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Dennis McCormick of Tucket Footwear and Beth Marien of Woodward North

August 27, 2015 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Dennis McCormick of Tucket Footwear and Beth Marien of Woodward North

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Steven Julian, Beth Marien, Dennis McCormick, Mike Sammond

Dennis McCormick/Tucket Footwear

Tucket Footwear is a classic loafer boat shoe company that designs footwear that can get wet and look good at the same time. They can go from boat to beach to bar to campus to the office or restaurant. They are Made In USA right in Georgia. Locally owned and locally built.

Beth Marien/Woodward North

Woodward North is a satellite campus of Woodward Academy. Located on 33 acres in Johns Creek, Woodward North offers a warm, nurturing environment where every student finds his or her own unique strength and talent. At Woodward North, their focus is on innovative practices in the classroom with a curriculum that emphasizes critical thinking. With a student-teacher ratio average of only 10:1, students receive wise guidance at every step, discover their greatest strengths, and build life-shaping qualities of good character.

In addition to their rigorous academic program for mainstream students, they also offer an acclaimed Transition Program for students with diagnosed learning disabilities in fourth through sixth grades.

SOCIAL MEDIA AND SALES: Phillip Saxton with Small Business Samaritans

August 26, 2015 by Mike

On the Money

SOCIAL MEDIA AND SALES: Phillip Saxton with Small Business Samaritans

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On this episode of “On the Money“, host Joe Moss of Embassy National Bank interviews Phillip Saxton of Small Business Samaritans about the role of social media in today’s sales efforts.

Phillip Saxton/Small Business Samaritans

Small Business Samaritans cares about the individuals who have the dream and courage to start a business. These dreams are important, not just to them and their families, but to their customers and the community where they operate.

We are living in challenging economic times where much of the future of the United States depends upon job creation. Our top concerns as a nation lie with economic recovery, job creation, and setting up & operating successful businesses. It is highly doubtful that many new jobs are going to be created by big business, global business, governments, inventions or new investments. During the last 15 years, according to the Small Business Administration (SBA), small businesses generated over 64% of new jobs. Currently, 70% of job growth is generated by small businesses, which is expected to continue, if not increase, in the next four years.

Small businesses have been severely affected by economic, global and political forces completely out of their control. The current recession was caused by poor political decisions, poor leadership from large financial organizations, a liquidity shortfall in the banking system caused by the overvaluation of assets, poor leadership from large corporations, and greed.

The concept of SBS was born out of the idea that small businesses and entrepreneurs needed to do things differently in order to insulate them from these economic and political forces. Our communities depend upon doing things differently. The goal is to operate a business that is less subjected to outside forces.

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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.

The “End of Life” Stage of Estate Planning

August 26, 2015 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

The "End of Life" Stage of Estate Planning

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Adam Gaslowitz, Nikola Djuric, Brandy wright, Craig Frankel — Adam Gaslowitz, Nick Djuric, Brandy Wright, Craig Frankel

On this episode of “Wealth Matters”, hosts Craig Frankel and Adam Gaslowitz discuss how to anticipate and avoid issues at the “end of life” stage of estate planning with their guests Brandy Wright and Nick Djuric.

Brandy Wright/Cambridge Wealth Counsel

Brandy Wright, MBA, CDFA™, CFP® is a Wealth Manager with Cambridge Wealth Counsel. She specializes in working with senior executives and successful retirees. Having extensive experience designing and implementing complex financial plans for Fortune 500 executives and Executive Retirees, she has a wealth of knowledge and experience. Brandy joined Cambridge Wealth Counsel in 2010 and works primarily in the Atlanta-Northside office.

Brandy holds a Masters in Business Administration in Personal Financial Planning from Georgia State (1999) and is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® and a Certified Financial Planner™ professional. She also holds a BA in Finance with a minor in Risk Management from Georgia Southern University (1997). She is a corporate member of NAPFA.

Prior to joining Cambridge Wealth Counsel, she worked for The AYCO Company, L.P., a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs, for seven years holding various positions as an analyst, financial planner and eventually as Vice President (2003-2010). Brandy also spent several years as a Trust Officer with SunTrust Bank in their Fortune 500 executive pension group (1997-1999).

Brandy lives in Buckhead, Georgia with her baby girl, Blakely, and two Shih-tzu’s, Bentley and Barnsley. She is a Kappa Delta alumna and is a home liaison for the annual Tour of Kitchens event with the Junior League of Buckhead. While not working, she enjoys movies, music, social and charitable events, Holiday fun, UGA football, any chance to get to the beach, spending time with friends and family and trying to keep up with a very happy and active Blakely!

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

Nick Djuric/Sutherland

Nick Djuric advises clients on estate planning—including the preparation of wills and trust instruments and tax and succession planning for closely held businesses. A member of Sutherland’s Tax Practice Group, Nick practices primarily in estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax; wills, trusts, and administration of estates; tax controversies; fiduciary litigation; and private foundations. In particular, he works closely with private family offices and their professional advisors on multigenerational estate planning. As chair of the Legislation Committee of the State Bar of Georgia Fiduciary Law Section, Nick has been active for many years in the reform of Georgia’s law of trusts and estates.

Nick served as an adjunct professor of law at John Marshall Law School and Georgia State University College of Law, introducing future attorneys to wills, trusts, estates and federal gift and estate taxation. Prior to joining Sutherland, Nick was a law clerk for the Honorable Gerald Bard Tjoflat, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sutherland-asbill-&-brennan-llp

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.

If you would like to listen to past episodes of “Wealth Matters’, please visit their You Tube Channel.

Remember to tune in on the 4th Wednesday of every month at 8:30 AM to listen live to their show!

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/EstateDispute

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/estatedispute

Dr. Daniel Kaufman, President and CEO of Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

August 20, 2015 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Dr. Daniel Kaufman, President and CEO of Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

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Broadcasting live at the Gwinnett Chamber Business Expo 2015, Mike Sammond sat down with Dr. Daniel Kaufman, President and CEO of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce.

Mike: It’s been a wonderful day. We’ve had so many businesses on the air with us on Business RadioX. They’ve enjoyed coming here to the expo, to the job fair. We do appreciate our partnership with the Gwinnett Chamber, and thank you so much. We look forward to many years together.

Dr. Daniel Kaufman: Yeah, thanks, Mike. What you guys do is great, as the voice of the business community here in Gwinnett. We appreciate it very much. We’re proud to be you partner and your teammate. And I think we look forward to, as the momentum increases, as the economy continues to grow, I think happy days are here again.

Mike: Absolutely. Dr. Daniel Kaufman, live from the Gwinnett Chamber’s Business Expo and Job Fair.

BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS: Chuck Douglas with Business Success Training

August 19, 2015 by Mike

On the Money

BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS: Chuck Douglas with Business Success Training

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On this episode of “On the Money“, host Joe Moss of Embassy National Bank interviews Chuck Douglas about developing a bullet proof blueprint for your success in business and in life.

Chuck Douglas/Business Success Training

Business Success Training is a company that empowers corporations and businesses with entrepreneurs and soloprreneurs to accelerate bottom line revenue by resourcing them with cutting-edge Sales, Leadership, Social Media, Goal Achievement, Time Mastery, Memory , Referral Generation, Lead Generation and Habit Formation Skill Sets which produce immediate and lasting results.

The primary vehicle through which this is accomplished is their Life and Business Changing SUCCESS SUMMIT 2015 that combines all the previously mentioned skill sets with an additional bonus of networking with your local areas top business professionals. This SUCCESS SUMMIT 2015 is being held at the Cobb Galleria on October 21st.

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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.

Daron Tarlton of DHG Healthcare, Chuck Douglas of Business Success Training and Tiffany Kirkland of American Diabetes Association

August 13, 2015 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Daron Tarlton of DHG Healthcare, Chuck Douglas of Business Success Training and Tiffany Kirkland of American Diabetes Association

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Mike Sammond, Tiffany Kirkland, Chuck Douglas, Daron Tarlton, Steven Julian

Daron Tarlton/DHG Healthcare

DHG Healthcare is the national healthcare industry practice of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP. The practice provides a full range of assurance and tax services, and also includes a boutique healthcare consulting business built on four distinctive market-facing service platforms (Strategy, Reimbursement, CFO Advisory and Enterprise Intelligence). DHG Healthcare is sharply focused on the critical business issues facing healthcare organizations in today’s transformative industry environment.

With more than 1,800 people in 12 states, Dixon Hughes Goodman is headquartered in Charlotte, NC and is among the Top 20 largest accounting and advisory firms in the nation. In addition to comprehensive assurance, tax and advisory services, the firm goes to market by major industry focus and serves clients internationally and in all 50 states.

Chuck Douglas/Business Success Training

Business Success Training is a company that empowers corporations and businesses with entrepreneurs and soloprreneurs to accelerate bottom line revenue by resourcing them with cutting edge sales, leadership, social media, goal achievement, time mastery, memory , referral generation, lead generation and habit formation skill sets which produce immediate and lasting results.

The primary vehicle through which this is accomplished is their Life and Business Changing SUCCESS SUMMIT 2015 that combines all of the previously listed skill sets with an additional bonus of networking with your local areas top business professionals.

Tiffany Kirkland/American Diabetes Association

Adults and children in Georgia are increasingly feeling the effects of diabetes as more than 1,000,000 suffer from this deadly disease, 350,000 of whom don’t even know they have it. If present trends continue, it is estimated that one out of every three children, and one in two minority children, face a future with diabetes.

That is why the American Diabetes Association, Atlanta/North Georgia Region office is so committed to educating the public about how to stop diabetes and support those living with this disease. They are here to help and they invite you to join them. You will be helping to confront, fight and stop diabetes.

Rebecca Hurd with Harmonyx and John Andrews with LifeSouth Community Blood Centers

August 6, 2015 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Rebecca Hurd with Harmonyx and John Andrews with LifeSouth Community Blood Centers

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Mike Sammond, Rebecca Hurd, John Andrews, Antonio Little-El

Rebecca Hurd/Harmonyx Diagnostics

On a mission to personalize medicine. Harmonyx Diagnostics is an innovative company that is changing the way medication is prescribed in America.

Founded in 2009, Harmonyx believes patients should be empowered to know if their medication will be safe and effective. Patients should also have the power to pay for affordable genetic testing without the hurdles health insurance can cause, and that pharmacists play a key role in giving patients this information by providing Harmonyx tests at their locations.

With the Harmonyx pharmacy partnership, participating pharmacies can provide genetic testing to ensure their patients’ medications are safe and effective.

Harmonyx is a fully automated genotyping system to deliver fast, easy and accurate results to qualified healthcare professionals, helping them determine the appropriate medication and dosing for each patient.

John Andrews/LifeSouth Community Blood Centers

LifeSouth Community Blood Centers is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community blood supplier for more than 100 hospitals in Alabama, Florida and Georgia. They are committed to meeting the blood supply needs of these hospitals by providing the highest quality blood components and services. LifeSouth is a community blood center, meaning the blood supply collected from their donors directly serves the needs of patients in their community. The blood donated there will stay there for local patient transfusions.

Each year, nearly five million Americans need a blood transfusion. To meet that responsibility, they need to collect 266,000 blood donations a year. That’s 728 donors a day. With over 30 donor centers, 44 blood mobiles, and over 2,000 blood drives a month, the LifeSouth team is committed to making sure the blood is there when you or your family member is in need. They are your community blood center.

The blood supply collected from donors directly serves the needs of patients at over 100 medical facilities throughout their footprint. The blood donated will stay in their community for local patient transfusion. Only if the local supply is met will LifeSouth share their blood resources with other communities.

FinTech! Charles Green with Small Business Finance Institute

August 5, 2015 by Mike

On the Money

FinTech! Charles Green with Small Business Finance Institute

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On the Money - August 5, 2015 — Joe Moss, Charles Green

On this episode of “On the Money“, host Joe Moss of Embassy National Bank interviews Charles Green with Small Business Finance Institute about alternative funding for businesses.

Charles Green/Small Business Finance Institute

Small Business Finance Institute (SBFI) offers professional development resources to commercial lenders to meet the challenges of client financing, industry changes and career advancement. In addition to commercial lender training, they provide current news, insight and statistics about small business lenders serving the business lending sector.

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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.

The Facts of Factoring: Mark Little with Diversified Funding Services

July 29, 2015 by Mike

On the Money

The Facts of Factoring: Mark Little with Diversified Funding Services

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Get the facts about factoring! On this episode of “On the Money“, host Joe Moss interviews Mark Little with Diversified Funding Services on how factoring can help a small business.

Mark Little/Diversified Funding Services

Factoring is a fast, easy and flexible way to improve your cash flow and generate working capital for your company. Through the power of factoring, you obtain immediate access to cash that is normally tied up for terms of up to 30, 60 or 90 days in your accounts receivable.

Diversified Funding Services was founded in 1998 by Mark Little with the mission to provide businesses the opportunity to obtain critically needed cash flow for their companies with Account Receivables financing, traditionally known as Factoring. To accomplish this mission, Diversified Funding Services carefully selected trustworthy, well-financed, highly qualified funding sources to meet the needs of most business that qualified for this powerful form of finance. Many business owners did not realize this powerful cash flow tool existed. Many bank clients have profitable and growing businesses, however they do not qualify for traditional bank financing, or the constraints are not flexible enough to allow them to grow to their potential.

Diversified Funding Services has now helped clients in very diverse industries receive funding from $10,000 a month to over $1,500,000 a month. Any business that provides a product or service to another business is a candidate for this cash flow tool. From start up to well-established companies, all they need are invoices to creditworthy clients to realize the benefits of partnering with Diversified Funding Services.

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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.