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Yoshi Domoto with Japan-America Society of Georgia & JapanFest, Brittany Luiz with American Tombow and Masae Okura with Taylor English Duma

August 16, 2018 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Yoshi Domoto with Japan-America Society of Georgia & JapanFest, Brittany Luiz with American Tombow and Masae Okura with Taylor English Duma

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Brittany Luiz, Yoshi Domoto, Masae Okura

Yoshi Domoto/Japan-America Society of Georgia and JapanFest

The Japan-America Society of Georgia (JASG) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to promote mutual understanding between the people of Japan and the state of Georgia through establishing and promoting ties and programs in the areas of business, culture, customs, education, commerce, politics, and social networking. One of its biggest events is JapanFest Atlanta. JapanFest is the largest Japanese festival in the Southeast. Held September 15-16, 2018 at the Infinite Energy Center in Duluth from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Saturday and 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Sunday, the festival will celebrate the special economic and cultural bond Japan and Georgia share together.

Brittany Luiz/American Tombow

Tombow is today’s market leader for arts, crafts and office products. Serving consumers and businesses around the globe, Tombow was established in Japan in 1913 as the wood-case pencil provider for Japanese students. Since these beginnings, they have upheld a history of unparalleled customer service. Tombow has grown the company’s portfolio to a worldwide provider of art markers, liquid glue and adhesive tape, fine writing pens, correction tape, drawing pencils, colored pencils and erasers manufactured in facilities located in Japan, Vietnam and Thailand. Worldwide operating divisions distribute Tombow branded products in their respective geographies.

Masae Y. Okura/Taylor English Duma

Taylor English Duma LLP is a full-service law firm headquartered in Atlanta, GA. Built from the ground up to provide highest-quality legal services for optimal value, the firm combines the best aspects of a traditional law firm with seasoned attorneys managing their practices remotely throughout the United States. Their attorneys work each day to provide timely, creative, and cost-effective counsel to help clients solve problems and achieve goals. Taylor English Duma represents all types of clients, from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups to individuals. A 2018 recipient of Forbes Small Giants award, the firm is the Georgia law firm member of Geneva Group International (GGI), the leading worldwide alliance of accounting and law firms.

Wendell Strickland with Strongside Solutions and John Herbert with the Roswell Attorney Project

August 14, 2018 by Mike

North Fulton Business Radio

Wendell Strickland with Strongside Solutions and John Herbert with the Roswell Attorney Project

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John Ray, John Herbert, Wendell Strickland

Wendell Strickland/Strongside Solutions

Strongside Solutions is a cost management consulting firm that specializes in the design, implementation and supply-chain management of self-funded healthcare benefit programs for employers. Experts in mitigating healthcare costs, Strongside Solutions’ has a game changing healthcare benefits package, eBenefix, that is revolutionizing the healthcare benefits industry by delivering a better healthcare experience to employees and reducing healthcare costs up to 40%.

Employee healthcare is one of the largest expenses by an employer that goes mostly unmanaged. The clear majority of employers are used to 10 to 15 percent (or more) in increases annually and are struggling to not pass on the increases to their employees. With eBenefix, employers are realizing savings and it is truly making healthcare benefits a competitive recruiting & retention tool again.

John Herbert/Roswell Attorney Project

The Roswell Attorney Project was born out of the vision of John Herbert and Kurt Hilbert who were opposing counsel in litigation a few years ago. The focus of the organization are to promote civility in all legal matters and to raise awareness of the great attorneys who call Roswell home.

Dale Sizemore with Voterworkz and Jonathan Stelling with PrideStaff Financial

August 7, 2018 by Mike

Business RadioX® Community

Dale Sizemore with Voterworkz and Jonathan Stelling with PrideStaff Financial

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Dale Sizemore, John Ray, Jonathan Stelling

Dale Sizemore/Voterworkz

Voterworkz helps improve the political “DNA” by making it easier to run for political office. They provide a score based on 12 years of voting history for individuals and households. That helps organize time, budget and volunteers to get the message to the right people.

Jonathan Stelling/PrideStaff Financial

Jonathan and Marian Stelling opened their PrideStaff office in 2010, and since that time, the office has helped over 3,000 individuals find jobs with over 100 top North Atlanta companies. PrideStaff and PrideStaff Financial specialize in working with business owners and senior level hiring managers of companies with 20 to 500 employees. The PrideStaff division specializes in Customer Service, Call Center, Administrative, and Light Industrial positions. The PrideStaff Financial division adds professional recruiting for finance and accounting positions ranging from Staff Accountants to VPs of Accounting and Financial Analysts to CFOs. Clients value the difference that local owners bring to their recruiting and staffing needs – taking the time to understand their needs, providing attentive customer service, and consistently meeting their expectations.

Tom Briggette with Pioneer Capital Group and Kyli Owen with 27th and Leo

July 31, 2018 by Mike

North Fulton Business Radio

Tom Briggette with Pioneer Capital Group and Kyli Owen with 27th and Leo

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Tom Briggette/Pioneer Capital Group

Pioneer Capital Group provides alternative financing to small business owners. Through their relationships with numerous lending groups, Pioneer Capital Group is able to assist existing business owners and provide them with short term, uncollateralized, and non-equity financing. The most common use of funds for businesses is to help them expand, hire, bid jobs or fill orders. Traditional bank financing for small business owners is difficult, and the upsurge in merchant cash advance providers has filled a finance gap that has provided over 10 Billion dollars to almost 180,000 small business owners from 2015 to 2017.

Kyli Owen/27^th and Leo

27th and Leo is a retail consulting firm that guides brands and consumer product companies into building long-lasting relationships with their customers through optimal product planning and marketing strategies. The firm takes a holistic approach with each of their clients to understand consumer behaviors and how to make the biggest impact in today’s dynamic retail environments. 27th and Leo steers brands through specific crossroads that are reached through overwhelming growth or a slow down in growth. No matter the path, 27th and Leo develops strategic road-maps to navigate clients through these critical crossroads, and offers brands fully integrated services including consumer trends and analytics, product merchandising and development, and business strategies.

Karlos Walkes with Team XiQ, Sanjay Parekh with Prototype Prime and Gabrielle Jewell with Sourced.

July 26, 2018 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Karlos Walkes with Team XiQ, Sanjay Parekh with Prototype Prime and Gabrielle Jewell with Sourced.

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Sanjay Parekh, Steven Julian, Gabrielle Jewell, Duffie Dixon, Karlos Walkes

Karlos Walkes/Team XiQ

XiQ is a tech startup that has created the Stinger. It’s a smart device that replaces the conventional ignition on most non-automotive vehicles and machines. The Stinger works with a mobile app to introduce a new level of keyless vehicle security, activation and engagement.

Sanjay Parekh/Prototype Prime

Prototype Prime is an incubator that focuses on early stage software and hardware technology startups. Their 12,500-square-feet offers open, collaborative workspaces, a podcast room, event space, and design & development lab. Funded by the City of Peachtree Corners and in partnership with Georgia Institute of Technology’s ATDC, Prototype Prime’s mission is to provide teams with the support they need to launch and scale.

Gabrielle Jewell/Sourced

Sourced. began with a very clear vision: Be the reason their clients have more time. Time for your kids. Time to perfect your big presentation. Time to kick up your feet and watch a movie. Time to think. You have a lot to do, and it’s hard to find the time to do it all. This is why they exist. Sourced. is here to make it easier for you to achieve your individual goals and spend time how you want to, all while taking the pressure off. Take your life back, focus on the important things, and delegate the rest to Sourced.

Alpharetta Mayor Jim Gilvin

July 3, 2018 by Mike

North Fulton Business Radio

Alpharetta Mayor Jim Gilvin

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Jim Gilvin/Mayor of Alpharetta

Jim Gilvin is the Mayor of Alpharetta, GA, elected in May 2018. Mayor Gilvin has lived in Alpharetta since the late 1990’s along with his wife, Mary Anne, and their two children Justin and Sarah. The Gilvins live in the Windward subdivision and attend Mount Pisgah United Methodist Church. Mayor Gilvin holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance from Georgia Southern University. He is a residential real estate agent and an owner of an Alpharetta-based technology company. He served on the Alpharetta City Council from 2012 to 2018, when he resigned his seat to run for Mayor. During his time as City Councilman, Gilvin served as liaison to Alpharetta’s Parks and Recreation Department and the Public Safety Department.

Dr. Mike Majmundar with Northside Plastic Surgery and Alex Van Winkle with Van Winkle & Associates

June 19, 2018 by Mike

North Fulton Business Radio

Dr. Mike Majmundar with Northside Plastic Surgery and Alex Van Winkle with Van Winkle & Associates

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John Ray, Dr. Mike Majmundar, Alex Van Winkle

Dr. Mike Majmundar/Northside Plastic Surgery

Dr. Mike Majmundar of Northside Plastic Surgery is a double board certified and fellowship trained facial plastic surgeon. He has made Alpharetta and Atlanta become destinations for excellence in plastic surgery with his signature Natural procedures. Physicians come from all over the country to learn about his nonsurgical injectable techniques and his trademarked MM Lift. Patients come from all over the world for his signature Natural Facelift and Natural Mini-Facelift, which is a product of years of experience and advanced surgical approach. Dr. Majmundar has been named a Top Doctor for 8 years in a row by Atlanta Magazine and Castle Connolly Medical; a National Top Doctor by U.S. News & World Report; Best Plastic Surgeon for Face by Best Self Atlanta; Best Botox and Filler Injector; and a top beauty expert.

Alex Van Winkle/Van Winkle & Associates

Van Winkle & Associates is Atlanta’s oldest independent advertising and marketing firm. Founded in 1984, VWA established itself as the agency that could provide senior level talent to solve complex marketing issues at a more reasonable cost than the network agencies. The agency has built a reputation of bringing value to a client’s marketing spend by providing thoughtful strategic direction and execution all the way through the sales funnel. With a track record of building brands from the ground up, such as Texas Pete Hot Sauce and Hennessy Lexus, VWA has been able to leverage past success with regional clients into relationships with national brands such as Homewood Suites by Hilton and Ancestry.com. Today, VWA continues to lead the rapidly evolving marketing landscape through innovative strategy that connects the digital-first consumer with brand strategy focused on results.

Tom Martin with Proactive Payroll and Ben Huard with GO

June 12, 2018 by Mike

North Fulton Business Radio

Tom Martin with Proactive Payroll and Ben Huard with GO

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Tom Martin/Proactive Payroll

Proactive Payroll is a small business payroll service for employers with 1 to 100 employees. Tom Martin has been a CPA for over 40 years. He uses that experience to help small business in many ways. Proactive does not sell insurance, bookkeeping, retirement or tax services, but is extremely knowledgeable in all those areas. Proactive helps their clients by referring them to the best providers in the payroll ancillary businesses with total independence. Proactive Payroll also focuses on referring clients to each other. At Proactive, they provide clients with their cell phone number so you can reach them when you need to.

Ben Huard/GO

GO is a group of entrepreneur-minded creative individuals who have joined forces to become an award-winning full-service marketing and communications agency with offices in Hartford, CT and Atlanta, GA. Since 2004, they’ve believed that their client’s goals come first – not their services. It’s easy to create cookie-cutter marketing solutions that fit every client. But GO are not ones to take the easy road. Instead, they approach each client open and fresh, building unique strategies based on your intended outcomes. And yes, they have all the internal marketing and communications capabilities to do so. But so do a lot of agencies. What makes GO different is their ability to use those capabilities – creatively, efficiently, successfully.

Vecus Miller & Theresa Hayes with Waffle House and Lowell Smoker with Dynamic Media Consultants

June 7, 2018 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Vecus Miller & Theresa Hayes with Waffle House and Lowell Smoker with Dynamic Media Consultants

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Steven Julian, Lowell Smoker, Vecus Miller, Theresa Hayes, Mike Sammond

Vecus Miller & Theresa Hayes/Waffle House

Waffle House was founded in 1955 in Avondale Estates, GA. by neighbors Joe Rogers and Tom Forkner. They both passed away last year. While not being involved in the day-to-day operations, they both were still very present throughout their lives. Waffle House grew from that one restaurant to 1,900 in 25 states. Waffle House also has a very unique culture which they celebrate. From being open 24/7/365, to their unique “Call-in” system, to how they deliver a great experience, Waffle House feels their culture is what puts them above the competition.

Lowell Smoker/Dynamic Media Consultants

Dynamic Media Consultants is a group of marketing professionals with over 20 years of experience committed to helping local SMB’s understand how to navigate through and prosper in the ever-changing Internet marketing space. They combine analytics, expertise, and specialized knowledge to assist the business owner in analyzing their digital footprint, or what the search engines and others see. Using specialized tools, an assessment is given of what their competitive strengths and weaknesses are compared to others in their marketplace. Dynamic Media Consultants then help them put systems in place to either capitalize on their strengths or repair the weakness. Sometimes it is as simple as repairing their on-line reputation. DMC’s systems then monitor the various campaigns or actions. This allows them – along with the business owner – to measure the results and where to focus their efforts.

The end result? Their business will be found when others search for their service or product, their phones will ring regularly, and their business will grow again. If their offer or service is in demand, the growth can be explosive and quick.