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SIMON SAYS, LET’S TALK BUSINESS: Dan Wells with Signarama Buford/Duluth and Jeff Lantz & Brian Boston with C. L. Services

October 15, 2020 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

SIMON SAYS, LET'S TALK BUSINESS: Dan Wells with Signarama Buford/Duluth and Jeff Lantz & Brian Boston with C. L. Services

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Dan Wells, Jeff Lantz, Brian Boston, Al Simon

Dan Wells/Signarama Buford & Duluth

Signarama Buford and Duluth is a full-service sign shop that can help any business with their visual marketing needs. They do interior and exterior signage, vehicle graphics and wraps, promotional items with your logo of all kinds. If you can put your logo on it, they can make it. They create anything from a business card to the largest electrically lit sign that would need a crane to mount it on a skyscraper here in Atlanta. They are Atlanta’s sign company, proudly serving the metro Atlanta area for 20 years and running!

Jeff Lantz & Brian Boston/C. L. Services

C.L. Services opened its doors in 1997 with the goal of providing shippers and carriers with a world-class logistics experience. For over two decades, C.L. Services has continuously developed innovative ways to combine the personal attention provided by a smaller brokerage, with the versatility and capacity of a large-scale freight management organization. C.L. Services continues to build on the foundation laid more than 20 years ago, offering trusted freight services and innovative solutions, backed by the industry’s most dynamic team.

SIMON SAYS, LET’S TALK BUSINESS: Dennis Hoffman with Community Management Associates and Arthur Salus with Duluth Travel

September 17, 2020 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

SIMON SAYS, LET'S TALK BUSINESS: Dennis Hoffman with Community Management Associates and Arthur Salus with Duluth Travel

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Dennis Hoffman, Arthur Salus and Al Simon

Dennis Hoffman/Community Management Associates

Community Management Associates began in 1989 with 7 Associations and 4 employees. Today we manage over 900 Associations located throughout the southeastern United States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee). For the past 16 years, CMA has ranked as the number one association management firm in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Arthur Salus/Duluth Travel

Duluth Travel opened in 1994. They are a full-service, locally-owned travel agency located in Duluth, GA. They are the second-largest travel agency in Georgia. Their business services include corporate/business travel, leisure/vacation travel, incentive travel, and government travel. They are a tour operator for Costa Rica. With over 70 employees, Duluth Travel has a 95% customer rating with D & B. Their primary focus is excellent customer service. As Arthur likes to say, “When the customer speaks, we listen!” Their experienced labor force is made up of “hand picked” personnel. Their advantage over other travel agencies is that customers stay with them. Contact Arthur Salus directly at (770) 308-7060.

SIMON SAYS, LET’S TALK BUSINESS: Lauren Gall and Melanie Ammerman of VaVa Virtual Assistants

August 20, 2020 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

SIMON SAYS, LET'S TALK BUSINESS: Lauren Gall and Melanie Ammerman of VaVa Virtual Assistants

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Lauren Gall & Melanie Ammerman/VaVa Virtual Assistants

VaVa Virtual Assistants provides remote administrative and marketing solutions to growth-oriented business owners. They build long-term relationships with their clients, offering efficient, expert-level assistance at a fraction of the cost of employing in-person staff. They take the necessary daily back-office duties off their clients’ plates so they can focus on revenue generating tasks that grow their businesses.

SIMON SAYS, LET’S TALK BUSINESS: Kara Brown of LeadCoverage

July 16, 2020 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

SIMON SAYS, LET'S TALK BUSINESS: Kara Brown of LeadCoverage

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Kara Brown/LeadCoverage

LeadCoverage executes B2B marketing, sales, and PR on behalf of clients in the supply chain, heavy industrial, and technology industries. The LeadCoverage team executes lead generation through targeted marketing and sales strategies and media coverage that drives inbound conversions and measurable marketing Return on Investment (ROI).

SIMON SAYS, LET’S TALK BUSINESS: Elliot Holland of Guardian Due Diligence and Nick Keller of Prinovus International

June 18, 2020 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

SIMON SAYS, LET'S TALK BUSINESS: Elliot Holland of Guardian Due Diligence and Nick Keller of Prinovus International

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Elliot Holland/Guardian Due Diligence

Elliot Holland is the founder of Guardian Due Diligence, a boutique firm that leads due diligence processes for family offices, investors and private equity firms. Their focus is finance, accounting, operations, and legal diligence. They’ve helped companies like Three Arrows Group, Trilogy Investment Group, The Watermill Group, and Karmijn Capital execute high-quality due diligence so they could execute transactions worth millions of dollars of ROI/IRR. Their goal is to solve the problem for groups new to direct deals in finding a reliable diligence provider. They use proven methods, proprietary tools, and market leading experience to solve the diligence problem for buyers.

Nick Keller/Prinovus International

Prinovus offers end to end production of dietary supplements. They provide contract manufacturing for a number of supplement brands as well as their in-house brand Apocalypse Labz.

SIMON SAYS, LET’S TALK BUSINESS: Stephanie Sokenis with SmallBiz Ally, Joe Morrison with Adams Keegan, and Branden Lisi with Object 9

May 21, 2020 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

SIMON SAYS, LET'S TALK BUSINESS: Stephanie Sokenis with SmallBiz Ally, Joe Morrison with Adams Keegan, and Branden Lisi with Object 9

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Stephanie Sokenis/SmallBiz Ally

Now more than ever, small businesses face unique challenges. Having been there, SmallBiz Ally brings a unique understanding and empathetic perspective of the day-to-day challenges you face to everything we do with you. From hundreds of small business consultations and inspiring success stories, you’ll see they’ve got the secret sauce you need to propel your business forward. They understand your small business goals and budget and will help you achieve one without exceeding the other.
Branden Lisi/Object 9

Object 9 works with manufacturers and franchise brands to find and qualify prospective customers. Founded in 1992, their company has evolved as businesses continue their migration towards a digital economy. Object 9 excels at both integrating the different technology stacks and managing the myriad marketing resources required to succeed in digital commerce.

Joe Morrison/Adams Keegan

Adams Keegan is a leading national provider of HR services with clients in all 50 states. They provide HR services, Payroll/Tax administration, employee benefits, and benefits administration delivered to their clients through their proprietary cloud-based HR information and payroll system “Efficenter” and by expert HR teams dedicated to each client.

SIMON SAYS, LET’S TALK BUSINESS: Juan Pablo of 100 Percent Financed

April 16, 2020 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

SIMON SAYS, LET'S TALK BUSINESS: Juan Pablo of 100 Percent Financed

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Juan Pablo/100 Percent Financed

100 Percent Financed helps real estate investors fund and find a multi-unit property so they can be financially free. They offer real estate education, funding, and credit repair services, so real estate investors can become financially free.

Their mission is to help more than 100,000 individuals become financially-free through real estate investing. They want to change how people think about work and wealth. For this reason, they are pioneering a full-service approach to the real estate investment and finance industries. They have committed to supplying abundant content, a high level of service, and unrivaled transparency to all of their clients.

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SIMON SAYS, LET’S TALK BUSINESS: Emma Reynolds-Middleton of Soft Skills Zone and John Lauth of Courier Connection

March 19, 2020 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

SIMON SAYS, LET'S TALK BUSINESS: Emma Reynolds-Middleton of Soft Skills Zone and John Lauth of Courier Connection

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Emma Reynolds-Middleton and Al Simon (not pictured: John Lauth)

Emma Reynolds-Middleton/Soft Skills Zone

Soft Skills Zone spends their time investing in people to close the soft skills gap. They have over 20 years of experience teaching courses in professionalism, team work and collaboration, communication, DISC personality profiles, critical thinking, leadership, and other interpersonal skills. Their modules meet the needs of the multi-generational workforce, and they offer:

In person instructor-led soft skills training and workshops
Remote online, self-paced courses accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, anytime, anywhere
Online modules are available for all ages
Online DISC personality assessments for adults, teens, and youth, in English with some versions in Spanish and French
Digital badges and a Certificate of Completion for courses completed
A soft skills assessment in English and Spanish for learners to earn a basic Soft Skills Mastery Credential
Workforce development consulting services

Soft Skills Zone provides training and consultancy to help people sharpen their employability skills, and you can start today. To learn more, visit www.softskillszone.com or call (678) 524-3343 or Toll Free at (877) 738-7557 (1-877 Sft-Skls).

John Lauth/Courier Connection

Founded in 1999 by John Lauth, Courier Connection is a leader in same-day transportation, delivery and distribution services in the Southeast. Their management team has over 20 years of experience in the courier industry and they have earned a reputation in the market as a professional, reliable and trusted business partner. Their customers range from small businesses to large hospitals and Fortune 500 companies. They pride themselves in utilizing the latest in technology to provide superior customer service and reliability to their customers.

Recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in Atlanta, the mission of Courier Connection is to be the premier transportation and distribution provider in the Southeast by offering superior customer service, fast and reliable service, and flexible delivery options to meet the needs of their customers.

SIMON SAYS, LET’S TALK BUSINESS: Jon Ostenson of 10XBrands and Sharon Catter of Catter Design Group

February 20, 2020 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

SIMON SAYS, LET'S TALK BUSINESS: Jon Ostenson of 10XBrands and Sharon Catter of Catter Design Group

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Jon Ostenson/10Xbrands

10Xbrands provides investors with unique franchise investment opportunities through two avenues:

Equity funds that allow for passive investments across franchise businesses run by 10Xbrands.
Direct purchase of franchises from across 400 vetted brands, representing the those with the strongest leadership teams, profit models, and potential. This offering is thru 10Xbrands’ brokerage affiliation with the FCC.

Sharon Catter/Catter Design Group

Catter Design Group is a commercial interiors company. They provide services to include as built drawings, preliminary space planning, pricing drawings, construction drawings, furniture selections and procurement, selection and procurement of art