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Jonathan M. Young with Virginia State University

March 16, 2021 by angishields

Richmond Business Radio

Jonathan M. Young with Virginia State University

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Jonathan M. Young is Director of Corporate Relations at the Reginald F. Lewis College of Business at Virginia State University (VSU) and a Member of the School Board in the City of Richmond. Regarding the latter, Young was elected to the Richmond School Board in November 2016 in a four way race.

In winning over 6,100 votes, Young was elected on a commitment to transform the City’s schools with a population of 24,000 students. His campaign for office regarded empowering principals and teachers absent any interference or micromanagement from downtown.

Young’s responsibilities at VSU include initiating, cultivating, and strengthening relationships with industry for the purpose of business/academic collaboration. In his tenure at VSU including in corporate development, Jonathan has developed innovative new market-driven programs including most recently two initiatives; Project Shadow and Small-Group Role Play, both facilitated by industry.

Aimed at increasing students’ exposure to industry, both programs refine “soft skills”, augment career awareness, and develop “real world” skill-sets not often learned in a traditional classroom. It should be noted that the programs have been profiled on NBC and FOX as has his entrepreneurship program been featured on NBC.

Young has now created and coordinated five new industry advisory boards that provide consultation pertinent to among other action items, curriculum development that meet the needs of 21st century business. Jonathan secured funding for and then created and coordinated an online continuing education program for professionals pertinent to supply-chain management. He has developed and hosted hundreds of events on campus.

Jonathan is responsible for marketing to industry to include news releases, newsletters, social media, website, etc. Young has successfully secured tens of thousands of dollars of new industry investment and has developed a portfolio of over 600 companies that regularly participate in VSU programs.

Prior to joining VSU, Jonathan Young was a Director in the Office of the Governor for the Commonwealth of Virginia. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of William and Mary and his Master’s in Public Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University.

He serves and/or has served on several Boards of Directors including the Chesterfield County Chamber of Commerce, Red Cross for Southside Virginia, Crater Hospice, and Southampton Citizen’s Association where he is President of an organization representing 2,500 homes.

To contact Jonathan Young please call 804-524-5987 , email jyoung@vsu.edu or connect with him on LinkedIn and Facebook.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

What constitutes a real business education
What does business look like for education during COVID
What constitute emerging market trends in the business of education
What constitute threats and opportunities for business education
What does K-12 and higher education do going forward subsequent lessons learned during COVID

Jamial Rolle with Runnahs

March 16, 2021 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Jamial Rolle with Runnahs

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Runnahs was started by Jamial Rolle and Demarius Cash two former international track athletes.

They started the company with the purpose of connecting businesses of all kind with more customers, and to provide job options for those in need.

Runnahs launched in Nassau, Bahamas in December of 2018 with the intention to focus on the tourist market.

Follow Runnahs on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

The purpose of Runnahs
Services provided
Where Runnahs is located
How to sign up
How they differ from other companies

About Our Sponsor

OnPay’s payroll services and HR software give you more time to focus on what’s most important. Rated “Excellent” by PC Magazine, we make it easy to pay employees fast, we automate all payroll taxes, and we even keep all your HR and benefits organized and compliant.

Our award-winning customer service includes an accuracy guarantee, deep integrations with popular accounting software, and we’ll even enter all your employee information for you — whether you have five employees or 500. Take a closer look to see all the ways we can save you time and money in the back office.

Follow OnPay on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

BRX Pro Tip: Build Community With Your Community

March 16, 2021 by angishields

BRX Pro Tips

BRX Pro Tip: Build Community With Your Community

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BRX Pro Tip: Build Community With Your Community

Stone Payton: [00:00:00] And we are back with BRX Pro Tips. Stone Payton and Lee Kantor here with you this afternoon. Lee, when it comes to building community, your council is, build community with your community, not for your community.

Lee Kantor: [00:00:16] Absolutely. I think that for most small to midsized businesses, one of the areas that they’re neglecting is really building and nurturing and growing a community around whatever it is that they do. And if you do that well, you’re never going to have to kind of search for clients. So, that, to me, it’s a critical element. It’s a great way for solopreneurs, small and midsized businesses, to differentiate themselves. If they can be the hub of a community that’s filled with people that they serve and people that serve them, they’re never going to go hungry.

Lee Kantor: [00:00:52] But when you’re building this community, it’s important to understand that this is not a top-down process. This is a bottom-up process. So, you have to build the community with the community. You cannot mandate a community to exist. You can create an ecosystem that has the possibility to build and kind of grow with from within. But you can’t kind of force people to be part of the community.

Lee Kantor: [00:01:21] So, I would look at your community more like a cohort where we’re all in this together, learning together from each other, and helping each other. Rather than this is me saying, “There should be a community and let’s all do this. Let’s all take this hill together.” It’s not that way anymore. It’s not a top-down hierarchy where you’re in the front of the room. I would encourage learning. I would encourage connecting. I would encourage working with each other. And instead of managing your community, encourage the community members to kind of all work together and lead themselves.

Gianno Bianconi with Northwestern Mutual

March 15, 2021 by angishields

Oahu Business Radio

Gianno Bianconi with Northwestern Mutual

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Born and raised in Brasil, Gianno Bianconi first came to the US in 2003 to play basketball at a Jr. College in Nebraska. Gianno has played basketball professionally for over 15 years.

Gianno has found his second passion in life with Northwestern Mutual helping people and families to have a piece of mind. He often says that The Hawaiian Islands chose for him to be there. He fell in love with the culture when he first landed, and now he calls it home.

Follow Northwestern Mutual on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

Tim Murphy with REPAY

March 15, 2021 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Tim Murphy with REPAY

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Established in 2006, REPAY provides integrated payment processing solutions to industry-oriented markets in which merchants have specific transaction processing needs. REPAY serves multiple verticals, including personal lending, auto lending, mortgage servicing, B2B, receivables management, healthcare, and credit unions.

The company’s proprietary, integrated payment technology platform reduces the complexity of merchants’ electronic payments processes while enhancing their customers’ overall experience. Its suite of payment solutions enables businesses to accept digital payments anytime, anywhere and to automate their accounts payable (AP) services and outbound vendor payments.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, REPAY processes for more than 15,000merchant locations across the United States and Canada and has been a certified Great Place to Work® since 2017.

Tim Murphy serves as REPAY’s Chief Financial Officer. In this role, Tim is responsible for all financial operations of the company including finance, planning, accounting, tax, treasury, reporting, and corporate development.

Prior to joining REPAY, Tim served as Director of Corporate Development for Amaya Gaming Group, a globally diversified gaming company with a strategy focused on growth through acquisitions. Tim joined Amaya Gaming Group after it purchased Cadillac Jack, a company engaged in the design and development of slot machines, where he served as Director of Finance from 2009 – 2012.

Tim also represented Cadillac Jack during the diligence and negotiations of its acquisition by Amaya. Prior to Amaya and Cadillac Jack, Tim was an investment banker at Credit Suisse in NYC, where he focused on financial institutions, including financial technology companies. Tim’s professional career began at the management consulting firm BearingPoint (formerly KPMG Consulting).

Tim earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Brown University and a Master of Business Administration in Corporate Finance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Connect with Tim on LinkedIn.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

Who is REPAY and what the company does
The type of companies REPAY works with and industries they service
How the pandemic has impacted the payments industry
Is there a REPAY product that was in high demand during the pandemic?
How the pandemic shifted their business strategy and outlook
The future trajectory for REPAY in terms of growth and innovation

About Our Sponsor

Follow OnPay on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

BRX Pro Tip: Get to the Heart of the Problem

March 15, 2021 by angishields

BRX Pro Tip: Negotiating for Talent

March 13, 2021 by angishields

TMB E56: Jennifor Dillon, Southern Arizona Book Heroes

March 12, 2021 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

TMB E56: Jennifor Dillon, Southern Arizona Book Heroes

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Jennifer Dillon, President
Southern Arizona Book Heroes
616 E. Broadway
Tucson, AZ 85716
soazbookheroes@gmail.com
520-409-1751

soazbookheroes.org

Jennifer Dillon, the founder of Southern Arizona Book Heroes, has lived in Tucson for almost 30 years. Her family owns Sahuaro Trophy, of which she is proud to be the 3rd generation working there and serving Tucson.

Southern Arizona Book Hero’s

From violent acts to car crashes to a growing opioid epidemic, Southern Arizona Book Heroes™ (SABH) joins the front lines with first responders giving comfort to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. SABH provides resources that help treat children’s unseen injuries—their emotional wounds. We equip first responders, victim advocates, social workers, and child-centric agencies with new books and new plush toys, to distract, comfort, and soothe traumatized children.

Reading a book is just the first step in building a strong relationship with children in our community. We support our first responders and believe this program helps to build a partnership with our most important community members, our kids. Our hope is that future generations of this community will be comfortable interacting with emergency responders in every capacity.

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CTWJ E23: Danalda Dreis & Steve Hoeffner, of Star Glass

March 12, 2021 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

CTWJ E23: Danalda Dreis & Steve Hoeffner, of Star Glass

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Danalda Dreis & Steve Hoeffner, Account Manager
Star Glass Company
2418 N. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85705
520-661-9153
520-620-0011
Email: info@starglassaz.com
danalda@starglassaz.com

I was born in Vancouver British Columbia– and my parents moved to the US when I was an infant. I have grown up in Tucson– going to elementary school at Saints Peter & Paul- and then Salpointe Catholic HS- where I graduated in 1990. After HS graduation, I went on to the University of Arizona where I received my bachelor’s degree in General Business- and met my husband Sean. After graduating from the U of A, Sean and I were fortunate enough to travel many places around the world with his job.

When we returned, I began my career at Enterprise Rent a Car. I worked for Enterprise Rent A Car for about 14 years. During this time Sean and I started a family. Because of that, I changed to a position where I just marketed Insurance agents. 10 ½ years ago I left Enterprise– and came to Star Glass. Here at Star, I do the same thing- working hand in hand with the Insurance Agents here in Tucson. I have built a relationship with these offices over the last 20+ years. I enjoy working with them and helping them serve their clients.

I have 2 sons- ages 19 and 17. My life is filled with football, as my older son Colin plays football for the University of Montana. My younger son Dylan plays for Salpointe Catholic. I spend many hours volunteering, whether it be at the school, or for the football team. I enjoy traveling and spending time with my husband, children, and 2 dogs.

About the business:

Star Glass Company is a leader in glass repair and replacement throughout Tucson and Phoenix- and has been serving Arizona since 1998. We specialize in a variety of services, including auto, home, and commercial glass.

We uphold the integrity of our services not only through our unparalleled customer service but also by going the extra mile to obtain an Auto Glass Replacement Safety Standard (AGRSS) certification. The AGRSS Certification is a process that ensures our technicians are educated in the process of safe windshield replacement.

My name is Steve Hoeffner, and I am the General Manager and (part-owner) of the Star Glass Company.

I was born and raised in the Tucson community since 1970.

I have been married to my wife Angie for 28 years and we have three kids Steven 27, Chris 25, and Andrea 17, including 2 beautiful grandchildren. I am Native American and a member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe.

I attended private Catholic education from 1st to 12th grade. I graduated from Salpointe Catholic High school in 1988.
After graduation, I decided to work in the Glass Industry full time and pursue a career after working part-time since 1986. I became a manager a few years later with a nationwide company.

I continued to manage several other large retail companies such as Speedy Glass and Harmon Glass up until 2007. The opportunity to become a partner with Star glass arose and I became part owner ever since. We have had an amazing run going on for 14 years and continue to grow and prosper every year. In 2017 we purchased National Glass in Tucson (locally owned) and increased our Commercial and Residential sales and also expanded our services into Phoenix. Our goal has always been “Service that Shines” and this culture is what separates us from our competition.

We have an incredible staff and technicians with many of them over 30-year experience which is monumental in providing the best customer service in town.

Steve Hoeffner – General Manager – Star Glass Company
Cell – 520-940-3396 Office – 520-620-0011 Fax – 520-617-0900
 https://starglassaz.com/auto-glass/auto-glass-repair-tucson

About Your Host

Jaime Overturf
Farmers Agent, Entrepreneur
2555 N Campbell Ave
Tucson, AZ 85719
(520) 293-2900
joverturf@farmersagent.com

As a local Farmers® agent in Tucson, AZ, Jaime Overturf helps customers identify the insurance coverage that best fits their needs. This process is straightforward and personalized to help make them more informed about their insurance options.

Jaime has the knowledge and experience to help customers better understand their coverage options–whether that Jaime has the knowledge and experience to help customers better understand their coverage options–whether that’s auto, home, life, business insurance, and more. You can connect with Jaime on Facebook.