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Coach Mark Speaks

October 13, 2015 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

Coach Mark Speaks

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CW Hall and Coach Mark Speaks (Mark Todd)

Coach Mark Speaks

This week I sat down with entrepreneur, coach, and mentor, Mark Todd of Coach Mark Speaks. He shared his story of how he longed to be an entrepreneur as a young kid, tried as a college student and failed, then found a talent he possessed and leveraged it into a successful business.

We talked about how he and a friend decided to start a night club while they were college students, with hopes of building on their love of DJ’ing. Unfortunately, with no experience, no mentors, and limited capital, the partners could not support the business to keep it open during the early start-up phase. While trying to keep the business open, Mark lost his car, used his student loan funds, and was doing anything he could to make his rent.

While trying to save money promoting his business, Mark began creating the graphic design pieces he would distribute about his club. It was then he realized he had a knack for it and once the club shut down, he pivoted and started working to build his graphic design business. 15 years later he came by to talk about what it was that made him achieve success and have the life he always wanted.

He is now spending much of his time authoring (and reading) books on how to succeed and overcome challenges and giving away his time to coach and mentor entrepreneurs and individuals looking to improve their lives.

Coach Mark isn’t an athletic coach although he can help you win the biggest race of your life. He isn’t a life coach, but he can help you live the best life you could ever possibly imagine. Coach Mark is a believability coach. He helps others to increase what they believe is possible for them. That self-belief will help determine how far anyone can go in life.

As a successful entrepreneur over the last 15 years, Coach Mark has built 2 exceedingly successful million-dollar businesses. Driven by his desire to acquire and share knowledge, Coach Mark retired from the day to day operations of his businesses before the age of 40 and decided to spend the rest of his life serving others by sharing his philosophy of continual self improvement. It’s Coach Mark’s belief that life gets better when you get better, and his goal is for each and everyone he encounters to continually get better. You can stay in touch with Coach Mark by visiting www.powerinahalfhour.com or on FB – Mark Starr, or on IG & Twitter @coachmarkspeaks

Special Guest:

Coach Mark Todd of Coach Mark Speaks, Inc

HELPING ENTREPRENEURS: Marie Fratoni with Get Clients Everywhere

May 20, 2015 by Mike

On the Money

HELPING ENTREPRENEURS: Marie Fratoni with Get Clients Everywhere

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Marie Fratoni with Get Clients Everywhere joins host Joe Moss of Embassy National Bank to discuss how entrepreneurs can find success in today’s competitive business world.

Marie Fratoni/Get Clients Everywhere

Get Clients Everywhere is a company that provides events, workshops and coaching for entrepreneurs so they create great programs, find the right clients, and make more money. They teach how to create long-term sustainable businesses with predictable income.

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“On the Money” focuses on topics and issues allowing small businesses to better navigate the financial services minefield, with analysis and opinions from today’s industry experts on banking and loans. “On the Money” also introduces you to some of the top small business leaders in the Atlanta market.

Hosted by Joe Moss, the president of Embassy National Bank, “On the Money” airs live every Wednesday at 3:00 PM EST from the Business RadioX studio in Gwinnett.

STARTING A NEW BUSINESS: Peter Hildebrandt with SCORE

April 29, 2015 by Mike

On the Money

STARTING A NEW BUSINESS: Peter Hildebrandt with SCORE

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On this episode of “On the Money”, host Joe Moss of Embassy National Bank interviews Peter Hildebrandt of SCORE about how that organization helps small businesses get off the ground.

Peter Hildebrandt/SCORE

SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, grow and achieve their goals through education and mentorship. They have been doing this for over 50 years.

Since their work is supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and thanks to a network of over 11,000 volunteers, they are able to deliver their services at no charge or at very low cost. Anyone can sit down for mentoring sessions with a SCORE mentor, and it’s always free. The SCORE mentors are all successful business people who have either started their own business or been executives in larger organizations

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Hosted by Joe Moss, the president of Embassy National Bank, “On the Money” airs live every Wednesday at 3:00 PM EST from the Business RadioX studio in Gwinnett.

DIRECT MAILING & THINGS THAT MATTER: Kyle Campbell with GIANT Marketing and Doug Ireland with Freeland Painting

December 3, 2014 by Mike

On the Money

DIRECT MAILING & THINGS THAT MATTER: Kyle Campbell with GIANT Marketing and Doug Ireland with Freeland Painting

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Kyle Campbell with GIANT Marketing and Doug Ireland with Freeland Painting join host Joe Moss to discuss “Direct Marketing & Things That Matter” related to small business.

Kyle Campbell/GIANT Marketing & Anytime Fitness

GIANT Marketing is a full-service marketing and design firm located in the heart of Atlanta. From start to finish, they can make your business GIANT! GIANT Marketing started with just postcards. Well, marketing is so much more than just hitting mailboxes! So GIANT Marketing now offers everything including direct mail campaigns, email marketing, social media marketing, website and logo design, call tracking, print marketing and more.

GIANT Postcards of Atlanta has been an established and successful brand since 2009, delivering the highest quality direct mail to your doorstep. When their CEO Kyle Campbell realized the endless bounds the company could reach with a bigger concept and a more diverse range of services, GIANT Marketing was born. With their industry experience and our motivation to make your business GIANT, they are sure to help you succeed in all of your business marketing goals.

Doug Ireland/Freeland Painting & Construction

The mission at Freeland Painting is to bring excellence to their clients through home repairs. Painting, roofing and general renovations are not a unique business, but Freeland Painting & Construction intends to be unique within this industry. They believe that their customer’s fulfillment and happiness is the ultimate goal and their only assignment. They believe that only by serving their customers FIRST can they then serve their employees, suppliers and families.

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On the Money focuses on topics and issues allowing small businesses to better navigate the financial services minefield, with analysis and opinions from today’s industry experts on banking and loans. On the Money also introduces you to some of the top small business leaders in the Atlanta market.

Hosted by Joe Moss, the president of Embassy National Bank, On the Money airs live every Wednesday at 3:00 PM EST from the Business RadioX studio in Gwinnett.

NAVIGATING THE SMALL BUSINESS MINEFIELD: Phillip Saxton with Small Business Samaritans and Mike Hardesty with Hardesty Hackett & Partners

September 24, 2014 by Mike

On the Money

NAVIGATING THE SMALL BUSINESS MINEFIELD: Phillip Saxton with Small Business Samaritans and Mike Hardesty with Hardesty Hackett & Partners

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Phillip Saxton with Small Business Samaritans and Mike Hardesty with Hardesty Hackett & Partners discuss the pros and cons of launching and operating a small business with Joe Moss, the president of Embassy National Bank.

Phillip Saxton/Small Business Samaritans

Small Business Samaritans cares about the individuals who have the dream and courage to start a business. These dreams are important, not just to them and their families, but to their customers and the community where they operate.

We are living in challenging economic times where much of the future of the United States depends upon job creation. Our top concerns as a nation lie with economic recovery, job creation, and setting up & operating successful businesses. It is highly doubtful that many new jobs are going to be created by big business, global business, governments, inventions or new investments. During the last 15 years, according to the Small Business Administration (SBA), small businesses generated over 64% of new jobs. Currently, 70% of job growth is generated by small businesses, which is expected to continue, if not increase, in the next four years.

Small businesses have been severely affected by economic, global and political forces completely out of their control. The current recession was caused by poor political decisions, poor leadership from large financial organizations, a liquidity shortfall in the banking system caused by the overvaluation of assets, poor leadership from large corporations, and greed.

The concept of SBS was born out of the idea that small businesses and entrepreneurs needed to do things differently in order to insulate them from these economic and political forces. Our communities depend upon doing things differently. The goal is to operate a business that is less subjected to outside forces.

Mike Hardesty/Hardesty Hackett & Partners

Since their beginning in 2004, Hardesty Hackett & Partners set out to be different and unique. They had seen consulting from both sides of the desk and knew what was good and what was not good. They wanted to provide excellent value for the money, achieve their goals every time, insure that their work was sustainable, and make a real and significant difference to their clients’ performance. There was no “Plan B”.

To achieve this vision, they needed excellent and consistent performance from their people; unique people with particular skill sets that would go the extra mile to create success and compete with themselves, not each other, and think “outside the box”. These people would possess a personal authority – morally, technically and energetically – so their clients would be motivated to engage in the process, rather than fight it. The use of independent contractors would prove to be the appropriate model.

They also needed a process that allowed them to see the issues quickly and then effectively change systems, processes and behaviors to bring about significant and sustainable change. They created the Hardesty Hackett Change Process (HHCP) which is largely credited with establishing an outstanding reputation for creating sustainable change.

Under the ownership of the five original partners and two subsequent partners, Hardesty Hackett has grown substantially every year. Part of this success is due to their insistence to always delight their clients. Part of their broad industry experience has allowed Hardesty Hackett to grow in ways to help their clients, and part has been their selection and mentoring of the Hardesty Hackett team to successfully execute the original vision.

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On the Money focuses on topics and issues allowing small businesses to better navigate the financial services minefield, with analysis and opinions from today’s industry experts on banking and loans. On the Money also introduces you to some of the top small business leaders in the Atlanta market.

Hosted by Joe Moss, the president of Embassy National Bank, On the Money airs live every Wednesday at 3:00 PM EST from the Business RadioX studio in Gwinnett.