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Live Stage Podcast of the Rich Hart Show

Check out this unique episode recorded in front of a LIVE audience at the NEW Rich Hart Global headquarters in Atlanta! Includes a fireside chat with Rich Hart, Rich Casanova and Michael Moore on stage podcasting live, talking about what it took to make the new space possible, the challenges and wins.

The story and vision behind the new venture, the impact, offerings and opportunities for businesses and organizations. What really makes this a one-of-a-kind venue with state-of-the-art technology 20+ years in the making!

After the fireside chat, the podcast moved to a round-table discussion and finally taking questions from the audience.

More about the show, host and sponsors:

Show Host: Rich Hart

Rich Hart Show Mission: "Bringing the World of Business Closer to You."

Format: Business Talk with In Studio Guests! Interviewing Real Estate & Finance Thought Leaders.

Broadcasting LIVE from Pro Business Channel Studios in Atlanta

Learn more about the show host and sponsors visit: http://www.RichHart.com

To submit a guest booking request visit: http://www.OnAirGuest.com

Check out more episodes visit: http://www.RichHartShow.com

To view photos from this show visit: http://www.ProBusinessPictures.com

Live Stage Podcast of the Rich Hart Show

Check out this unique episode recorded in front of a LIVE audience at the NEW Rich Hart Global headquarters in Atlanta! Includes a fireside chat with Rich Hart, Rich Casanova and Michael Moore on stage podcasting live, talking about what it took to make the new space possible, the challenges and wins.

The story and vision behind the new venture, the impact, offerings and opportunities for businesses and organizations. What really makes this a one-of-a-kind venue with state-of-the-art technology 20+ years in the making!

After the fireside chat, the podcast moved to a round-table discussion and finally taking questions from the audience.

More about the show, host and sponsors:

Show Host: Rich Hart

Rich Hart Show Mission: "Bringing the World of Business Closer to You."

Format: Business Talk with In Studio Guests! Interviewing Real Estate & Finance Thought Leaders.
Broadcasting LIVE from Pro Business Channel Studios in Atlanta

Learn more about the show host and sponsors visit: http://www.RichHart.com

To submit a guest booking request visit: http://www.OnAirGuest.com

Check out more episodes visit: http://www.RichHartShow.com

To view photos from this show visit: http://www.ProBusinessPictures.com

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/pro-business-channel--2662314/support.

Ed Crowell and Nathan Goolsby of Georgia Motor Trucking Association on Business Developers Network
Industry Associations serve their members in more ways than just promote their members’ businesses; they provide: Best Practices for Business / Networking / Lobbying Local, State & Federal governments for best interests of the industry.

Industry Associations are a business and we are fortunate to have Ed Crowell, President & CEO and Nathan Goolsby, Chief Development Officer of Georgia Motor Trucking Association as guests in our studio to tell us how they manage and have grown Georgia Motor Trucking Association into the 4th largest trucking association in the nation.

Ed Crowell, President and CEO (Pictured on the right)
Georgia Motor Trucking Association 

Ed Crowell joined the professional staff of Georgia Motor Trucking Association in late 1992 and has served as its President and CEO since April 1993.

Crowell got his start in trucking when he closed his small freelance public relations and advertising firm to take on a role with what is now the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), then known as the ATA Foundation.

Ed’s political experience was already well-established before he GMTA. He earned a degree in political science from Liberty University and was in the process of adding a masters’ degree from Georgia State University in the same subject. Additionally, Crowell had worked in Washington, both for a U.S. Senator and as a staffer in the Executive Office of the President during the first Reagan Administration.

After two years with ATA, the opportunity to head up GMTA opened and Ed has been serving as GMTA’s President since. Along with fostering more than 25 years of positive legislative changes, Crowell has served on many committees of importance to industry. He has been a member of the national Anti-Terrorism Action Committee, a member of the Industry Policy Committee of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority, as well as a member of Georgia’s Commercial Freight Advisory Committee. Crowell served on Governor Deal’s Severe Weather Advisory Taskforce and served a term as national chairman of the Trucking Association Executives Council (the group of all the trucking associations in country).

More locally, Ed has been involved in his Cobb County community as well. When his children were young he was a youth soccer coach. He has served in a variety of capacities in his local church over the years (from teacher to deacon) and served on the Cobb County Neighborhood Safety Commission until his election to the Board of Cobb EMC, the nation’s fourth largest electric cooperative. He is also on the Board of Gas South, one of the state’s leading gas marketing companies.



Nathan Goolsby, Chief Development Office (Pictured on the left)
Georgia Motor Trucking Association

Nathan Goolsby serves as the Chief Development Officer for the Georgia Motor Trucking Association. Nathan’s responsibilities include managing membership recruitment for both carriers and industry vendors, event sponsorships and marketing, managing and creating affinity programs, as well as developing new ways of engaging the next generation in the trucking industry.

In addition to GMTA, his professional background includes inside and outside sales as well as serving in state law enforcement. Nathan received a B.A. in History and Political Science from Georgia State University. He resides in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife and son.

Topics to Discuss: 
Trucking & Logistics
Business Development
Current Trends in the Association World

Web Site / Social Media Links:
http://www.gmta.org
https://twitter.com/GATrucking
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-crowell-40b07712
https://www.linkedin.

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Ed Crowell and Nathan Goolsby of Georgia Motor Trucking Association on Business Developers Network

Industry Associations serve their members in more ways than just promote their members’ businesses; they provide: Best Practices for Business / Networking / Lobbying Local, State & Federal governments for best interests of the industry.

Industry Associations are a business and we are fortunate to have Ed Crowell, President & CEO and Nathan Goolsby, Chief Development Officer of Georgia Motor Trucking Association as guests in our studio to tell us how they manage and have grown Georgia Motor Trucking Association into the 4th largest trucking association in the nation.

Ed Crowell

Georgia Motor Trucking Association

On-Air Guest BIO:

Ed Crowell joined the professional staff of Georgia Motor Trucking Association in late 1992 and has served as its President and CEO since April 1993.

Crowell got his start in trucking when he closed his small freelance public relations and advertising firm to take on a role with what is now the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), then known as the ATA Foundation.

Ed’s political experience was already well-established before he GMTA. He earned a degree in political science from Liberty University and was in the process of adding a masters’ degree from Georgia State University in the same subject. Additionally, Crowell had worked in Washington, both for a U.S. Senator and as a staffer in the Executive Office of the President during the first Reagan Administration.

After two years with ATA, the opportunity to head up GMTA opened and Ed has been serving as GMTA’s President since. Along with fostering more than 25 years of positive legislative changes, Crowell has served on many committees of importance to industry. He has been a member of the national Anti-Terrorism Action Committee, a member of the Industry Policy Committee of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority, as well as a member of Georgia’s Commercial Freight Advisory Committee. Crowell served on Governor Deal’s Severe Weather Advisory Taskforce and served a term as national chairman of the Trucking Association Executives Council (the group of all the trucking associations in country).

More locally, Ed has been involved in his Cobb County community as well. When his children were young he was a youth soccer coach. He has served in a variety of capacities in his local church over the years (from teacher to deacon) and served on the Cobb County Neighborhood Safety Commission until his election to the Board of Cobb EMC, the nation’s fourth largest electric cooperative. He is also on the Board of Gas South, one of the state’s leading gas marketing companies.

On-Air Guest BIO:

Nathan Goolsby serves as the Chief Development Officer for the Georgia Motor Trucking Association. Nathan’s responsibilities include managing membership recruitment for both carriers and industry vendors, event sponsorships and marketing, managing and creating affinity programs, as well as developing new ways of engaging the next generation in the trucking industry.

In addition to GMTA, his professional background includes inside and outside sales as well as serving in state law enforcement. Nathan received a B.A. in History and Political Science from Georgia State University. He resides in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife and son.

Topics to Discuss:

Trucking & Logistics

Business Development

Current Trends in the Association World

Web Site / Social Media Links:

http://www.gmta.org

https://twitter.com/GATrucking

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-crowell-40b07712

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-g-b000a557

Show Host: Artie Ruderman

The Business Developers Network where today’s leading business developers share and learn innovative business development concepts to generate greater value for their businesses. Broadcasting LIVE from the Pro Business Channel studios in Atlanta.

For more info about the show sponsor visit:...

Rich Hart Show Looking Back While Looking Forward

We're doing something different on this episode, we're turning the tables with Rich Hart on the other side of the microphone. Rich is joined in the studio with co-hosts Rich Casanova, founder of the Pro Business Channel alongside Michael Moore, among many talents the host of the Buckhead Business Show.

Join us for a conversation and stories from "the best of" The Rich Hart Show with nationally know speaker on a long list of topics and industries including Real Estate, Leadership, The Power of One, The Power of F.O.C.U.S. and the Need and Efforts of Faith Based and Non Profit Organizations.

Welcome to the Rich Hart Show ... Take you to the next level of Business Dynamics Development Show

We're going to take you on a Journey of the changes and Developments of Rich Hart, Rich Hart Global Inc. and the Evalucore Institute Story, Content Humor and Entertainment of Today's Industry Giants and Specialists

Skills, Knowledge, Tools & Resources of Today's Advance Business Strategists
Foremost of Knowledge and Expertise of Today's Dynamic Business Developments

1) What I experienced along the way of Business Journey of a Lifetime. Success and Failures in the Personal Management of Expectations ... Twist and Turns of Focus and the Effect and Affect in today's Business Environment.

2) World of FOCUS as an Acronym ... Life Experience Concepts, what we may of gained or missed along the way of Performance, Accountability, Relationships, Leadership and Adversity and the drivers behind these 5 areas of FOCUS
Through the Physical, Mental Emotional and Spiritual Foundations of Life, Personal and Business Balance.

3) New Global Headquarters in Atlanta, What are we looking to accomplish. New Direction of Rich Hart, my connections are not only associated as an International Business Developer, International Real Estate Broker, Financial & People Services as an International Motivational & Inspirational speaker and presenter. Building a Sandbox where everybody can bring their toys.

I have been blessed in many ways in my life. "Faith in Business" I felt it was very important to bring this to the fore-front for today's corporate, entrepreneur, seasoned to novice business interests wanting to stake their claim to the riches and glories for themselves.

Welcome to the NEW WORLD I'm so happy you came along for the Journey!

More about the show, host and sponsors:

Show Host:  Rich Hart

Rich Hart Show Mission: "Bringing the World of Business Closer to You."

Format: Business Talk with In Studio Guests! Interviewing Real Estate & Finance Thought Leaders.
Broadcasting LIVE from Pro Business Channel Studios in Atlanta

Learn more about the show host and sponsors visit:  http://www.RichHart.com 

To submit a guest booking request visit:  http://www.OnAirGuest.com

Check out more episodes visit: http://www.RichHartShow.com

To view photos from this show visit:  http://www.ProBusinessPictures.com

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/pro-business-channel--2662314/support.

Rich Hart Show Looking Back While Looking Forward

We're doing something different on this episode, we're turning the tables with Rich Hart on the other side of the microphone. Rich is joined in the studio with co-hosts Rich Casanova, founder of the Pro Business Channel alongside Michael Moore, among many talents the host of the Buckhead Business Show.

Join us for a conversation and stories from "the best of" The Rich Hart Show with nationally know speaker on a long list of topics and industries including Real Estate, Leadership, The Power of One, The Power of F.O.C.U.S. and the Need and Efforts of Faith Based and Non Profit Organizations.

More about the show, host and sponsors:

Show Host: Rich Hart

Rich Hart Show Mission: "Bringing the World of Business Closer to You."

Format: Business Talk with In Studio Guests! Interviewing Real Estate & Finance Thought Leaders.

Broadcasting LIVE from Pro Business Channel Studios in Atlanta

Welcome to the Rich Hart Show ... Take you to the next level of Business Dynamics Development Show

We're going to take you on a Journey of the changes and Developments of Rich Hart, Rich Hart Global Inc. and the Evalucore Institute Story, Content Humor and Entertainment of Today's Industry Giants and Specialists

Skills, Knowledge, Tools & Resources of Today's Advance Business Strategists

Foremost of Knowledge and Expertise of Today's Dynamic Business Developments

1) What I experienced along the way of Business Journey of a Lifetime. Success and Failures in the Personal Management of Expectations ... Twist and Turns of Focus and the Effect and Affect in today's Business Environment.

2) World of FOCUS as an Acronym ... Life Experience Concepts, what we may of gained or missed along the way of Performance, Accountability, Relationships, Leadership and Adversity and the drivers behind these 5 areas of FOCUS

Through the Physical, Mental Emotional and Spiritual Foundations of Life, Personal and Business Balance.

3) New Global Headquarters in Atlanta, What are we looking to accomplish. New Direction of Rich Hart, my connections are not only associated as an International Business Developer, International Real Estate Broker, Financial & People Services as an International Motivational & Inspirational speaker and presenter. Building a Sandbox where everybody can bring their toys.

I have been blessed in many ways in my life. "Faith in Business" I felt it was very important to bring this to the fore-front for today's corporate, entrepreneur, seasoned to novice business interests wanting to stake their claim to the riches and glories for themselves.

Welcome to the NEW WORLD I'm so happy you came along for the Journey!

Learn more about the show host and sponsors visit:  http://www.RichHart.com 

To submit a guest booking request visit:  http://www.OnAirGuest.com

Check out more episodes visit: http://www.RichHartShow.com

To view photos from this show visit:  http://www.ProBusinessPictures.com

FirstLight Home Care, TeamLogic IT and Corporate Financial Options on Franchise Business Radio

Greg Benage
FirstLight Home Care of Northwest Atlanta

Greg Benage spent the past ten years with U.S. Bank in several product management roles within the retail payments business. He managed credit card loyalty marketing for five years, small business credit card product for three years, and consumer credit card product for the last two years. His responsibilities included product strategy and new product development, marketing strategy, market and competitive intelligence, and customer engagement and loyalty initiatives. Prior to joining the bank, Greg spent more than ten years in small business, first as an entrepreneur and then as an executive with the company he sold his business to. Greg earned his bachelor’s degree from Tulane University and is pursuing an MBA at the University of Georgia.

Maria Benage hails from Moscow, Russian Federation, and spent three years working as a nurse after graduating medical college. She then returned to school, earning a master’s degree in English language and linguistics from Moscow State Pedagogical University. Upon graduation, she worked as a translator and in business support roles with several international companies and law firms with offices in Moscow. After immigrating to the U.S., she worked for three years in client services and procurement with a company that imported books and journals from publishers in Europe and Asia for academic and research libraries, including the Library of Congress.

Greg and Maria have shared the goal of owning and growing their own business for several years. Both have been caregivers for aging loved ones, and non-medical home care was always at the top of their list of potential business opportunities. Greg’s mother lived with the couple for the last four years of her life, and both Greg and Maria served as her primary caregivers during this time. In the last four months of her life she was in and out of the hospital and rehab, and Greg and Maria gained firsthand experience with the in-home care industry. Before immigrating to the U.S., Maria lived with her grandmother and was her primary caregiver for many years following the untimely death of Maria’s mother.

For Greg and Maria, the potential for return on investment and long-term growth and profitability are important considerations in any business opportunity, but the decision is also a personal one born from these experiences with Greg’s mother and Maria’s grandmother. They feel a deep sense of empathy for those who need some extra help and companionship, and they understand from their own experiences the stress and anxiety borne by family members who want to know that their loved ones are getting the care they need. Greg and Maria also want to build a business that has a purpose beyond profit and loss, one that makes a positive contribution to their community.

When Greg and Maria communicated these goals and desires to their franchise broker, Pamela Currie, she came back with one recommendation in the home care space: FirstLight. Greg and Maria believe this is because the company’s core values, its purpose and its “why,” are so closely aligned with their own. As the process has unfolded, Greg and Maria have also been impressed with the experience and vision of the executive management team, and with the fact that everyone with FirstLight they’ve spoken to has continued to emphasize those core values, that purpose, and the ways in which they guide everything the company does and how it does them. Based on their experience with FirstLight Home Care to date, Greg and Maria are not surprised by the excellent satisfaction ratings the company has earned from franchisees.

Greg and Maria have been married for twelve years and live in Smyrna, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta.

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FirstLight Home Care, TeamLogic IT and Corporate Financial Options on Franchise Business Radio

Greg Benage

FirstLight Home Care of Northwest Atlanta

Greg Benage spent the past ten years with U.S. Bank in several product management roles within the retail payments business. He managed credit card loyalty marketing for five years, small business credit card product for three years, and consumer credit card product for the last two years. His responsibilities included product strategy and new product development, marketing strategy, market and competitive intelligence, and customer engagement and loyalty initiatives. Prior to joining the bank, Greg spent more than ten years in small business, first as an entrepreneur and then as an executive with the company he sold his business to. Greg earned his bachelor’s degree from Tulane University and is pursuing an MBA at the University of Georgia.

Maria Benage hails from Moscow, Russian Federation, and spent three years working as a nurse after graduating medical college. She then returned to school, earning a master’s degree in English language and linguistics from Moscow State Pedagogical University. Upon graduation, she worked as a translator and in business support roles with several international companies and law firms with offices in Moscow. After immigrating to the U.S., she worked for three years in client services and procurement with a company that imported books and journals from publishers in Europe and Asia for academic and research libraries, including the Library of Congress.

Greg and Maria have shared the goal of owning and growing their own business for several years. Both have been caregivers for aging loved ones, and non-medical home care was always at the top of their list of potential business opportunities. Greg’s mother lived with the couple for the last four years of her life, and both Greg and Maria served as her primary caregivers during this time. In the last four months of her life she was in and out of the hospital and rehab, and Greg and Maria gained firsthand experience with the in-home care industry. Before immigrating to the U.S., Maria lived with her grandmother and was her primary caregiver for many years following the untimely death of Maria’s mother.

For Greg and Maria, the potential for return on investment and long-term growth and profitability are important considerations in any business opportunity, but the decision is also a personal one born from these experiences with Greg’s mother and Maria’s grandmother. They feel a deep sense of empathy for those who need some extra help and companionship, and they understand from their own experiences the stress and anxiety borne by family members who want to know that their loved ones are getting the care they need. Greg and Maria also want to build a business that has a purpose beyond profit and loss, one that makes a positive contribution to their community.

When Greg and Maria communicated these goals and desires to their franchise broker, Pamela Currie, she came back with one recommendation in the home care space: FirstLight. Greg and Maria believe this is because the company’s core values, its purpose and its “why,” are so closely aligned with their own. As the process has unfolded, Greg and Maria have also been impressed with the experience and vision of the executive management team, and with the fact that everyone with FirstLight they’ve spoken to has continued to emphasize those core values, that purpose, and the ways in which they guide everything the company does and how it does them. Based on their experience with FirstLight Home Care to date, Greg and Maria are not surprised by the excellent satisfaction ratings the company has earned from franchisees.

Greg and Maria have been married for twelve years and live in Smyrna, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta.

Topics to Discuss:

1. Professional background prior to launching your home care business?

2. What were you looking for in a...

Mary Norwood Interview at BBA Breakfast on the Buckhead Business Show

Connect with Mary Norwood:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-norwood-75a7b15/

The Buckhead Business Show Spotlights Industry Leaders in Buckhead and Atlanta! Brought to you in part by The Buckhead Business Association and Broadcast LIVE from the Pro Business Channel Studios.

Show Hosts:

Michael Moore, RainMaker & Chief Storyteller

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sellbyphone

https://twitter.com/BuckhedgeCEO

Rich Casanova, CoFounder

Pro Business Channel

https://www.linkedin.com/in/richcasanova

https://twitter.com/RichCasanovaCom

For more info about the BBA visit:

http://www.BuckheadBusiness.org

Check out more episodes at:

http://www.BuckheadBusinessShow.com

To view photos from this show, visit:

http://www.ProBusinessPictures.com

To nominate or submit a guest request visit:

http://www.OnAirGuest.com

Hillary Barton Interview at BBA Breakfast on the Buckhead Business Show

Connect with Hillary Barton:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/hillary-barton-01a8782a

The Buckhead Business Show Spotlights Industry Leaders in Buckhead and Atlanta! Brought to you in part by The Buckhead Business Association and Broadcast LIVE from the Pro Business Channel Studios.

Show Hosts:

Michael Moore, RainMaker & Chief Storyteller

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sellbyphone

https://twitter.com/BuckhedgeCEO

Rich Casanova, CoFounder

Pro Business Channel

https://www.linkedin.com/in/richcasanova

https://twitter.com/RichCasanovaCom

For more info about the BBA visit:

http://www.BuckheadBusiness.org

Check out more episodes at:

http://www.BuckheadBusinessShow.com

To view photos from this show, visit:

http://www.ProBusinessPictures.com

To nominate or submit a guest request visit:

http://www.OnAirGuest.com