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Portia Mathis with BarBella Co

June 5, 2020 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Portia Mathis with BarBella Co

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Created and founded by Portia Mathis, BarBella Co. was born due to a lack of representation of women of color in the nail care industry. We primarily focus on the creation of innovative and safe nail products, which provides & creates a lasting nail experience. We want to help inspire a sociable experience!

Who said nails did not have to be FUN! Trendy colors and innovative nail products are our passion. We strive to deliver high quality, non-toxic, and at least 5-free products to nail artists/salons all over the globe.

Our goal is to redefine the status quo by diversifying the nail care industry with people in under-represented communities locally & globally.

Connect with Portia on LinkedIn and follow BarBella on Facebook.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

What inspired Portia to start her business and build her brand
The best part of being a business owner in Atlanta
Why community is an important part of entrepreneurship, especially for female and minority business owners
About Ureeka, and how has BarBella Co. been able to expand since working with them
The challenges COVID-19 has posed for BarBella Co.
The lessons COVID-19 has taught Portia as a business owner and plans to incorporate solutions into her business model moving forward

About Our Sponsor

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Follow OnPay on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

Franchise Marketing Radio: Matt Lane with Streamline Brands

April 9, 2020 by angishields

Franchise Marketing Radio

Franchise Marketing Radio: Matt Lane with Streamline Brands

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Matt Lane is the CEO of Streamline Brands, the largest swim school brand family: with over 200 locations and four learn -to-swim schools across North America.

Prior to his current role, Matt served as Chief Operating Officer for Ponderosa Advisors, a boutique data analytics company focused on the Oil and Gas industry, SVP of Technicolor USA: a technology and video effects company, and Managing Director of Hewlett Packard’s Communication, focusing on the transformation of the consumption of digital and social media.

He has been featured in several well-known publications including INC, Entrepreneur, and Denver Business Journal. Matt holds BS, MS and MBA degrees from The University of Iowa.

Connect with Matt on LinkedIn and follow Streamline Brands on Facebook.

Atlanta Cares Radio: Kay Eller with VRS, Ted Bradford with Gene Kansas and Jamine Moton with Skylar Security

January 24, 2020 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Atlanta Cares Radio: Kay Eller with VRS, Ted Bradford with Gene Kansas and Jamine Moton with Skylar Security

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Kay Eller has been engaged with Vision Rehabilitation Services of Georgia (VRS) since 2006 as a volunteer and financial supporter. In 2016, she joined their team as Business Development Manager. She then served as Interim Executive Director in mid 2019 upon the retirement of the then current ED. Upon review and consideration of multiple resumes by VRS Board of Directors’ Search Committee Kay, became the Executive Director as of November 13, 2019.

In 2006, as a founding member of a motorcycle riding club, Kay managed the group’s first organized ride with the proceeds benefiting VRS. She later walked the inaugural 2009 VRS Race to See (aka Spooktacular Chase) and has participated in all but one race since its inception. In fact, before joining the staff, she served as co-chairperson for the 2016 race.

With a BS/BA in Finance and over 25 years’ experience, Kay’s well versed in the needs & demands of businesses noting “businesses are increasingly aware people will drive farther to do business with a company perceived as inclusive and a good place to work”. Kay also stated, “Improving the quality of life in the community can contribute to a company’s wellbeing and positively impact their bottom line.”

Kay resides in Marietta with her husband Rick Roy and Mickey their Chihuahua (who thinks he’s a Golden Retriever). She’s also Step-Mother to Sabrina & Pascal who’ve each made her a Grandmother.

How to Connect with Kay

Website: http://www.vrsga.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VRSGA/

Ted Bradford, a community builder and urbanist at heart and through practice, moved to Atlanta in 2005 and got his Masters in Urban Policy Studies from Georgia State University. His experience in real estate brokerage and development, as well as his role as the former Chief of Staff to Councilmember Natalyn Archibong, led to his wealth of knowledge on the ins and outs of city life and the political, market and social forces that shape it.

Bradford created Real City, his commercial real estate development and consulting company, in order to put these principles into practice, to create the change that he wanted to see in the world around him and help others navigate the change in their own lives and businesses. Bradford says the company was primarily created to celebrate Atlanta and what makes the city remarkable.

Bradford also serves as Partner and Director of Operations at Constellations, a civic and social shared workspace founded by Gene Kansas of Gene Kansas | Commercial Real Estate, which recently received the Award of Excellence for Adaptive Use from Atlanta Urban Design Commission’s 2019 Design Awards. Bradford’s role at Constellations provides a hands-on opportunity to work with some of the city’s most relevant “movers and shakers,” in the heart of the historic Sweet Auburn district. Applying passion and expertise, Bradford is helping Atlanta realize its promise as a leading global city for the 21st century.

How to Connect with Ted

Website: https://www.genekansas.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ted-bradford/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gene_kansas/

Skylar Security is emerging as an innovative leader in the industry of privately-owned security companies by offering the next generation of services to customers in metro Atlanta and throughout the United States.

The reason for the firm’s success is its founder, Jamine Moton. She created a company that exceeds all aspects of industry expectations and has a mission to never become the problems it is called to solve. Skylar’s core belief is: Security is an emotion. Everyone deserves to be safe.

Its goal is to change how privately-owned security company customers are engaged and represented while simultaneously disrupting the culture of how officers are managed and recruited to protect those clients. Moton factors in each clients’ brand when matching them with Skylar personnel. As a result, Skylar has never lost a customer and has a 2% staff turnover rate. The company’s roster has grown from 30 to 450 guards, since being founded in 2015. Skylar also now operates in four states.

Moton’s approach to privately-owned security services has garnered her an unprecedented level of industry success. In 2019, she earned the Golden Ticket in the Atlanta-based WEI pitch competition. That sent her to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in The Hague, Netherlands where she represented the City of Atlanta and business start-ups in the United States.

Moton has demonstrated the ability to focus on success as a former professional athlete, police officer and Olympic team member. She holds a master’s degree from Clemson University and is a graduate of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, Atlanta- based Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative and LaunchPad 2X.

How to Connect with Jamine

Website: https://www.skylarsecurity.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaminemoton/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teamskylar/

What You’ll Learn in This Interview

The mission of VRS
What services VRS offers
Who is eligible for services at VRS
How to apply for services at VRS and if they’re covered by insurance
Gene Kansas as a cultural developer
The growth of the Armour-Ottley Loop and the Atlanta Beltline
Design economy
Launching a business in Atlanta
What it means to be an Ambassador for the Atlanta startup community
How Skylar Security innovates

About Your Host

Grace Hayden is dedicated to building comprehensive wealth management strategies to suit each of her clients’ financial paths. By establishing and maintaining good relationships with her clients, Grace is able to set up her clients’ accounts based on their needs, goals, and objectives.

In addition to being a familiar face around Atlanta Planning Group, after obtaining two bachelor’s degrees in Economics from the University of Venice – Ca’ Foscari and Georgia State University, Grace went on to work for some of the most well-known names in the financial industry, including Jackson National and Invesco, a global asset manager headquartered in Atlanta.

In Grace’s spare time she enjoys hiking, rock climbing, traveling and exploring Atlanta’s culinary scene.

ATDC Radio: Brian Holloway and Tommy Zavieh with Frazier and Deeter

November 20, 2019 by angishields

ATDC Radio

ATDC Radio: Brian Holloway and Tommy Zavieh with Frazier and Deeter

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Brian Holloway has more than 18 years of experience providing valuation, litigation, and consulting services to attorneys, accountants, chief financial officers, corporate controllers, tax directors, and other upper-level management.

Brian has valued the following types of business entities, securities, and assets: publicly-traded corporations, closely held corporations, closely held corporation fractional ownership interests, foreign-domiciled corporations, intangible assets, stock options, general and limited partnership interests, limited liability company interests, and franchises.

Brian’s industry experience includes healthcare, technology, life sciences/biotechnology, hospitality, financial services, retail, food/beverage, insurance, media, consumer products, manufacturing, telecommunications, advertising, auto parts, transportation, professional services, real estate, and governmental entities.

Connect with Brian on LinkedIn.

Tommy Zavieh, Principal with Frazier and Deeter, has over 20 years of professional consulting experience, 15 of which have been dedicated to R&D Tax Credits. He has extensive experience in addressing complex business and specialty tax needs [R&D Tax Credit, Section 199 (DPAD), Meals & Entertainment (M&E), Cost Segregation] for a variety of industries, including automotive, bio-sciences, consumer products, financial services, medical device, oil/gas, manufacturing, pharmaceutical and technology (software and hardware).

Tommy has served startup companies that have gone on to be listed on NYSE to Fortune companies that are household names, helping them improve cash flow, earnings per share and effective tax rates. He has helped his clients receive more than $1.4 billion in credits and deductions and successfully defended clients’ claims when audited.

Connect with Tommy on LinkedIn.

Jennifer Levine Hartz with Corporate Hartz, Halley Morochnik with WebStep Design and An Tran and Nhan Dinh with Sylvan Learning Center

November 12, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Jennifer Levine Hartz with Corporate Hartz, Halley Morochnik with WebStep Design and An Tran and Nhan Dinh with Sylvan Learning Center

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The power behind Corporate Hartz, LLC is Jennifer Hartz. Her background includes in-house roles at iXL Enterprises and The Home Depot, and consulting through McKinsey & Company and Cresap (Towers Watson). She has vast non-profit knowledge through engagements with Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Habitat for Humanity International, as well as a long history of volunteer leadership.

Jennifer has an MBA with a concentration in Public Policy from Georgia Tech and a BA in Industrial Psychology from University of Pennsylvania. She is the Advisory Council Chair of Hands On Atlanta, as well as an alumna of Outstanding Atlanta, Leadership Atlanta, and the Marshall Memorial European Fellowship program.

Jennifer and her husband Eric have 4 children, ages 18 – 22, who were raised from diaper-age with articulated and reinforced family values and active volunteerism through “WhyServe?” an interfaith charity Jennifer co-founded.

Connect with Jennifer on LinkedIn.

Halley Morochnik worked full-time in marketing/advertising for TBWA/Chiat Day, helping clients like Nissan, Infiniti, and Sony reach their marketing goals. In 2014, Halley started WebStep Design to deliver web solutions to small businesses and non-profits.

Web consulting combines her love of art & design, marketing, and problem-solving.

Connect with Halley on LinkedIn.

An Tran moved from Vietnam to the United States when she was 9 and grew up in Tucker, Georgia. An graduated from Georgia State with a Psychology Degree. She is a stay at home mom with 6 kids under the age of 10 that serves as her full time job. To feed all those kids, An has two businesses. In 2018 she bought into Rhea Lana, a Children’s Consignment Franchise that has two events a year. This year An started Sylvan of Alpharetta, a Sylvan Learning Franchise.

An’s husband, Nhan Dinh, moved from Vietnam to the US when he was 10. He grew up in Roswell, Georgia and graduated from Georgia Tech with a Computer Engineering Degree. In 2005, he opened his own lawn repair shop AA Power Equipment in Roswell, Georgia. In 2012, that business expanded to selling on Amazon and now it’s one of the top 1000 sellers on Amazon in the United States.

An and Nhan have a love for children and a love for teaching them. They have been youth leaders at their church for over 15 years and believe that with the right guidance, learning can make a lifetime of difference. We see Sylvan as an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of our future leaders by helping them embrace a love of learning.

Follow Sylvan on Facebook and Twitter.

Questions and Topics In This Interview

Women Owned Businesses
How Jennifer and Halley met
The process of designing Jennifer’s website
Why An chose to become a Sylvan franchisee
Sylvan of Alpharetta’s grand opening in September
What impact do you want Sylvan Learning to have on the community and children you will be helping?
How Sylvan personalizes learing
What type of classes does Sylvan offer?
What makes Sylvan Learning Center different?

Franchise Marketing Radio: Charles Watson with Tropical Smoothie Cafe

October 31, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Franchise Marketing Radio: Charles Watson with Tropical Smoothie Cafe

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Charles Watson is a dedicated hospitality franchise professional focused on the leadership and growth of exceptional franchise systems. Watson contributed to the success of the popular smoothie brand, Tropical Smoothie Cafe for more than ten years acting as the Vice President of Franchise Development, Chief Development Officer and most recently as Chief Executive Officer.

Watson is responsible for both selling and recruiting franchisees that ultimately allowed Tropical Smoothie Cafe to become one of the fastest growing brands over the past few years. As a result of his work, the brand is expected to have 1,000 units by 2020 and 1,500 by 2023.

Prior to his tenure at Tropical Smoothie Cafe, Watson led strategic sales teams, e-commerce, corporate franchise sales systems and corporate strategy for InterContinental Hotels Group as manager of Global Sales and then as Vice President of Corporate Strategy for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. Watson is a Certified Franchise Executive, using his thorough experience in sales and franchising to become an ideal business executive, partner and professional mentor.

Connect with Charles on LinkedIn and Twitter and follow Tropical Smoothie Cafe on Facebook.

ATDC Radio: Anju Mathew with Oncolens, Puja Vadodaria with DLA Piper, Jude Rasmus with Properly and Lynn Perry with Haste

August 22, 2019 by angishields

ATDC Radio

ATDC Radio: Anju Mathew with Oncolens, Puja Vadodaria with DLA Piper, Jude Rasmus with Properly and Lynn Perry with Haste

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Anju Mathew, Co-Founder and CEO of Oncolens. Oncolens has created s software solution that replaces the manual and labor-intensive process of collecting, presenting and reporting of cases for cancer tumor board conferences and health system accreditation. It is a multi-disciplinary approach that has shown increased positive outcomes for cancer patients.

Connect with Anju on LinkedIn.

Puja Vadodaria is a business lawyer with DLA Piper, assisting entrepreneurs, companies and investors with venture capital investments, merger and acquisitions, and commercial transactions. She advises her clients on various legal and business matters, including entity formation, corporate governance, partnership matters, tax, capitalization, equity compensation, capital raising and customer contracts.

Connect with Puja on LinkedIn and follow DLA Piper on Facebook.

Jude Rasmus is the Co-Founder & Head of Real Estate of Properly, a venture backed Real Estate Tech company founded in Atlanta. Jude has over 25 years of real estate experience, primarily focused on the stabilization of distressed assets.

Jude holds brokers license in seven states and is responsible for acquisition and disposition of over 20,000 residential assets in Atlanta MSA ($2 billion+ value) and the Southeast. She is a top three volume broker in Wall Street Journal’s “The Thousand” consistently.

Selling a home is the largest transaction most people make in their lives, and Jude has always believed it should be simple and transparent. She Co-Founded Properly because she knows that real estate can be better and more affordable for the average homeowner, and wants to help bring about that change.

Follow Properly on LinkedIn and Facebook.

Lynn Perry, CEO of Haste. Haste is the next generation of internet optimization software for gamers and the esports industry. Their technology fixes lag and allows for better play by improving ping, packet loss and jitter.

Connect with Lynn on LinkedIn.