Steve Collins with Integrated Insurance Solutions and Josh Axelberd with Displayit

Posted on April 28, 2016

Mike Sammond, Steve Collins, Josh Axelberd, Steven Julian

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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WEALTH MATTERS: What You Need to Know About Protecting Your Digital Assets

Posted on April 27, 2016

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Millie Baumbusch, Putnam Smith, Elizabeth Faist, Jim Dougherty, Craig Frankel

On this week’s episode of “Wealth Matters”, hosts Millie Baumbusch and Craig Frankel discuss “What You Need to Know About Protecting Your Digital Assets”. Guests include Jim Dougherty, Technology Services Director at Bennett Thrasher LLP; Elizabeth Faist, Associate at Sutherland LLP; and Putnam Smith, Attorney at Lipscomb, Johnson, Sleister, Dailey & Smith LLP.

ABOUT JIM DOUGHTERY

Jim Dougherty is a Director in the Technology Services Department at Bennett Thrasher. He has ten years of industry experience and a commitment to customer service. Jim has streamlined internal operations, designed and built networks for small to medium sized businesses and provides outsourced CIO Services.

Prior to joining Bennett Thrasher, Jim was the Chief Operating Officer for Graves Technology Group, LLC. Jim joined Graves Technology in 2010 and focused on streamlining process and procedures for day-to-day activities. He got his start at an L.A. based IT Service Company providing technical support and project management.

Jim graduated from Loyola-Marymount University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, with an emphasis in Information Technology. He views IT as a tool for businesses to leverage and design network plans around not only their day-to-day operations, but also their goal for growth in the future.

Website: http://www.btcpa.net

ABOUT ELIZABETH FAIST
Elizabeth Faist practices tax law, primarily serving clients in the areas of trusts, estates, and the taxation of tax-exempt organizations. She manages a variety of matters, including gift and generation-skipping transfer tax issues, preparation of estate-planning documents, administration of estates, IRS tax disputes, and tax advice regarding private foundations and public charities. Elizabeth also counsels clients on tax and succession planning for their businesses. Additionally, she provides guidance on how to most efficiently safeguard assets during multigenerational wealth transfers, incorporating insurance planning and charitable giving programs as appropriate.

Prior to joining Sutherland, Elizabeth practiced at a law firm in Sarasota, Florida where she drafted estate plans, prepared federal and state filings for tax-exempt organizations and administered estates and trusts. Elizabeth provided research assistance to Professor Patricia E. Dilley during the LL.M. program, and, while in law school, she served as a judicial extern for the United States Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Florida.

Website: http://www.sutherland.com

ABOUT PUTNAM SMITH
Attorney Putnam C. Smith represents Main Street business owners and executives, professionals of all types and local, regional and national real estate investors, developers and operators, concentrating on business and commercial real estate transactions and tax and estate planning. Common transactions include start-ups, acquisitions and sales of closely held business, tax-free mergers and reorganizations, asset purchases, leveraged buyouts and joint ventures and partnerships in a wide range of industries.

He has practiced corporate law in Atlanta and the surrounding metropolitan area since 1988, initially with Nall & Miller, LLP and later with Robert W. Fisher, P.C., a tax boutique that was instrumental in the creation of Nextel and a number of international ventures in the telecommunications industry before disbanding in 1994. Before attending law school, he incorporated Jimmy Carter’s 1976 presidential campaign and worked as a legal assistant with other leading Atlanta law firms, including King & Spalding, LLP and Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, gaining invaluable experience with public corporations and investment banks.

During his tenure with Lipscomb, Johnson, Sleister, Dailey & Smith, LLP, Mr. Smith has handled private equity investments in shopping centers and industrial and commercial property in several southeastern states, land assemblages requiring services ranging from quiet title actions to road closures and a $116 million buyout to resolve a shareholder’s dispute involving a closely held technology business.

Website: http://www.lipscombjohnson.com/

ABOUT GASLOWITZ FRANKEL, LLC:

Gaslowitz Frankel is an experienced trial practice firm specializing in all aspects of complex fiduciary litigation throughout Georgia and the Southeast. With a focus on representing individuals, companies, banks, and fiduciaries in dispute involving wills, estates, trusts, guardianships, businesses, and securities law, their experienced and highly qualified litigation attorneys have tremendous credentials and a proven history of success.

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OPEN FOR BUSINESS: John Schweizer with GDP Technologies, Jerrí Hewett with Wealth Horizon, Estebon Watson with Espeute Productions, and Cally D’Angelo with the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

Posted on April 22, 2016April 22, 2016

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Johnny Phelps, Cally D’Angelo, Estebon Watson, Jerri Hewett, John Schweizer

John Schweizer/GDP Technologies

GDP Technologies started delivering office automation to its clients in 1977 as Georgia Duplicating Products. Since its inception, GDP has focused on empowering its Georgia workforce with the ability to increase client Gross Domestic Product, their real output, one client at a time. GDP was acquired by Global Imaging Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Xerox Corporation, in 2010 and continues to fulfill its mission of unparalleled customer service.

Jerri Hewett/Wealth Horizon

At Wealth Horizon, they build globally diversified portfolios tailored for you. For the foundation of your portfolio they use low-cost core holdings based on Nobel Prize-winning research. They often pair these with satellite strategies. They believe these strategies may lower volatility and potentially protect your portfolio during market and economic downturns. They believe each person has an individual risk number based upon a scale of 1 to 100 that can be quantified. They build a portfolio to match your risk number, and not to match a single measure of the market.

Estebon Watson/Espeute Productions

Espeuté Productions is a memory-oriented, multi-tiered production company that provides videography, photography, and entertainment services to its clients. With state-of-the-art equipment and experienced professionalism, they are able to capture every detail of life’s most defining moments. They can also assist in the production of major works, such as short and feature films, as well as with commercials and corporate marketing videos. They are passionate about what they do and always come prepared to accommodate your every need.

Cally D’Angelo/Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

The Gwinnett Chamber is the forum for business, government, education, healthcare, arts/culture/entertainment, and philanthropic and public-service communities to come together to advance the region’s economy and enrich Gwinnett’s quality of life.

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

Posted on April 22, 2016

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Al Simon, Johanna Ellis, Mark Treager

Johanna Ellis/Atlanta Classic Cars

At 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.

Monica Caras with Club Z! and Okelo Bristol with Southeast Commercial Services

Posted on April 21, 2016

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Mike Sammond, Okelo Bristol, Monica Caras, Steven Julian

Moncia Caras/Club Z! In-Home Tutoring Service

For 20 years, Club Z! has had the privilege of providing high quality in-home tutoring and test prep services to nearly 300,000 students. Club Z! is an academic solutions provider offering a customized learning program for each and every student. They have learning programs to fit any family’s needs and preferences – whether it’s in-home, on school campus, or even at the library in a small group!

Okelo Bristol/Southeast Commercial Services

SECS has been a family business since their inception supported by an organization with more than a hundred years of exercise in the application of ceiling and wall cleaning, non-skid floor safety systems, and aggressive, long-term, microbial cleaning. In many cases, they can clean your business ceilings and walls to a “like new” condition in just a few, short hours, for savings of up to 90% of the cost of replacement. Their Floor Safety system virtually guarantees that your floors are safe, impossible to slip on, and completely conforming to OSHA standards. And finally, their Anti-Microbial Cleaning System eliminates molds, mildews, and pollutants…and continues to assure perfect sanitary conditions long after the cleaning process has ended.

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STRATEGIC INSIGHTS RADIO: Philip Saxton with Small Business Samaritans

Posted on April 21, 2016

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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.

BREAKING PAR IN BUSINESS: Lisa Bianchini with Lexis Printing & Fulfillment and Harold Kolbe with BluIP

Posted on April 15, 2016

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Lisa Bianchini, Harold Kolbe, Rich Bartolotta

Lisa Bianchini/Lexis Printing & Fulfillment

Lexis Printing is a customer service focused commercial printing, fulfillment and direct mail marketing company. They strive to be a trusted extension of your marketing department by providing superior products at competitive prices. They keep your valuable time and bottom line in focus with everything they do.

Harold Kolbe/BluIP

BluIP delivers mission critical solutions, such as Hosted PBX, Unified Communications, Presence Management, and tailored Call Center solutions to SMB and Large Enterprises nationwide. Their customized solutions have served Enterprises across multiple vertical markets with multiple sites and complex application and infrastructure integrations, while satisfying the most stringent industry compliance and security requirements. BluIP, along with its partner ecosystem, focuses on providing customers with exceptional support, high level of innovation. Their solutions are fully integrated, flexible and scalable, and require no capital investment or ongoing maintenance. Visit them at www.bluip.com.

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Christine Martinello with The Original Love Box and Michael Owens with BioLife Plasma Services

Posted on April 14, 2016

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Mike Sammond, Christine Martinello, Michael Owens, Steven Julian

Christine Martinello/The Original Love Box

The Original Love Box is a treasured tradition that gives people the opportunity to create closer relationships and families. It’s easy to do. People write love notes to each other and include words of affirmation and appreciation. Then a family or group gathers and reads them to each other. The couple’s book is a keepsake where they write their love story. The tradition captures a legacy of love and is a gift that will be passed down from generation to generation.

Michael Owens/BioLife Plasma Services

BioLife Plasma Services is an industry leader in the collection of high-quality plasma that is processed into life-saving plasma-based therapies. They operate numerous state-of-the-art plasma collection facilities throughout the United States and Austria. BioLife is committed to safety. Through superior service, they strive to ensure the safety of their donors and the patients who receive life-saving plasma-based therapeutics.

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STRATEGIC INSIGHTS RADIO: Lynn Robinette with Wishes 4 Me

Posted on April 14, 2016

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Vlad Rusz and Lynn Robinette

On this episode of “Strategic Insights Radio”, host Vlad Rusz introduces you to Lynn Robinette, the Founder and Chairman of the Board for Wishes 4 Me. This show is going to discuss some of the similarities and differences of running a For Profit business versus that of running a Non-Profit business.

Lynn Robinette/Wishes 4 Me

Wishes 4 Me is a Non-Profit Organization that assist adults who are disabled to live a more active and involved lifestyle. Founded on the belief that giving up is never an option, everyone at Wishes 4 Me works overtime to restore a sense of hope to those that have forgotten the very meaning of the word. With an emphasis on safety all homes are customized to fit the special qualities of its occupants.

Programs Include:

-Assist in providing and/or locating medical equipment
-Assist with locating living arrangements to meet the needs of the individual
-Assist with support groups
-Housing project for group style living for disabled adults

No one knows what a normal life really looks like, but all of us essentially want the same thing- independence, love and dignity. That’s exactly what the staff and volunteers at Wishes 4 Me work so hard to provide all their clients.

VLAD RUSZ/STERLING ROSE CONSULTING CORP

GWINNETT NON-PROFIT SHOW: Angels Among Us Pet Rescue and Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia

Posted on April 8, 2016April 8, 2016

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Lynn Robinette, Nikki, Bruno Taillefer, Megan Bowman, Randy Redner

Presented by Minuteman Press of Duluth, this new program is dedicated to promoting local charities and non-profit organizations.

Megan Bowman/Angels Among Us Pet Rescue

Angels Among Us Pet Rescue is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity dedicated to saving dogs and cats from high-kill shelters in north Georgia. They operate through a network of volunteers and foster homes in the metro Atlanta area. Their efforts are funded by tax-deductible contributions from compassionate people and organizations who care and want to help make a difference… one pet at a time.

Their mission is two-fold: (1) To educate the public on the plight of animals that have found themselves in high kill shelters throughout Georgia and on the responsibilities involved with pet ownership, such as spay/neuter and heartworm prevention, and (2) to save as many animals as we can from high kill shelters and to see each animal through from the actual rescue to the loving foster home and ultimately to the “forever” home they were meant to have.

Randy Redner/Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia

For more than three decades, the Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia has worked in partnership with donors to donate close to $60 million to the charitable causes that matter most to the community.

Rather than giving haphazardly to every donation request, they help people learn where the real needs are and which non-profits are directly addressing those needs. Instead of giving in a rush at year-end for tax purposes, they offer tools that allow you to invest your resources now and give more purposefully when you’re ready. And if you want to leave a legacy that reaches far beyond your lifetime, they can help with that too.

They make giving easy, with a powerful return on investment for the community. In short, they connect people who care with causes that matter.

Bruno Taillefer/Minuteman Press of Duluth

When it comes to business communications services, Minuteman Press of Duluth can do it all. With a complete range of products and services at your disposal, they can help you get your message out to customers, employees and vendors alike.

Using the latest printing and document management technology, they handle your projects from start to finish. Their energetic and experienced staff is dedicated to delivering what you need, when you need it.

Minuteman Press of Duluth. They design, print and promote… You. They’re the one stop shop for your business.

Lynn Robinette/Wishes 4 Me Foundation (and Show Host)

The Wishes 4 Me Foundation is a Georgia non-profit organization which provides a group style home for disabled adults. They currently have five homes in Lawrenceville. Each home provides accessibility based on the needs of the residents which exceeds ADA code. The homes also include a positive family environment.

Lynn Robinette, a single mother and the founder of the organization, was inspired by her two disabled children when she was not successful in finding solutions for independent living for her precious loved ones. Ms. Robinette has accomplished a successful model of group style living of disabled adults who wish to be active in the community.

Nikki/Minuteman Press of Duluth

Nikki is the Official Mascot of Minuteman Press of Duluth. Nikki is a rescue pit bull mix.

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OPEN FOR BUSINESS: John Schweizer with GDP Technologies, Jerrí Hewett with Wealth Horizon, Estebon Watson with Espeute Productions, and Cally D’Angelo with the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

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

Monica Caras with Club Z! and Okelo Bristol with Southeast Commercial Services

STRATEGIC INSIGHTS RADIO: Philip Saxton with Small Business Samaritans

BREAKING PAR IN BUSINESS: Lisa Bianchini with Lexis Printing & Fulfillment and Harold Kolbe with BluIP

Christine Martinello with The Original Love Box and Michael Owens with BioLife Plasma Services

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