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Achieving Clear Vision and Venture Capital

May 29, 2012 by tinalowe

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Achieving Clear Vision and Venture Capital

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Karen Rands, Managing Member | Kugarand Capital Holdings

Compassionate Capitalism – Starting a business – Investing in Innovation

Compassionate Capitalism occurs when people invest their expertise, time, money and resources into entrepreneurial endeavors to bring innovation to the market, create jobs and create wealth. It is only when start up companies get to market and become successful, growing into thriving profitable business do we get sustained economic growth. There are so many programs to help entrepreneurs become successful, so why is starting a business so hard and why do so many fail?

Karen, known inside IBM as “the Deal Maker”, left IBM in 2001 to catch the dot.com wave of a terrific start up and began her REAL education on the venture capital formation market. Launched Kugarand Capital Holdings in August of 2001 initially as a finder for Venture Capital firms. Kugarand Capital Holdings evolved into a full service provider for start up and early stage companies seeking angel investors and venture capital that may come in the way of debt or equity. We do this through these key initiatives: Capital Mastery Program to equip entrepreneurs with the skills necessary to raise a seed round and to manage the capital formation process successfully; Capital Strategy and Formation Services, and Investment Banking Services. The brand that most of these services are provided through is the Launch Funding Network, or LAUNCHfn. Entrepreneurs seeking to learn more and to arrange for an initial consultation can go to http://launchfn.com/registration.html

404-306-1240 | karen@launchfn.com | www.launchfn.com | @karen_rands

Greta Jaeger, President | Coaching Your Dreams, Inc.

Greta holds a M.S. from Georgia State in Professional Counseling and a B.A in Psychology from University of California at Davis. Greta is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Certified Personal Life Coach. Prior to developing Breakthrough Now, Inc, Greta proudly held a position as a board member of the Licensed Professional Counseling Association. She was also a board member for Estro-Fest Productions, producer of the Seen + Heard Arts Festival. She is a recognized keynote speaker, trainer, life coach, therapist, and mentor. Greta strongly believes in maintaining life balance as a life coach, therapist, friend, daughter and fellow human being. She recognizes her own humanity and cherishes it in others. Greta’s understanding and compassion for people, coupled with her extensive education and experience help make her magnificent in her chosen profession. She works with men and women in their mid-life crisis and military veterans as a life coach and a mental health therapist. She helps them break through the barriers that have blocked them from a happier life and a life in flow.

404-259-1335 | greta@coachingyourdreams.com | www.CoachingYourDreams.com | @Coach_Greta

Executive Series: Mark Kaplan, Chairman of Great Wraps

May 29, 2012 by tinalowe

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Executive Series: Mark Kaplan, Chairman of Great Wraps

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Mark Kaplan, Chairman | Great Wraps

How to Assess Franchise Opportunities

With all the business opportunities out there, franchising remains the best path to owning your own business. But you really need to understand how to assess the opportunity, or you might wind up working for the Franchisor instead of yourself. I’m happy to help you do that.

Mark Kaplan has a BS in Finance from The Wharton School, and an MBA from NYU in Strategic Marketing. After a short stint in Banking on Wall Street, he started his Marketing Career at Colgate Palmolive as the Assistant Brand Manager on Palmolive Dishwashing Liquid. He then joined Nabisco Brands, as the Brand Manager on Baby Ruth Candy Bars, and was later promoted to Senior Brand Manager on Wheat Thins Crackers. He then joined The Coca Cola Company here in Atlanta as the Senior Brand Manager on Sprite and Diet Sprite. During Mark’s tenure on the Brand, Sprite overtook 7UP as the #1 Lemon Lime in the Country. In 1989, Mark and his partner acquired Gyro Wrap, and set out to develop this small, local food concept into a national franchised-chain of Hot Wrapped Sandwiches. They renamed the Brand “Great Wraps” in the mid 90’s, expanded the Concept to offer a variety of tasty/healthy Wrapped Sandwiches, and are approaching their 80th store. Great Wraps has recently developed the most cutting-edge, “greenest” cooking platform in the industry that enables them to serve their Hot Wrapped Sandwiches, Cheesesteaks, Fries and Full Breakfast with no grill, no frying and no hood. This proprietary operation results in even tastier, hot food…..but is now far less caloric and fattening than competition. This superior operation now enables Great Wraps to expand from the Shopping Mall sector to capitalize on smaller spaces in the College, Airport and Military sectors. The future is indeed bright for Great Wraps!

404-248-9900 X15 | mkaplan@greatwraps.com | www.greatwraps.com

The Benefits of Outsourcing HR and Payroll

May 17, 2012 by tinalowe

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The Benefits of Outsourcing HR and Payroll

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Layne Davlin, Founder & CEO | Einstein HR

Running a Business Has Never Been Harder

Most business owners never went into business to deal with payroll, benefits, workers’ compensation and HR issues. They go into business to follow that passion for what they do or make. Well, you get the drama and regulations too, even if you don’t want them. Outsource the non-produce things that don’t make you money, focus on the one’s that do! Outsourcing the non-productive tasks greatly benefits the Employer thru increased focus on revenue producing activities, expansion and growth! Allows them to hire more employees and sell more product or services.

layne@einsteinhr.com | 770-962-1700 x 9101 | www.EinsteinHR.com

Cliff Gibson, President | Proactive Payroll

Demands on Employers: IRS and State Agency Regulatory

Federal and State Agency Regulatory Demands on Employers and how outsourcing payroll and HR can protect Employers from costly penalties and fines. Competitive advantages outsourcing offers to small business employers in hiring and retaining top talent. The threats by the national payroll/HR services providers to the industries of insurance, retirement planning professionals, banking and accounting.

cgibson@proactivepayroll.com | 404.431.0031 | www.proactivepayroll.com

Branding… A 5,000 Year History

May 16, 2012 by tinalowe

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Branding... A 5,000 Year History

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Mark Speece, CEO | 800 Degrees

Branding… A 5,000 Year History

Brands have existed for over 5,000 years. A lot has changed… yet, the fundamentals of branding remain largely the same. How are the best companies building brands today – in the face of an every changing set of customers, competition and communications tools?

Backed by 17 years of business-to-consumer and business-to-business marketing experience, Mark Speece is 800 Degrees’ Naming Director. His expertise in name and tagline development has been used by some of the world’s best-known branding firms. Prior to founding the Atlanta-based brand consultancy with Natalie Ross, Mark was responsible for verbal branding practices at FutureBrand and Landor New York, as well as corporate branding for The Sterling Group. Historically, Mark has managed large-scale programs including global repositioning and brand architecture development, as well as directed numerous naming and renaming assignments for clients such as Boston Scientific, Coca-Cola, Dow Chemical, DuPont, J&J, Microsoft, Motorola, Proctor & Gamble, SunTrust, Turner Broadcasting and Visa.A noted industry expert who develops and manages brands that inspire, endure and create measurable marketplace advantage, Mark is an adjunct instructor at Emory University’s Goizueta School of Business and a guest lecturer at the University of Virginia. His branding insights have been reported by media outlets including Ad Age, Brandweek, BusinessWeek, CNBC, USA Today, Automotive News, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta Business Chronicle and Richmond Times-Dispatch.

404.636.4673 | mspeece@800degrees.com | www.800degress.com | @MarkSpeece

Scarlett Gordon, Area Director | N2 Publishing

Graduate of University of GA, BBA.Realtor with Re/Max Greater Atlanta for 15 years prior to joining N2 Publishing in 2010. Scarlett will discuss how N2 Publishing grew to be America’s leading provider of specialty publications in just 7 years.

404-512-6493 | scarlett.gordon@n2pub.com | www.n2pub.com

Angel Investors and Business Growth

May 2, 2012 by tinalowe

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Angel Investors and Business Growth

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Glenn Bachman, President | Bachman International

Angel Investor Series: Getting Your Technology Start-up Funded

Glenn Bachman is an entrepreneur and angel investor for Atlanta based technology companies. Glenn has held senior management and board member positions with venture capital backed and self-funded businesses including one NASDAQ IPO. Glenn is a native Atlantan and earned his MBA from the College of William & Mary.

404-668-9448 | glennbachman@att.net

Jennifer Bull, CEO | Spark Ideas

Get inside the minds of your employees to sustain and grow your business

People ask about how a business’s numbers look all the time. Equal emphasis should be placed on employees – the people behind the numbers. Employees are the people who do the work, and leadership needs them to be operating at their best in order to meet the challenges of an increasing complex and constantly changing global marketplace.

Jennifer Bull is the CEO of Spark Ideas, an internal communications company that helps national and global organizations understand the connections between corporate culture, employee engagement and business results.

Spark works and performs research with national and global well-known brands, including Harley Davidson, UPS, IHG, GE, Medtronic, Keller Williams and Acura.

CEO Jennifer Bull offers an insightful and unique perspective on culture transformation based on her leadership experience in the corporate world of UPS and then as president of an internal communications company. Her past experiences include working with other big brands, such as Coke Refreshments, Embassy Suites and Chick-fil-A.

At UPS, she was an internal lead who helped launch the new UPS brand in 2001 (the largest corporate rebranding in history at that time) and helped launch the brand’s sustainability platform, which is still in action today.

404-983-1930 | jen@sparkideasinc.com

Small Business Education Series: HR/Insurance/Communications

April 30, 2012 by tinalowe

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Small Business Education Series: HR/Insurance/Communications

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Barry Flink, Executive Vice President & Partner | FlexHR, Inc.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Human Resources

Barry is Executive Vice President and Partner of FlexHR, Inc. in North Atlanta. As one of the

Southeast’s leading consulting organizations, FlexHR specializes in managing change, human

capital issues and providing executive level human resource leadership to small and medium sized

organizations.

404 252 3779 | bflink@flexhr.com | www.flexhr.com

Dan Merkel | Southern States Insurance

Insurance Made Easy

We keep it simple and respect the fact that our clients don’t engage in insurance issues every day like we do. We are highly educated in insurance so we know what we are doing and we can present it in a way

you can understand it.

678-715-0415 | dmerkel@southernstatesinsurance.com | Southernstatesinsurance.com

Maggie Anderson | Communications Expert

A marketing communications expert and a coach, Maggie Anderson works with entrepreneurs to transform the way their companies are perceived in

the marketplace. Change the perception and everything changes. She refines and aligns your branding and messaging so your ideal prospects can find you.

Maggie has more than 20 years’ experience producing marketing communications for high level executives, professionals and entrepreneurs. She recently published Do You Stand Out Enough? Much more than a book, it is a step-by-step guide for experts with exercises to refine your vision and lay the foundation for a powerful marketing strategy.

404-842-1958 | ma@maggieanderson.com } www.maggieanderson.com

Cell Phone Series: Zagg invisibleSHIELD and Bob Knows Phones

April 26, 2012 by tinalowe

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Cell Phone Series: Zagg invisibleSHIELD and Bob Knows Phones

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Kevin Binette and Harrison Funk, Owners | ZAGG invisibleSHIELD®

Start Small – Think Big

Starting a business in today’s economy is risky to some, but there is no better time to start your own

business for those who are interested in pursuing financial freedom. Many never even get started

in business ownership because of doubt, fear or lack of motivation. ZAGG invisibleSHIELD business

owners, Kevin Binette and Harrison Funk talk about their experience getting started in the retail business

opportunity and share some of their experiences, philosophies and strategies along the way.

www.facebook.com/zaggdiscovermills | www.facebook.com/zaggcumberlandmall

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Joel Quinn, Managing Partner | Bob Knows Phones

Bob is Smart. He Can Help.

Bob Knows Phones™is a local company that can fix your cracked screen, dry up that water damage, and

do a dozen other cell phone repairs.

Stop by and let us put in a new, original part on your phone. Drop off your smart phone at lunch — and

pick up on the way home, all fixed-up and shiny again. You’ll be surprised by what we can do at Bob

Knows Phones.

A cracked screen on your smart phone is annoying; an iPhone or Droid with water damage is a

paperweight. But have you ever called your cell phone company for a replacement? “Pay full price, or get

a price break but extend your contract” — that’s what you’ll hear.

There is a better, smarter way. Right here in Atlanta. We currently have two locations to serve you. Call us now in Atlanta (678-298-3191) or Conyers (678-374-7387 (or email) to ask a question, or get a free estimate. We are here 7 days a week.

“What’s it cost?”

A lot less than what you’ll pay at AT&T, Verizon, Sprint or T-Mobile! At Bob Knows Phones, you can

expect to save up to 80% over what those guys charge. And we guarantee our work.

2221 Peachtree Rd, Atlanta | 678-298-3191 | Joel.quinn@bobknowsphones.com | @bobknowsphones

How to Position Your Company to Thrive in the Relationship Economy

April 17, 2012 by tinalowe

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How to Position Your Company to Thrive in the Relationship Economy

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Paul Collins, Vice President | Sagepath

How to Position Your Company to Thrive in the Relationship Economy

In a world of abundance and hyper-connectivity, companies must focus on more than profitability

and the bottom line. Rather, they must become more transparent and purpose driven. That’s because

consumers have the tools and devices to instantly share in the brand experience and provide influential

recommendations. Consequently, they’re more selective and discerning about the companies they

associate with and why. Therefore, companies need to think and act more symbiotically, openly and honestly. They must embrace two-way dialogues with their customers, and engage less in “selling” and more in providing useful,

relevant information consistently across multiple marketing communications channels and devices.

Sagepath is a highly creative, multi-disciplined digital agency that follows a responsive, flexible and

nimble process that is custom-tailored to successfully guiding clients down the most direct and successful

path for their brand.

770-331-5747 | pcollins@sagepath.com | www.sagepath | @the_blue_rabbit

Marge Bieler, Communications Knowledge Manager | Movero

7 Key Ways to Use LinkedIn to Drive Revenue

Learn how the social media revolution is impacting business and mankind. Learn the 7 key ways you can leverage LinkedIn and other social media platforms to drive revenue, increase your sales pipeline, gain valuable insight onyour prospects, accelerate deals, and be viewed as an expert in your field. Social Media Facts: Half the world is under the age 30. Social media has over taken porn as the #1 activity on the web. LinkedIn includes executives from every company listed on the Fortune 500. Kindergartners are learning on iPads not chalkboards. Facebook and YouTube tops Google’s weekly traffic.

770-367-2795 | Marge.bieler@moveroinc.com | www.moveroinc.com |@moveroinc

School for Start-Ups / Definition 6 / Smartsoft Mobile Solutions

April 17, 2012 by tinalowe

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School for Start-Ups / Definition 6 / Smartsoft Mobile Solutions

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Michael Kogon, CEO | Definition 6

Definition 6 is a Unified Marketing Agency that creates brand experiences that unite brands and people in motion. Through imagination, innovation and insight, we execute ideas that deliver continued value across all brand interactions. Since 1997, Definition 6 has been helping clients redefine brand experiences by unifying the disciplines of marketing and technology.

With offices in Atlanta, New York and Dallas, Definition 6 supports a fast-growing client base that includes The Coca-Cola Company, HBO, La Quinta Inns & Suites, Verifone, Cox Enterprises, Nickelodeon, Mitsubishi and Cinnabon. For more information on Definition 6’s Unified Marketing Services, or to learn more about the agency’s award-winning work, please visit http://www.definition6.com.

Dan Homrich, CEO | Smartsoft Mobile Solutions, Inc.

Mobile – The Future of Business

We view mobility as one of three avenues of software growth and innovative thinking (Mobile, Cloud, BigData). We’re leading the way by providing innovative mobile solutions.

Mr. Homrich is responsible for strategy and execution at Smartsoft Mobile Solutions, Inc. In his role as CEO, Dan has ultimate responsibility for meeting and exceeding all customer and partner expectations.

Dan has a successful history of developing and deploying mobile applications for the healthcare, retail, field services,utilities, warehousing, distribution, and logistics industries. His career encompasses over 20 years of key leadership positions in Fortune 500, public, private, and start-up companies.

Under Dan’s leadership, Smartsoft Mobile Solutions has delivered world class B2B and B2C mobile solutions. Leveraging his rich mobile experience of 25 years, Smartsoft is providing innovative solutions in the enterprise mobile landscape. In addition to winning business with global Fortune 100 companies, Smartsoft has been recognized as a Top 40 TechnologyInnovation company. Smartsoft has coined the term B2E – Business to Everyone, driving additional ROI out of existing back-office solutions by leveraging an enterprise perspective of mobility. Smartsoft is Dan’s fourth technology start-upcompany.

Since its inception in 2009, Smartsoft has helped companies like SAP, The Home Depot (US & CA), Carrier, Honda,McKesson, Hobby Lobby achieve their business objectives with innovative mobile solutions.

Dan’s leadership background includes executive management roles at IBM, (Royal Dutch) Philips, Cox Communications,Lanier Healthcare, Utility Partners, and American Software. His responsibilities with firms have included managing global organizations, professional services, research & development, production, sales & sales support, implementation, andsupport.

Mr. Homrich has been interviewed numerous times and has been quoted in several business publications. He is recognized asa thought leader in the mobile industry and is a frequent speaker on the subject.

dan.homrich@smartsoftmobile.com | 404-550-1109 | www.SmartsoftMobile.com

Jim Beach | School for Startups

Entrepreneurship is not about risk, creativity, or passion. We were lucky enough to be published by McGraw Hill. The book, School for Startups, argues that anyone can be an entrepreneur. Seventy-two percent of Americans wish they were entrepreneurs. When this seventy-two percent of people see that risk and creativity can be removed, no excuse remains for inertia. The book has reached as high as #11 on Amazon’s business section, and features inside stories about several interesting, yet very real and relatable, entrepreneurs.

Jim Beach’s first book, School for Startups, was published by McGraw-Hill in June 2011. Jim has started businesses and has taught entrepreneurship around the world. At the age of 25, Jim founded American Computer Experience and grew the company with no capital infusion to $12 million in annual revenue and to over 700 employees, operating in 39 states and in three countries. Jim taught entrepreneurship at Georgia State University for nine years and in 2009, and ranked number one in the business school for 12 straight semesters. In 2010, he founded School for Startups, which has taught over 7000 people to be low risk entrepreneurs. He has been featured in a UPS commercial, CNN called him the Simon Cowell of small business, and corporations like Wells Fargo, Toshiba, UPS, and SunTrust have hired him as a speaker and consultant.

James.beach@att.net | 678-640-0770 | www.schoolforstartups.com | @EntrepreneurJim