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The Rome Floyd Chamber Show – Nora Guzman with the Small Business Development Center
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: 2019 Gwinnett Chamber Small Business Award Winners (1 of 2)
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“Member Spotlight” features and highlights businesses and business leaders that are members of the Gwinnett Chamber. This month’s episode showcases three of the recent 2019 Gwinnett Small Business Award Winners.
The Gwinnett Chamber’s NEW Small Business Awards showcase those that dare to start, sustain and succeed and the community that supports them. They are the risk-takers, the problem solvers, the dreamers and the doers.
Naveed Tharwani/Gwinnett Drugs (Emerging Entrepreneur Award)
Gwinnett Drugs started out as a mom and pop pharmacy here in Lawrenceville, Georgia, by Gwinnett County natives. Our staff has achieved their dream of creating a modern, interactive pharmacy that provides a high level of quality, care and consultation to our patients. Aside from going the extra mile to ensure we keep our patients up to date and informed on their medications, Gwinnett Drugs is also one of the few sterile compounding pharmacies in the state of Georgia.
Veronica Guobadia/Care4All Children Services (Community Contributor Award)
Care4All Children Services is licensed by the State of Georgia through the Department of Human Services – Office of Regulatory Child Care (DHS – ORCC) to provide placements and social services to children in foster care. The agency holds a contract with the Office of Provider Management (OPM) and partners with the Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS).
Care4All Children Services recruits, trains and recommends families to OPM for approval in order to obtain a license to foster children in their homes. Once a home is licensed and children are placed for care, Care4All provides follow up social services to ensure that the basic needs of the children and parents are met. As a Therapeutic Foster Care Agency, Care4All requires more training for parents initially and on-going. The agency also provides more support for children and caregivers. Treatment foster care is preferred over residential or group home-care because it maintains children in family settings, which in turn reduces incidences of trauma. To ensure the safety and security of children, Care4All’s intensive foster parent training includes crisis management and emergency response.
Glenn Kruse/UGA’s Small Business Development Center (Advocate Award)
The University of Georgia’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) provides tools, training and resources to help small businesses grow and succeed. Designated as one of Georgia’s top providers of small business assistance, the SBDC has 17 offices ranging from Rome to Valdosta to serve the needs of Georgia’s business community. Since 1977, their network of partners has helped construct a statewide ecosystem to foster the spirit, support, and success of hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs and innovators.
The Small Business Development Center, a Public Service and Outreach Extension of The University of Georgia, is funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The University of Georgia Small Business Development Center is nationally accredited by the Association of SBDCs.
Paul Wilson and Telisha Farrow Jackson with SBDC
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Paul Wilson, Area Director with SBDC, has extensive industry experience that spans leadership roles in supply chain management, procurement, marketing, supplier diversity, and small business development. His expertise includes strategic analysis, operational planning, leadership development, contract writing, video marketing, video production, training and curriculum development.
Having worked with Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and educational institutions, Paul brings a diverse wealth of knowledge, perspective, and skills to the small business community.
Connect with Paul on LinkedIn.
Telisha Farrow Jackson brings her engaging personality, as well as, over 15 years of experience in managing all levels of large scale projects to the SBDC. She has an extensive and varied career in multiple industries, including lending and underwriting; business development; project management; compliance and controls.
She has initiated negotiations, partnership initiatives and cost analysis for businesses majority of her career. Her expertise lies in analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of program operations to ensure that strategies can be effectively and efficiently executed.
One of her most rewarding professional experiences was developing young minds as an elementary school teacher. In addition to her classroom responsibilities, she developed curriculum and led multiple school-wide process improvement and best practice initiatives.
Telisha has used her people skills to build community involvement and awareness by participating in various community outreach events and professionally moderating conferences. She is an inspiring talent and we look forward to the innovative outlook she’s going to add to the UGA SBDC at Georgia State University team.
Howard Page, TeamLogic IT, and Tommy Heaton, Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Georgia State University
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“North Fulton Business Radio,” Episode 158: Howard Page, TeamLogic IT, and Tommy Heaton, Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Georgia State University
On this edition of “North Fulton Business Radio,” Howard Page of TeamLogic IT talks technology services and cybersecurity, and Tommy Heaton outlines some of the advisory work and classes offered by the SBDC at GSU.
Howard Page, TeamLogic IT, Atlanta Midtown
Howard Page is the Owner of TeamLogic IT, Atlanta Midtown. Their philosophy is simple: they treat you the way you’d want to be treated. They make the technology invisible so your focus is on what you do best, growing your business. They’re flexible. They accommodate different levels of service from fully-outsourced IT to supplemental IT to projects. They follow best practices. They have documented implementation across the whole IT market. They’re dedicated. They will not stop learning about your business and thinking of ways to improve it via technology.
For more information, follow this link or call Howard directly at 770-450-0910.
Tommy Heaton, Small Business Development Center at Georgia State
Tommy Heaton is a Small Business Consultant with the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Georgia State. With 17 locations across the state of Georgia, the SBDC’s goal is to enhance the economic well-being of Georgians by providing a wide range of educational services for small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs. The SBDC offers one-on-one consultation on a wide variety of subjects to address the needs of Georgia’s small business community.
For more information on the SBDC Grow Smart Program mentioned on the show, go to this link. For information on other upcoming SBDC classes and events in the Atlanta office, go to their website.
To contact SBDC at GSU directly, call 404-413-7830.
“North Fulton Business Radio” is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX®, located inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has grown to become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions with approximately $12.9 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.
Telisha Jackson with Small Business Development Center and Jeff Patterson with Small Business Administration
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Telisha Farrow Jackson brings her engaging personality, as well as, over 15 years of experience in managing all levels of large scale projects to the SBDC. She has an extensive and varied career in multiple industries, including lending and underwriting; business development; project management; compliance and controls.
She has initiated negotiations, partnership initiatives and cost analysis for businesses majority of her career. Her expertise lies in analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of program operations to ensure that strategies can be effectively and efficiently executed.
One of her most rewarding professional experiences was developing young minds as an elementary school teacher. In addition to her classroom responsibilities, she developed curriculum and led multiple school-wide process improvement and best practice initiatives.
Telisha has used her people skills to build community involvement and awareness by participating in various community outreach events and professionally moderating conferences. She is an inspiring talent and we look forward to the innovative outlook she’s going to add to the UGA SBDC at Georgia State University team.
Follow SBDC on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
Jeff Patterson has 34 years experience as a commercial banker. He has been in senior management for the majority of those years serving as Chief Credit Officer, COO, and CEO of a Community Bank. He joined SBA Georgia District Office 4 months ago and has a passion to help small business and our economy grow.
WINNING BUSINESS: Karie Cowden with Connect the Dots Promotions
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WINNING BUSINESS: KARIE COWDEN WITH CONNECT THE DOTS PROMOTIONS
We are pleased to introduce you to Karie Cowden, President and Founder of Connect the Dots Promotions. Karie has a totally fun business where she provides businesses with awesome products that create a memorable experience around their brand. Listen in and hear what has made Karie successful and winning at business!
Karie Cowden is the Founder and President of Connect the Dots Promotions and has extensive experience working with local and national clientele across all industries. She has sold every promotional product known to mankind in her over 22 years in the industry. Karie has worked in all aspects of the promo business including a 6 year stint with the Phoenix Suns and AZ Diamondbacks. In those many years she has developed extensive experience, industry knowledge, wonderful partnerships and strategic relationships. In 2008 she was the youngest person to be voted on to the Board of Directors for the Promotional Products Association International, by her peers. In 2009 she figured she knew enough to run her own company and hasn’t looked back. Karie is married with two beautiful daughters and one black lab named Betty.
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ABOUT WINNING BUSINESS RADIO
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Lisa Rehurek, the #1 leading authority on winning RFP responses, is CEO and founder of Win The Business™, a Consultancy and RFP Support Services Firm that helps businesses increase their success rate in responding to government and corporate Requests for Proposal (RFP’s). Our multi-touch point system provides RFP support services, strategy, consulting, training and team development to companies who wish to improve their response process and outcomes. The thoroughness our team provides coupled with our direct and fun approach is what separates us from our competitors. We are also home of RFP University™, an online virtual training and resource platform designed to support a business’s RFP efforts for maximum success.
After 20 years in the corporate arena responding to hundreds of public sector RFPs, Lisa started her own business and now transfers that knowledge to her clients to help improve their win rates. Lisa keeps herself very busy with life as a business owner, speaker, trainer, author, and radio show host. As a seasoned speaker, Lisa loves to inspire audiences large and small with her engaging and practical speaking topics. She is the author of 7 books including her ebook, 101 Ways to Win More Proposals Now! and her upcoming book, Win the {Damn} Business!. She is also the creator of the STARR Proposal System™ which brings simplicity and efficiency to the overall response process.
Lisa is a member APMP (Association of Proposal Management Professionals) and is Membership and Program Chair for the Valley of the Sun chapter. She is also a WBENC-certified Women Business Enterprise (WBE). She holds certifications in numerous talent assessment tools including Certified Professional Behavior Analyst (CPBA), Certified Professional Driving Forces Analyst (CPDFA), Certified Professional Emotional Quotient Analyst (CPEQA), and Certified Professional TTI TriMetrix HD Analyst (CPHDA).
Pensacola Business Radio 02.09.16- Guests: Andrea Krieger / United Way of Escambia County, Kelly Massey and Gerry Goldstein / SBDC
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Andrea Krieger / United Way of Escambia County
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Andrea Krieger has served as the President/CEO of United Way of Escambia County since June of 2011. Under her leadership, United Way has grown support of the local community to create a $3 to 1 return on investment. In the recently completed 2014-2015 fiscal year, $3.14M in donor gifts, sponsorship and grants were leveraged through volunteer efforts and in-kind support to create an $11.6M impact on the local community.
Andrea has a strong commitment to making a difference in the lives of others and was taught early the value of service by her father who was a naval officer and aviator for 24 years. She is the President for the Rotary Club of Pensacola and a Paul Harris Fellow. Additionally, she is the Program Chair for Rotary District 6940’s RYLA program. Andrea also serves on the Board of Central Credit Union and on the West Florida Hospital Women’s Advisory Board. She is a 2003 LeaP, 2006 Leadership Okaloosa and 2013 LeadersEdge graduate. Prior to joining United Way of Escambia County, Andrea led the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northwest Florida through a successful $5M expansion of service to a new 26-bedroom Ronald McDonald House. In part because of this role and her current position, Andrea has been named one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Pensacola, was named the Best Non-Profit Executive Director/CEO as part of the Pensacola News Journal’s Best of the Bay Awards and was recently recognized as a Champion of Service by Volunteer Florida. She is honored and humbled by her ability to serve our community as the President of our local United Way.
Kelly Massey and Gerry Goldstein / SBDC
Mr. Gerry Goldstein
My educational background includes a BSBA in Finance from the University of Florida and an MBA from the University of West Florida. I spent more than ten years on Wall Street in various roles within the investment banking community. In my early years, I was a short-term money trader specializing in BA’s, CD’s, Treasury Bills, and I also specialized in using the Euro Dollar futures market to hedge cash positions. I collaborated with team members to build two government-trading operations. My last position was with Merrill Lynch at its headquarters in New York on the institutional sales desk, specializing in short term money instruments.
Returning to Pensacola in the early 80’s, I started multiple businesses, including one of the largest printing businesses in the southeast, which supplied print to the US Government Printing Office. During this same time, I designed an online system to deliver printing contracts from the US Government and State agencies to printers throughout the US. Currently, I own two companies, Salomon-Goldstein Properties LLC, which specializes in commercial real estate brokerage and Goldstein Properties which owns and manages commercial buildings. I have been active in promoting economic development in both Santa Rosa and Escambia counties for more than ten years and sit on multiple boards, including Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Board of Governors at Pensacola State College, Santa Rosa Medical Center, and Rebuild Northwest Florida.
Currently, I am an adjunct professor in the MBA department at the University of West Florida as well as program coordinator for the Florida Vet Training Program sponsored by Florida Small Business Development Center state office.
Kelly Massey joined The Florida SBDC at the University of West Florida in 2014. As Regional Director, Massey oversees the operations of SBDC offices located in Pensacola, Fort Walton Beach, and Panama City serving ten counties in the Florida panhandle. He was previously the Center Director for the Henderson State University – SBDC located in Arkansas. He was employed there for six years.
In 2012, he was awarded the National Small Business Administration Counselor of the Year for SBDCs at National Small Business Week in Washington, DC. He is a Certified Global Business Professional (CGBP), a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), and a Certified Business Advisor (CBA).
Massey has a Master’s degree in Business Administration. His prior twelve years of experience were in the human resources management field working for large manufacturing companies such as Georgia-Pacific, International Paper Company, and Stant Manufacturing, Inc.
Massey serves on the Greater Pensacola Chamber Board, the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Board, and on the Pensacola Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Group.
