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Atlanta Cares Radio: Kay Eller with VRS, Ted Bradford with Gene Kansas and Jamine Moton with Skylar Security

January 24, 2020 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Atlanta Cares Radio: Kay Eller with VRS, Ted Bradford with Gene Kansas and Jamine Moton with Skylar Security

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Kay Eller has been engaged with Vision Rehabilitation Services of Georgia (VRS) since 2006 as a volunteer and financial supporter. In 2016, she joined their team as Business Development Manager. She then served as Interim Executive Director in mid 2019 upon the retirement of the then current ED. Upon review and consideration of multiple resumes by VRS Board of Directors’ Search Committee Kay, became the Executive Director as of November 13, 2019.

In 2006, as a founding member of a motorcycle riding club, Kay managed the group’s first organized ride with the proceeds benefiting VRS. She later walked the inaugural 2009 VRS Race to See (aka Spooktacular Chase) and has participated in all but one race since its inception. In fact, before joining the staff, she served as co-chairperson for the 2016 race.

With a BS/BA in Finance and over 25 years’ experience, Kay’s well versed in the needs & demands of businesses noting “businesses are increasingly aware people will drive farther to do business with a company perceived as inclusive and a good place to work”. Kay also stated, “Improving the quality of life in the community can contribute to a company’s wellbeing and positively impact their bottom line.”

Kay resides in Marietta with her husband Rick Roy and Mickey their Chihuahua (who thinks he’s a Golden Retriever). She’s also Step-Mother to Sabrina & Pascal who’ve each made her a Grandmother.

How to Connect with Kay

Website: http://www.vrsga.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VRSGA/

Ted Bradford, a community builder and urbanist at heart and through practice, moved to Atlanta in 2005 and got his Masters in Urban Policy Studies from Georgia State University. His experience in real estate brokerage and development, as well as his role as the former Chief of Staff to Councilmember Natalyn Archibong, led to his wealth of knowledge on the ins and outs of city life and the political, market and social forces that shape it.

Bradford created Real City, his commercial real estate development and consulting company, in order to put these principles into practice, to create the change that he wanted to see in the world around him and help others navigate the change in their own lives and businesses. Bradford says the company was primarily created to celebrate Atlanta and what makes the city remarkable.

Bradford also serves as Partner and Director of Operations at Constellations, a civic and social shared workspace founded by Gene Kansas of Gene Kansas | Commercial Real Estate, which recently received the Award of Excellence for Adaptive Use from Atlanta Urban Design Commission’s 2019 Design Awards. Bradford’s role at Constellations provides a hands-on opportunity to work with some of the city’s most relevant “movers and shakers,” in the heart of the historic Sweet Auburn district. Applying passion and expertise, Bradford is helping Atlanta realize its promise as a leading global city for the 21st century.

How to Connect with Ted

Website: https://www.genekansas.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ted-bradford/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gene_kansas/

Skylar Security is emerging as an innovative leader in the industry of privately-owned security companies by offering the next generation of services to customers in metro Atlanta and throughout the United States.

The reason for the firm’s success is its founder, Jamine Moton. She created a company that exceeds all aspects of industry expectations and has a mission to never become the problems it is called to solve. Skylar’s core belief is: Security is an emotion. Everyone deserves to be safe.

Its goal is to change how privately-owned security company customers are engaged and represented while simultaneously disrupting the culture of how officers are managed and recruited to protect those clients. Moton factors in each clients’ brand when matching them with Skylar personnel. As a result, Skylar has never lost a customer and has a 2% staff turnover rate. The company’s roster has grown from 30 to 450 guards, since being founded in 2015. Skylar also now operates in four states.

Moton’s approach to privately-owned security services has garnered her an unprecedented level of industry success. In 2019, she earned the Golden Ticket in the Atlanta-based WEI pitch competition. That sent her to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in The Hague, Netherlands where she represented the City of Atlanta and business start-ups in the United States.

Moton has demonstrated the ability to focus on success as a former professional athlete, police officer and Olympic team member. She holds a master’s degree from Clemson University and is a graduate of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, Atlanta- based Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative and LaunchPad 2X.

How to Connect with Jamine

Website: https://www.skylarsecurity.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaminemoton/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teamskylar/

What You’ll Learn in This Interview

The mission of VRS
What services VRS offers
Who is eligible for services at VRS
How to apply for services at VRS and if they’re covered by insurance
Gene Kansas as a cultural developer
The growth of the Armour-Ottley Loop and the Atlanta Beltline
Design economy
Launching a business in Atlanta
What it means to be an Ambassador for the Atlanta startup community
How Skylar Security innovates

About Your Host

Grace Hayden is dedicated to building comprehensive wealth management strategies to suit each of her clients’ financial paths. By establishing and maintaining good relationships with her clients, Grace is able to set up her clients’ accounts based on their needs, goals, and objectives.

In addition to being a familiar face around Atlanta Planning Group, after obtaining two bachelor’s degrees in Economics from the University of Venice – Ca’ Foscari and Georgia State University, Grace went on to work for some of the most well-known names in the financial industry, including Jackson National and Invesco, a global asset manager headquartered in Atlanta.

In Grace’s spare time she enjoys hiking, rock climbing, traveling and exploring Atlanta’s culinary scene.

RHINO NATION Carey Conley Founder of Infinite Nation Community and Maria Tomas-Keegan with Transition and Thrive with Maria

October 29, 2018 by Karen

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Phoenix Business Radio

RHINO NATION Carey Conley Founder of Infinite Nation Community and Maria Tomas-Keegan with Transition and Thrive with Maria

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RHINO NATION Carey Conley Founder of Infinite Nation Community and Maria Tomas-Keegan with Transition and Thrive with Maria

Infinite Nation was created as a community to help people develop a rock solid vision for thief life and business. This includes doing ‘live’ workshops, events, and coaching them through the process for support and success.

Carey Conley has been an entrepreneur for over 25 years and has built two successful businesses. Her passion and expertise is assisting people through the process to create their authentic and powerful vision that aligns with their purpose in life. She is a speaker, author of ‘Vision Is Victory’, and has coached hundreds of people through her coaching programs. She is from Denver, Colorado but now resides in Scottsdale, AZ.

Connect with Carey on Facebook and Instagram.

Transition & Thrive with Maria specializes in helping women turn their life back around after experiencing what they call the Upside Downs of Life. Life events–whether large or small, expected or unexpected–can knock us off our foundation and we struggle to get back up. It might be a divorce, caregiving, career upheaval or retirement, to name a few. It might be just one of those that takes us to our knees or an accumulation of events over time. One day we look in the mirror and wonder, who am I now? How did I get here? And where do I go from here?

As an author, speaker, coach and workshop facilitator on a mission to let women know they are not alone, Maria Tomas-Keegan knows from experience about life’s upside-down moments, and she’s here to help other women turn right side up again. Her new book, “Upside Down to Right Side Up: Turning Transition into Triumph,” is coming out in October.

In this book, she shares her own experiences as she describes the seven phases of transition in Part One. Part Two relays the stories of other women as they have walked a different path, yet ended in a similar place. Part Three offers a system Maria created, called “5 Petals of Power,” to help women take off the mask they wear pretending they are fine. In this process, they will find their footing again, clear the path of what stands in their way, create a unique road map for their next chapter, and uncover their authentic voice, so they can take flight to make the dream happen.

Connect with Maria on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

ABOUT RHINO NATION

Rhino Nation is a growing community of influential entrepreneurs and small business owners that share a common trait, they don’t walk, they don’t run, they CHARGE to their destiny. We acknowledge and celebrate their business expertise, leadership and fearless attitude to be victorious in their goals. Rhino Nation is committed to making powerful connections and providing enhanced exposure to broaden the reach and promote the extraordinary talents of our community members.

ABOUT YOUR SPONSOR

Rhino Online Strategies & eCreativity helps you free up your precious and limited time, as a business owner, to do what you do best….running and growing your business. Michelle Faust and her team partner with you to identify your content and marketing needs and provide you with fresh, innovative, dynamic copy that will effectively reach your target market, leading to increased customer engagement, a higher conversion rate, and increased sales.

Great content becomes the seeds of a bountiful business harvest, so you can cultivate and grow your business. We take the time to personally understand you and your company’s purpose, so your marketing message reflects who you are and speaks directly to your target market. Let us join you as part of your team. We’ll partner with you to develop powerful messaging strategies.

We strive to create an expansive mindset through education, marketing content and access to a talented team of business consultants. Our mission is to deliver cutting edge entrepreneurial support by providing engaging targeted messaging along with online business education, ancillary business services, and enhanced exposure.

Michelle has an extensive background in sales, marketing and public speaking, primarily in the pharmaceutical industry. When she left her corporate career, she shifted into the entrepreneurial world, combining her experience, talents and passions to reinvent herself. As a marketer and copywriter, Michelle thrives on discovering what motivates people into action and what their key emotional triggers are. Michelle and her team create powerful and targeted messaging that improve conversion rates and increase sales. Michelle loves to connect people through the power and beauty of the written word. her passion is helping people create a road-map to success, so they can fulfill their dreams and live their destiny.

For more about Rhino Online Strategies & eCreativity find them at www.rhinostrategy.com, on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Accounting For Entrepreneurs With Guest Chrystal Bernard

June 30, 2016 by angishields

Career Advancement Radio

Accounting For Entrepreneurs With Guest Chrystal Bernard

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On today’s episode of career advancement, we were joined by entrepreneur, Chrystal Bernard. Our topic for the day was about how you can make the transition from being an employee to being an entrepreneur. We looked specifically at the accounting practices that can make this transition successful.

Chrystal Bernard is a licensed CPA and operates an accounting practice based in Arlington, TX. The practice focuses not only on limiting one’s individual or business tax liability but educating each client on current and constantly changing accounting and tax provisions. As 60% of her client base is small business owners or individuals transitioning to self-employment, Chrystal’s practice offers full service accounting including bookkeeping and budgeting, payroll and business consulting.

During the show, we discussed the importance of proper record keeping and bookkeeping through simple online accounting system, the importance of the S-Corp tax structure for the small business owner and how to incorporate philanthropic efforts in business.

Chrystal and her husband are also founders of Believer’s Connection, a ministry focused on empowering believers to establish and maintain an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ through community fellowship.

Chrystal V Bernard CPA

Mobile: (214) – 490 – 1922

Fax: (817) – 394 – 5536

Email: cbernard@chrystalbernardcpa.com

Address: 1506 W. Pioneer Parkway Ste 101 Arlington, TX

Chrystal Bernard’s blog: www.chrystalbernard.com

Believer’s Connection: www.believersconnection.org

Judith Dennis with Roswell Urgent Care Center and Philip Kouns with The Children’s Village at Christian City

July 16, 2014 by Mike

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Judith Dennis with Roswell Urgent Care Center and Philip Kouns with The Children's Village at Christian City

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Judith Dennis, Philip Kouns, Dominick Rainey

Judith Dennis/Roswell Urgent Care Center

Roswell Urgent Care Center is an urgent care clinic serving children, adults and seniors with common injuries and illnesses, or other medical requirements. They serve Roswell, Woodstock, East Cobb, Sandy Springs and the surrounding areas. They are committed to delivering quality patient care, convenient hours, prompt service and low costs to their patients. Their board certified physicians and physician assistants are fully prepared to handle your urgent and immediate care needs. They accept most major insurance plans and walk-ins are always welcome.

Philip Kouns/The Children’s Village at Christian City

Christian City is a non-denominational, non-profit organization with a mission to minister to the spiritual, physical, social and psychological needs of families, with particular emphasis on children, the aged and infirm, by providing residential, health and social services according to the principles and teachings of the Christian faith.

For more than 49 years The Children’s Village at Christian City has provided a quality Christ-centered, family-focused, community-based program of care for the many “children of need” coming to them.

The Children’s Village affords a safe and loving haven to children from circumstances that are disturbing to desperate. The reasons they come to them are varied, but each child needs the loving care of adults they can trust, and safety from abuse. Sometimes they lack even the very basics like food and shelter.

Their ministry provides children a stable environment where they learn structure, responsibilities, and live in productive, affirming and safe homes. They seek to meet the child’s needs through four distinct programs: The Children’s Village at Christian City residential program, Project Safe Place, the Transitional Living Program, and the developing ministry to young adults with cognitive challenges and developmental disabilities.

Veterans After-Action Coalition: Habitat for Humanity Project

July 25, 2013 by angishields

From Boots 2 Biz Radio

Veterans After-Action Coalition: Habitat for Humanity Project

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Today we welcome Brandon Skolnick and Dave Winchell to From Boots 2 Biz Radio talking about our Veterans sponsored project for Habitat for Humanity. Our group has formed the Veterans After-Action Coalition: Habitat for Humanity Project to build a home for a deserving, low income veteran and family in the Atlanta suburbs. This will become an annual program.

It’s our time to help our heroes in need, find out how you can give back to an Atlanta based Veteran as we discuss our Habitat project launching this fall. Be a part of this important event by joining the effort to collect necessary funding or volunteer your labor on a weekend to assist in the building phase.

The Veterans After-Action Coalition (VAAC) was organized in 2013 by both Veterans and civilian members. The group works with several individuals and organizations in the Atlanta area who are dedicated to providing resources and connections aimed at assisting Veteran men and women in the community. VAAC hosts and participates in several group meetings and round table discussions with topics that are useful to Vets in the metro Atlanta area.

The latest VAAC project joins the Habitat for Humanity organization, where our members will be organizing an Atlanta based home build for a qualifying Veteran. The fundraising portion of the project is set to launch now, continuing until the end of 2013 and will be comprised of several different fundraising events in the community. Financial support is crucial for the project to take place, so the VAAC has set up easily accessible portals where supporters can donate. As with all Habitat for Humanity builds, the homes can’t be built without the helping hands of the community and VAAC will be recruiting hard workers for the eventual construction. With successful backing from sponsors, contributors and willing workers, the project is set to begin construction by spring of 2014.

To learn more about the Veterans After-Action Coalition and our Habitat for Humanity project, join us on Facebook at JoinVAAC, and on Twitter: @JoinVAAC. You can also email Brandon Skolnick, the project leader, at Brandon@Sabotinvestments.com.

To donate, please find us on www.startsomegood.com under “Veterans After-Action Coalition”. Thanks and we look forward to your support!

To learn if you may qualify for a Habitat for Humanity home, visit: www.nwmetroatlantahabitat.org

Patrol Services International aims at Veteran Entrepreneurs

July 18, 2013 by angishields

From Boots 2 Biz Radio

Patrol Services International aims at Veteran Entrepreneurs

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The Industry

Funding for police patrol services has been cut at federal, state, county and municipal levels. Because of these budget cuts, there are fewer police patrols being conducted which can lead to an increase in crime. Patrol Services goal is to pick up this slack and provide the needed services. Various statistics prove that regular and visible security patrols greatly reduce the chance of home invasion or crime in the patrolled areas.

We are a private security business, committed to closing the gap between law enforcement and security by providing targeted patrols in the community.

Why is PSI unique?

Patrol Services International has the experience, manpower and technology to supply the finest security services available. Our on-demand officer presence is a dedicated and powerful alternative for safeguarding businesses and communities.

All Patrol Service officers are highly trained. Most have sworn police department experience and/or Military Police experience.

The Market

Primarily businesses and individuals who are in search of security, security patrol, money transfer, personal protection, civil standby, and other related products and services.

Services include:

Special Event Security
Bike Patrols
Armed Officers
Alarm Response
Criminal Investigations
Fire Watch
Home Owners Associations.
Executive Protection
Labor Dispute Security

Patrol Services International aims at Veteran Entrepreneurs as a natural fit for a new career. Our thanks to Bill Wilson, an experienced franchise executive and franchisee for PSI for spending time with From Boots 2 Biz Radio.

For more information about Patrol Services International, please contact your host of From Boots 2 Biz Radio, Bill Williams at bwilliams@4axxiom.com.

Mr. Rooter and Veteran Entrepreneurs Clean Up

July 11, 2013 by angishields

From Boots 2 Biz Radio

Mr. Rooter and Veteran Entrepreneurs Clean Up

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Are you preparing to transition out of active duty? Do you want to have positive income and build wealth in your next career? Is quality of life for you and your family important? Are you thinking about owning a franchise but are not aware of the many choices?

If you answered YES to any of these questions, then it’s time you considered opening a Mr. Rooter franchise. Mr. Rooter can show you how to launch and grow a plumbing business, follow an established and proven system, and build an asset that you can pass onto your children or sell when the time is right.

The plumbing business is not glamorous, however, it is one of those industries that enjoys a kind of natural job security. As long as there are sinks, drains and toilets, homeowners and businesses are going to need plumbers. It’s not the kind of repair you can put off for very long. The Department of Labor lists the job prospects for plumbers as excellent.

Mr. Rooter is an all-franchised, full service plumbing and drain cleaning company with approximately 300 franchises worldwide that is consistently ranked among Entrepreneur magazine’s “Franchise 500.” You can take our franchise business systems and solutions and four decades of plumbing expertise and put them to work for you as a business owner. Our professional franchise system will help you find new customers, gain market share over local competition and take your business to a level of prosperity.

As a Mr. Rooter franchise owner, you will be equipped with marketing and public relations support, vendor rebates and incentives, and a dedicated franchise consultant to keep you on the right track. We’ll provide ongoing training in our World Class Frontline Service System, designed to give your customers the best possible experience, and our Code of Values to keep your business focused on what matters most.

Mr. Rooter is part of the Dwyer Group family of service based franchises. Leading the Service Industry is more than a statement at The Dwyer Group. It means providing the best experience for our customers and franchise owners without compromise. Simply put, we strive to be the best franchise company offering the best franchise opportunities. It’s about reaching financial and personal goals while maintaining a commitment to integrity. It’s about creating businesses that communities can look to for more than just service. There’s a reason they call us Mr.!

Thanks to Mary Kennedy Thompson, herself a Marine veteran, now president of the Mr. Rooter brand and Glenn Galles, also a veteran and an owner of two franchise brands within the Dwyer Group for describing how Mr. Rooter and Veteran Entrepreneurs Clean Up. Mary has over 20 years of experience in the franchise industry, a former franchise owner and twice chairwoman of the VetFran program as part of the International Franchise Association. Glenn has grown a significant business in the relatively small city of Hot Springs, Arkansas and has won many awards recognizing his success including multi unit franchisee of the year.

For more information about Mr. Rooter and the other Dwyer group brands, please contact Bill Williams, your host of From Boots 2 Biz Radio at bwilliams@4axxiom.com for no cost, no obligation franchise advice.

CitruSolution smells like success to Veteran Entrepreneurs

June 27, 2013 by angishields

From Boots 2 Biz Radio

CitruSolution smells like success to Veteran Entrepreneurs

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The CitruSolution organization is 84 locations strong and growing. We provide a unique and proprietary process for carpet cleaning when coupled with business policies based on personal integrity that bring a unique level of performance and success to our industry. The results? CitruSolution smells like success to Veteran Entrepreneurs.

Paul Romanick, an Army veteran, is the inventor, founder and franchisor of CitruSolution, starting from nothing to a company national in scope yet dedicated to Paul’s high standards of integrity, conducting business on a highly ethical basis, “under promise and over deliver” are Paul’s watch words. “Integrate with the community and be of more value than just the service you provide” are his business guidelines. To Paul, business success for his owners is essential but more important is a successful, flexible, enjoyable personal lifestyle. And, his owners will heartily endorse their own success in business and in life.

Stu Smith, CitruSolution owner in Brevard County, Florida, is also an Army veteran, who built a very successful (and demanding) business consulting practice but wanted more. Tired of extended trips away from family, Stu approached Paul and they formed a partnership aimed at attracting military veterans and their spouses into CitruSolution. Carpet cleaning is not glamorous but the CitusSolution business model creates the business success and lifestyle that most people, and perhaps, most veterans are craving. A comfortable, scalable income and full control over one’s schedule.

Stu relocated from Atlanta, Georgia where he based his consulting practice and, over a 20 year period, assisted many veterans to launch meaningful civilian careers. As a Board Member of the Atlanta Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Stu led the chapter effort to have local companies hire 1000 veterans. For his efforts and success of the project, Stu was recognized with the 2012 Volunteer Leadership Award.

Stu is the first veteran joining CitruSolution under the “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” program. This program is named in honor of Paul Romanick’s father who served as medical corpsman with the U.S. Army in World War II and recognized for his heroism and performance by none other than General of the Army, later President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower. The “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” program offers veterans a $10,000 savings on the initial investment in a CitruSolution franchise. This is another example of veterans helping veterans!

CitruSolution is built on values shared by Veterans — service, integrity, discipline and self sufficiency. The franchise opportunity is ideally suited for veterans and military spouses. New owners are provided business planning, financing and marketing assistance in addition to operations training to get their businesses up and running. New owners are encouraged and expected to be involved in their local communities and continue to serve others. In addition to the initial discount, veterans have no royalty payments as overhead, allowing them to enjoy the full fruit of their labor. Stu and Paul share a vision; with hundreds of veterans establishing their own CitruSolution business and “taking their economy home” when they leave the service.

For more information please see CitruSolution.com and be sure to tell Paul or Stu you heard about their company on From Boots 2 Biz Radio.

Or, contact Bill Williams, your host of From Boots 2 Biz Radio at bwilliams@4axxiom.com.

Veterans see Green Gold in Grounds Guys

June 20, 2013 by angishields

From Boots 2 Biz Radio

Veterans see Green Gold in Grounds Guys

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Would you like to find the following attributes in a business?

Need based, recession resistant.
Few Employees.
Very low operating costs.
High profit margin business model.
No prior industry experience necessary.
Can be home based.
Ability to grow a significant business.

Of course you would! And Grounds Guys has all of these strong points and many more. A Grounds Guys franchise provides commercial and municipal maintenance and landscaping services, snow removal (depending on location), landscape design; sod installation, lawn and vegetation fertilization and treatment; and other related services and products.

Our guests today are Pat Hyland, VP of Franchise Development for Grounds Guys and Garrison Spearman, a military veteran and relatively new franchise owner in the metro Atlanta area.

Grounds Guys is a part of the Dwyer Group, a nationally recognized leader in multiple service industries with over 1,600 locations in the United States and Canada. Grounds Guys benefits directly from The Dwyer Group’s 30 plus years of experience, systems and success with seven different franchise brands.

Additional competitive advantages:

Proprietary marketing tools and strategies to acquire customers.
Proprietary software designed to handle the day to day functions of the business.
Unique leasing and purchasing arrangements with various vendors to help new franchisees with start up and operational costs.
Proprietary estimating and pricing software for immediate job quotes.
A national call center controls overhead costs and frees up owners time to promote and manage their business.
Outsourcing all accounting functions provides up to the minute financial information and also reduces overhead.

It’s easy to see why many Veterans see Green Gold in Grounds Guys!

For more information contact Bill Williams, host of From Boots 2 Biz Radio at bwilliams@4axxiom.com directly.