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OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Joe Moss with Embassy National Bank, Dawn Poplawski with PCC Innovative Solutions, Neel Majumdar with Protiva Consulting, Courtney Spencer with the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

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Johnny Phelps, Courtney Spencer, Dawn Poplawski, Neel Majumdar, Joe Moss

Johnny Phelps, Courtney Spencer, Dawn Poplawski, Neel Majumdar, Joe Moss

Joe Moss/Embassy National Bank

Embassy National Bank was chartered as a community bank designed to fill the financial needs of the south-Asian community here in metro Atlanta. After a slow start, Embassy now lends throughout the southeast and has expanded its deposit territory along the east coast. Embassy also originated the Podcast ‘On the Money‘ produced on the Business RadioX channel. Through this podcast, Embassy attempts to educate the small business community on relevant topics.

Dawn Poplawski/PCC Innovative Solutions

PCC Innovative Solutions is a debt collections agency who supports all types of businesses dealing with commercial and consumer receivables. They don’t just collect on slow paying customers, their focus is in educating businesses on how to reduce bad debt and increase cash flow. Through free consultations and training workshops, businesses will learn what steps should be taken in order to protect their sales or revenue from becoming a collection issue.

Neel Majumadar/Protiva Consulting

Protiva Consulting can position its clients uniquely in the digital space as it goes to great lengths to understand the client’s business, its competitors and the needs of its customers. Their Business Consulting team ensures that they get the Client problem and the Brand & Buyer Persona right which enables their Content Team to produce client oriented content enabling the clients to get maximum reach and engagement through Digital Channels leading eventually to a health Sales Pipeline. Within their Content team Our Print Media, Video specialists also ensure that for all your marketing needs they are there, enabling a strong sense of homogeneity in the content being created. Their Channels team has years of experience in handling Facebook, Twitter, Search Engines, LinkedIn and are well versed with the nuances of these channels. This enables a seamless propagation of content. The Analytics team completes the loop making the marketing campaigns contextual and meaningful.

Courtney Spencer/Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

The Gwinnett Chamber will be the forum for business, government, education, healthcare, arts/culture/entertainment, and philanthropic and public-service communities to come together to advance our region’s economy and enrich Gwinnett’s quality of life. The mission of the Gwinnett Chamber is to strengthen existing businesses, facilitate the growth of quality job opportunities, and enrich the community’s quality of life. The Gwinnett Chamber serves over 2,000 members throughout metro Atlanta by delivering pertinent and useful programs that strengthen and connect businesses locally, regionally, and globally. The Gwinnett Chamber uses its strategic marketing and communications capabilities to support its members, promote its programs, and enhance economic development efforts.

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Amanda Shook with Advanced Furniture Services and Charity Estes & Chelsea Larko with Cornerstone Coworking

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Steven Julian, Amanda Shook, Charity Estes, Chelsea Larko, Mike Sammond

Steven Julian, Amanda Shook, Charity Estes, Chelsea Larko, Mike Sammond

Amanda Shook/Advanced Furniture Services

When Advanced Furniture Services was established in 1995, their main focus was to provide the highest quality service and dedication. It has always been more than a promise, it has been a commitment. Many prestigious financial institutions, Fortune 500 Companies and emerging growth firms have successfully turned to them to meet their office furniture needs. At the end of the day, they are confident that they will be able to deliver superior value and quality service to satisfy their customers.

Charity Estes & Chelsea Larko/Cornerstone Coworking

Cornerstone Coworking is a coworking, meeting & event facility. Coworking is about building a community of professionals within our members who are more productive, innovative and successful because they can collaborate. Cornerstone is not only a space to bring in and impress clients but it’s also a network of businesses sharing new ideas, learning opportunities, and networking possibilities. They also offer a very unique and modern atmosphere that can be transformed to fit your event needs. It is Cornerstone’s goal to truly help their community grow through successful small businesses and creating a professional atmosphere for their member’s to thrive in.

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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

Mike Sammond, Barbara Kvam, Juile King, Steven Julian

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.

SIMON SAYS, LET’S TALK BUSINESS: Johanna Ellis with Atlanta Classic Cars and Mark Treager with Cornerstone Media Group

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Al Simon, Johanna Ellis, Mark Treager

Al Simon, Johanna Ellis, Mark Treager

Johanna Ellis/Atlanta Classic Cars

Johanna Ellis, Atlanta Classic CarsAt Atlanta Classic Cars, the exclusive authorized Mercedes-Benz dealer of Duluth, you will find a large selection of new and pre-owned vehicles as well as professional staff ready to help you find the perfect car for your lifestyle. They are committed to providing excellent customer service. Atlanta Classic Cars is a family owned and operated organization proudly serving their customers from the Duluth area for 40 years. Their friendly sales team is eager to help you drive away with the vehicle that fits your individual needs. They encourage you to browse our new inventory of Mercedes-Benz models.

Mark Treager/Cornerstone Media Group

Cornerstone Media Group knows that innovation is not born from a business plan. They focus on developing new ways to help their clients sell more products and services. They deliver results that are strategically sound and executable, with a value that is unmatched. They’ve been in the Internet development business for nearly 20 years. Clients tell them regularly that Cornerstone Media Group’s longevity and experience matters.

STRATEGIC INSIGHTS RADIO: Philip Saxton with Small Business Samaritans

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Vlad Rusz and Philip Saxton

Vlad Rusz and Philip Saxton

 

On this episode of “Strategic Insights Radio”, host Vlad Rusz introduces you to Philip Saxton, founder of Small Business Samaritans, and discusses different sales techniques that can help further a small business owner and small business sales team.

PHILIP 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. Their mission is to help small businesses & non-profits to become self-reliant & independent of economic forces including a lack of capital by identifying through business/organization assessments current needs that can be addressed through training, increasing know-how & active consulting leading to positive results. They intend not only to ‘Come Along Side’ but to ‘Walk Along Side’ bringing them in some cases to participate in the SBS Shark Tank process providing access to investors, banks & business brokers. Their ultimate objective is to help provide the creation of wealth, organization stability, outstanding operations and job creation.

VLAD RUSZ/STERLING ROSE CONSULTING CORP

Sterling Rose Consulting Corp. is a Gwinnett County, GA based company that provides business plan creation and review, online and offline marketing, marketing plan creation and review, ongoing marketing services, accounting, bookkeeping, financial analysis, operations and business consulting. Sterling Rose Consulting Corp.’s staff has over 100 years of successful entrepreneurial experience. In addition, the CEO of the Company, Vlad Rusz, has launched and ran four successful businesses that currently range in age from 17 months to 7 years old with gross revenues ranging from $175,000 to over $5.0 million.

Sterling Rose Consulting Corp. prides itself on providing quality, investor ready documentation. The company takes it even one step farther to make sure that the client understands how to effectively present these documents, whether they are being prepared for internal use or outside investors. Sterling Rose Consulting also provides full loan SBA packages, Immigration Visa Business Plans, Commercial Lending Business Plans, Commercial Space, Growth, Not-For-Profit and Venture Capital/Investment Ready Plans.In addition, Sterling Rose Consulting Corp also provides Zoho Customization, Design and Implementation, Custom CRM solutions, Payroll, Bookkeeping and Accounting Services.

ABOUT “STRATEGIC INSIGHTS RADIO““Strategic Insights Radio” is intended to be an interactive radio show hosted by Sterling Rose Consulting Corp. Listeners can Tweet their questions for a live response on the radio to @sterling_rose1 or via @strategicradio. Also, suggestions on business topics that listeners would like to learn more about are welcome. Please send suggestions to info@sterlingroseconsultingcorp.com.

 

 

John Ray of Bookkeeping Express/Ray Business Advisors, Tara Lamboley of REV Demand and Ann Hall of Own Your Idea

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Mike Sammond, Tara Lamboley, John Ray, Ann Hall, Steven Julian

Mike Sammond, Tara Lamboley, John Ray, Ann Hall, Steven Julian

John Ray/Bookkeeping Express & Ray Business Advisors

John Ray, Bookkeeping ExpressClients come to Bookkeeping Express/Ray Business Advisors to reduce the stress and anxiety which often comes with day-to-day management of a business. They help clients by taking away the burden of bookkeeping and accounting and improving their business processes. They provide reports on their business which are both robust and easier to understand than traditional financial statements. They can also craft budgets and projections and help find opportunities for expense improvements.

In addition, owner John Ray enjoys making connections for his clients which help build their network and their business. He does all this for a flat monthly fee. His clients don’t worry about a meter running when they call. His company works with small to medium-sized businesses, non-profits, and solopreneurs.

Tara Lamboley/REV Demand

Tara Lamboley, REV DemandREV Demand was created with the goal of helping owners of business-to-business service organizations achieve the success they envisioned when starting out in business. REV Demand works with small to midsize companies to maximize their top-line revenue by implementing consistent lead generation strategies such as email marketing and Webinars to fill the sales pipeline. They establish well-defined and repeatable processes for lead generation and qualification. They also help executive managers to verify that the right people in the organization are reaching the right target audience with the right message.

Ann Hall/Own Your Idea

Ann Hall, Own Your IdeaOwn Your Idea is a sole practitioner consulting company providing writing, editing, and proofreading services and business administrative solutions for small business and entrepreneurs. Work can be performed on site or virtually. Their mission is to add value and create solutions.

 

 

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Tom Briggette of Rosemont Capital Solutions and Rob Coatsworth & Jeff Richardson of CTR Partners

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Mike Sammond, Tom Briggette, Rob Coatsworth, Jeff Richardson, Steven Julian

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Tom Briggette/Rosemont Capital Solutions

Tom Briggette, Rosemont Capital SolutionsRosemont Capital Solutions provides marketplace financing to small business owners. Their typical clients are established companies that do not have a lending relationship with a bank, generally because they haven’t been in business long enough, their credit isn’t good enough, or collateral isn’t strong enough. These business owners feels burdened by credit denial, which prevents them from expanding, hiring, bidding jobs and filling orders. Rosemont Capital Solutions provides an alternative financing solution which allows their companies to perform better and give the owners an opportunity to earn more income.

Rob Coatsworth & Jeff Richardson/CTR Partners

Rob and Jeff on Gwinnett Business RadioCTR Partners is an advocate for the Tenant or Buyer in the commercial real estate market. They serve their clients by representing their interests when negotiating lease renewals, new leases, or purchasing office or warehouse space. They improve value by decreasing occupancy costs and time away from business operations, all without incurring any consulting fees for their clients.


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STRATEGIC INSIGHTS RADIO: Accounting Practices and Taxes for Small Business

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Reno Borgognoni, Vlad Rusz

Reno Borgognoni, Vlad Rusz

This episode of “Strategic Insights Radio” discusses accounting practices and taxes that small businesses need to be aware of. Host Vlad Rusz, the CEO of Sterling Rose Consulting Corp, interviews certified public accountant Reno Borgognoni.

RENO BORGOGNONI/CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT

Reno Borgognoni, CPAReno Borgognoni began his career in 1982 at Beverly Enterprises, a healthcare services provider, as a Staff Accountant before climbing to the position of Director of Finance and Management Information Services. With some colleagues from Beverly, Reno helped start ADVINET, the first national preferred-provider network of sub-acute healthcare companies coupled with a nurse-staffed patient case management service. ADVINET was sold four years later to an insurance provider.

In 1988, Reno began public practice as a CPA, growing the business through a relocation to Arkansas, and then back to Georgia. Reno continues to operate the accounting, tax preparation and financial services firm (nicknamed: RMBCPA) while offering fractional CFO services to clients of all sizes.

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VLAD RUSZ/STERLING ROSE CONSULTING CORP

Pic 11 - Copy - CopySterling Rose Consulting Corp. is a Gwinnett County, GA based company that provides business plan creation and review, online and offline marketing, marketing plan creation and review, ongoing marketing services, accounting, bookkeeping, financial analysis, operations and business consulting. Sterling Rose Consulting Corp.’s staff has over 100 years of successful entrepreneurial experience. In addition, the CEO of the Company, Vlad Rusz, has launched and ran four successful businesses that currently range in age from 17 months to 7 years old with gross revenues ranging from $175,000 to over $5.0 million.

Sterling Rose Consulting Corp. prides itself on providing quality, investor ready documentation. The company takes it even one step farther to make sure that the client understands how to effectively present these documents, whether they are being prepared for internal use or outside investors. Sterling Rose Consulting also provides full loan SBA packages, Immigration Visa Business Plans, Commercial Lending Business Plans, Commercial Space, Growth, Not-For-Profit and Venture Capital/Investment Ready Plans.

In addition, Sterling Rose Consulting Corp also provides Zoho Customization, Design and Implementation, Custom CRM solutions, Payroll, Bookkeeping and Accounting Services.

ABOUT “STRATEGIC INSIGHTS RADIO“

“Strategic Insights Radio” is intended to be an interactive radio show hosted by Sterling Rose Consulting Corp. Listeners can Tweet their questions for a live response on the radio to @sterling_rose1 or via @strategicradio. Also, suggestions on business topics that listeners would like to learn more about are welcome. Please send suggestions to info@sterlingroseconsultingcorp.com.

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OPEN FOR BUSINESS presented by Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

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Open for Business - August 28, 2015

Sean George, Kevin Ford, Stephanie Moyer, Dave Wilkins, Mike Sammond

Kevin Ford & Stephanie Moyer/Insperity

Kevin Ford & Stephanie Moyer, InsperityMore than 28 years ago, Insperity CEO Paul Sarvadi envisioned making business owners’ lives easier by taking HR and administrative burdens off their plates. So he decided to start a company with little more than 600 square feet of space and one telephone. Since then, Insperity has grown to be a 2.3 billion dollar, debt-free company with 57 offices nationwide as a result of helping clients reach their goals.

Their business model is simple: They’re dedicated to helping businesses succeed by taking care of the things that could be distracting you from the bigger picture. They do this by helping you control expenses, minimize risk exposure and maximize your opportunities for revenue generation. Through their flagship HR service, Insperity Workforce Optimization, they help you tackle health care reform. They also provide everything you need to grow your business, from large company benefits to payroll processing, while managing employer liability and compliance issues.

David Wilkins/Maid Right of Duluth

Dave Wilkins, Maid Right of DuluthMaid Right of Duluth is a different type of home cleaning service. One big difference is that the Maid Right of Duluth cleaners are not hourly workers – they are the business owners. Take comfort in knowing the same reliable and trustworthy cleaning crew will clean on each visit. At Maid Right of Duluth, they customize a house cleaning plan to fit their clients’ unique needs and busy lifestyle. Personal attention to detail, a thorough cleaning regimen and a commercially tested process translates into superior maid services for your home. Maid Right of Duluth’s advantages include their exclusive disinfecting EnviroShield® treatment on each visit, strong communication with your Maid Right of Duluth cleaner through their log book and survey program, and the strongest guarantee in the home cleaning industry. Maid Right of Duluth is proud to be a certified Trust Dale company

Sean George/Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

Sean George, Gwinnett ChamberThe mission of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce is to strengthen existing businesses, facilitate the growth of quality job opportunities, and enrich the community’s quality of life.

The Gwinnett Chamber serves over 2,000 members throughout metro Atlanta by delivering pertinent and useful programs that strengthen and connect businesses locally, regionally, and globally. The Gwinnett Chamber uses its strategic marketing and communications capabilities to support its members, promote its programs, and enhance economic development efforts.

 

STRATEGIC INSIGHTS RADIO: Traditional and Alternative Funding for Small Business

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Strategic Insights Radio June 18, 2015

Tom Briggette, Thomas Rockwood, Vlad Rusz, Kevin Williams, Chris Williams

Welcome to Strategic Insights Radio presented by Sterling Rose Consulting Corp. This episode will discuss “Traditional and Alternative Funding Sources that Small Business Owners May Not Be Aware Of”.

KEVIN WILLIAMS/EXECUTIVE ADVANTAGE, INC.

Kevin Williams, Executive AdvantageKevin Williams is the CEO of Executive Advantage, Inc. with a Master License to Personal Business Advisor, LLC (PBA). Kevin’s experience crosses the globe working with some of the largest retailers, professional sports teams, and other high profile institutions such as Noritsu and Kodak. He has extensive experience in sales, marketing, service and operational management.

Personal Business Advisors, based out of Texas, is a 13-year-old company conducting business domestically and internationally. PBA works with executives that are ready to move from the corporate world into entrepreneurialism, with franchises to grow its base through the hundreds of PBA Senior Advisors, and with start-up entities to find funding and executive support for desired growth.

Personal Business Advisors helps start-up companies find cash and C-level executives to launch their business. They also work with a large portfolio of franchises to bring the franchisor qualified franchisees. Working with experienced and highly successful candidates on a daily basis is their specialty.

CHRIS WILLIAMS/EXECUTIVE ADVANTAGE, INC.

Chris Williams, Executive AdvantageChris Williams is the COO of Executive Advantage, Inc. and a Senior Advisor for Personal Business Advisors. His background experience is in real estate, sales and consulting.

 

 

TOM BRIGGETTE/ROSEMONT CAPITAL SOLUTIONS

Tom Briggitte, Rosemont Capital SolutionsTom Briggette, VP of Sales for Rosemont Capital Solutions, is an alternative lender for small businesses to medium sized businesses. Briggette began his lending career in 1993 with Transmedia Network, a pioneer in the advance purchase of future sales and receivables, known as today as Rewards Network. Leading a sales team of nearly 100, Briggette contracted with thousands of restaurants, facilitating millions of dollars in financing transactions. A few years later, as a former operating partner in the restaurant industry, Tom’s entrepreneurial spirit and passion for helping small business owners be successful brought him back to what he knows and loves best. Partnering with former colleagues at Pioneer Capital Group, Briggette founded Rosemont Capital Solutions in 2014.

Rosemont Capital Solutions helps small business owners secure the financing they need to grow or improve their business. They help clients who are unable to secure banks loans by helping them secure access to capital via: bridge and short term financing, ability to establish a line of credit, or asset based loans through purchase order, invoice, equipment, or inventory factoring.

THOMAS ROCKWOOD/BRAND BANK

Thomas Rockwood, Brand BankThomas Rockwood, an SBA and USDA Lending Business Development Officer and Government Guaranteed Lending Specialist with Brand Bank, has over 12 years of experience in Commercial Lending, Financial Assistance, Public Speaking, Sales, Banking, and Marketing. Rockwood’s specialties include SBA 7a, SBA 504 Commercial Real Estate, Owner Occupied and Partial Owner Occupied Commercial Real Estate, Non-Owner Occupied Investor Real Estate, Secured Lines of Credit tied to Commercial Property, Conventional Term Loans, USDA Guaranteed Loans, Business Purchases, Partner Buyouts, Equipment Finance, Franchise Start-ups, Commercial Real Estate Refinance and Acquisition, Business Acquisition Financing and Cash Management Products.

ABOUT “STRATEGIC INSIGHTS RADIO“

“Strategic Insights Radio” is intended to be an interactive radio show hosted by Sterling Rose Consulting Corp. Listeners can Tweet their questions for a live response on the radio to @sterling_rose1 or via @strategicradio. Also, suggestions on business topics that listeners would like to learn more about are welcome. Please send suggestions to info@sterlingroseconsultingcorp.com.

ABOUT STERLING ROSE CONSULTING CORP

Sterling Rose Consulting Corp.is a full-service marketing, financial & business consulting firm. They incorporate multi-channel and multi-vertical knowledge and best practices into targeted and actionable online and offline marketing, public relations, advertising, business consulting, business operations, business planning, market research, competitive intelligence, accounting, finance and growth strategies. Sterling Rose has successfully created and launched over 250 marketing plans, 500 investor ready business plans and 1,000 market/competitive research reports. 92% of their business plans have resulted in acquisitions of SBA, Angel, and Series A Factoring, among others.

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