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James Lloyd with TITLE Boxing Club

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James Lloyd / TITLE Boxing Club
Franchise Development Manager

James LloydJames Lloyd started his career at TITLE Boxing Club back in 2009, working on the front lines of the franchise business as a trainer, assistant manager and eventual general manager of the original, and first, TITLE Boxing Club in the country in Overland Park, KS.  Working every position in the business allowed James to see the real needs of the business through multiple channels, and in 2011 he became a franchise owner himself.   His career path shifted when current CEO John Rotche purchased part of the company in 2012 and asked James to move to Ann Arbor, MI in order to build out a new corporate location.  Over the last 5 years James has served in various roles for the company, from a regional director of franchise operations, to his current position as a franchise development manager.   Today James uses his in-depth knowledge of the TITLE Boxing Club franchise system to help individuals achieve lifelong goals and embark on the path of franchise ownership.

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Neighborhood Business Radio Episode 3

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Teena Thomas / Makeup by Teena

Teena was born March 29,1992 in Kerala, India. When she was 2 years old her family moved to the United States with her two older brothers. Growing up she wasn’t allowed to wear much makeup, but being the youngest sibling of two boys she didn’t have much of an interest. What she did have a passion for was art. She loved painting, drawing and even creating her own picture books. “Art was my escape and a way of creating my own perfect world.”

As Teena got older and entered high school, she discovered her love for makeup. As the years progressed, Teena worked as a freelance artist for Pur Minerals as a vendor in several different Ulta locations. In 2015, Teena attained her Bachelors in Social Science from Kennesaw State University. After graduating, Teena relocated to Atlanta, GA, where she has continued to develop her experience by working with different editorial photographers and modeling agencies including Ford Models.

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Tim Samuel / Sparketh
Co-Founder and Vice President

Sparketh uses its online learning platform to empower young students to reach their creative potential. We are creating an atmosphere that is a rewarding place for both students and professionals. Our goal is to create a portfolio of quality online courses that are as effective as an in-person private tutor.

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Kurt and Kyle Sobotka with Prime Technical Services, Jeffrey Stepakoff with Georgia Film Academy and Author Chris Butsch

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Kurt and Kyle Sobotka / Prime Technical Services
President and Co-Founder

Kurt Sobotka started Prime Technical Services with his twin brother Kyle in 2014.  Prime Technical Services is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned small business supporting customers in the private and public sectors.  Prime has been selected as a finalist for this year’s Pacesetter Awards in being one of the fastest growing privately held companies in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

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Jeffrey Stepakoff / Georgia Film Academy
Executive Director

Jeffrey Stepakoff was raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He is an accomplished writer-producer and an experienced academic, with a twenty-eight year entertainment industry career that includes sweeping internationally-recognized credits, leadership roles in content creation and production management, and a track record of collaboration, innovation, and success in virtually all forms of commercial media.

After earning a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and then completing his Masters of Fine Arts in Playwriting at Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama, Stepakoff moved to Hollywood and began writing and producing film, television and digital entertainment. He has “written by” or “story by” credits on thirty-seven television episodes, has written for fifteen different series, and has been a writer and/or writer-producer on eight prime time, or first-run cable staffs. He’s been credited on more than two hundred episodes of popular television. TV credits for which he is most known include the Emmy-winning The Wonder Years, Sisters, Wild Card, Hyperion Bay, The Magic School, C16:FBI, Robin’s Hoods, Land’s End, Flipper, Sons & Daughters, Major Dad, The Yakov Smirnoff Show, Beauty & the Beast, Have Faith, Simon & Simon, and Dawson’s Creek, where he was Co-Executive Producer. Until July 2015, he worked as the Co-Executive Producer of Chasing Life for ABC Family.

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Chris Butsch / The Millenial’s Guide to Making Happiness
Author

Chris Butsch is Atlanta Business Radio’s “Millennial Correspondent.” Author of The Millennial’s Guide to Making Happiness, Chris educates other generations on how to decrypt and connect with his unique generation.

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Biz Radio U Featuring Katy Galli with Keep Moving Forward Podcast

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Katy Galli / Keep Moving Forward Podcast
Host

Katy Galli is an entrepreneur based out of Atlanta, GA. Her ultimate goal is to help you realize that you can beat the odds and go the distance, if only you keep moving forward. To achieve this, she created the Keep Moving Forward podcast for your listening pleasure. Every Wednesday, she interviews inspiring individuals from all walks of life who will undoubtedly prove to you that giving up is for rookies. To experience her weekly episodes, you can tune in at http://keepmovingforward.us/ and subscribe on iTunes. Follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well as @KatyGalli45 for a daily dose of motivation.

In addition to her podcast, she also founded the USA based pet supply company, MallardMade. Specializing in Americana style dog beds that were proudly made right here in the United States, MallardMade previously donated beds to Companions for Heroes to support our veterans and shelter animals in need. Follow on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for an exclusive look at her beds.

While she leads the lifestyle of an entrepreneur, she is an avid athlete and coach, as well. She is a certified level 1 USA Track and Field coach, a CrossFit athlete, and a CrossFit Level 1 (CF-L1) trainer.

 

KSU Entrepreneurship Center The Shrimp Tank Featuring Chau Nguyen with Hirewire

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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, Ted Jenkin and Lee Heisman

 

Chau Nguyen / HireWire
Founder/CEO

Chau NguyenChau Nguyen has been an entrepreneur for over 10 years. In 2005, Chau co-founded Campus Special, which was recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing private companies in the US for four consecutive years. Campus Special reached millions of college students at over 500 universities through mobile apps, ecommerce, and print media. Nearly 4,000 college students launched their career in sales and marketing through his award winning internship program. In 2014, Campus Special was acquired by Chegg (NYSE: CHGG).

In 2015, Chau launched Hirewire, a hiring marketplace where employers can connect with job seekers on-demand. Unlike traditional job boards, there is no need to post a job and wait for resumes to come in. Instead employers can run a search and filter candidates by location, experience, availability, and instantly view job seeker profiles with job history, video interview, and message directly within the app.

Hirewire currently serves 4,000 employers and 100,000 job seekers within the restaurant, retail, and hospitality industry in Atlanta with plans to expand to additional cities and industries in 2017. To date, Hirewire has raised $3.9M in funding to improve the way hiring is done.

Chau has been named one of the Highest Rated CEOs of 2014 among small to mid sized companies by Glassdoor and voted to the annual list of Most Loved CEOs in America 2014 by Inc. Magazine. Chau has a passion for coaching, mentoring, and developing people.

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Pat Falotico with The Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership, Yves Neidlinger with CulinaryLocal and Drew Dawson with The Headshot Truck

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Pat Falotico / The Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership
CEO

Patricia Falotico is the CEO of the Robert K Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. Founded in 1964 by Robert Greenleaf, the Center advances the philosophy and practice of Servant Leadership which enriches individuals, builds better organizations and ultimately creates a better more caring society. The ultimate measure of success for a servant leader is how those served grow.

Pat retired from IBM following 31 years leading a broad range of projects including technical sales, sales management, service business development, software distribution, marketing and development of business partner relationships on the local, regional, national and international level. She served as IBM’s Senior State Executive for Georgia and Senior Location Executive for Atlanta; providing leadership for IBM in the community and across the state, linking Corporate Citizenship and Employee Engagement activities with strategic IBM initiatives.

Pat is active is several civic organizations and is committed to ensuring that all students have the opportunity to get a high quality education which enables them to becoming contributing members of society. She currently chairs on the United Way of Greater Atlanta’s Community Engagement Council and is an active alumn and volunteer of Leadership Atlanta. Pat mentors emerging women leaders through Pathbuilders’ Achieva program.

Pat holds a B.S. in math and computer science from Manhattan College. Originally from New York, Pat now lives in Marietta, Georgia with her family.

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Yves Neidlinger / CulinaryLocal
President and CEO

Yves Neidlinger has worked in sales and marketing for technology companies for the past twenty years. He is an amateur chef and has 11 years experience working in the hospitality industry, including as the founder and CEO of CulinaryLocal.

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Drew Dawson / The Headshot Truck
Photography Director

Drew Dawson is a Georgia native from Coweta County. Sharpsburg to be exact, which is where the The Walking Dead is filmed. Drew pursued a career in photography for 8 years in Los Angeles, learning and working with the top photographers in the business.

Drew mentored with, and learned to shoot from Adam Hendershott, a close friend and Co-Founder of the Headshot Truck. Drew joined The Headshot Truck after years of working for other photographers and freelancing in some pretty fantastic locations, like Hawaii, Alaska, and… Delaware. Drew left his home in rainy Seattle for sunny Los Angeles and has been with the Truck ever since, partnering up with the company to have a third truck brought to Atlanta.

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Biz Radio U Featuring Lee Kantor and Stone Payton with Business RadioX

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Lee Kantor / Business RadioX
Founder

Lee founded Business RadioX out of frustration with traditional media’s cronyism, onerous gatekeepers and anti-business bias. Business RadioX is a disruptive media platform that helps companies of all sizes get the word out. Now the dominant business radio network in the Atlanta area Lee has put Business RadioX on an aggressive national and international growth path.

Most recently, Lee helped Business RadioX successfully launch its Radio In My Booth product – giving companies an innovative way to drive tradeshow booth traffic and authentically engage with prospects to boost lead generation.

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Stone Payton / Business RadioX
Managing Partner

For over 25 years, Stone Payton has been helping organizations and the people who lead them drive their business strategies more effectively.

Stone literally wrote the book on SPEED ® – Never Fry Bacon In The Nude: And Other Lessons From The Quick & The Dead (2nd Printing Book Logix, 2012), and has dedicated his entire career to helping others produce Better Results in Less Time.

As managing partner for Business Radio X ® and co-host for the network’s most popular shows, Stone is constantly learning from innovative, passionate, driven people who have chosen to live into their dreams, and serve others who wish to do the same.

His career began with the change management consulting firm, Conner Partners (formerly ODR), and has included sales, marketing, design, and delivery roles for some of the most respected training and consulting firms on the planet.

Stone is a popular radio personality, published author, accomplished speaker, and trusted advisor to business owners, sales leaders and senior executives.

Stone, his wife Holly and daughters Katie and Kelly, make their home in suburban Atlanta. His leisure interests include boating, hiking, and travel. Stone’s Personal Mission: Helping businesses Get The Word Out about the great work they’re doing to serve their market, their community, and their profession.

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KSU Entrepreneurship Center The Shrimp Tank Featuring Hanuman Nandanampati with SVK Systems

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Hanuman Nandanampati

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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, Ted Jenkin and Lee Heisman

 

Hanuman Nandanampati / SVK Systems

Hanuman NandanampatiHanuman Nandanampati came to USA in 1993 as a student to complete his master’s degree at the University of Massachusetts. After graduation, Hanuman worked with several companies, including Inrange, ADC Telecom, and Regions, as a Software Engineer.

Hanuman started SVK Systems in 2003 providing Computer IT Solutions to various mid-range companies, primarily for help desk solutions. Today SVK has nearly 550 consultants working all over the USA for large companies such as Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Wells Fargo, FedEx, and Verizon.

SVK is a Gold certified partner for Microsoft and Oracle companies. SVK provides and supports IT solutions in business intelligence, data management, cloud and CRM applications. SVK is the fastest growing company in Georgia, and has been an Inc. 5000 certified company for the last several years.

SVK has nearly 50 million dollars in revenue with many branch office locations, including Fremont, CA, St Louis, MO, Houston, TX, and Rochelle Park, NJ.

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Neighborhood Business Radio Episode 2

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Jalal Lewis / Rolling Shades Painting

Born in Dayton, Ohio, Jalal Lewis was taught to be a leader at a young age. Jalal always considered himself to be an opportunist, and sold candy and mowed lawns in middle school to make money. In high school, he picked up painting and his ambition developed and transformed into an entrepreneurial venture that inspired him to start Rolling Shades Painting with his own capital.

The company’s goal is to make their clients happy and satisfied through their excellent service. With their commercial and residential painting services, Rolling Shades Painting gives your home and business establishment a new shade of color, and makes it a comfortable place to stay in.

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Stephanie Carvajalino / Cookies and Cookies

Stephanie Carvajalino is a young Colombian entrepreneur, author, trainer, motivational speaker, practitioner of Neuro-linguistic Programming, and investor. She started doing business with her sisters with $15 when she was 6 years old and founded Chococar, a home-based company that produced and sold chocolates.

When she was 9 years old, Stephanie gave her first lecture in a private university and started her career as a motivational speaker. She discovered a strong passion for fostering entrepreneurial spirit in young people and energizing individuals to achieve their best potential. Stephanie and her sisters also founded Quality Line, a groundbreaking speaking and training company that serves corporations, educators, students, parents and entrepreneurs. They have been able to reach and impact the lives of thousands of people with their message of success, leadership and entrepreneurship.

In 2009, at age 13, Stephanie, along with her sisters, published Parents and Coaches, a book that provides parents with very helpful and essential information on how to raise an entrepreneur. In 2012, they created a family investment group that operates in different industries. Today, Stephanie is 20 years old, and in addition to running her businesses, she is a crafting a revolutionary entrepreneurship education program for high school students that will be launched in the near future.

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Brandon Smith On March Madness — Businesses Should Embrace the Bracket

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Brandon Smith / Emory University’s Goizueta Business School
Professor, Workplace Health

Brandon Smith is a leading expert in workplace health and dysfunction. He currently serves as faculty at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School where he teaches and researches on topics related to healthy workplace dynamics, leadership and communication.

He is the founder of www.theworkplacetherapist.com – a resource dedicated to eliminating dysfunction at work, improving workplace health and restoring a sense of optimism and hope in the workplace.

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