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Thomas Heaton, Commercial Finance Group

November 17, 2020 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Thomas Heaton, Commercial Finance Group

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Thomas Heaton, Commercial Finance Group (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 309)

Commercial Finance Group’s Thomas Heaton joins host John Ray to explain how his firm helps small and medium-sized businesses with alternatives to bank financing. “North Fulton Business Radio” is produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.

Thomas Heaton, Vice President Business Development, Commercial Finance Group

Founded in 1974, CFG yields more than 40 years of experience in providing working capital solutions to clients who are unable to obtain adequate bank financing. The foundation of financial strength they have built has allowed them to flourish in the credit-restricted small business lending environment that has existed since the financial crisis of 2008.

During four decades in business, CFG has developed a sound approach to our business model that has enabled them to maintain steady performance and facilitated solid growth. Among Senior Management, operations, and sales staff, there is more than 250 years of combined experience in the asset-based lending industry.

CFG’s experience and diverse and flexible approach to small business lending has enabled them to provide alternative financing solutions to fit the needs of many types of companies. CFG provides lending solutions across the United States and Canada.

Company website

Questions/Topics Discussed in this Show

What does CFG do? Who is a target customer?
How are you different from a bank?
What sets CFG apart?
What is the best way to contact you?

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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 over $13 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.

Howard Page, TeamLogic IT, and Tommy Heaton, Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Georgia State University

August 27, 2019 by John Ray

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Howard Page, TeamLogic IT, and Tommy Heaton, Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Georgia State University

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**John Ray, Howard Page, and Tommy Heaton**

“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.

Jeff Petrea with Georgia Power, Thomas Heaton with the Small Business Development Center at Georgia State, and Bob Woosley with Frazier & Deeter

March 7, 2018 by Mike

North Fulton Business Radio

Jeff Petrea with Georgia Power, Thomas Heaton with the Small Business Development Center at Georgia State, and Bob Woosley with Frazier & Deeter

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John Ray, Jeff Petrea, Thomas Heaton, Bob Woosley

Jeff Petrea/Georgia Power

Georgia Power is an electric utility headquartered in Atlanta, GA. It was established as the Georgia Railway and Power Company and began operations in 1902 running streetcars in Atlanta as a successor to the Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway Company.

Georgia Power is the largest of the four electric utilities that are owned and operated by Southern Company. Georgia Power is an investor-owned, tax-paying public utility that serves more than 2.4 million customers in all but four of Georgia’s 159 counties. It employs approximately 7,500 workers throughout the state.

Thomas Heaton/Small Business Development Center 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.

Bob Woosley/Frazier & Deeter

After beginning his professional service career at Price Waterhouse, Bob Woosley became the first professional employee of Frazier & Deeter shortly after the firm was founded in 1981. In 1985, Bob became a partner and over the next 18 years he served the firm as head of the Audit and Strategic Consulting services departments. In 2000, Bob founded iLumen, Inc., the CPA profession’s leading business intelligence and analytical platform which is today used by leading CPA firms and financial institutions across the country. Bob served as CEO of iLumen through 2010 and is currently an active board member and advisor to the company. In 2010, Bob spearheaded the creation of the FD Alliance, a strategic collaborative of non-merged CPA firms located in several metropolitan areas. In 2011, Bob returned to Frazier & Deeter where he serves as the National Practice Leader of the firm’s private equity practice which includes the firm’s fund administration business, FD Fund Administration.