Chris Everett with Captivate Search Marketing

Posted on February 17, 2016February 23, 2016

Captivate Search Marketing is an Atlanta SEO Company offering Custom Atlanta SEO & Internet Marketing Services. Get a Free Consultation for SEO in Atlanta.

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Chris is a veteran search engine marketing consultant with nearly a decade of industry experience using both organic and paid strategies to assist brands of all shapes and sizes grow revenues through increased online visibility. Chris has a proven track record planning and executing complex search engine marketing campaigns with varying target audiences and conversion types.

Chris has developed ROI producing SEO/SEM campaigns for brands such as Park N Fly, Bayer Cropscience, The National Society of High School Scholars, and dozens of small to medium sized businesses across the United States.

Google Adwords and Analytics certified, Chris is member of Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization (SEMPO), and his search experience spans a wide variety of industries including education, healthcare, automotive, manufacturing, and e-commerce.

In addition to growing the Captivate Search Marketing business, Chris is an active board member of Rebuilding Together Atlanta (RTA). RTA is a non-profit organization rehabilitating the homes of Atlanta’s underserved elderly, handicapped and military veteran populations and their families.

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The Shrimp Tank Featuring Mike Russell with ETS Solutions

Posted on February 16, 2016February 16, 2016

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The Shrimp Tank brings you interviews with some of the most successful business owners in the United States to learn the do’s and don’ts of starting and running a successful business. Then, the fun really starts when we bring in high school and college students to pitch their business ideas to the Shrimp Tank. We don’t fund any business, but we do teach kids how to turn their business ideas into a successful business.

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Mike Russell/ETS Solutions
Founder

Mike has a B.S. Degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and an MBA in Accounting & Finance degree from Kennesaw State University. Mike took his experience managing companies and law firms and formed Elite Telecom Services in 2002, re-branding his company to ETS Solutions in 2014 to include Cloud Services.

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Ted Jenkin/Oxygen Financial
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Ted Jenkin has spent the past 22 years giving personal financial advice to thousands of people across the United States. After graduating from Boston College in 1991, Ted spent more than 16 years working for American Express Financial Advisors/Ameriprise Financial. He was one of the youngest people in the history of the company to reach both Field Vice President and Group Vice President level. He managed more than 800 financial advisors throughout 8 states in his last position with the company. He won the premier performer award, leader of the year award, and had the number one office in the country for more than two years in a row. In 2008, Ted founded oXYGen Financial to help revolutionize the financial services industry by creating a new company that focused on serving the X and Y Generation. oXYGen Financial now has more than 1,700 clients throughout 25 states across the country. Ted has been featured in over 25 magazines and newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and The Huffington Post. He has six advanced designations from the College for Financial Planning (CFP®, CRPC®, CRPS®, AWMA®, AAMS®, CMFC®) and is an on air radio personality featured on the popular drive time Atlanta radio show The Rock 100.5 Morning Show on Rock 100.5 FM. Ted lives in Milton, GA with his wife Genna and three kids Olivia, Lyla, and Louden.

Chris Hanks/ KSU EC
(Co – Host)

Christopher C. Hanks is the founder and executive director of the KSU Entrepreneurship Center. Prior to this, Hanks was the founder and director of the entrepreneurship program at the University of Georgia. He has owned multiple businesses, including music, e-commerce, publishing, and export ventures. He is also the co-author of a best-selling book on low risk entrepreneurship.

Hanks leads the International Entrepreneurship Institute and is certified in business valuation, providing expert witness testimony. Before teaching at UGA, Hanks taught entrepreneurship at Georgia State University and assisted in leading the Russell Center for Entrepreneurship. He earned a BBA from University of Georgia and an MBA from San Jose State University. Before launching his first business, Hanks held corporate risk management positions in the pharmaceutical and beverage industries.

Mike Stark with American Financial Advisors, LLC and Josh Seides with Technocademy, Inc.

Posted on February 15, 2016February 23, 2016

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Josh Seides/Technocademy, Inc.
Founder & CEO

Josh Seides is a high school senior from Alpharetta High School in Atlanta. He is the Founder/CEO of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization called Technocademy, Inc. We help senior citizens and veterans connect with their family and friends by offering free technology lessons throughout the community. We have helped over 170K people learn technology and have spread awareness of digital illiteracy to over 18.3 million people through online campaigns. We have been featured in US News and World Report, Yahoo!, Entrepreneur, AllBusiness, and others.

Josh is a serial entrepreneur, startup adviser, and business writer. He’s published in 20+ major business publications, including Yahoo! Finance/Small Business/News, Entrepreneur, Forbes, Fast Company, Harvard JEI for research, and others.

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Atlanta’s Most Trusted Advisors: IT Security, Common Mistakes and How Business Can Avoid Them

Posted on February 11, 2016February 11, 2016

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Atlanta’s Most Trusted Advisors interviews industry experts from in and around the Metro Atlanta Area. Our goal is to provide valuable information that all business owners and managers can use in their day-to-day work to help them succeed.

Karl Sigler with Trustwave and David Gracey with Network 1 Consulting

Karl Sigler/Threat Intelligence Manager at Trustwave

Karl is Threat Intelligence Manager at Trustwave where he is responsible for research and analysis of current vulnerabilities, malware and threat trends. Karl and his team run the Emerging Threat advisory service, serve as liaison for the Microsoft MAPP program, and coordinate Trustwave’s responsible vulnerability disclosure process. Before joining Trustwave in 2013, Karl worked as the lead of the IBM X-Force Education group. With more than 20 years experience working in information security, Karl has presented on topics like Intrusion Analysis and Penetration Testing to audiences in over 30 countries.”

David Gracey/Network 1 Consulting

David is the founder and president of Network 1 Consulting, Atlanta’s leading provider of IT services for small and medium-sized businesses. Network 1 specializes in IT support for law firms, medical practices, financial services and real estate markets.

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Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk (Host)/ bbr Marketing

Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk has been a member of the creative and marketing services community for over 20 years and does not appear to be leaving it anytime soon. As president of bbr marketing, she has relished the challenges of entrepreneurship as she worked to grow and nurture a new business. Since the firm’s inception in 2009, Bonnie has led the young company to become widely recognized and respected within the professional services marketing niche, with award-winning client websites and an outstanding history of business success having worked with clients in 23 states and 2 Canadian provinces.

The Law Office of Brian C. McCarthy, P.C. and Robert Brown with Incite! Decision Technologies LLC,

Posted on February 8, 2016

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Brian C. McCartyh/Law Office of Brian C. McCarthy, P.C.
Founder and Attorney At Law

Brian C. McCarthy is an experienced trial attorney and litigator who focuses on civil litigation in the areas of professional liability, personal injury, and commercial disputes. He represents injured persons in cases involving motor vehicle accidents, dog attacks, product defects, premises liability, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death. He earned his B.A. in Psychology at the University of Notre Dame; M.S., Georgia State University; MBA, Georgia State University; and J.D., Georgia State University. Brian is married to Amy McCarthy and is the proud father of Jack, Pierce, Emily, and Finn.

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Robert (Rob) Brown/Incite Decision Technologies LLC
Founder & President

Robert D. Brown III is the President of Incite! Decision Technologies LLC (http://www.incitedecisiontech.com), a consultancy supporting senior decision-makers facing complex, high-risk opportunities. These opportunities usually include strategic planning, project selection, planning & risk management, and project portfolio analysis & management.

Roberts twenty-plus-year career has been devoted to providing solutions to clients complex problems by employing creative thinking and advanced quantitative business, engineering, and systems analysis. His client experience spans diverse industrial and commercial fields including petroleum & chemicals, energy, utilities, supply chain & logistics, pharmaceuticals, electronics manufacturing, telecommunications, IT, commercial real estate, federal agencies, and education.

Through Incite!, Robert delivers analysis, decision support tools and systems, and training in decision-making and risk management with the goal to help his clients measure the value and the risk associated with the important decisions they face in order to make informed trade-offs and choices. He has also been a regular Analytica training resource for Lumina for over a decade.
Robert graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1992 with a Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering.

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JDog Junk Removal and Hauling

Posted on February 5, 2016

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On the program today we spoke with founder and CEO of JDog Junk Removal and Hauling Jerry Flanagan, Owner/Operator of JDog Junk Removal and Hauling in Lawrenceville, Ga. Forrest Woodland and Owner/Operator of JDog Junk Removal and Hauling in Woodstock, Ga. Jason Meadows.

JDog Junk Removal – we are the U.S. Military Veteran Brand! Our local business operators are veterans and veteran family members who understand the notion of service to country, hard work, and dedication. Our junk removal services are delivered the military way – with Respect, Integrity, Trust

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Gerald “Jerry” Flanagan is the creator of the JDog brand and founder of the JDog Junk Removal system and serves as our President and CEO. Jerry’s business career has been focused primarily in the retail sales industry, where he has held various positions and founded, owned and operated a number of businesses. He is an honorably discharged veteran of the U.S. Army. He did basic training at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina and then went to Ft. Gordon, GA for Advanced Individual Training. He was later stationed at Ft. Stewart Georgia and achieved the rank of E-4 Specialist. Jerry is based at our corporate office in Berwyn, PA.

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KSU Entrepreneurship Center “The Shrimp Tank” Featuring Brandon Lewis

Posted on February 3, 2016

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The Shrimp Tank brings you interviews with some of the most successful business owners in the United States to learn the do’s and don’ts of starting and running a successful business. Then, the fun really starts when we bring in high school and college students to pitch their business ideas to the Shrimp Tank. We don’t fund any business, but we do teach kids how to turn their business ideas into a successful business.

Ted Jenkin and Brandon Lewis

Brandon Lewis/Benchmark Public Adjusting Group

COO and Partner of BenchMark Public Adjusting Group. As a 22 plus-year Atlanta business leader and executive coupled with nine years in the insurance advocacy profession, Brandon Lewis has forged a unique industry crossover. Brandon brings with him the experience of handling over 15 major natural disasters globally.

Brandon is a member of NAPIA and the Founding Treasurer of GAPIA. His other participations include the Atlanta Apartment Association, where he is a member and has educated the association on disaster preparedness. He is also a member of the National Suppliers Council. He has been a guest speaker at Emory University and worked closely with the Red Cross. Brandon attended both Pace University Lubin School of Business and Hofstra University.

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Mary Parker with All n 1 Security Services, Dr. Rashad Sanford with Atlanta Spine Doctors and Garold “Gary” Markle with Energage, Inc.

Posted on February 1, 2016

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Mary Parker/All n 1 Security Services
Founder & CEO

Ms. Parker is a recognized expert in contract security with more than 30 years of industry experience. She is a highly sought-after speaker and consultant who works with numerous government and corporate clients to develop customized plans and budgets in the areas of security personnel, security technology, and traffic control management. At ALL(n)1, she is charged with developing the vision and direction of the company. This includes creating domestic and global alliances, reviewing operational reports and financial statements, approving company policies and standards, and promoting the company to the community and potential clients.

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Dr. Rashad Sanford/Atlanta Spine Doctors
Founder

Dr. Rashad Sanford is a chiropractor to dozens of entertainers and celebrities. His two offices, Atlanta Spine Doctors, are located in Dunwoody and Atlanta. He is a graduate of Morris Brown College and Life University in Atlanta, GA. He has more than a decade of experience. His clients includes dozens of NFL, NBA, and MLB players.

His expertise includes spinal care, arthritis, sinus pain, cold/flu, allergies, prenatal care, headaches, sports injuries, and much more.

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Garold “Gary” Markle/Energage, Inc
Founder and CEO

Gary Markle is one of the most sought-after experts on how to improve human capital to transform companies into highly productive enterprises where people actually enjoy going to work. Markles landmark work, Catalytic Coaching: The End of the Performance Review spent 37 weeks as an Amazon best seller, ranking it in the top 5% of all books sold, and earning it the coveted Five Star rating. His follow-up book, No More Performance Reviews has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company and The Detroit Free Press. It was also favorably reviewed by Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Gary Markle has spent three decades as a Human Resources manager, executive, and coach, including 18 years with the leading Fortune 500 oil companies and 16 years as the CEO of Energage, one of the top employee engagement companies in North America.
Energage® teaches employers how to transform employees into high-performing teams by letting go of everything they think they know about human resource management.

A recent Gallup poll revealed that two-thirds of companies are changing their performance evaluation programs and that 70% of those companies said their previous programs had failed. Whats worse, that failure rate has not changed in 15 years. Thats because technological advances do not address a fundamental flaw: Performance evaluations do not work, and they actually increase legal liability.

By teaching managers how to use the principles of Catalytic Coaching® developed by Gary Markle

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Steve Greenbaum, Fran Tarkenton and Kevin Center with PostNet

Posted on January 29, 2016January 29, 2016

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Founded in 1992, PostNet is the leading business-to-business franchise known for providing customized, business-enhancing print, marketing and shipping solutions. Locally owned and operated PostNet locations offer full-service digital printing; direct mail; signage; document binding and finishing; graphic design; and ancillary business services, like private mailbox rental and more. They also offer professional packaging services and shipping with UPS, FedEx, DHL and the U.S. Postal Service. In addition, with the brand’s bricks and clicks business model, each PostNet franchise has both a physical storefront in the community as well as an Online Print Center, offering customers the benefits of quick online transactions and traditional face-to-face service. PostNet has nearly 700 franchise locations across 10 countries.

Fran Tarkenton, Kevin Center and Steve Greenbaum

Steve Greenbaum/Postnet

Steven J. Greenbaum, CFE, has served as Chief Executive Officer and director since he co-founded PostNet in 1992.

Steve is a Certified Franchise Executive and was honored with the International Franchise Association’s (IFA) Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2003. In 2008, Steve served as Chairman of the IFA and is also a past Chair of IFA’s Educational Foundation, FranPAC Advisory Board, Convention and Membership Committees.

In addition, Steve serves on the board of the HealthStore Foundation,® a non-profit organization that has developed 75 franchised Child and Family Wellness Shops (www.cfwshops.com) in rural locations in Kenya.

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Fran Tarkenton/Tarkenton Companies
Founder

Fran Tarkenton knows better than most what it takes to succeed in a competitive arena. As one of the NFL’s all-time great competitors, he was inducted into the National Football League and Collegiate Football Halls of Fame and was an All-American athlete at the University of Georgia. As quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, Fran took his team to the 1973, 1974 and 1976 Super Bowls. He set the all-time NFL passing records for touchdowns (342), yards (47,003) and completions. Those records stood for 17 years.
Fran has taken the lessons learned on the field to become a successful, hands-on entrepreneur, building more than 20 companies during and after his NFL career, the largest reaching revenues of $142 million. At age 75, Fran continues to advise and support small businesses. In partnership with the University of Georgias Terry College of Business, Fran recently launched the Tarkenton Certificate in Entrepreneurship, a comprehensive online education program teaching entrepreneurs everything they need to start a new business and operate an existing business more effectively.

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Kevin Center/Postnet
Owner/operator

Atlanta native Kevin Center’s “aha” moment came about 18 months ago while listening to a speaker regale a crowd with the last words of a beloved mentor: “I’ve made millions of dollars, and I’ve achieved a wonderful title. But I look back and ask, ‘What was it all for?’ I didn’t spend enough time with my family. I didn’t have the deep friendships that I should have. I did great in the business world, but at what cost?”

Center isn’t about to make the same mistake. As the new PostNet area developer for greater Atlanta, Center does have ambitious plans to open his own center and help cultivate the PostNet brand in this hotbed of growth: Center wants to see 25-30 centers in the Metro Atlanta region in the next 10-12 years. But his ultimate goal in helping Atlanta small business owners isn’t about fame and fortune, but instead to achieve the flexibility and financial stability that will allow him to attend piano recitals and Little League baseball games — and to help other entrepreneurs achieve the same thing.

“If I have my center staffed appropriately, and if I have the ability to trust my managers, I will have the freedom to do what I need to do — or not even what I need to do — but what I like to do,” he says.

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KSU Entrepreneurship Center “The Shrimp Tank” Featuring Shantel Khleif Imagine Media

Posted on January 26, 2016

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Where Young Entrepreneurs Turn Their Dreams Into Business.

Meet The Brightest Entrepreneurs From Today and Tomorrow…

Where can a young entrepreneur figure out how to turn their dreams into reality? Just take a step into the Shrimp Tank. The Shrimp Tank brings you interviews with some of the most successful business owners in the United States to learn the do’s and don’ts of starting and running a successful business. Then, the fun really starts when we bring in high school and college students to pitch their business ideas to the Shrimp Tank. We don’t fund any business, but we do teach kids how to turn their business ideas into a successful business.

Hosts of The Shrimp Tank Chris Hanks and Ted Jenkin.

Ted Jenkin, Shantel Khleif and Chris Hanks

Shantel Khleif/Imagine Media
Owner

Stemming from a deep love and respect for small businesses, Shantel built Imagine Media to give an online voice to companies who wouldn’t otherwise have the time to do so. As the previous owner of a Wedding Planning company, and as the current co-founder of an Non Profit aimed at assisting students in need, Shantel is a go-getter through and through with a huge heart. When she’s not networking her way through Atlanta, selling our services to business owners in need, and motivating the team to be the best that they can be, you can find Shantel exploring Atlanta with her big and lovable pup, Gunnar.

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The Shrimp Tank Featuring Mike Russell with ETS Solutions

Mike Stark with American Financial Advisors, LLC and Josh Seides with Technocademy, Inc.

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Atlanta’s Most Trusted Advisors: IT Security, Common Mistakes and How Business Can Avoid Them

Atlanta’s Most Trusted Advisors interviews industry experts from in and around the Metro Atlanta Area. Our goal is to provide valuable information that all business owners and managers can use in their day-to-day work to help them succeed.

The Law Office of Brian C. McCarthy, P.C. and Robert Brown with Incite! Decision Technologies LLC,

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JDog Junk Removal and Hauling

On the program today we spoke with founder and CEO of JDog Junk Removal and Hauling Jerry Flanagan, Owner/Operator of JDog Junk Removal and Hauling in Lawrenceville, Ga. Forrest Woodland and Owner/Operator of JDog Junk Removal and Hauling in Woodstock, Ga. Jason Meadows.

KSU Entrepreneurship Center “The Shrimp Tank” Featuring Brandon Lewis

Mary Parker with All n 1 Security Services, Dr. Rashad Sanford with Atlanta Spine Doctors and Garold “Gary” Markle with Energage, Inc.

Steve Greenbaum, Fran Tarkenton and Kevin Center with PostNet

KSU Entrepreneurship Center “The Shrimp Tank” Featuring Shantel Khleif Imagine Media

Hosts of The Shrimp Tank Chris Hanks and Ted Jenkin.

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On the program today we spoke with founder and CEO of JDog Junk Removal and Hauling Jerry Flanagan, Owner/Operator of JDog Junk Removal and Hauling in Lawrenceville, Ga. Forrest Woodland and Owner/Operator of JDog Junk Removal and Hauling in Woodstock, Ga. Jason Meadows.

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