The Small Business Matters Podcast features interviews and conversations with entrepreneurs, business leaders, small business owners and executives, and management gurus. Topics include business management, marketing, finance, and much more.
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Regina McRae, host of this weekly business show, is owner of Grandma's Secrets, NY's only dessert delivery company. Regina likes to say she didnt start a business, she fell into business. She founded her company in 1995, at the urging of friends and family,with just $10.00 and 9 pies. With no support system, no network, and no real resources, she was able to overcome monumental hurdles to build the business to the success it is today. In 2009, she was honored to be chosen as Google's Spokesp ...
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The Power of Peer Groups for the CEO with Aviva Wolmer
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Aviva Wolmer graduated from the University of Baltimore Law School with plans to become a criminal defense attorney for juveniles. What she thought would be a brief return to her family’s business culminated in her serving as CEO.When she became CEO of Pacesetter, she immediately joined a Vistage group to get the support and guidance of people in s…
For the first episode in the new year, Tim and Taylor welcome Aventure Aviation CEO, Zaheer Faruqui, to the podcast. Founded in 2001, Aventure Aviation is the “Auto Zone of Aviation”, a world-class, award-winning commercial and military aviation parts supplier and provider of component repair management services.What began as a small business in Za…
King of Pops started as a conversation that three brothers were having on an epic trip through Central America. Over the years, that conversation turned into a dream and when the youngest of the three, Steven, was laid off from his corporate job during the Great Recession – that dream became a reality. A few months later, Steven’s brother Nick left…
Small Business Matters president Tim Fulton recently returned from his tenth sabbatical and his third El Camino. In this episode, Tim sits in the guest chair to share about his latest journey, the benefits of taking time away from your business, and what led him to take that first sabbatical 10 years ago. In this Episode:• Making the Sabbatical Dec…
Ali Jamal is the chief executive officer of Stablegold Hospitality, a real estate investment company that specializes in affordable accommodations for low/no income individuals and families. What started in 2011 as one rundown and shutdown hotel is now a thriving business, which includes approximately $50 million in assets under management, 1500 re…
In the early 90s, Gus Cawley moved to Atlanta with lofty goals and a degree in accounting from Le Moyne College. He paid his dues working on accounts payables during the day and selling subscriptions for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution door to door at night. Gus diligently combed the Sunday classifieds and faxed resumes until he landed a job as a …
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From Lambeau Field to the White House with Shaun Bradley
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Shaun Bradley has lived the American dream. He has gone from selling peanuts at Green Bay Packer games as a boy, to Naval Academy graduation and service in the U.S. Navy as a young man. He then co-founded and served as CEO of Bradley-Morris, Inc. (BMI). Shaun is known as a Founding Father of the modern military recruiting industry, which in its var…
When Randall was 18, he joined the U.S. Army as a military intelligence signals analyst and directly supported numerous military operations throughout the world. After the Army, Randall joined a large, cleared defense contracting firm where he supported missions that solved some of the intelligence issues after 9/11. He has an unparalleled level of…
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How the SBDC Can Help Your Small Business with Allan Adams
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Allan Adams has been the State Director for the Small Business Development Center at the University of Georgia for over 16 years. Prior to becoming the Director, Allan held various positions for the SBDC and has served as an Aid in both the U.S. House and Senate. Allan earned a degree in Political Science from UGA and an MBA from Brenau University …
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Helping Small Businesses Make Money with Jeff Cunningham
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Jeff Cunningham works with entrepreneurs and visionaries to help them design and achieve ambitious deals and build and sell profitable companies. He created a business model for developing a Proactive Legal Plan™ to make the legal relationship predictable, efficient, and affordable for businesses who watch their cash flow first.A Partner at Parker …
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Sales Preparation, Professionalism, & Clowning Around with Adam Shapiro
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Founder and President of SalesReformSchool™, Adam Shapiro helps individuals and companies improve sales performance by on-boarding or "in-boarding" customer-facing individuals, teams, and enterprises. Mostly, this means helping clients integrate brand and other marketing efforts into their sales conversations, tools, and processes. Adam earned a Ju…
Business Ethics Advisors founder Kevin Foster provides training to prepare business professionals nationwide to identify the personal characteristics and circumstances leading to unethical behavior. He also created an 8-week Ethical Leadership Accelerator Group Mentoring Program for Next-Gen and emerging leaders who are tasked to maintain and devel…
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The Impact of Substance Abuse on Small Business with Neil Campbell
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Neil Campbell, MS is the executive director of the Georgia Council on Substance Abuse, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building and supporting community alliances to reduce the impact of addiction through education, advocacy, and training. Neil is a passionate advocate for public policy around a recovery-oriented system of care and a peer rec…
In addition to the founder and CEO of Corporate Culture Consulting, John Waid is a facilitator, international keynote speaker, author of the Culture-Driven Series of books, and a recognized thought leader on corporate culture. Show Notes:In this episode of Small Business Matters the Podcast, John Waid joins Tim and Taylor to talk about the importan…
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When, Why, and How to Market Your Small Business with Jennifer Koon
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Jennifer Koon is a Marketing Communications Professional with more than 25 years of corporate and agency-side experience with firms big and small. In 2001, Jennifer founded Michael Mackenzie Communications which develops and manages marketing and public relations programs for growing technology firms and professional service providers. Clients incl…
An entrepreneur focused on creating value for clients and shareholders, John Hightower is also a 16 year consulting veteran with a tenacious approach to “roll-up-the-sleeves” and optimize results. John thrives by creating solutions in fast-paced, inter-departmental projects, and innovative/disruptive product sets. In 2017, he co-founded Arch + Towe…
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Knowing Your Purpose, Focusing on Your Strengths, and Some Great Cuban Food with Alex Muñoz
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Alex Muñoz is the owner and principal at CSR, a services and consulting firm that specializes in the assessment, recommendation, and delivery of organizational performance enhancement and/or remediation. Throughout his career, Alex has sought those types of situations that "nobody wants and are the most difficult" as they also tend to be the most i…
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Dr. Mary Ritz on Leadership, Team Management, and Understanding Your Biggest Asset
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Mary Ritz, Ph.D. discovered her ability and desire to teach at a young age. Years later, she combined these skills with her keen insight into customer service and an engaging business coach emerged. Today, Dr. Ritz is known as a dynamic leader, speaker, facilitator, and consultant. She has enjoyed repeated success guiding strategy development, busi…
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Veronica Maldonado-Torres on Core Values, the Ability to Pivot, and a Spotify Debut
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As the Founder and CEO of VMT Consulting, Veronica Maldonado-Torres empowers leaders and businesses to thrive. A small business champion and supplier diversity advocate, Veronica is a catalyst of growth for both small businesses and large corporations, bringing thought-leadership and innovation to the supplier development space. Veronica excels at …
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Peachtree Junk Removal - Ryan Tabb - 680 The Fan - 4 - 15 - 20
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Insights on Smart Hiring and Succession Planning from the Talent Whisperer, Beth Miller.
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In 2006, Beth Armknecht Miller founded Executive Velocity as an outlet for her trademark enthusiasm and energy for assisting clients with their most valuable asset – their people. Her proven approach provides expert advice on leadership capabilities and builds succession plans for organizational continuity. Beth also served as a Chair with Vistage …
Tim and Taylor Fulton from Small Business Matters go deep into the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing, ripple effects, and what business leaders must do now in the face of disruption.Key Points in this Episode:• The Effects on Everyday Life [0:01:32]• Experiencing the Outdoors [0:03:36] • Managing Expectations [0:04:10]• Feelings of Uncertainty […
Health and Fitness guru Rami Odeh owned and operated a successful fitness center in Sandy Springs, GA for more than 20 years. One year later, Rami continues to help people change their lives and companies lower healthcare costs through consulting, coaching, and public speaking. He is also the author of "Quiet the Noise", available on amazon.com. Sh…
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Bryan Gray became an entrepreneur at the ripe old age of 14 and later led two companies onto the Inc. 500 List. Today, Bryan serves as Chief Executive Officer & Neuro Selling Practice Leader for the Revenue Path Group (RPG). He is also President of MediaSauce, a contributing member of RPG, and leads the business development and strategic direction …
Eric CoryelI helps organizations identify their strategic position, move accountability down into the organization, and most of all create accountable teams that deliver results. To support these efforts, he also helps individuals and teams establish meaningful metrics, problem solve, deal with their real issues by having difficult conversations, a…
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Earning Referrals, Understanding Buzz, and Blue Skies with Steve Beecham
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President of Home Town Mortgage in Alpharetta, GA, Steve Beecham is also an author and popular keynote, Vistage, and motivational speaker in greater Atlanta. Never afraid to take a chance in business, Steve began his entrepreneurial career in retail as the owner of a men's and women's clothing store. Over the years, Steve honed his personal skills …
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Founding Vistage, the Changing Role of CEOs, and great BBQ with Bud Carter
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Radio disk jockey turned business owner and Vistage Founder, Bud Carter has had a successful and colorful career. Arriving in Atlanta during the 80s, Bud was the owner and general manager of a corporate outplacement company. He was also the founder of Vistage (known then as Tech) and became the first Vistage Chair in Atlanta in 1987. Thirty years l…
John Fenton leveraged the leadership skills he learned as a collegiate athlete to build a successful career in finance, ultimately serving as a managing partner with BDO USA's Atlanta office. A member of the Forbes Coaching Council and a Certified Brain Management Consultant, today John helps entrepreneurs and executives improve their leadership sk…
Cindy Miller, CEO of Cindy Miller Communications, discusses the importance of a crisis communication plan as well as best-practices for small business communications, marketing and public relations.저자 Small Business Matters
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Tropics North, a Hurricane and the Miami Dolphins with Josh Rutter
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With a passion for plants and horticulture, Josh Rutter launched Tropics North, a nursery farm in South Florida, with little experience in business. A couple decades later, Tropics North generated tens of millions of dollars in annual revenue with clients stretching across Florida and the Caribbean.Josh sits down with small business matters to talk…
Dez Thornton is a Communications Expert who helps Thought Leaders say the right words in the right way when they matter most. An idea enthusiast with a knack for transforming the complex into the simple, Dez has an uncanny ability to inspire action through story. Dez was professionally trained at the University of South Carolina and Dale Carnegie a…
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Business Design & Operations Management with Alicia Butler Pierre
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Alicia Butler Pierre is CEO of Equilibria, Inc. and is dedicated to designing business infrastructures for fast-growing companies serious about scaling in a sustainable and profitable manner. This business infrastructure links their people, processes and tools into a cohesive system so that work flows seamlessly and customers, vendors and employees…
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Mike Iverson and the Importance of Financial Management, KPIs and the Role of the CFO
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Small Business Matters sits down with Mike Iverson, Principal at Trillium Financial, to talk about the role of the CFO, common financial management mistakes in business and Mike's favorite key performance indicators(KPIs). We also discuss:How Mike got started with Trillium.The roles and responsibilities of an interim CFO.Examples of a typical inter…
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The Value of Small Business Development Centers with Bernard Meineke
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Bernie Meineke spent more than 20 years working at Small Business Development Centers across the state of Georgia as a consultant and director. In this episode of the Small Business Matters podcast, we discuss the benefits that a Small Business Development Center can bring to entrepreneurs as well as common challenges and issues facing small busine…
Chris Hanks is the Founder & Executive Director at Kennesaw State University's Robin and Doug Shore Entrepreneurship Center. In this episode of the Small Business Matters podcast, we discuss Chris' entrepreneurial journey, life as a small business coach and consultant and why small business is so important to our economy and communities.…
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Small Business Marketing Tips and Strategies with Taylor Fulton
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Welcome to the first episode of the Small Business Matters podcast! I'm pleased to have my son, Taylor Fulton, join me to discuss small business marketing, buyer personas, content marketing and inbound marketing strategies.저자 Small Business Matters
Join me for the last show in this series, and the last show before the summer haitus. We will return in September with another fantastic lineup! This week features two more dynamic leaders who will share thier secrets to getting those books out there! Charmaine Hammond is a Dialogue Expert, Transformational Speaker & Best Selling Author of "On Toby…
We are back this week with two more motivated authors who got their books from their head to the bookshelves! LaTia McNeely-Sandiford, MSW is the Adversity Expert. She has risen to be a published Author, Motivational Speaker, Success Coach, Seminar Leader and Entrepreneur. She is the Founder & Executive Producer of Lions Vision Productions, LLC, a …
If you have written novels, and decided to forego the traditional route, this month is for you! I will feature authors who share how to build a following, format, make choices about covers, marketing and building an audience, whether to do the entire process by yourself or outsource certain projects, everything you might want to know about self-pub…
Join me this week as I feature two more phenomenal women business leaders. Prison was not on Trish Jenkins' goal chart. Conned by a fraudulent business partner, she lost her multi-million dollar portfolio, including her family home, and served 8 months in prison. Isolated from her family and surrounded by criminals, Trish could have succumbed to de…
I can continue this series with 2 more dynamic businesswomen who have felt God's footprint on their blueprint. Jeannie Kerrigan was on last week's schedule, and will grace us with her presence today instead. Jeannie Kerrigan's best selling Layla is the true story of abuse, rape, drug addiction, and death, yet a story of absolute universal love and …