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Deborah Lanham with the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, Jessica Onorato with NorthPoint Executive Suites, and Casey Frames with Roswell Infiniti

May 10, 2016 by Mike

North Fulton Business Radio

Deborah Lanham with the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, Jessica Onorato with NorthPoint Executive Suites, and Casey Frames with Roswell Infiniti

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John Ray, Deborah Lanham, Casey Frames, Jessica Onorato, Mike Sammond

Deborah Lanham/Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce

The mission of the Greater North Fulton Chamber is to be the catalyst for economic development, business growth, and quality of life in North Fulton. The GNFCC promotes the interests of their members by assuming a leadership role in making North Fulton an excellent place to work, live, play and stay. They provide one voice for all local businesses to influence decision makers, recommend legislation, and protect the valuable resources that make North Fulton a popular place to live.

Jessica Onorato/NorthPoint Executive Suites

At NorthPoint Executive Suites, they believe every professional deserves top quality in every aspect of their business. They have committed themselves to equipping them with the tools needed for their success. They are proud to offer the best quality in technology, amenities, meeting rooms, environment, and service. Their staff is committed to serve their clients. The support you will receive at NorthPoint Executive Suites is second to none. NorthPoint’s on demand support team will save you time and money as they deal with the everyday typical “housecleaning” tasks of running an office for you. They pride themselves on running a seamless business center with exceptional reliability in the IT department. They take the headache out of the logistics to ensure smooth operation and handle any issues that may arise with urgency allowing you to focus on your business.

Casey Frames/Roswell Infiniti

As one of the nation’s original Infiniti dealers, Roswell Infiniti has witnessed their area’s growth and how today’s customers expect and demand more than ever before. Their goal is to exceed your expectations. Their satisfied customers, many of them repeat customers, come from all over Georgia and the Southeast because buying or leasing a new Infiniti from Roswell Infiniti is both a pleasant and rewarding experience.

Phil Stevens with Bed Head Media, JoAnn Holmes with HOLMES@LAW, and Rick Onorato with NorthPoint Executive Suites

May 5, 2016 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Phil Stevens with Bed Head Media, JoAnn Holmes with HOLMES@LAW, and Rick Onorato with NorthPoint Executive Suites

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Mike Sammond, Phil Stevens, JoAnn Holmes, Rick Oranato, Steven Julian — Mike Sammond, Phil Stevens, JoAnn Holmes, Rick Onorato, Steven Julian

Phil Stevens/Bed Head Media

Bed Head Media is an award-winning creative studio specializing in commercial cinematography, films, print ads and motion graphics. They are a talented team of writers, film professionals, musicians and artists that design and produce high quality media content that meets the needs of their customers. They thrive on the initial process of “ideation”, creating the perfect pitch material and crafting content that tells your story, highlights your product or brand, builds true awareness about your service offering, and speaks to the heart of your target audience.

JoAnn Holmes/HOLMES@LAW

JoAnn “Jo” Holmes is the founder of HOLMES@LAW where her practice focus is business law and contracts, trademark and copyright, and software and tech. She works with a broad array of clients including professional service providers, consultants, software and creative content developers, and manufacturers. Having practiced law for nearly 17 years, her goal is to live the firm’s slogan: “Your Business Ally”.

A graduate of Stanford University and Emory School of Law, her career began in the Technology & Intellectual Property (IP) practice group of Troutman Sanders, a prominent Atlanta-based law firm. There, she successfully represented a gamut of diverse clients from startups to multi-billion dollar companies such as Chick-fil-A, Microsoft and WalMart.

Rick Onorato/NorthPoint Executive Suites

At NorthPoint Executive Suites, they believe every professional deserves top quality in every aspect of their business. Therefore they have committed themselves to equipping businesses with the tools needed for their success. They are proud to offer the best quality in technology, amenities, meeting rooms, environment and service. The staff is committed to serve their clients. The support you receive at NorthPoint Executive Suites is second to none. Their on-demand support team will save you time and money as they deal with the everyday typical “housecleaning” tasks of running an office for you. They pride themselves on running a seamless business center with exceptional reliability in the IT department. They take the headache out of the logistics to ensure smooth operation and handle any issues that may arise with urgency allowing you to focus on your business.

CLICK HERE to watch the video of this show.

PROTECTING BUSINESS OWNERS FROM ENEMIES, ALLIES & THEMSELVES: Clay Westbrook with Ascent Strategy Group

May 4, 2016 by Mike

On the Money

PROTECTING BUSINESS OWNERS FROM ENEMIES, ALLIES & THEMSELVES: Clay Westbrook with Ascent Strategy Group

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On this episode of “On the Money“, Clay Westbrook from Ascent Strategy Group discusses how business owners can stay out of financial trouble and also promotes his new book Debt & Circuses.

Clay Westbrook/Ascent Strategy Group

Ascent Strategy Group is a consulting firm helping business owners and their advisors successfully negotiate financial issues. Using proven negotiation skills, Ascent has worked out bad business loans and debt of over $4M dollars. Ascent specializes in advising businesses of all types and industries in any conflict in which the adversary has large or unlimited resources with which to exploit your weaknesse

To watch the video of this show, CLICK HERE.

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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.

Steve Collins with Integrated Insurance Solutions and Josh Axelberd with Displayit

April 28, 2016 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Steve Collins with Integrated Insurance Solutions and Josh Axelberd with Displayit

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Mike Sammond, Steve Collins, Josh Axelberd, Steven Julian

Steve Collins/Integrated Insurance Solutions

Integrated Insurance Solutions is an independent insurance agency located in Johns Creek, GA specializing in all types of business insurance products and professional liability lines. No matter what type of business insurance is needed, they have the knowledge, experience, and support team to assist you. Though IIS is large enough to place and handle the most complex risk, they consider their number-one strength to be the personal service that they provide to the client. Each of their clients are treated as an “individual” from the origination and throughout follow-up. Their agency’s objective is to provide the best possible commercial insurance available. They know you have options out there, but what they feel sets them apart from the competition is the superior and courteous customer service they provide. Their agency’s success depends on the happiness and satisfaction of you, their valued client.

Josh Axelberd/Displayit

Displayit produces portable displays for a wide variety of trade show and event marketing applications. They generate 90% of their leads through digital marketing channels such as Google Adwords. They started selling via the internet in 1997.

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TECHNOLOGY AND THE SMALL BUSINESS: Rick Higgins with Team Logic IT

April 27, 2016 by Mike

On the Money

TECHNOLOGY AND THE SMALL BUSINESS: Rick Higgins with Team Logic IT

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On this episode of “On the Money”, Rick Higgins with Team Logic IT discusses the ever changing climate of technology’s impact on small businesses with host Joe Moss.

Rick Higgins/Team Logic IT

In less than a decade, TeamLogic IT has grown into the nationwide network businesses rely on for Managed IT Services. Their success is driven through one core mission – to leverage technology to your advantage. Thousands of businesses across North America are taking advantage of their ability to deliver highly available, secure and flexible IT systems, filling the void in the market for a trusted technology advisor.

To watch the video of this show, CLICK HERE.

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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.

Tom Martin with L-3 Communications, Sabrina Serafin with Frazier & Deeter, Teri Gass with Sterling Risk Advisors, and Sara Totonchi with Southern Center of Human Rights

April 27, 2016 by Mike

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Tom Martin with L-3 Communications, Sabrina Serafin with Frazier & Deeter, Teri Gass with Sterling Risk Advisors, and Sara Totonchi with Southern Center of Human Rights

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Tom Martin, Sabrina Serafin, Sara Totonchi, Teri Gass, Dominick Rainey

Tom Martin/L-3 Communications

L-3 Communications is a prime contractor in aerospace systems. L-3 is also a leading provider of a broad range of communication and electronic systems and products used on military and commercial platforms. At L-3, success is defined by their ability to meet their customers’ needs. That’s why every part of their business is focused on quick and agile response, innovative thinking and a relentless commitment to getting the job done.

Sabrina Serafin/Frazier & Deeter

Frazier & Deeter’s Process, Risk & Governance (PRG) Practice provides customized risk management solutions to clients with offices in Atlanta, Alpharetta, Nashville and Tampa. They deliver assurance and consulting services to various public and private organizations including Service Organization Control (SOC) examinations, outsourced and co-sourced Internal Audit, and other advisory services. The PRG practice also has deep expertise in IT audit and risk management.

Teri Gass/Sterling Risk Advisors

Sterling Risk Advisors is a full-service, Atlanta-based risk management and insurance brokerage firm serving the commercial, professional and personal needs of clients across a diverse spectrum of industries. These include medical and other professional services, construction, transportation and logistics, manufacturing, real estate and technology. Product offerings include all forms of commercial and personal property & casualty insurance, employee benefits and surety bonds. Beyond the products – they look to become the trusted advisor to clients in all things related to risk and which may in any way affect the client’s business objectives. They do this by becoming experts in the business of their clients, knowing what is happening in the economy, the courts, and the legislature.

Sara Totonchi/Southern Center of Human Rights

The mission of the Southern Center for Human Rights is to end capital punishment, mass incarceration, and other criminal justice practices that are used to control the lives of poor people, people of color, and other marginalized groups in the Southern United States. They do this through death penalty representation, impact litigation, policy advocacy, and public education.

What You Need to Know About Protecting Your Digital Assets

April 27, 2016 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

What You Need to Know About Protecting Your Digital Assets

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Millie Baumbusch, Putnam Smith, Elizabeth Faist, Jim Dougherty, Craig Frankel

On this week’s episode of “Wealth Matters”, hosts Millie Baumbusch and Craig Frankel discuss “What You Need to Know About Protecting Your Digital Assets”. Guests include Jim Dougherty, Technology Services Director at Bennett Thrasher LLP; Elizabeth Faist, Associate at Sutherland LLP; and Putnam Smith, Attorney at Lipscomb, Johnson, Sleister, Dailey & Smith LLP.

Jim Doughtery/Bennett Thrasher

Jim Dougherty is a Director in the Technology Services Department at Bennett Thrasher. He has ten years of industry experience and a commitment to customer service. Jim has streamlined internal operations, designed and built networks for small to medium sized businesses and provides outsourced CIO Services.

Prior to joining Bennett Thrasher, Jim was the Chief Operating Officer for Graves Technology Group, LLC. Jim joined Graves Technology in 2010 and focused on streamlining process and procedures for day-to-day activities. He got his start at an L.A. based IT Service Company providing technical support and project management.

Jim graduated from Loyola-Marymount University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, with an emphasis in Information Technology. He views IT as a tool for businesses to leverage and design network plans around not only their day-to-day operations, but also their goal for growth in the future.

Elizabeth Faist/Sutherland LLP

Elizabeth Faist of Sutherland LLP practices tax law, primarily serving clients in the areas of trusts, estates, and the taxation of tax-exempt organizations. She manages a variety of matters, including gift and generation-skipping transfer tax issues, preparation of estate-planning documents, administration of estates, IRS tax disputes, and tax advice regarding private foundations and public charities. Elizabeth also counsels clients on tax and succession planning for their businesses. Additionally, she provides guidance on how to most efficiently safeguard assets during multi-generational wealth transfers, incorporating insurance planning and charitable giving programs as appropriate.

Prior to joining Sutherland, Elizabeth practiced at a law firm in Sarasota, Florida where she drafted estate plans, prepared federal and state filings for tax-exempt organizations and administered estates and trusts. Elizabeth provided research assistance to Professor Patricia E. Dilley during the LL.M. program, and, while in law school, she served as a judicial extern for the United States Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Florida.

Putnam Smith/Lipscomb, Johnson, Sleister, Dailey & Smith, LLP

Attorney Putnam C. Smith represents Main Street business owners and executives, professionals of all types and local, regional and national real estate investors, developers and operators, concentrating on business and commercial real estate transactions and tax and estate planning. Common transactions include start-ups, acquisitions and sales of closely held business, tax-free mergers and reorganizations, asset purchases, leveraged buyouts and joint ventures and partnerships in a wide range of industries.

He has practiced corporate law in Atlanta and the surrounding metropolitan area since 1988, initially with Nall & Miller, LLP and later with Robert W. Fisher, P.C., a tax boutique that was instrumental in the creation of Nextel and a number of international ventures in the telecommunications industry before disbanding in 1994. Before attending law school, he incorporated Jimmy Carter’s 1976 presidential campaign and worked as a legal assistant with other leading Atlanta law firms, including King & Spalding, LLP and Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, gaining invaluable experience with public corporations and investment banks.

During his tenure with Lipscomb, Johnson, Sleister, Dailey & Smith, LLP, Mr. Smith has handled private equity investments in shopping centers and industrial and commercial property in several southeastern states, land assemblages requiring services ranging from quiet title actions to road closures and a $116 million buyout to resolve a shareholder’s dispute involving a closely held technology business.

About Gaslowitz Frankel:

Gaslowitz Frankel is an experienced trial practice firm specializing in all aspects of complex fiduciary litigation throughout Georgia and the Southeast. With a focus on representing individuals, companies, banks, and fiduciaries in dispute involving wills, estates, trusts, guardianships, businesses, and securities law, their experienced and highly qualified litigation attorneys have tremendous credentials and a proven history of success.

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OPEN FOR BUSINESS: John Schweizer with GDP Technologies, Jerrí Hewett with Wealth Horizon, Estebon Watson with Espeute Productions, and Cally D’Angelo with the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

April 22, 2016 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

OPEN FOR BUSINESS: John Schweizer with GDP Technologies, Jerrí Hewett with Wealth Horizon, Estebon Watson with Espeute Productions, and Cally D'Angelo with the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

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Johnny Phelps, Cally D'Angelo, Estebon Watson, Jerri Hewett, John Schweizer — Johnny Phelps, Cally D’Angelo, Estebon Watson, Jerri Hewett, John Schweizer

John Schweizer/GDP Technologies

GDP Technologies started delivering office automation to its clients in 1977 as Georgia Duplicating Products. Since its inception, GDP has focused on empowering its Georgia workforce with the ability to increase client Gross Domestic Product, their real output, one client at a time. GDP was acquired by Global Imaging Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Xerox Corporation, in 2010 and continues to fulfill its mission of unparalleled customer service.

Jerri Hewett/Wealth Horizon

At Wealth Horizon, they build globally diversified portfolios tailored for you. For the foundation of your portfolio, they use low-cost core holdings based on Nobel Prize-winning research. They often pair these with satellite strategies. They believe these strategies may lower volatility and potentially protect your portfolio during market and economic downturns. They believe each person has an individual risk number based upon a scale of 1 to 100 that can be quantified. They build a portfolio to match your risk number and not to match a single measure of the market.

Estebon Watson/Espeute Productions

Espeuté Productions is a memory-oriented, multi-tiered production company that provides videography, photography, and entertainment services to its clients. With state-of-the-art equipment and experienced professionalism, they are able to capture every detail of life’s most defining moments. They can also assist in the production of major works such as short and feature films, as well as commercials and corporate marketing videos. They are passionate about what they do and always come prepared to accommodate your every need.

Cally D’Angelo/Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

The Gwinnett Chamber is the forum for business, government, education, healthcare, arts/culture/entertainment, and philanthropic and public-service communities to come together to advance the region’s economy and enrich Gwinnett’s quality of life.

To watch the video of this show, CLICK HERE.

SIMON SAYS, LET’S TALK BUSINESS: Johanna Ellis with Atlanta Classic Cars and Mark Treager with Cornerstone Media Group

April 22, 2016 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

SIMON SAYS, LET'S TALK BUSINESS: Johanna Ellis with Atlanta Classic Cars and Mark Treager with Cornerstone Media Group

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Johanna Ellis/Atlanta Classic Cars

At Atlanta Classic Cars, the exclusive authorized Mercedes-Benz dealer of Duluth, you will find a large selection of new and pre-owned vehicles as well as professional staff ready to help you find the perfect car for your lifestyle. They are committed to providing excellent customer service. Atlanta Classic Cars is a family owned and operated organization proudly serving their customers from the Duluth area for 40 years. Their friendly sales team is eager to help you drive away with the vehicle that fits your individual needs. They encourage you to browse their new inventory of Mercedes-Benz models.

Mark Treager/Cornerstone Media Group

Cornerstone Media Group knows that innovation is not born from a business plan. They focus on developing new ways to help their clients sell more products and services. They deliver results that are strategically sound and executable with a value that is unmatched. They’ve been in the internet development business for nearly 20 years. Clients tell them regularly that Cornerstone Media Group’s longevity and experience matters.