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Dominique Maddox with We Sell Restaurants Inc. and Myra Cisse with Government Contractors Association

July 2, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Dominique Maddox with We Sell Restaurants Inc. and Myra Cisse with Government Contractors Association

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Dominique Maddox with We Sell Restaurants Inc. is a licensed Georgia real estate agent and graduate of Morehouse College which he attended on a football scholarship. He brings that same competitive spirit and energy to the field of restaurant brokerage. Dominique received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Management from Morehouse College. He has worked in mortgage financing, real estate, business to business sales, and Restaurant Brokerage Sales. Dominique was named the recipient of the Georgia Association of Business Broker “Rookie of the Year” award from the organization for 2011. Dominique was also elected as a Director to the Georgia Association of Business Brokers for 2012. Dominique received the 2017 Million Dollar Sales Club award from the Georgia Association of Business Brokers. Dominique has earned the Certified Restaurant Broker designation and is currently enrolled in the Certified Franchise Executives Program endorsed by the Institute of Certified Franchise Executives (ICFE).

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Myra Cisse, MBA, is the President of Government Contractors Association (GCA), GA Chapter and author of the e-book The “Certified” Business Advantage: The Edge You Need When Selling B2B and B2G. Through GCA and in her own business, Certification Consultants, Myra has assisted women, minority and veteran business owners across the country gain certifications that have resulted in millions of dollars’ worth of corporate and government contracts for those businesses. On the path to corporate and government contracts, Myra is that “first” step. Myra spent the last 6 years of her 20+ year banking career assisting business owners and she has closed millions of dollars of SBA loans. She partnered with Government Contractors Association in 2015 and combines decades of industry experience and her SBA experience to help her certified clients to learn what they need to become successful government contractors. Government Contractors Association is a National membership organization with a mission to Educate | Facilitate |Advocate for small businesses. GCA currently has chapters in GA and FL. In 2018, GCA will be opening additional chapters in Washington State and Ohio. We provide solutions for our members and the business community in general to learn what they need to become successful government contractors. The Georgia chapter hosts weekly information sessions about government contracting in the Metro Atlanta area.

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Culinary Atlanta Series Featuring Seth Gragg with Thrasher Coffee, Steve and Cyndi Weinbaum with We Sell Restaurants and Paul McKeon with Team Building with Taste

June 16, 2017 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Culinary Atlanta Series Featuring Seth Gragg with Thrasher Coffee, Steve and Cyndi Weinbaum with We Sell Restaurants and Paul McKeon with Team Building with Taste

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Seth Gragg is VP of Business Development with Thrasher Coffee Co. and has an extensive background in sales and operational management. Seth has been instrumental in the growth of Thrasher Coffee Co. Learn more on their website, and follow them on Twitter and Facebook.

Steve and Cyndi Weinbaum are restaurant brokers with We Sell Restaurants. Steve is a licensed real estate salesperson and Certified Business Broker. He has over 25 years of experience working with retail, dining, and financial industry leaders with a focus on Marketing, Business Analysis, and Relationship Management. The importance of establishing open and honest rapport with all his clients is, and will continue to be, paramount.

Steve has the ability to quickly and accurately review and evaluate financial data. This skill enables him to provide sound valuation feedback and business guidance. He has years of experience negotiating complex business to business contracts. Steve worked with most of the major Casual Dining and Quick Serve Franchise brands to help grow sales and customer engagement.

As a Certified Restaurant Broker, Steve is closing an average of two businesses per month and is skilled in complex lease negotiations.

Cyndi is a licensed Real Estate Agent who has been representing Buyers and Sellers for over a decade. And while her experience has been primarily in the residential market, both resells and new construction, her ability to negotiate complex contracts and perform valuation analysis also serves the commercial real estate and business community.

She is a certified negotiation specialist and has attended many workshops and seminars on sales and marketing and is a lifetime member of the Million Dollar Club. She has also received instruction and testing leading to designation as a Certified Restaurant Broker.

Cyndi sharpened her negotiating and business analysis skills as a buyer for Macy’s where she collaborated on multifaceted deals in order to maximize return and further developing her ability to quickly and accurately review financial data to evaluate value and drive sales.

As a Restaurant Broker, Cyndi is now working with restaurant owners to accurately value, market and sell their restaurants for maximum value. She is also helping buyers identify the right business opportunity based on their financial goals and objectives. You can follow them both on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Paul McKeon is CEO of Team Building with Taste, a hospitality company he co-founded in 2012. McKeon and his team have merged their love of food with their business experience building and running high performance sales and marketing teams. With custom team building kitchens in Atlanta and Dallas, Team Building with Taste has become the preeminent culinary team building program in the U.S. To learn more about Team Building with Taste, you can visit their website. You can also follow them on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Georgia Association of Business Brokers

December 18, 2012 by angishields

Burr Forman's Results Matter Radio

Georgia Association of Business Brokers

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Kathryne Pusch/ConsultKAP, Inc.

Kathryne Pusch, President of ConsultKAP, Inc., is a seasoned professional consultant and broker. Kathryne began her career consulting for a large international consulting firm in 1979. Since then, she has worked successfully within the framework of large corporations, and small enterprise, across a broad range of industries, private and public sector.

Kathryne has owned and managed two small businesses herself, in addition to her successful business enhancement, transitions, and brokerage practice. Her consulting work focuses primarily on preparing businesses for a successful sale, and exit and transition planning for owners. ConsultKAP intermediary services focus on helping individuals and companies who want to sell or acquire a business to do so with the greatest likelihood of success, as defined by the achievement of their unique objectives.

Kathryne is the 2003 past-President of GABB, the Georgia Association of Business Brokers, and has been active on Board and leadership positions in GABB since 1998. She has extensive formal education, including a BS in Marketing and Marketing Research and an MBA. Kathryne continues her education and certifications in many fields related to commercial real estate, business operations, business planning, negotiations, and business transfers as part of her passion for lifelong professional development.

Kathryne is a licensed Real Estate Broker, a frequent public speaker, and a published author.

Mike MacManus/ConsultKAP, Inc.

Mike MacManus brings over thirty years of business experience to his role as Business Transition Specialist with ConsultKAP. His career experiences have included Business Planning, Marketing and Sales positions within a range of companies including Fortune 500 corporations such as Glaxo SmithKline, BellSouth, Anheuser Busch and The Coca- Cola Company. In addition, much of his career has been spent in the telecommunications and technology industries employed by a number of start-up operations and small niche service companies. He has also worked in the commercial real estate industry where he founded a company providing marketing services focused on the multi-family market.

Mike is a current board member with the Georgia Association of Business Brokers.

Eric Gagnon/We Sell Restaurants, Inc.

Eric Gagnon is the founder and President of We Sell Restaurants andwesellrestaurants.com. He is the nation’s leading restaurant broker. Eric is an industry expert in restaurant sales and valuation. He is a frequent speaker and writer for the restaurant industry and hosted a restaurant brokerage segment on Atlanta radio for a number of years. Eric is co-author of Appetite for Acquisition, a book on restaurant brokerage published in 2012 and named “Best of 2012” by Small Business Book Awards.

Eric began his career in the financial services industry for Bank of America, Bank of New York and big five accounting firm, KPMG before launching the nation’s premiere restaurant brokerage firm and restaurant brokerage franchise. Eric is designated a Business Industry Expert by Business Brokerage Press and earned the designation of Accredited Business Intermediary from the American Business Brokers Association.

Eric is Past President of the Georgia Association of Business Brokers and Lifetime Member of the Million Dollar Club. He is a member of the International Business Brokers Association, Business Brokers of Florida and the International Franchise Association. Eric is licensed as a Broker in both Georgia and Florida. He holds degrees from major universities in both the United States and Canada.

Harvey Daniels III/Burr & Forman

Harvey Daniels practices in Burr & Forman’s Business section, with an emphasis on corporate law and business planning, including contract and document review and drafting.

Harvey’s practice involves advising clients on a variety of business issues such as entity formation, trademark prosecution, mergers and acquisitions — representing both buyers and sellers in the purchase or sale of businesses, through tax-free mergers, stock purchase arrangements, and asset acquisitions — real estate development, and single and multi-member limited liability companies.

Harvey earned his J.D., cum laude, in 2008 from the University of Georgia School of Law, where he was a Fellow in the Georgia Supreme Court Law Schools Consortium and the Council for Legal Education Opportunity. While in law school, Harvey was elected Student Justice of the UGA Law Honor Court Hearing Panel and was a Senator for the UGA School of Law. He studied abroad for a semester at Oxford University’s St. Anne’s College, taking such courses as International Intellectual Property and International Administrative Law. Harvey received a B.A. in Philosophy from Xavier University of Louisiana in 2005.Harvey is a member of the Georgia State Bar and the Atlanta Bar Association.

Eric and Robin Gagnon: We Sell Restaurants, Mark Koppelmann: Financial Planning Association of Ga, and Mark Towery: Geo Strategy Partners

June 11, 2012 by angishields

High Velocity Radio

Eric and Robin Gagnon: We Sell Restaurants, Mark Koppelmann: Financial Planning Association of Ga, and Mark Towery: Geo Strategy Partners

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Eric and Robin Gagnon/We Sell Restaurants

Eric Gagnon is well known in the industry as an expert in restaurant sales and valuation where he is a frequent speaker and writer for the restaurant industry He has been designated a Business Industry Expert by Business Brokerage Press. Eric was the 2011 President of the Georgia Association of Business Brokers and has been named to the Lifetime Million Dollar Club. He also belongs to theÂ International Business Brokers Association and theÂ Business Brokers of Florida.

Robin Gagnon is Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer forÂ We Sell Restaurants. Her experience spans Brand Development, Strategic Marketing and Business Development for Fortune 100 companies. Prior to joining We Sell Restaurants in 2005, Robin served as Vice President of Strategic Marketing for a $4 billion dollar division of Macy’s. She was Director of Advertising for another Fortune 100 retailer with more than 2000 locations in the U.S. Since joining the firm in 2005 she has also represented buyers and sellers, transacting hundreds of restaurants. A prolific writer, Robin is known in the industry for her financial expertise and many articles on restaurant sales and valuation.

Check out their book, Appetite for Acquisition.Â

Mark Koppelmann/ FinancialÂ Planning Association of GA

Mark is a Financial Advisor withÂ Financial Planning Association of Ga.Â The Financial Planning Association of Georgia is a local community of financial professionals who utilize the financial planning process in assisting individuals plan for the future. By providing a defined framework, members help answer questions in the areas of investment management, insurance, educational planning, and estate planning.

As a LPL Financial Advisor, Mark brings with him over -10- years of experience advising high net worth private clients in theÂ areas of retirement, investment, and risk management. Prior to becoming a LPL Registered Principal in 2009, he spent theÂ majority of his career working in the same capacity for both Citigroup and Merrill Lynch. Markâ€™s client centric philosophy, drivesÂ his day to day activity servicing and advising clients.

In his role, Mark focuses on developing financial plans and investment strategies based on client needs and objectives. As aÂ planner, his primary objectives are to educate clients on their financial affairs and to provide customized service based onÂ specific client needs.

Mark earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Kennesaw State University and a Bachelor of Arts degree fromÂ the University of Georgia. In addition to his formal education, Mark obtained theÂ CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERÂ â„¢Â designation in 2001.

Mark Towery/Geo Strategy Partners

Mark Towery is the Managing Director of Geo Strategy Partners, a management consulting firm that helps leading manufacturers and b2b service firms with Market Research and Competitive Analysis, Strategic Positioning and Planning, and Mergers & Acquisitions. Geo Strategy Partnersâ€™ clients include global leaders such as Alcoa, Siemens, Dow Chemical, Tyco, Visa, Assurant, Danaher, Ansell, and many others. With offices and affiliates worldwide, over half of Geo Strategy Partnersâ€™ projects are multi-country or global in scope. Mark has been a strategy consultant for 20 years and has almost 30 years of total international business experience. Prior to consulting he headed up several international aerospace co-production projects for General Dynamics, including being sent as the first employee to Indonesia when he was 25, armed with a cashierâ€™s check for $300,000 and an accounting manual with instructions to set up an office.