Carla Reeves to call out their blind spots, challenge their thinking and expand their perspective.

She is known for her compassionate, direct, and truth-telling candor.

Carla believes in ditching the illusion that life will be great “someday” in the future and teaches leaders how to move out of survival and forward with intention, now.

She is the host of the podcast, Differently. Journaling changed her life and she’s now changing other people’s lives by coaching with a journal. It has proven to deepen and accelerate the impact for her clients.

She is the mother of two, was born and raised in a sleepy beach town in California and now lives in AZ on a small farm with cows, chickens and her beloved husband.

Connect with Carla on LinkedIn.

About Collaborative Connections

The purpose of Collaborative Connections Radio Show and Podcast is to build a connected community, one collaborative show at a time. We highlight local non-profits, associations, small and family-owned businesses.

By bringing 4 like-minded people together for an hour of in-depth conversation, our hope is that they connect and collaborate in life and business in the future.

About Our Sponsor

KLM is a business development firm helping entrepreneurs, small and family-owned businesses start, grow and scale through consulting, marketing and project management. Combining those three things has been a trifecta, or triple advantage to business owners.

Entrepreneurs & small business owners come to KLM for support in all areas of business. If you need to duplicate yourself in any area of your business, we can help. If we don’t do exactly what you need, we know someone who can.

Business owners can continue to do what they love while having the support they need when they need it, with the help of KLM. We help you figure out what needs to get done AND DO IT FOR YOU!

About Your Host

Kelly Lorenzen, CEO of KLM, is an award-winning entrepreneur with over 15 years of business-ownership experience. She is also a certified project management professional.

Kelly’s expertise is in business development, customer service, marketing, and sales.

Connect with Kelly on LinkedIn, and follow KLM Consulting on Facebook.

Gabe Hagen and Jesse Shank with Brick Road Coffee

February 4, 2022 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Gabe Hagen and Jesse Shank with Brick Road Coffee

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Gabe Hagen and Jesse Shank with Brick Road Coffee

Brick Road Coffee is a locally LGBTQ+-owned coffee shop located in Tempe, Arizona serving artisanal coffee, pastries, and pizzas. Their name is inspired by the classic film, The Wizard of Oz where Dorothy sets out on a journey of self-discovery only to realize that all one really needs to find themself is self-realization and acceptance.

Co-owners (and husbands) Gabe Hagen and Jesse Shank took the film’s philosophy and made it their mission to accept everyone as they are, no matter where they are on their personal journey.

A great product is important to Gabe and Jesse who took their time selecting the perfect local roaster, CULT Artisan Beverage Company, and pastries brought in by Squarz Bakery in Tempe.

Supporting local was a must. Approachability and authenticity are important for their business as well as serving quality, locally made and sourced coffee, tea, and food items.

Community is just as important as the perfect latte for Gabe and Jesse. Along with their staff, they have cultivated a culture where friends and neighbors, new and old alike can come together and be accepted for who they are. The environment in their coffee shop is unique and inviting.

The focal point in their main seating area is a custom mural by Tempe artist Paige Reesor which depicts how one’s community can truly support them on their journey along the yellow brick road. Another mural located in the hallway leading to gender-neutral restrooms was custom made by Corrie Mattie (or the LA Hope Dealer) as she’s known in Los Angeles.

Jesse-Shank-Phoenix-Business-RadioX — Jesse Shank, Brick House Coffee

Gabe and Jesse’s commitment to diversity and inclusion is apparent in other ways as well. They set up a free LGBTQ+ lending library right in their cafe and often run promotions that give back to charities such as Aunt Rita’s and one-n-ten Phoenix.

Supporting local politics and leaders who want to make a change is important to them too. They’ve hosted several “Coffee with a Candidate” events where they’ve teamed up with city leaders to connect with the community they serve.

Gabe-Hagen-Phoenix-Business-RadioX — Gabe Hagen, Brick House Coffee

After moving out of their small Midwestern towns and meeting in Southern California, Gabe and Jesse realized just how much coffee shops are centers of the communities they serve. They are a gathering place for exchanging ideas, coming together in common endeavors, and building networks and relationships.

They left California to pursue careers in finance in Arizona but once the pandemic hit in early 2020, they wanted to do something that made a difference.

Their hope is that the community born at Brick Road Coffee will help elevate their neighbors and make a small yet meaningful impact on their lives.

“I want to be known for how I treat my employees and my community. I want to be known for my coffee, sure, but I want to be known for those two things more. ” – Gabe Hagen

Starting a small business is no easy feat but equipped with business finance experience and a passion to make a difference, Gabe and Jesse opened their doors in early November and slowly expanded their hours and staff to ensure they had everything down to a science ahead of their Grand Opening Event, held Jan. 27 – Jan. 29, 2022.

Complete with an official ribbon-cutting hosted by the Tempe Chamber of Commerce and a raffle held to benefit an organization near and dear to their hearts, one•n•ten Phoenix, they certainly had a lot to celebrate!

Follow Brick Road Coffee on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.

Fred Morgan with Fired Pie Ellie Lowney with Creating Buzz PR Mark Jamnik with Enjoy Life Daily and Sean Sarram with Avontage

November 3, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Fred Morgan with Fired Pie Ellie Lowney with Creating Buzz PR Mark Jamnik with Enjoy Life Daily and Sean Sarram with Avontage

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Fred Morgan with Fired Pie Ellie Lowney with Creating Buzz PR Mark Jamnik with Enjoy Life Daily and Sean Sarram with Avontage

Fired Pie is quick, casual and customizable to your pizza, salad and mac & cheese desires. The locally owned restaurant has 20 locations across Arizona and allows you to take on the role of chef by picking and choosing your own type of dough, sauce and topping.

Fred Morgan spent 14 years with Ponderosa Steakhouse and another 16 with California Pizza Kitchen, and came to Phoenix AZ, as COO of Oregano Pizza. Today, as the co-founder of 21-unit Fired Pie, he is looking to grow the company to the next level.

He started in the industry as an assistant manager at a Ponderosa Steakhouse and moved up quickly, becoming a general manager; at CPK he started as a general manager, then a regional director, and ended as a regional vice president. Later, at Oregano’s Pizza Bistro, he served as vice president and COO.

In 2013, Morgan and his business partner, Doug Doyle, invested their own money and started the fast-casual Fired Pie pizza concept. As a business owner and restaurant veteran, Morgan says he loves this industry and cannot see ever doing anything else.

Connect with Fred on LinkedIn and Facebook and follow Fired Pie on Twitter.

Creating Buzz PR is a full service traditional and digital public relations, branding, and marketing firm. Some of their clients have been The SF Fairmont Hotel, Personality Hotels, World Wildlife Fund, Hollywood Film Fest, and many large corporations and start ups.

Ellie Lowney has been in PR, Marketing, & Events for ten+ years and has worked with large corporations as well as start-ups. She is an uber-creative writer and was in screenwriting and sales before falling into PR.

She calls her type of PR – REAL PR as it combines traditional and digital and is based on “the story”. She recently started teaching influencers, entrepreneurs, and others that feel they can’t afford PR – how to be their own publicist – in her online classes – Catapult Your Brand With Real PR.

Connect with Ellie on LinkedIn and follow Creating Buzz PR on Facebook.

At Enjoy Life Daily, we want you to have clarity on the one domino that affects a dozen other things, rather than working on each of those dozen tasks. The Time Creation Coaching method will help you change your patterns and achieve tangible results.

Specializing in change management strategies to help you go beyond your perceived limitations, Mark provides a collaborative partnership and combines thoughtful strategy, systematic implementation, and organizational accountability to identify your purpose and assist you on your entrepreneurial journey. You eliminate roadblocks, create boundless growth, and build a plan for you to thrive. Master your schedule through an optimization of your time and bring order to your organizational challenges with action steps.

Take a holistic approach to not only identify, but also effectively help you navigate and resolve personal and professional life challenges through a time creation program tailored to you. This goal-digging approach works to manifest purpose and prioritize the items that belong on your to-do list.

Through collaboration, develop the personalized tools to empower and propel you to discover what it’s like to no longer feel overwhelmed and stressed due to lack of time.

Mark Jamnik lives and breathes productivity and coaching. After a decade in Advertising sales, he was recruited by Tony Robbins’ organization to be 1 of only 100 active global coaches.

He coached more than 300 CEOs, entrepreneurs, and sales professionals, maximizing their effectiveness in achieving their goals. Over the past decade, he has focused on his own entrepreneurial journey, creating an organization system for himself to create time.

Now he consults coaches, authors, speakers, and entrepreneurs with organization strategies, maximizing their productivity, stress-free.

Connect with Mark on LinkedIn and Facebook.

Avontage is a place to grow your business without spending money. We’re building the world’s ONLY community of experts whom you can trade your skills and services with.

Avontage is a Collaborative Business Network for business owners, skilled freelancers, founders, and coaches empowering you to scale your business.

Sean Sarram, the CEO and Founder of Avontage, is a seasoned executive with an entrepreneurial mindset. With a software engineering degree in Computer Science form Arizona State University, Sean enjoys building technology to solve hard problems that affects every day life.

His mission is to build a trusted community marketplace for local business owners, marketers, entrepreneurs, freelancers, and creatives to collaborate, gain high quality clients, and help them grow your businesses without spending money.

Sean believes in Collaborative Capitalism, where small businesses collaborate and trading-exchange their skills and services to elevate one another.

Follow Avontage on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Gunnery Sergeant John Hurlock – USMC, Josh Livingston and Jason Hornor – Cerakote Solutions, LLC

February 28, 2020 by Beau Henderson

North Georgia Business Radio

Gunnery Sergeant John Hurlock - USMC, Josh Livingston and Jason Hornor - Cerakote Solutions, LLC

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Gunnery Sergeant John Hurlock – United States Marine Corps

Marines are trained to improvise, adapt and overcome any obstacle in whatever situation they are needed. They have the willingness to engage and the determination to defeat the enemy until victory is seized.

The kinds of battles active-duty Marines fight range from traditional warfare to humanitarian and disaster relief missions (HADR). The fighting spirit that helps them win these battles extends beyond the scope of their military service, and many Marines continue to serve in the communities where they live.

Before the title of Marine can be earned, the decision has to be made—to commit to a calling that puts service ahead of self, purpose above pleasure, and the determination to win against all obstacles and adversaries.

Becoming a Marine affects the entire family—and often even the entire community. It’s a decision that needs to be discussed by everyone involved. As you prepare your loved one for the milestones ahead, consider your own transformation—from that of loving mom, dad, teacher or mentor to the unbelievably proud resource they can always count on.

For information or any questions you can contact john.hurlock@marines.usmc.mil

Josh Livingston and Jason Hornor – Cerakote Solutions, LLC

We are a new business specializing in firearm customization and refinishing(cerakote). We are located in Hall county/Gainesville, GA serving the greater Georgia community. We are a licensed FFL and have a very quick turn-around time depending upon the requested service from the customer, with our prices being very affordable and competitive. Doing anything from basic paint schemes, all the way to works of art.

Only using the best firearms coating in the industry, we strive for perfection and quality, that is why we only use Cerakote. If you are still uncertain or would like more information on the product we use, please take the time to go to our FaceBook page!

You can always contact us with any questions at cerakotesolutions@gmail.com

“Pap” Datta – Left Nut Brewing Co. and Dana Chapman – iTN Lanier

February 4, 2020 by Beau Henderson

North Georgia Business Radio

"Pap" Datta - Left Nut Brewing Co. and Dana Chapman - iTN Lanier

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Nilanjan “Pap” Datta – Left Nut Brewing Company

Left Nut Brewing Company produces craft beers and ciders of all types and flavors. Our brewery is located in the historic
Chicopee Mill industrial area in Gainesville, Georgia. “Left Nut Brewing Company” came into being as a Georgia Corporation in 2013. Many have asked, “Why did you go with that name?” Fair question. The name, “Left Nut Brewing Company,” is built on a vernacular which epitomizes the willingness to give up something of extreme value to do something or create something unique; something for which we have endless passion.
The name provides great curiosity, amusement, and immediately fosters conversation. When people drink beer, most often, it is in a social setting where conversation and stories are exchanged. We want to use this aspect of “sharing stories” as a central theme across our products, and product brands.

Each of our products will have a story tied to it. Stories which will connect you, our customers, to us as individuals, to the history of the style of beer you have chosen, or to local and universal myths and folktales which provide a thematic backdrop for our products.

Dana Chapman – iTN Lanier

This is Arm In Arm, Door Through Door Service with no cash, credit cards or tips in the car.

ITN Lanier uses a combination of volunteer and paid drivers to serve those over 60 who no longer drive, as well as those who do not drive because of visual impairment, of any age over 18. We serve only residents of Hall County Georgia and travel only to Hall County destinations.

Ron Combs – Combs Pest Control, Mike Wofford – JMW Construction Co., LLC

January 28, 2020 by Beau Henderson

North Georgia Business Radio

Ron Combs - Combs Pest Control, Mike Wofford - JMW Construction Co., LLC

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Ron Combs – Combs Pest Control, LLC

The average homeowner stays with their pest control provider to 3-5 years. We are proud to serve many customers who’ve been with us since day-one-that’s over 17 years! We believe our customers continue to choose us because at Combs Pest Control – you aren’t a customer, you are family.

Many other companies are in the pest control business. We are in the PEOPLE business – we want to EARN your business and continue earning it.

Don’t let pests and termites control your home! Call Combs Pest Control today to schedule a free consultation and estimate.

With over 26 years of experience, you can bet, that if it has more than 4 legs, we can kill it!

Mike Wofford – JMW Construction Co., LLC

We are a full service contractor serving Gainesville since 1996. We offer CAD design, turnkey building and remodeling, and service work ranging from gutter cleaning to repairs of all types… no job is too big or too small. We take care of your home! Licensed and insured.

Hundreds of satisfied customers!

George Willison – The Deck Tool

December 19, 2019 by Beau Henderson

North Georgia Business Radio

George Willison - The Deck Tool

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George Willison – theDECKtool.com

TheDeckTool™ is Made in the USA. The lacquered pine handle is made in North Carolina and is made long enough to allow you to clean the deck grooves while standing up. The special alloy heat treated stainless steel blade is made in Pennsylvania. This high strength blade is actually thinner than a dime so it can clear debris from very thin spaces in the deck. The sharp points on the blade are very effective at getting all types of debris out from between the deck boards. The tool is assembled in Georgia!

As an entrepreneur and inventor for over 50 years, it is now time for his story to be told! Check out all of his amazing links for last minute holiday gifts!