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Bruce Jackson and Scott Allen with Johnny’s New York Style Pizza and Kristina Insley with First National Insurance Group

June 11, 2013 by Mike

Partners for Success

Bruce Jackson and Scott Allen with Johnny's New York Style Pizza and Kristina Insley with First National Insurance Group

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Partners For Success is hosted by Dennis Bonin and Randy Hicks with Meridian Star Merchant Services.

Randy Hicks, Scott Allen, Kristina Insley, Bruce Jackson, Dennis Bonin

Bruce Jackson & Scott Allen/Johnny’s New York Style Pizza

Johnny’s Pizza Franchise Systems sells and oversees the operation of family type sit-down pizza restaurants in eight states. They have been in business in the Atlanta market since 1977. They started in the pizza business in Syracuse, NY in 1971. In 1995, they started Johnny’s Pizza Franchise Systems and sold their first franchise in 1996.

Kristina Insley/First National Insurance Group

First National Insurance Group is an independent insurance agency representing lots of carriers including Amtrust, Travelers, Auto Owners, Donegal, Hartford, Zurich, Philadelphia, Berkshire, Infinity and many more. The agency has been in Gwinnett County for 18 years and the Principal is a Dave Ramsey endorsed local provider. The agency is active in the community with employees involved with Kiwanis, Rotary, Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta Apartment Association and BNI.

LUCRATIVE LADIES: Celebrating Our Success (June 6, 2013)

June 6, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

LUCRATIVE LADIES: Celebrating Our Success (June 6, 2013)

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Mary LaMont, Stacey Gross, Jeanne’ Smith, Sherry Shelley, Theresa Conklin, Lisa Lee, Lenise Williams

Lenise Williams/Crimson Academy Preparatory

Crimson Academy Preparatory is a small private Christian child care and accelerated preschool. They love, educate and encourage children emotionally, spiritually and intellectually.

Mary Lamont/First Fitness Nutrition

First Fitness Nutrition is a 24 year old Dallas-based weight loss and health & wellness company. Their products are all natural, safe and effective, recommended by doctors and 100% guaranteed. People will see real results including dramatic weight and lifestyle changes.

Sherry Shelley/Encore Events & Entertainment

Encore Events & Entertainment is a full-service event planning company specializing in weddings, casino parties, bar/bat Mitvahs, corporate parties, themed parties, team building, family reunions and entertainment.

Lisa Lee/Luv-a-Bowl

Luv-a-Bowl owner Lisa Lee is delighted to bring delicious and super nutritious acai bowls and smoothies to the Johns Creek community. Their bowls are made with all of the good, none of the bad, and satisfy cravings for healthy food that tastes really good! Luv-a-Bowl is that place to come to enjoy delicious, one-of-a kind acai bowls, as well as to experience a range of products to help you look and feel better! Drop by to try out a great bowl you will love!

LUCRATIVE LADIES: Celebrating Our Success is hosted by Jeanne’ Smith (Ultra Touch Cleaning), Stacey Gross (Favorite Place Travel) and Theresa Conklin (Pinnacle Custom Signs). Highlighting women business owners and the companies they run, Lucrative Ladies gives a ”voice” to the women leaders in our business community.

Darrel Israel with VeriData Services, Brenda Mitchell with A&S Resources Staffing and Natalie Sanders with Ideal Development Concepts

June 6, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Darrel Israel with VeriData Services, Brenda Mitchell with A&S Resources Staffing and Natalie Sanders with Ideal Development Concepts

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Darrel Israel/VeriData Services

VeriData Services is a nationwide provider of pre-employment and tenant background screening services. They provide criminal searches, credit reports, MVR driving history, drug screening, education and employment verification, national sex offender registry search, social trace reports and terrorist watch list reports.

Brenda Mitchell/A&S Resources Staffing

A&S Resources Staffing Inc., founded in 2001 and located in the suburbs of metro Atlanta has been partnering with companies nationally to provide mid to senior level professionals within information technology and sales. A&S Resources Staffing was founded on integrity, fairness and honesty. They specialize in the placement of top performing information technology and technology sales professionals nationally for manufacturing, telecommunications and healthcare industries.

In today’s fast-paced business climate, organizations have to be efficient, effective, innovative and more dynamic than ever to attract and retain qualified professionals who are ready to make a positive business impact. A&S Resources Staffing understands that each company is different and in need of great talent. Their focus is to recognize what that means to your company’s culture and job details with a consultative approach to uncover and deliver the best-matched talent.

Brenda Vines Mitchell is the Founder and Leader with over 25 years experience combined in human resources, corporate recruiting, agency executive recruiting, industry alliance and project management.

Get in touch with them today at 770-469-1858 to learn more about their recruiting and staffing services or visit http://www.asresources.net/.

Natalie Sanders/Ideal Development Concepts

Ideal Development Concepts is a full-service restoration company. They assess and repair property damaged by fire, water and storm. They have technicians available 24/7 to react immediately to emergency situations as well.

Sparkle Hammond with Century Apartment Homes, Kristina Insley with First National Insurance Group and Derrick Bell with Arrowhead Plumbing

June 5, 2013 by Mike

Squawk Talk

Sparkle Hammond with Century Apartment Homes, Kristina Insley with First National Insurance Group and Derrick Bell with Arrowhead Plumbing

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Sparkle Hammond, Kate Schermerhorn, Kristina Insley, Derrick Bell

Sparkle Hammond/Century Apartment Homes

The communities in the Century Collection offer luxury living apartment homes with an emphasis on resident satisfaction and strong identification through our Century brand. Headquartered in Atlanta, they operate in multiple markets across the country.

Kristina Insley/First National Insurance Group

Derrick Bell/Arrowhead Plumbing

Arrowhead Plumbing is a commercial and residential service plumber. Their goal is to help solve your problems.

Plumbing is one of those services that’s needed primarily when there is a problem. Arrowhead Plumbing understands the stress that can sometimes accompany these times. Arrowhead has years of experience repairing plumbing problems. Not only do they employ licensed Master Plumbers, but their workers diligently seek to educate and inform their customers. The more you know about your particular problem, there is the possibility of heading off future problems of the same nature. They are dedicated to performing quality work while giving you excellent customer service.

Peter Casey with Claddagh Resources, Bryan Glutting with ACS Solutions, Tiffany Mack Fitzgerald with Black Girls Golf and Sharon Ritchie-Haughton with Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

June 5, 2013 by Mike

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Peter Casey with Claddagh Resources, Bryan Glutting with ACS Solutions, Tiffany Mack Fitzgerald with Black Girls Golf and Sharon Ritchie-Haughton with Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

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Dominick Rainey, Peter Casey, Bryan Glutting, Tiffany Mack Fitzgerald, Sharon Ritchie-Haughton, Nikole Toptas

Peter Casey/Claddaugh Resources

Claddaugh Resources is a Global Executive Search Firm with headquarters in Ireland and six offices around the world. One phone call to Claddagh Resources puts extensive resources to work for you. You can focus on running your business while they actively source, recruit, and interview qualified candidates. You also benefit from their extensive review process that includes reference checks, sales results verification, degree verification and a criminal background check.

Bryan Glutting/ACS Solutions

ACS Solutions is an organization that specializes in fiber and copper cable assemblies. They supply these assemblies for the internet, wireless, transportation and utility industries, offering a quick ship, high quality and easy-to-do business transaction.

Tiffany Mack Fitzgerald/Black Girls Golf

Black Girls Golf is an organization committed to providing women with a fun, safe and friendly environment to learn, play and experience the career and health benefits of golf.

Sharon Ritchie-Haughton/Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation Center provides a comprehensive array of quality skilled nursing and rehabilitation services, ranging from post-acute care and short-term “rehab-to-home” services to compassionate long-term care. The center’s “Homebound Program” helps individuals return home following a short stay at the center, and rehabilitation services include physical, occupational and speech therapies.

Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is located in Atlanta’s historic Old 4th Ward History District, surrounded by many historic sites on Auburn Avenue, including the birthplace of Martin Luther King, Jr. The center’s decades of service to its community and its historic location make its new name a perfect fit.

Drs. Nick and Adam Tedder with Upper Cervical Chiropractic of Georgia and Don Conklin with Pinnacle Custom Signs

June 4, 2013 by Mike

Partners for Success

Drs. Nick and Adam Tedder with Upper Cervical Chiropractic of Georgia and Don Conklin with Pinnacle Custom Signs

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Partners For Success is hosted by Dennis Bonin and Randy Hicks with Meridian Star Merchant Services.

Randy Hicks, Don Conklin, Nick Tedder, Adam Tedder, Dennis Bonin

Dr. Nick Tedder & Dr. Adam Tedder/Upper Cervical Chiropractic of Georgia

Upper Cervical Chiropractic of Georgia is located in Dacula, GA. Upper Cervical care is a rapidly growing form of chiropractic that focuses on the intimate relationship between the first two bones in the neck, called the Upper Cervical spine, and a vital portion of the nervous system, known as the brain stem. This relationship is essential to the body’s ability to preserve and restore health. Think of the brain stem as the control center that extends down an opening in the base of your skull, making it vulnerable to injuries or irritation around the upper neck. The brain stem works like a telephone cable with thousands of individual wires or nerve fibers sending signals back and forth between the brain and spinal cord to every cell, organ and system in the body. Every nerve impulse between the brain and the body must pass through the brain stem. The nervous system is responsible for all communication within the body. It controls your immune system, emotions, vision, hearing, balance, breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, muscle tension, posture, hormones and every other function. Irritation or pressure within the central nervous system can interrupt communication between the brain and the body, thus creating a variety of health problems.

The top two vertebrae, the Atlas and Axis, are especially vulnerable to injury or misalignment because they are the most mobile segments of the spine. If neglected, an Upper Cervical misalignment can lead to irreversible spinal degeneration and chronic ill health. Upper Cervical misalignments can be caused by falls, auto accidents, sports, job injuries, concussions, physical or emotional stress, poor posture or even birth trauma.

Upper Cervical Care is based on the universal law of cause and effect. For every effect or symptom (physical or mental), there must be a cause. Upper Cervical doctors focus their efforts on locating and removing interference to the nervous system that may be the cause of your health condition. Removing this interference can allow the body to heal itself naturally without the use of potentially harmful drugs or surgery. An Upper Cervical Correction is gentle and there is no forceful pulling, twisting or jerking motion of your neck. The correction is applied using a precise and controlled touch that allows the head, neck and spine to return to their proper positions, restoring balance to the body and removing the interference.

Don Conklin/Pinnacle Custom Signs

Pinnacle Custom Signs is a full service commercial sign company located in Buford, GA. They serve the greater Atlanta metro area but concentrate their efforts in Gwinnett, Hall and Forsyth Counties. The company was founded in June 2011 by Don and Theresa Conklin. Both of them left their corporate jobs to start their own business and create jobs in the community.

Dennis Daniels with Renaissance Executive Forums, Chef Monique Powell with Elite Cuisines, Chef Hank Reid with HGR Culinary Engineers and Torey Rose with You’re Sew Special

May 30, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Dennis Daniels with Renaissance Executive Forums, Chef Monique Powell with Elite Cuisines, Chef Hank Reid with HGR Culinary Engineers and Torey Rose with You're Sew Special

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Dennis Daniels/Renaissance Executive Forums

Renaissance Executive Forums brings together the top executives from non-competing companies of similar size, into a peer advisory board process, whereby thousands of leaders gain fresh ideas and new insights that produce tangible improvements in their business results. They believe “you don’t have to go it alone”.

Chef Monique Powell/Elite Cuisines

Elite Cuisines is a unique Catering and Personal Chef Service. They provide a selection of services including catering, personal chef, cooking classes and express meals. Their passion for food and elite services sets them ahead of the rest. Delighting the palate, stimulating the body, and tantalizing even the most conservative taste, their intriguing menus take you on a culinary journey. They use the freshest ingredients available, carefully pair unique food items, and use unique seasonings and spice combinations.

Chef Hank Reid/HGR Culinary Engineers

HGR Culinary Engineers is an organization with a purpose to lead and organize start-up restaurants and food service concepts.

Hank Reid is the Founder and Executive Director of Trinity Community Culinary Institutes, Inc. a non-profit organization with a purpose to establish an educational and creative learning program, offering classroom instruction, seminars, workshops and employment training to the local community in a recreational environment in the area of Culinary Arts. The foundation of TCCI is strengthened upon the desire to support the everyday challenges parents face to help their young adult sons and daughters transition into self-sufficient, productive adults.

Torey Rose/You’re Sew Special

YSS Athletics emerged from a challenge presented to Torey Rose after years of dealing with athletic uniforms that were late, wrong or didn’t fit her players. Her school principal challenged her to make her own uniforms. That challenge developed into a specialized company where uniforms are custom-designed and custom-fitted. YSS is starting its 20th year in business with Torey as the President and CEO and has grown from an athletic apparel company to include other types of apparel. The mission at YSS is to take the pain out of their clients’ lives.

Marc Lewyn with GV Financial Advisors, Brad Lurie with Bright Light Systems, Lance Coachman with EXI and David Post with Future Security

May 29, 2013 by Mike

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Marc Lewyn with GV Financial Advisors, Brad Lurie with Bright Light Systems, Lance Coachman with EXI and David Post with Future Security

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Dom Rainey, Marc Lewyn, Brad Lurie, Lance Coachman, David Post, Nikole Toptas

Marc Lewyn/GV Financial Advisors

Established in 1991, GV Financial Advisors is one of Atlanta’s top wealth managers. With 120 years of combined experience and team of 14 in-house professionals, GV Financial Advisors specializes in serving the needs of high net worth individuals, privately owned businesses and families.

They understand investing is a uniquely human endeavor. Their investment process was designed to help remove emotion from the investment equation, maintain focus on investment fundamentals, and seek out cutting-edge ideas and opportunities. They rely on independent research, observable data and defined criteria to identify potential investment opportunities and select money managers.

They engage clients in conversations carefully crafted to ask the “right” questions so they can understand them, uncover hidden opportunities and eliminate potential dangers. Together, they work to identify their life priorities, values and goals to help provide you a contextual understanding of their wealth so they can make more confident, informed decisions. They share their wisdom, experience and expertise to help create a plan to make progress toward their goals.

Guided Wealth Transformation (GWT) acknowledges what 25 years of experience has taught us: most people have a complex and often confounding relationship with money. Redefining that relationship is central to transforming views about money, wealth and happiness.

Brad Lurie/Bright Light Systems

Bright Light Systems offers innovation through patent-pending luminaires utilizing Light Emitting Plasma (LEP); the first energy efficient alternative to 50+ year legacy HID technology that delivers 55% energy reduction with 5x the lifetime for high wattage applications. Additionally, each fixture contains a wireless transmitter that enables real-time monitoring, kWh usage, and communicates with their energy data management system providing an optimal lighting experience and putting customers in control of their assets with analytics and information not previously available. Their comprehensive lighting solution allows users to reduce energy consumption by as much as 85%.

Lance Coachman/EXI, Inc.

For over twenty years, EXI, Inc. has been providing employees for American corporations. Their areas of expertise include the Atlanta Metro area as well as nationwide placements. Successful candidates have been placed in areas ranging from C Suite Upper Management to support staff. Individual disciplines include Operations, Engineering, Information Technology, Sales/Marketing, Accounting, Finance, and Management Consulting, Government and Not for Profit.

Established in 1989, EXI serves the specialized staffing needs of corporate clients, technology companies and major consulting firms worldwide. Searches are typically targeted at mid to upper-level executives and technical specialists for mission-critical positions. They concentrate daily on finding top talent for their client companies. Their goal is to supply seasoned, well qualified candidates in a timely manner. The list of clients that have utilized the services of the firm are some of the largest and best known companies in the U.S. along with many smaller, regionally known companies.

David Post, Future Security

Future Security provides consulting on security policy, procedure development and areas from hiring to termination. They provide management training and seminars related to all areas of theft, violence in the workplace, and managing a security program. Future Security also provides investigative services.

Russell Estey with RooterPLUS/Atlanta Cooling Pros, Stuart Perry with Farmers Insurance Group and Tammy Bennett with Bennett Realty & Investments

May 29, 2013 by Mike

Squawk Talk

Russell Estey with RooterPLUS/Atlanta Cooling Pros, Stuart Perry with Farmers Insurance Group and Tammy Bennett with Bennett Realty & Investments

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Russell Estey, Kate Schermerhorn, Stuart Perry, Tammy Bennett

Russell Estey/RooterPLUS & Atlanta Cooling Pros

RooterPLUS/Atlanta Cooling Pros has been providing plumbing, sewer, heating, ventilation, air conditioning and septic tank service to residential and commercial customers since 1994. Their extensive service area includes Atlanta, Marietta, Alpharetta, Cumming, Gainesville, Roswell, Lawrenceville and the surrounding areas. Their experienced, state licensed, professional staff offers quality service at affordable prices.

Stuart Perry/Farmers Insurance Group

Farmers Insurance Group began in 1928 when two men who shared a dream of providing a quality insurance product at a reasonable price opened the doors to the Farmers Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange in Los Angeles. In the decades that followed, they’ve grown and adapted to meet the changing needs of Americans, but one constant has remained. They have an unwavering commitment to upholding the ideals with which they began by providing industry-leading products and services to the customers they’re privileged to serve.

Today, Farmers Insurance Group of Companies is one of the country’s largest insurers(third) of vehicles, homes and small businesses and provides a wide range of other insurance and financial services products. Farmers’ business model revolves around the commitment to serve their clients through local, community based agents who are in touch with the localities where they live and work with their customers.

Farmers is proud to serve more than 10 million households with more than 20 million individual policies across all 50 states through the efforts of over 50,000 exclusive and independent agents and nearly 24,000 employees.

Tammy Bennett/Bennett Realty & Investments

Tammy Bennett is the owner and broker of Bennett Realty & Investments, LLC. After working in accounting for 10 years, she decided to change her career path and began the journey in Real Estate right before becoming a Mom. Having always had an interest in Real Estate, she opened Bennett Realty & Investments as the next step in being a provider of top notch customer service.

She knows what it takes to make a deal work and she looks forward to your business showing you how easy your life can be! Let her help you in your real estate journey, no matter what you are looking for. She has many years of commercial, residential and investment real estate experience, so no matter your needs, she is here to serve you.

She is a foreclosure specialist, so let her help you understand and conquer this difficult market!