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Stan Osbourne with Bahama Breeze, Todd Reddeman with Mocha My Day, and Tom Vooris with Choices To You

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Stan Osbourne/Bahama Breeze

Caribbean inspired food, handcrafted tropical drinks, and a vibrant island atmosphere lets you feel a million miles from home, any day of the week. At Bahama Breeze, you can explore island flavors, discover legendary cocktails, and feel the energy of live music. Like sunshine on your face, it’s warm and welcoming. A place to gather with friends and share a tasty plate or two or five. No worries. You’ll find your favorite dishes here, but their chef delights in introducing you to tropical tastes and new recipes.

Todd Reddeman/Mocha My Day

Celebrate the wonder and romance of a real coffeehouse experience at your next special event with the hottest coffee bar catering service in Atlanta! A coffee and chocolate lover’s dream, Mocha My Day specializes in creating a delicious selection of espresso and non-espresso based drinks for you and your guests. Any season, any reason, whenever you want to have fun!

Tom Vooris/Choices To You

Let Choices To You bring the restaurant to you! If you live in the North Fulton or Gwinnett County area of Atlanta, they’re about to make your life a whole lot easier! If you ever ask yourself, “Where’s the best restaurant delivery near me?”, they have got you covered. Try their food delivery service today! Choices To You lets you pick take out from some of the best restaurants around you. Feel like Italian? Mexican? Chinese? Who doesn’t love take out food?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marissa Maldonado with Proda Technology, Shaun Boyce with Ankle Biters, Michael Gifford with New Heights Marketing

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Marissa Maldonado/Proda Technology

Proda Technology’s core business is providing Managed IT services which includes Network Security Audits, Network Design, Network Maintenance, and Help Desk support for small to medium sized businesses. Proda also provides onsite technical implementations and support, Cyber Security Education, and Website Design/ Security Maintenance. Proda Technology’s mantra is “Tailored IT Solutions. Pivotal Support”. This core belief is attained by creating technically proficient units of team members who all have excellent communication skills, exceptional customer service, collaboration mindset, and above all else values in alignment with the company from day one. Every member is focused on the client’s technological well-being and security.

Shaun Boyce/Ankle Biters

Ankle Biters offers extra-curricular, co-curricular and after care options to schools, neighborhood HOA’s and any location benefited by child focused programming. With options ranging from 10 & Under Tennis to Stop Animation Movie Production, Ankle Biters can assist any location with professional and affordable after school options.

 

Michael Gifford/New Heights Marketing

When you work with New Heights Marketing, you get more than a marketer, website designer, or copywriter. You get a consultant and coach with over 35 years of business experience who will listen carefully to you and craft a plan of action customized to your wants and needs. They love to help business owners reach their goals and achieve their dreams!

 

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Philip Hoang with Southern Rubbish and Melissa Gordon with EchelonCommunicate

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Philip Hoang/Southern Rubbish

Southern Rubbish is a small junk and debris removal service based in Cumming.  They are family owned and operated, with strong ties to the community.  Whatever you need removed, they can handle it.  From hoarding to hot tubs to old refrigerators, they are there to help. They also dedicate their time and our resources to helping charities in their local community. Southern Rubbish is currently working with SAFFT and the Humane Society of Forsyth County. They donate kitty litter whenever they can and are currently approaching 1,000 pounds of donated litter for those cute kitties!

Melissa Gordon/EchelonCommunicate

EchelonCommunicate is the leader’s communication company. They’re the trusted source for everything you need to communicate effectively. To get real results, you need to communicate with power and presence. You want to foster collaboration in diverse teams. And you want to inspire your people and align their behaviors with your strategy. Echelon provides the training, coaching and facilitation that will help you communicate so that you have the highest possible impact. At Echelon, they’ve worked with thousands of leaders and their teams around the globe. They serve all kinds of organizations – from startups and non-profits to Fortune 100 corporations. At Echelon, they measure their success in terms of your success. They build skills and facilitate productive meetings. They help you plan communication strategies and develop messages that resonate. Their experience in producing award-winning videos means they are also your best partner to create provocative thought-leader videos.

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Keith Daniel with Paran Homes, Larry Black with A Computer Partner, Damien Porche with Organized Pixels, and Keeyawna Porche with Porche Weddings & Special Events

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Mike Sammond, Keith Daniel, Larry Black, Keeyawna Porche, Damien Porche, Steven Julian

Mike Sammond, Keith Daniel, Larry Black, Keeyawna Porche, Damien Porche, Steven Julian

Keith Daniel/Paran Homes

Paran Homes is a new home builder in the Atlanta, Raleigh and Nashville Markets. Paran Homes just finished partnering with FOX on a reality TV show called “Home Free”. The show is all about changing lives! Contestants compete to win their heroes a brand new home with Mike Holmes and Tim Tebow coaching them through the competition. This all took place at the Paran Homes’ brand new community in Dallas, GA.

Larry Black/A Computer Partner

Larry Black founded A Computer Partner in 2009 after 15 years of serving as an IT Director, among other duties, with other corporations. His goal is to provide tech services at reasonable prices with a guarantee of repair or no charge.

 

 

Damien Porche/Organized Pixels

Organized Pixels is a community-based Digital Marketing and Google Trusted Photography Agency that heads the execution of client initiatives including: Paid Search Marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Display Advertising, Social Media Marketing, Email Campaigns and Mobile Marketing.

 

Keeyawna Porche/Porche Weddings & Special Events

Porche Weddings is a full-service wedding & special events planning firm located in downtown Lawrenceville. In addition to wedding planning, they offer photography, videography, 360 video, event design and much more. Their goal is to eliminate the stress of planning your wedding and allowing you to be a guest at your own wedding.

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Greg Lang with Good Samaritan Health Center and Jay Moran with Followed Social Media for Business

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Greg Lang/Good Samaritan Health Center

Greg Lang, Good Samaritan Health CenterGood Samaritan Health Center of Gwinnett is a non-profit organization committed to caring for the uninsured and under-insured working poor in Gwinnett County. It is the aim of Good Samaritan Gwinnett to not only meet physical needs, but to also address the spiritual needs of their patients through prayer and biblical counseling. They serve the community by helping to eliminate health disparities for uninsured and under-insured populations, and their programs help reduce the cost of indigent care on the public health care delivery system.

Jay Moran/Followed Social Media for Business

Followed Social Media for Business takes social media off your marketing “To-Do” list, and keeps you top-of-mind with your target market to influence their buying decisions, all while saving you time, money and keeping your work-life balance in harmony.

 

 

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Michael Auten & Randy Bernard with On-Site Health Solutions of Atlanta

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Michael Auten & Randy Bernard/On-Site Health Solutions of Atlanta

On-Site Health Solutions of Atlanta has been committed to improving the quality of life for individuals and companies by bringing preventative care to the workplace at no cost to the employer. OHS Atlanta helps thousands of employees each year with early detection of diseases that could possibly save their lives.

 

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Barbara Kvam with LegalShield and Julie King with Fairway Mortgage

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Mike Sammond, Barbara Kvam, Juile King, Steven Julian

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Barbara Kvam/LegalShield

LegalShield is a 44-year old company providing individuals, families, and small business-owners with affordable access to top-rated attorneys in the U.S. and four provinces of Canada. ID Shield plans are also offered by partnering with Kroll, a 44-year old worldwide theft investigative services company. Kroll will do whatever it takes, for however long it takes, to restore a member’s stolen identity, backed by a $5 million service guarantee.

Julie King/Fairway Mortgage

Julie King, Fairway MortgageFairway Independent Mortgage Corporation and it’s staff have one clear goal – to act as a trusted advisor, providing highly personalized service and speed during every step of the loan process. It’s all designed to exceed your expectations, guarantee satisfaction and earn trust. Fairway opened it’s doors in 1996. Last year, they doubled their business from $5.63 billion dollars in loans closed to over $11 billion in 2015.

Anthony Rodriguez with the Aurora Theatre and John Miles with the Law Offices of John M. Miles

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Anthony Rodriguez/Aurora Theatre

Under the artistic leadership of Co-Founders and Artistic Directors Anthony Rodriguez and Ann-Carol Pence, now in its 20th Season, Aurora Theatre produces professional live entertainment to suit everyone’s taste. Aurora Theatre is home to over 600 events each year. Two series of theatrical productions, the Peach State Federal Credit Union Signature Series and the GGC Harvel Lab Series, are comprised of the biggest Broadway plays and musicals alongside exciting contemporary theatre. Additionally, Aurora produces concerts, stand-up comedy, children’s programs, metro Atlanta’s top haunted attraction Lawrenceville Ghost Tours, as well as Atlanta’s only professional Spanish language theatre, Teatro Aurora. Aurora Theatre is a world class theatrical facility with two performance venues.

John Miles/Law Offices of John M. Miles

John Martin Miles is an attorney on private practice in Suwanee. He is a solo practitioner which means that when you retain him, he is who you get, not an associate whom you have never met. John has been practicing in Gwinnett County for 39 years and over that time his practice has morphed to reflect the economy and the demands of his clients. At the current time his practice is focused on what he calls “preventive law”.

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

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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 (www.holmesatlaw.com) where her practice focus is Business Law & Contracts, Trademark & Copyright, and Software & 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.

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Steve Collins with Integrated Insurance Solutions and Josh Axelberd with Displayit

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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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