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SIMON SAYS, LET’S TALK BUSINESS: Brett Deloach of Sonesta Gwinnett Place, Natalie Cheney of MemberSuite, and Faith Broderick of Eastern Data, Inc.

October 17, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

SIMON SAYS, LET'S TALK BUSINESS: Brett Deloach of Sonesta Gwinnett Place, Natalie Cheney of MemberSuite, and Faith Broderick of Eastern Data, Inc.

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Brett DeLoach, Natalie Cheney, Faith Broderick, Al Simon

Brett Deloach/Sonesta Gwinnett Place

Located in Duluth, GA, in the greater Atlanta community, Sonesta Gwinnett Place Atlanta is in the heart of Gwinnett County. The recently updated 17-story hotel is the largest in the county and is top-ranked on TripAdvisor. Sonesta Gwinnett Place Atlanta features 300 guest rooms, including 5 suites and the Preferred Level for business guests. In addition, the hotel features ArtBar, a gastro pub with signature dishes and drinks in a local art-inspired atmosphere; Grapevine Restaurant, which is open for breakfast and lunch; and a private dining room for small groups and intimate special events, plus an indoor/outdoor swimming pool, health club, sundeck and free parking.

Natalie Cheney/MemberSuite

MemberSuite is the premier software and services provider of engagement solutions to organizations in both the nonprofit and for-profit markets. These solutions range from cloud-based Association Management Software that serves associations and nonprofits, to cutting-edge event engagement technology which helps organizations understand attendee engagement before, during, and after their events.

Faith Broderick/Eastern Data, Inc.

Founded in 1997, Eastern Data Inc is a distributor of IT hardware solutions. They specialize in white box computer systems and servers, IT components, networking and surveillance solutions as well as OEM manufactured systems. Some of their vendor partners include Lenovo, Microsoft, Intel, Kingston and Geovision. They are not only your IT hardware solution provider, but your partner in leveraging the growth of your business. Their focus is service, and they strive to make customers’ needs their highest priority. They have a broad customer base to include Managed Service Providers. Value Added Resellers, Gov/Ed, SMB’s and OEM manufacturers.

Mercy Montgomery with the City of Sugar Hill and Laurie Sossa with Southern Barter Club

September 19, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Mercy Montgomery with the City of Sugar Hill and Laurie Sossa with Southern Barter Club

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Mike Sammond, Mercy Montgomery, Laurie Sossa, Steven Julian

Mercy Montgomery/City of Sugar Hill

Sugar Hill is one of the nation’s fastest growing cities and home to over 23,000 residents and more than 1,000 businesses. With a rapidly growing downtown, a focus on entertainment and the arts, and a strong business environment, city leadership has been strategic in creating a dynamic live, work, play community.

Looking to the future, Sugar Hill continues to plan for and create opportunities to live, work, and play for all generations. Expanded amenities, community experiences, and a diverse business environment continue to attract visitors as well as new community members as dirt is turned into a destination and small-town dreams grow into big time reality in the growing downtown.

Laurie Sossa/Southern Barter Club (SBC)

Southern Barter Club is a business network consisting of businesses that sell and spend virtual cashless trade dollars in lieu of cash when new business is brought to them through the barter network. One SBC trade dollars is equal to one US Dollar but only spendable in the SBC network. Barter conserves cash, opens up new markets, maximizes profits. SBC is a leader in the barter trade industry with 1000 businesses in GA and upwards of 50,000 participating businesses worldwide. The State of GA recently presented a proclamation and resolution to Southern Barter Club for the Positive Economic Impact it has had on the sate of GA and in supporting women owned businesses, entrepreneurs and non profits.

Carolyn Beldsoe with NAC Consultants and Yoshi Domoto with JapanFest

September 12, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Carolyn Beldsoe with NAC Consultants and Yoshi Domoto with JapanFest

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Mike Sammond, Carolyn Bledsoe, Yoshi Domoto, Steven Julian

Carolyn Bledsoe/NAC Consultants

NAC Consultants provides strategic guidance and assistance in workforce and economic development to public and private entities, government and community-based organizations.

NAC Consultants’ services include: Creating team approaches and seamless systems to address employers’ need of skilled workers, implementing change management to enhance programmatic outcome, and developing sector strategies and community driven programs with community and technical colleges as the nexus for training.

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. JapanFest will celebrate the special economic and cultural bond Japan and Georgia share together.

Kenny Martin with OTLF Group

July 23, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Kenny Martin with OTLF Group

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Kenny Martin/OTLF Group

A few years back, the OTLF Group set out to create a company unlike anything seen or experienced before.

One with a positive purpose, an optimistic point of view, and a backbone. One that believes in and stands for passionate, creative, expressive fun. One that is product driven, people driven, and values driven. One that seeks connection, inspiration and an ongoing positive dialogue. One that, instead of just making stuff, seeks to make a difference. And every day at OTLF Group they put their philosophy into action. OTLF Group firmly believes in the link between creativity and effectiveness. Creativity is at the core of their DNA and they always operate with passion, integrity and civility.

Luciano Lombera with MC Granite Countertops

June 20, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Luciano Lombera with MC Granite Countertops

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Luciano Lombera/MC Granite Countertops

Located in Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina, MC Granite Countertops offers affordable prices on granite, marble, quartzite, quartz, and soapstone. MC Granite Countertops makes it their priority to deliver high quality countertops at competitive prices. Their warehouse works with only the finest quality tools and materials. From template to installation, they are devoted to quality workmanship and professionalism. Their promise of quality is backed by a 100% warranty on materials and workmanship.

Toni Curtin with RE/MAX and Lee Blodgett with North Point Mortgage

June 12, 2019 by Mike

Case In Point

Toni Curtin with RE/MAX and Lee Blodgett with North Point Mortgage

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Toni Curtin – RE/MAX

Toni Curtin is a full time residential specialist. As an Atlanta native she lives in Lawrenceville, GA in Gwinnett County. She serves the entire Atlanta metropolitan area. When acting as a buyer’s agent , Toni has many years of experience and knowledge selling short-sales and foreclosures. She has worked with many relocation companies helping families relocate to the Atlanta area, or buyers just making a local move. When working for the seller, Toni is a very active listing agent experienced in listing traditional sales, short-sales and bank foreclosures. Toni is very proud of the repeat/referral business that she has worked 28 years to build.

Lee Blodgett – North Point Mortgage

North Point Mortgage is a branch of Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation. They create raving fans by providing customer service that is legendary, not just satisfactory. At Fairway, the way they do things is as important as what they do. Closing loans timely and accurately is vital to their business. Delivering closing documents to title companies days in advance provides added peace of mind. A friendly smile and firm handshake is a must, but it’s the person behind it who makes all the difference. At Fairway, the culture is driven by this commitment to speed – they strive to be prompt, efficient, and accurate 100% of the time – while providing superb, unsurpassed service.

EASTSIDE MEDICAL CENTER: Stroke Awareness Month

May 30, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

EASTSIDE MEDICAL CENTER: Stroke Awareness Month

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Dr. Pinkesh Bhuta, Dr. Latai Brown, Dr. Matthew Goldstein

Dr. Matthew Goldstein, Medical Director of Emergency Services
Dr. Pinkesh Bhuta, Medical Director of Hospital Medicine
Dr. Latai Grant-Brown, Hospitalist, Neurology

May is Stroke Awareness Month! Eastside Medical Center is a certified Primary Stroke Center. To achieve Primary Stroke Center certification, hospitals must undergo a rigorous onsite review. Primary Stroke Center Certification recognizes hospitals that meet standards to support better outcomes for stroke care.

Eligibility standards include:

• A dedicated stroke-focused program
• Staffing by qualified medical professionals trained in stroke care
• Individualized care to meet stroke patients’ needs
• Patient involvement in their hospital care
• Coordination of post-discharge patient self-care based on recommendations of the Brain Attack Coalition and guidelines published by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association or equivalent guidelines
• Streamlined flow of patient information while protecting patient rights, security and privacy
• Collection of the hospital’s stroke-treatment performance data
• Hospital team performance data
• Use of data to assess and continually improve quality of care for stroke patients

Click Here for Slide Show Presentation about Strokes

About Eastside Medical Center:

Eastside Medical Center has been a healthcare leader for more than 39 years, providing quality care to patients in Gwinnett and surrounding counties. Nationally recognized for patient safety, Eastside focuses on delivering quality care with exceptional outcomes by utilizing the most advanced technology and experienced physicians. Eastside is a 310-bed, multi-campus system of care offering comprehensive medical and surgical programs including cardiovascular, neurosciences, oncology, orthopedics, robotic surgery, rehabilitation, maternity with neonatal intensive care, behavioral health, bariatric, urgent care, and 24-hour emergency care at two locations. Their medical staff of 500 board-certified physicians, 1,200 employees and 400 volunteers is committed to providing the community a healthcare system of excellence.

Dr. Rebecca Sarlea with Refresh Chiropractic and Kevin Sirface and Dipa Janardanan with the Atlanta Water Store

May 28, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Dr. Rebecca Sarlea with Refresh Chiropractic and Kevin Sirface and Dipa Janardanan with the Atlanta Water Store

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Kevin Sirface, Dipa Janardanan, Dr. Rebecca Sarlea

Dr. Rebecca Sarlea/Refresh Chiropractic

Refresh Chiropractic was born from the vision of renewal for your life. They believe in the tonal model of Chiropractic that focuses on the nervous system and related changes to a person’s physiology. As such, they look at the tone of nervous system first. Refresh Chiropractic believes in practicing within the philosophy that “the power that made the body, heals the body.” This philosophy explains that the ability of the body to express life and how that life flows through the body and mind, determines how healthy and alive we will be.

Kevin Sirface and Dipa Janardanan/Atlanta Water Store

Atlanta Water Store is dedicated to teaching the principles and benefits of drinking hydrogen rich, alkalized, anti-oxidant, micro-clustered water. Their motto is “We Teach – We Share – You Decide.” They offer a 21-day FREE trial of their water. Atlanta Water Store offers classes, and you can even schedule your own private class. Owners Dipa Janardanan and Kevin Sirface welcome you and help you separate the hype from the truth and help you fully understand the harmful effects of drinking bottled water or tap – and why YOU should be drinking this water!

Todd Weeks with Traction Focused and Ryan Burton with the Ryan Burton Music Group

May 16, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Todd Weeks with Traction Focused and Ryan Burton with the Ryan Burton Music Group

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Todd Weeks/Traction Focused

Todd is passionate about helping business owners and leadership teams get traction in their business through the Entrepreneurial Operating System (“EOS”). Todd personally lived inside the EOS system for four years and experienced the transformative power it can have on a business. In the first 3 years of running their business using the EOS system Todd and his team grew their Net Profit 6 times, and ultimately sold the company in the 4th year realizing a 40% increase in the overall value of the business. Now Todd spends all of his time helping other entrepreneurs experience the same growth and transformation through implementing EOS in their companies.

For more information about Traction Focused click here

Ryan Burton/Ryan Burton Music Group

The Ryan Burton Music Group is an Independent Record Company & Artist Management Company founded by Canadian/American Entrepreneur, Marketer & Musician Ryan Burton. The company is based in Lawrenceville, GA (Metro Atlanta) and focuses on recording and releasing artists that ignite the listeners imagination. Ryan Burton Music Group was started in January 2015 based around a desire to form a company that helps artists thrive. “We like to find a musician that has talent and get involved in all aspects to help them get where they need to go. We look for someone that lives for music and is prepared to do what it takes to succeed. When we meet an artist like this, development and getting their music to the masses is easy.” RBMG believes in helping artists and then participating in their success “we help you grow, then we all can benefit from that success” says Burton.