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COMMUNITY BANKING AND SMALL BUSINESS: Chris Marinac with FIG Partners

June 17, 2015 by Mike

On the Money

COMMUNITY BANKING AND SMALL BUSINESS: Chris Marinac with FIG Partners

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Host Joe Moss takes you inside the world of community banking with special guest Chris Marianac of FIG Partners.

Chris Marinac/FIG Partners

FIG Partners is an employee-owned broker/dealer specializing in financial institutions. Their expertise includes independent research on nearly 120 public bank stocks and the industry at large, completion of over 100 transactions to raise new capital and provide strategic advice, and OTC market-making for 800+ banks nationwide. FIG Partners has strong capabilities in their four key disciplines: Equity Research, Investment Banking, Equity Sales & Trading, and Fixed Income

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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.

MANAGING A SMALL BUSINESS IN A GROWING ECONOMY: Marie Fratoni with Gets Clients Everywhere and Doug Ireland with Freeland Painting

June 10, 2015 by Mike

On the Money

MANAGING A SMALL BUSINESS IN A GROWING ECONOMY: Marie Fratoni with Gets Clients Everywhere and Doug Ireland with Freeland Painting

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On this episode of “On the Money”, host Joe Moss discusses managing a small business in a growing economy with guests Marie Fratoni and Doug Ireland.

Marie Fratoni/Gets Clients Everywhere

Get Clients Everywhere is a company that provides events, workshops and coaching for entrepreneurs so they create great programs, find the right clients, and make more money. They teach how to create long-term sustainable businesses with predictable income.

Doug Ireland/Freeland Painting

The mission at Freeland Painting is to bring excellence to their clients through home repairs. Painting, roofing and general renovations are not a unique business, but Freeland Painting & Construction intends to be unique within this industry. They believe that their customer’s fulfillment and happiness is the ultimate goal and their only assignment. They believe that only by serving their customers FIRST can they then serve their employees, suppliers and families.

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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.

HELPING ENTREPRENEURS: Marie Fratoni with Get Clients Everywhere

May 20, 2015 by Mike

On the Money

HELPING ENTREPRENEURS: Marie Fratoni with Get Clients Everywhere

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Marie Fratoni with Get Clients Everywhere joins host Joe Moss of Embassy National Bank to discuss how entrepreneurs can find success in today’s competitive business world.

Marie Fratoni/Get Clients Everywhere

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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.

Pitch The Crowd

May 19, 2015 by CW

Midtown Business Radio

Pitch The Crowd

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Pitch The Crowd

I met JR McNair a few months ago when I was just getting started here with the Midtown studio. He is an Atlanta native and hometown sports star that now resides in South Fulton County.

While in College J.R. started a business development company that since its inception has helped over 3,000 small business owners. J.R. is an avid learner and prides himself on mastering a new business skill every 12 months. J.R. has helped incorporate almost 1,000 entities and as such is an expert in the field of corporate formations. J.R. McNair started his first business at the age of 10 years old and has personally started, branded, invested or sold over 30 businesses since that time.

He came by to talk about his newest effort—Pitch The Crowd, a show he recently launched on cable TV here in Atlanta. The show, which currently will air a new episode quarterly, is similar to the popular Shark Tank. With Pitch The Crowd, the goal is to pitch your business or not-for-profit to the crowd funding space.

He brought along several guests who had appeared on the show’s first episode. Emmenette Mason oversees a non-profit organization focused on giving Atlanta young people and adults education on entrepreneurship through a series of weekly workshops in the summer in addition to other educational offerings. IXOYE Global Entrepreneurship Network, or IXGEN for short, has already seen success, with numerous young people who have gone through the program coming back to talk about how they have successfully launched their own small businesses based on what they learned from IXGEN.

IXOYE Global Entrepreneurship Network (IXGEN), is a Georgia nonprofit organization created to provide business support services to assist in creating, strengthening and expanding grassroots micro and small enterprises, and guiding them toward national and international levels of entrepreneurship. IXGEN’s mission is to facilitate access to resources, provide information, technical assistance, training, counseling and other support services, to micro and small entrepreneurs to enable them to promote, strengthen and grow their businesses. IXGEN is committed to ‘promoting a global perspective for micro entrepreneurs in the USA and in Africa.

IXGEN passionately advocates (non-politically), the need for entrepreneurial education as an integral part of the middle and high school curricula throughout the USA and Africa. In this regard, IXGEN has initiated a youth empowerment program (iYEP), for youth in middle and high schools, as well as for young adults. The Youth Empowerment Program (iYEP), is an annual Entrepreneurship, Leadership, & Life Skills Training that provides opportunities for the young people to develop the competencies they need to become successful individuals, and potential business owners.

IXGEN has developed strategic collaborations/partnerships with individual entrepreneurs, philanthropists, development practitioners, governmental and non-governmental agencies, and faith-based organizations that are engaged in economic and community development.

Deontae Trundle came by to talk about Indie Film Loop. The Indie Film Loop is a three-day Film Conference and Creative Showcase that starts on Friday, August 7th, 2015 and ends on Sunday, August 9th. It is projected to be the Southeast regionʼs premiere marketplace for Independent talents within the film & media industries. Attendees will have the opportunity to discover new creative talents within the industry by seeing the showcased participants engaged in intense film related competitions and more. Participants will also be able to gain valuable knowledge from industry leading professionals through thought provoking panel discussions and keynotes, interactive workshops and collaborative opportunities making The Indie Film Loop a vibrant avenue for career development. Emerging professionals of today will be able to earn the right to become the industry elites of tomorrow!

Mark Cano was a Pitch The Crowd participant who is looking for crowd funding to support his efforts to launch a state-of-the-art cosmetology school in the Atlanta area. Having been exposed to the industry of cosmetology education with his wife while living in Florida. Mark’s wife, who has many years of experience in cosmetology was invited to help build a new school in their community and they became intrigued by the possibilities.

Mark has leveraged his background in investment banking, his wife’s experience, and their work as owners of the MedSpa in Johns Creek to develop a passion to build a cosmetology school the he hopes will be the go-to option for the region.

Special Guests:

JR McNair, Business Service Pros, Pitch The Crowd

Founder, Business Service Pros
Launched his first business, age 10

Emmenette Mason, IXOYE Global Entrepreneurship Network

MBA, Entrepreneurship Development, University of Akron
Founder, Youth Empowerment Program
Member, National Association of Professional Women
Counselor, SCORE (Business counseling of SBA, Georgia Chapter)

Deontae Trundle, Managing Partner, Indie Film Loop

AA, Applied Business with focus in Graphic Design, Coyehoga Community College
Produced “Mr. Amazing”, 2009 Atlanta Film project Competition in Atlanta, Winning 5 “Best Of” Awards
Previous Creative Director, Upris Corp
Creative Director/Founder, Creative Synergy Design, LLC

Humor Wins

May 5, 2015 by CW

Midtown Business Radio

Humor Wins

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Humor Wins

This week I sat down with Marshall Chiles, Founder and Dudeman of Humor Wins, a business that helps companies looking to improve team dynamics among their staff. As the owner of one of the first comedy clubs in Atlanta, Laughing Skull Lounge, he has been in the humor business for years. He decided to take his knowledge of comedy to help business people learn to add an element of humor to their client interactions and sales presentations. Humor Wins’ team also provides corporate roast services, adding a memorable, interesting element to company events.

Marshall talked about how they take their clients through the process of learning how to develop some humorous comments or jokes that help disarm prospective customers, facilitating relationship building that can lead to a sale. His team also facilitates team building by teaching self-deprecating humor that can foster better communication and reduce tension among the business’s staff.

He brought along Jeremy Wing, Co-CEO of Payscape Advisors, a merchant services and financial technology company. Payscape Advisors provides an array of services and technologies for companies ranging from online invoicing, an online registration platform for schools and camps, access to AR capital, payment processing, and more. Jeremy shared how he came to know Marshall through providing their payment processing services, ultimately becoming a client of Humor Wins.

I met Kimyung Kim, a comedian and word smith who uses improvisational free-style rapping to provide entertainment services for corporate events. We got a demonstration of his skill with him rapping while we gave him random words he integrated into his lyrics.

If your company is looking to attract young, motivated millennials, reduce turnover, and help build closer relationships among your sales force, executives, and administrative staff, you need to get to know these innovative experts.

Special Guests:

Marshall Chiles, Founder/Dudeman Laughing Skull Lounge and Humor Wins

Bachelor of Business Administration, Management Information Services, University of Georgia
Founder of Southern Fried Supernova
Founder of the the world’s smallest comedy club (Laughing Skull Lounge)

Jeremy Wing, Co-CEO of Payscape Advisors

Previous Director, MTV
Director, RegPoint Solutions
Investor in numerous businesses such as FINSYNC, KidsLink Inc., Bayan Investment Group
Recipient of numerous business awards including Top 40 Innovative Company, Atlanta, Top Workplace, AJC, Inc 500/5000 Fastest Growing Companies, and others

Kimyung Kim, Speaker/Rapper Kimyung Kim Speaks

Former teacher, Social Studies, Magnolia Science Academy
BA, History, Georgia State University
National Speakers Association volunteer
Active comedian

STARTING A NEW BUSINESS: Peter Hildebrandt with SCORE

April 29, 2015 by Mike

On the Money

STARTING A NEW BUSINESS: Peter Hildebrandt with SCORE

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On this episode of “On the Money”, host Joe Moss of Embassy National Bank interviews Peter Hildebrandt of SCORE about how that organization helps small businesses get off the ground.

Peter Hildebrandt/SCORE

SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, grow and achieve their goals through education and mentorship. They have been doing this for over 50 years.

Since their work is supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and thanks to a network of over 11,000 volunteers, they are able to deliver their services at no charge or at very low cost. Anyone can sit down for mentoring sessions with a SCORE mentor, and it’s always free. The SCORE mentors are all successful business people who have either started their own business or been executives in larger organizations

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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.

Logistics

April 29, 2015 by CW

Midtown Business Radio

Logistics

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Logistics

This week I sat down with Jannine Miller, Director, Center of Innovation for Logistics at the Georgia Department of Economic Development. We talked about how the state of Georgia places a great deal of priority on maintaining and expanding our transportation infrastructure. Jannine shared how effective logistics management can foster significant economic development.

She also discussed how the entities that comprise our logistics capabilities across the various modes gives rise to growth opportunities for small businesses around the area. This comes from the need for “last mile” carriers who can move the freight to its final destination from larger distribution centers, as well as countless other ways to provide vendor/supplier services to larger companies that need to extend their capacity.

We also were pleased to have VP of Business Development for NOWaccount, Kim Humphreys on the show. We talked about how their merchant services solution provides B2B companies experiencing some delayed payment of invoices access to aging AR funds in 3-5 days for only a 2.5% fee.

With this already-earned capital can fund new growth and/or allow a company to be able to afford to take on larger orders that could otherwise not be possible.

Special Guests:

Jannine Miller, Director, Center of Innovation for Logistics, Georgia Department of Economic Development

Former Transportation Policy Advisor the the Georgia Governor’s Office
Previous Executive Director of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority
Former Supply Chain Finance Senior Manager, The Home Depot
MBA, Georgia Technical Institute

Kim Humphreys, VP, Business Development/Co-founder, NOWaccount

Published author
Founding member, TAG FinTech
Previous Chief of Staff, Harbor Payments
Over 20 years professional/leadership experience in marketing/leadership roles

OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Mark Farmer with the Gwinnett Chamber Economic Development & Partnership Gwinnett, Mark Butler with the University of Georgia Small Business Development Center, and Peter Hildebrandt with SCORE

April 24, 2015 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Mark Farmer with the Gwinnett Chamber Economic Development & Partnership Gwinnett, Mark Butler with the University of Georgia Small Business Development Center, and Peter Hildebrandt with SCORE

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Mark Farmer, Mark Butler, Peter Hildebrandt

Mark Farmer/Gwinnett Chamber Economic Development

The Gwinnett Chamber Economic Development department is tasked with implementing the Partnership Gwinnett initiative, which is the community and economic development strategy for the county. The department works to foster business growth in the county.

Mark Butler/University of Georgia Small Business Development Center

The mission of the University of Georgia Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is to enhance the economic well-being of Georgians by providing a wide range of educational services for small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs. The SBDC provides one-on-one consulting, continuing education, and access to research for its clients. One-on-one consulting services are provided at no cost to the small business owner.

Peter Hildebrandt/SCORE

SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, grow and achieve their goals through education and mentorship. They have been doing this for over 50 years. Since their work is supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and thanks to a network of over 11,000 volunteers, they are able to deliver their services at no charge or at very low cost. Anyone can sit down for mentoring sessions with a SCORE mentor and it’s always free. The SCORE mentors are all successful business people who have either started their own business or been executives in larger organizations.

MENTORING TOMORROW’S BUSINESS LEADERS: Veronica Maldonado-Torres with Georgia Mentor Protege Connection

April 22, 2015 by Mike

On the Money

MENTORING TOMORROW'S BUSINESS LEADERS: Veronica Maldonado-Torres with Georgia Mentor Protege Connection

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If you had the opportunity to learn proven best practices from one of America’s top corporations, would you take it? On this episode of “On the Money”, host Joe Moss of Embassy National Bank interviews Veronica Maldonado-Torres about mentoring and the Georgia Mentor Protege Connection.

Veronica Maldonado-Torres/Georgia Mentor Protege Connection

The Georgia Mentor Protégé Connection (MPC) is a business development program administered by the Georgia Education Foundation (GEF) in partnership with the Department of Economic Development and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Emerging firms who are accepted into the program have an opportunity to make tremendous strides in areas such as business acumen, methods and procedures, competitiveness and capability.

In addition, MPC enables Georgia small businesses to benefit from a partnership with a corporate mentor for a period of one year. Emerging firms can build relationships, explore new technologies, learn about best practices, and benefit from the wisdom of corporate executives who are committed to the long-term health and overall growth of small businesses in Georgia. The goal of the program is to help small businesses to be successful over the long haul by helping them to develop capacity, enhance their skill sets, and become more competitive. Research has shown that access to the right kind of coaching and mentoring significantly increases the success rate in small business, while both the mentor and the protégé benefit tremendously from their interaction.

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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.