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Franchise Legal Advice and Business Tax Benefits on Franchise Business Radio

Interested in Franchise Ownership?

Contact Pamela Currie to receive a COMPLIMENTARY Consultation on Selecting a Franchise.

Pamela Currie, Host of the Franchise Business Radio show and Founder of Franchise Intellect, Inc. www.FranchiseIntellect.com

Mobile: 847-970-8765

Email: [email protected]

To learn more about guest topics, contacting a guest or becoming a guest on the Franchise Business Radio show simply email [email protected]

Michael Rosenthal

Email: [email protected]

Practicing at the Atlanta based firm of Taylor English Duma, a 175 lawyer general business practice firm. I have been in practice for 39 years, and focus my practice primarily on franchise and distribution law. I represent both franchisors, and franchisees looking to buy or sell a franchised unit or units. I handle both franchise disputes and franchise transactions (buying/seller of units or territories). Mike’s practice is local, national and international – he is an active member of the IR Global international network for attorneys and accountants, and is Chair of its Ethics Committee.

Topics:

• Brief overview of FDD.

• Layout of the FDD

• All Items in FDD are important, a couple of specific items discussed  …

–Items 5, 6 & 7-Explanation of Fees. Item 7 is the Estimated Initial Investment and outlines what it takes to get up & running in business. Do you have an opinion on a fixed flat royalty versus a % based royalty?

–Item 12–Territory Definition

–Item 17—Terms (Renewal, Transfer, etc.)

–Item 19—Financial Performance Representation

–Item 20—Growth / Attrition Table

--What does Personal Guarantee mean

Website and/or Social Media Links

https://www.taylorenglish.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rosenthal-a578154

John Quattrocchi

Corporate Financial Options

Email: [email protected]

John Quattrocchi, CPA works with restaurants, franchisors and franchisees. The crown jewel of his services is complete end to end outsourced bookkeeping accounting, tax and CFO level financial management. An affordable and effective solution for busy and expansion minded business owners, John Q is always willing to adjust his services to meet the needs of his clients.

Topics:

--Explain EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization).

--How can an owner take compensation….. in the form of expenses or from the profit line?

--Examples of expenses / tax advantages?

--Is a Franchise Fee something you can write off? What about a Territory Fee? Equipment?

--Tax Tips

Web Site and/or Social Media Links:

www.CorporateFinancialOptions.com

The Franchise Business Radio show is a platform to bring together franchise professionals to connect, educate and collaborate to serve the franchise community and those considering franchise ownership.

Spotlighting Leaders in the Franchise Industry, experts in funding, legal, marketing and consulting.

Franchise Business Radio hosted by:

Pam Currie, Founder

Franchise Intellect, Inc

Made possible in part by:

Host Pamela Currie, Franchise Intellect, visit: http://www.FranchiseIntellect.com

Also made possible in part by:

Franchise City, visit http://www.Franchise.city

FranServe, visit https://franserve.com/

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

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

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Franchise Dictionary CEO and Publisher Alesia Visconti on Franchise Business Radio

Interested in Franchise Ownership?

Contact Pamela Currie to receive a COMPLIMENTARY Consultation on Selecting a Franchise.

Pamela Currie, Host of the Franchise Business Radio show and Founder of Franchise Intellect, Inc. www.FranchiseIntellect.com

Mobile: 847-970-8765

Email: [email protected]

To learn more about guest topics, contacting a guest or becoming a guest on the Franchise Business Radio show simply email [email protected]

As the CEO and President of FranServe Inc, the world's largest franchise consulting & expansion organization, and the CEO & Publisher of Franchise Dictionary Magazine, Alesia Visconti provides vision and leadership to two extraordinary franchise industry organizations. She has 15+ years of experience as a C-level executive driving organizational development and taking companies to the next level, both domestically and internationally. An author, professional speaker, and innovative entrepreneur, Alesia has been called a disruptor due to her vision and innovative thinking. As the driving force behind FranServe,

Visconti never loses sight of her mission: to help others achieve their dreams of business ownership through franchising. To that end, she has dedicated FranServe to training and supporting the industry’s best franchise consultants. As a highly committed and active leader in the franchise industry, Visconti serves on the International Franchise Association's VetFran and Membership Committees.

She lives by the motto, “work hard, play hard, help others, repeat.

Topics

INDUSTRY:

1) what is happening these days in the franchise industry?

2) you say it is on fire, why do you think that?

3) How has the industry changed?

FRANSERVE:

How did you get started in the franchise space?

What is the value of a FranServe Franchise Consultant?

What makes FranServe unique?

Who are FranServe 's clients? How do you serve them?

Do you have an annual convention?

FRANCHISE DICTIONARY MAGAZINE:

Did you always want to own a magazine?

Who is the audience for the magazine?

How do you explain its explosive growth?

What do you hope the magazine accomplishes?

Website and/or Social Media Links

www.franserve.com

www.franchisedictionarymagazine.com

The Franchise Business Radio show is a platform to bring together franchise professionals and resources to connect, educate, and collaborate to serve the franchise community and the franchise consumer. Spotlighting Leaders in the Franchise Industry, experts in funding, legal, marketing and consulting.

Franchise Business Radio hosted by:

Pam Currie, Founder

Franchise Intellect

Made possible in part by:

Franchise Intellect, visit: http://www.FranchiseIntellect.com

Also made possible in part by:

Franchise City, visit http://www.Franchise.city

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

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

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There are two good reasons you should consider supplemental education for your child: 1) Competition for college admissions is becoming more competitive. 2) Every may not adapt to the different curriculum taught by different schools: Public - Charter – Religious – etc. 

In our studio, Chris and Mollie Ruttle, owners of a Best in Class Education Center franchise and their son, Carter will tell us what qualifications you should look for when  selecting supplemental education.

Chris Ruttle is currently Managing Owner of Fortview Group Inc d/b/a Best in Class Education Center, bringing teacher-led supplemental education to the north-Atlanta market. He also is CEO of Rathkeale Ventures LLC, which specializes in scaling small to midmarket companies in a variety of markets. Prior to his current ventures, Chris was CEO of Vumii Imaging Inc., a global company developing, manufacturing and selling long range security camera systems worldwide to users in the transportation, critical infrastructure, and government markets. Earlier he served as Vumii’s CFO and COO during its startup phase, successfully commercializing products and scaling the business, as well as leading Vumii’s sale to its current owner. Prior to Vumii, Chris spent 25 years with General Electric’s industrial systems businesses, where he transformed a diverse set of operations while serving roles including CFO, as well as General Managers of Manufacturing, Sales, and Business Development. In addition he spent two years as Senior VP of Sales and Marketing with AO Smith’s Electrical Products Group, an $800M manufacturer of electric motors. Throughout his career, Chris has demonstrated an effective global mindset developed during extensive assignments across Latin America, Europe, Israel and China; he is fluent in Spanish and German. Chris is a graduate of Wabash College with a BA in Political Science and German. He has also completed GE Crotonville’s Business Management Course as well as executive education at Georgia State University. Outside of work, Chris volunteers with church and civic organizations, and also mentors individuals one-on-one.

It is  important is receiving a quality well rounded education. 

Best in Class

20+ year old supplemental education franchise

70 franchisees across the country- mainly on the west coast; we brought Best in Class to Georgia in 2018

Programs for K-12 students include enrichment classes, tutoring and test prep

Run by a husband and wife team of Hao and Lisa Lam - we consider our relationship with them a strong plus

What makes Best in Class special for parents and students?

Support for K-12 students

Broad set of programs - enrichment classes, tutoring and test prep

Teacher led classes - active learning in all programs

Enrichment curriculum aligned with Georgia standards

We go beyond teaching concepts to applying those concepts: critical thinking and word problems in math, writing in English

No contracts

Ruttle Family

Owners include Molly and Chris Ruttle, and our son Carter Ivey; daughter Allison is a teacher

Family has a deep passion and a lot of experience in education - including grandparents

Chris has a background scaling businesses

Why a business & why Best in Class?

Our passion for education & focus on helping students succeed

Working together to build a family business we can share in

Support for Carter recovering from a stroke - he had to relearn English and has used that experience to help our younger students struggling with English

A lot of interest in supplemental education in north Fulton and Forsyth

Best in Class has a strong business model

K-12 Education Topics & Parent Concerns

Calvin Gray with T-Mobile Talks Future of 5G on the Georgia Podcast

Atlanta is known as the cradle for wireless communication.  In our studio is ‘the man behind the mobile network’.  Calvin Gray was the first of four engineering employees for T-Mobile.  He will tell us about T-Mobile’s advanced technology, 5G and the future of wireless communications.

Calvin Gray is the Senior Director of Engineering and Operations at T-Mobile and is often known as the “man behind the mobile network.” He fell into the wireless industry by luck in 1984 and moved to Atlanta in the ‘90s, where he became one of the first four engineering employees for T-Mobile. His ingenuity helped to build the very first network site in 1996-97 – long before it was mainstream – and he has since helped the company build 2,300 cell towers and make significant enhancements to local networks ahead of the Super Bowl. To ensure the strength of the network, they enhanced it in a way so that it would cover way more people than T-Mobile currently serves and made it a point to leave the infrastructure in place to continue to serve Atlanta – a game-changer for residents as they prepare for the launch of 5G.

Topics:

You’ve been called the “man behind the mobile network” here in Atlanta. Tell us a bit about your long tenure with T-Mobile. How did you get started? What do you love about working with the company?

You are also an Atlanta resident. How has your work in Atlanta made a difference to your own community?

Tell us a bit about the work your team did to prepare Atlanta for the SuperBowl – and how you ensured the results of that work would remain for residents and visitors?

Why is Atlanta such an important market for T-Mobile?

What is the craziest memory or story you have of working in the field?

The launch of 5G is just around the corner. Can you tell us a bit about what 5G will look like for businesses here in Atlanta? How will it make things easier for consumers?

Website and/or Social Media Links

Website: t-mobile.com

 t-mobile.com

Instagram: @tmobile

Twitter: @tmobile

Facebook: @TMobile

https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvin-gray-3146201/

More about Georgia Podcast

"Who's Who and What's New Georgia!"

Interviewing industry and thought leaders with compelling stories. In addition to the live broadcast, content is distributed across multiple syndicated platforms with more than 500,000 downloads.

Show Host:

Rich Casanova, Chief Visionary Officer

Pro Business Channel

Rich Casanova began his broadcasting career in California’s central valley at KSKS-FM. While in California he also ran a successful entertainment company whose staff and crew entertained over 100,000 people. After moving to Atlanta and selling his entertainment company, Casanova ventured into publishing as the Publisher and Franchise Owner of Coffee News, headquartered in Bangor, ME.

Later became the Founder and CCO, Chief Connection Officer, of an online platform where local business professionals register to receive a free list of the top 100 networking events in metro Atlanta.

With a name like Casanova and his gregarious personality, Rich was a natural as a music radio DJ. "I got the radio bug early in my career and often thought how great it would be if there was an opportunity to participate in a talk radio format with a pro-business perspective interviewing thought leaders from the local business community." Thus was born the Pro Business Channel where Rich is the CoFounder and Chief Visionary Officer.

http://www.ProBusinessChannel.com

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

https://twitter.com/RichCasanovaCom

Check out more episodes at: http://www.GeorgiaPodcast.

Jason Smith with ASLAN Training & Development on the Georgia Podcast

Jason's Enterprise Sales career began with Red Hat Software as a new business development rep in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. Since then he has driven sales and developed business development plans for IBM and Fiserv, where the strategies he designed and executed consistently yielded revenue attainment in excess of 300% of target while creating multiple loyal reference clients for his companies.He founded CIGRIE, LLC in 2016 as an alternative to traditional strategic consulting for small businesses in Atlanta. In 2018 CIGRIE was selected as an affiliate of ASLAN Training & Development, to deliver their 23-year training curriculum to major Enterprises globally for companies like, SolarWinds, KVH, FLIR, and American Airlines.

Jason Serves as a City Leader for Bunker Labs, a national non-profit supporting veteran entrepreneurs. For the past 3 years, Jason has also served as an Associate Instructor for the Atlanta Chapter of FourBlock, providing career transition training for veterans after completing higher education.

Topics:

Jason is fully focused on teaching methods to utilize the front-line seller's perspective to break down barriers between sales, marketing, and operations.

He teaches the ASLAN Training & Development methodology to fundamentally change the way that people sell in this new paradigm of diminished receptivity to traditional sales methods.

Website and/or Social Media:

www.aslantraining.com

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

More about Georgia Podcast

"Who's Who and What's New Georgia!"

Interviewing industry and thought leaders with compelling stories. In addition to the live broadcast, content is distributed across multiple syndicated platforms with more than 500,000 downloads.

Show Host:

Rich Casanova, Chief Visionary Officer

Pro Business Channel

Rich Casanova began his broadcasting career in California’s central valley at KSKS-FM. While in California he also ran a successful entertainment company whose staff and crew entertained over 100,000 people. After moving to Atlanta and selling his entertainment company, Casanova ventured into publishing as the Publisher and Franchise Owner of Coffee News, headquartered in Bangor, ME.

Later became the Founder and CCO, Chief Connection Officer, of an online platform where local business professionals register to receive a free list of the top 100 networking events in metro Atlanta.

With a name like Casanova and his gregarious personality, Rich was a natural as a music radio DJ. "I got the radio bug early in my career and often thought how great it would be if there was an opportunity to participate in a talk radio format with a pro-business perspective interviewing thought leaders from the local business community." Thus was born the Pro Business Channel where Rich is the CoFounder and Chief Visionary Officer.

http://www.ProBusinessChannel.com

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

https://twitter.com/RichCasanovaCom

Check out more episodes at: http://www.GeorgiaPodcast.com

Submit a guest request at: http://www.OnAirGuest.com

View guest photos at: http://www.ProBusinessPictures.com

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Amazon Storefronts, Shop Exclusively from U.S. Small Businesses Interview with Gene Marks on Georgia Business Radio

Today we have Gene Marks, Washington Post columnist author and financial expert joining us to talk about how supporting the U.S. small businesses online is an important concept for not just Americans and local business, but for the entire community and now it's even easier when shopping online to buy from us small businesses with a new store called Amazon Storefronts. Making life so easy these days, thank you to Amazon. This is a store to shop exclusively from U.S. small businesses, which is very passionate and close to our hearts at the Pro Business Channel, helping support those small and medium-sized businesses.

We certainly have a business expert joining us on today's show, Gene Marks writes daily for the Washington Post as I mentioned focusing on issues affecting the business community also writes weekly columns for Forbes, Inc. Magazine, Fox Business, The Huffington Post, Entrepreneur.com and if we can afford him on the Pro Business Channel. Gene this could be a regular series.

[00:01:12] Yeah, I'll have my agent call your agent. Well as soon as we get an agent we'll take that call. Yeah. All right. So, these columns are read by hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized businesses owners around the country.

[00:01:25] So this is definitely in everyone's wheelhouse for this episode. Gene has written six books on business management specifically geared towards again, those small and medium-sized companies.  Here to analyze and provide details about this new digital storefront is author and as I mentioned business expert Gene Marks. Gene before we get into this, you’ve written six books.

[00:01:47] So what's your most popular and best known or of those six books? By the way these books are sold on Amazon.com.  My bestselling book is, “In God We Trust, Everyone Else Pays Cash” it’s a bunch of cash flow advice and tips, geared toward small business owners. Okay, and we may give a teaser at the end of this segment are about your next book maybe in the work.

[00:02:12] So let's jump into this topic, tell our listeners why it's important for shoppers to buy from us businesses, even when they're shopping online. I mean, well Rich, you know that she talked about this on your show as well. I mean there are hundreds of thousands of small businesses in in Georgia, you know, these are businesses that that provide many jobs to the state and nationally, you know, small businesses provide more than half of the jobs.

[00:02:40] We know that small businesses are a huge part of the US economy and there are a lot of people out there that want to support small businesses and you know their government programs that do that some companies are doing that as well and. You mentioned in your introduction. I mean Amazon stepped up this week as well and they're launching something called storefronts and you know, what the whole backstory to store funds riches that you know Amazon if you buy something from Amazon, it's more likely that it's coming from a small Merchant.

[00:03:12] Half of the products that sold on the site comes from a small business or a merchant and there's more than a million small businesses in the us alone that are selling their products on Amazon. So, Amazon sort of said, you know what let's bring some of these guys together. They're starting off at 20,000 small businesses selling more than a million products under storefronts.

[00:03:36] You and I or anybody else that wants make sure that when we’re buying something the same as usual, but we want to make sure it's going to a U.S. based small business. We can do that from their store front site and that's just an amazing concept.

[00:03:57] So this is not bricks-and-mortar, right? Absolutely, correct.

Interview with Director of Facebook’s Small Business Team, Katherine Shappley

FACEBOOK ANNOUNCES INNOVATION PROGRAM TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN CITIES ACROSS THE U.S.

A NEW U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ECONOMIC IMPACT SURVEY SHOWS ECONOMIC IMPACT FACEBOOK HAS ON SMALL BUSINESS + COMMUNITIES 

During our interview with Katherine Shappley, Director of Facebook North America’s Small Business Team, Katherine will explain how this new program can help create jobs, provide services and help businesses grow in their community. Today, 70 million businesses use Facebook to connect with customers. Find out how this new program can help many small business owners receive the training necessary to help them grow. Shappley will also share a new U.S. Chamber of Commerce Economic Impact Survey that provides important new research about the economic impact of Facebook.

Shappley director of Facebook's North America Small Business team. She is a six-year veteran of Facebook.  Katherine oversees sales, account management, and service for millions of small businesses who use Facebook to connect and grow.

Learn How Facebook Will Provide SMB Support and Digital Skills Training for People

Over the past year, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg embarked on a YEAR OF TRAVEL, visiting communities across the country — some of which are doing well and others that are struggling. In an effort to help small business owners, Facebook is announcing a new multi-city program for small business owners focused on providing support for small businesses and digital skills training for people.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT FACEBOOK SMALL BUSINESS:

Why Facebook is launching a new multi-city program for small business owners 

The inside story of new research into the impact Facebook has on communities

Innovative new ways Facebook is meeting the needs of small businesses

How Facebook is helping small businesses grow

Facebook builds tools to help small businesses grow and hire, but we want to do more. That's why we created Facebook Community Boost.

3 in 10 US small and medium sized businesses on Facebook built their business on Facebook.

42% of US small and medium sized business on Facebook say they have been able to hire more employees due to growth in demand since joining Facebook.

56% of US small and medium sized businesses on Facebook say they have increased sales because of the platform.

To learn more or submit your story visit:  https://www.facebook.com/business/m/community-boost

Georgia Business Radio Interviewing industry and thought leaders with compelling stories. Relevant content on current business trends live from the Pro Business Channel studios in Atlanta. In addition to the live broadcast, GBR content is in distribution across multiple syndicated platforms with more than 500,000 downloads.

Show Hosts:

Rich Casanova, CoFounder

Pro Business Channel

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

https://twitter.com/RichCasanovaCom

Michael Moore, RainMaker & Chief Storyteller

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

https://twitter.com/BuckhedgeCEO

Video Production:

Steven Tyler Rubin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-tyler-rubin-005a94115/

Check out more episodes visit:

www.GeorgiaBusinessRadio.com

To nominate or submit a guest request visit:

http://www.meetme.so/GeorgiaBusinessRadio

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www.

Rob Garf, VP of Industry Strategy and Insights for Salesforce on Georgia Business Radio

Joining us today is Rob Garf, VP of Industry Strategy and Insights for Salesforce Commerce Cloud here to discuss predictions for retail shopping.

I've sat on all sides of the retail table -- as practitioner (Lids, Marshalls, Hit or Miss), industry analyst (AMR Research), strategy consultant (IBM), and software leader (Demandware).

I'm currently a VP at Salesforce where I lead Industry Strategy and Insights for the Retail team. I get to work with execs at leading brands and upstarts from around the world on unified engagement strategies.

 

 

 

Love writing, speaking, and participating on retail boards.

Lead a team that provides market intelligence, consumer insights, and business value analysis to influence product strategy and develop thought leadership.

Develop and maintain strategic framework to evolve and articulate product vision, strategy, and roadmap.

Conduct primary and secondary research to gain insights on industry opportunities, competition, market size, and portfolio expansion.

Develop and maintain sales tools and methodologies to substantiate business value.

Chair Client Advisory Board (CAB) that consists of leading retailers from around the world.

Q & A:

Q: More orders are expected this year from phones and tablets than from computers?

A: For the first time during the holiday season, shoppers will place more orders from their phones than computers or tablets.

Q: AI based products, how they are expected to drive holiday revenue this year?

A: AI will be huge, with AI-based product recommendations driving 35 percent of all holiday revenue.

Q: When are most people expected to do their shopping this year?

A: Black Friday will be the top digital shopping day of the season again, capturing 10 percent of the season’s revenue, while Cyber Monday will net eight percent of sales.

Q: Which social media platforms will most influence shopping behavior?

A: Instagram

Q: How do personalized experiences affect the way people shop?

A: Consumer preferences overall, such as their preference to buy from purpose-driven brands and retailers that value customer service.

Q: How does Salesforce know?

A: It powers leading retail brands like adidas, Puma, Coca-Cola, DVF, Lacoste and many others, and it has been able to make these prediction based on insights from 500M shoppers across the globe.

 

Where can we go for more information?

Learn more at:  https://www.salesforce.com/solutions/industries/retail/overview

Connect with Rob on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-garf-224395

Georgia Business Radio Interviewing industry and thought leaders with compelling stories. Relevant content on current business trends live from the Pro Business Channel studios in Atlanta. In addition to the live broadcast, content is distributed across multiple syndicated platforms with more than 500,000 downloads.

Show Host:

Rich Casanova, Chief Visionary Officer

Pro Business Channel

Rich Casanova began his broadcasting career in California’s central valley at KSKS-FM. While in California he also ran a successful entertainment company whose staff and crew entertained over 100,000 people. After moving to Atlanta and selling his entertainment company, Casanova ventured into publishing as the Publisher and Franchise Owner of Coffee News, headquartered in Bangor, ME.

Later became the Founder and CCO, Chief Connection Officer, of an online platform where local business professionals register to receive a free list of the top 10...

Diane Bogino Performance Strategies, Inc on the Buckhead Podcast

As an executive coach, Diane helps align behaviors with organizational goals. Using scientifically based assessment tools, coaching, and training, I work with CEOs and their executive team to build a more productive team by tapping into talent, leadership effectiveness, performance, and development.

 

Topics:

Experience

Uniqueness of the Tandem Team X-Ray Program

How understanding others behaviors & communication styles affects different parts of a business

Ideal clients

Website and/or Social Media Links

www.performstrat.com

@boginod

https://www.linkedin.com/in/diane-bogino-b99232

The Buckhead Business Podcast 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 Host:

Michael Moore, RainMaker & Chief Storyteller

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

https://twitter.com/BuckhedgeCEO

For more info about the BBA visit:

http://www.BuckheadBusiness.org

Check out more episodes at:

http://www.BuckheadPodcast.com

To view photos from this show, visit:

http://www.ProBusinessPictures.com

To nominate or submit a guest request visit:

http://www.OnAirGuest.com

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Payton Iheme, Public Policy Manager at Facebook Announces NEW SCORE Program for Veterans on Georgia Podcast

Just in time for Veteran's Day, Facebook is introducing a new resource for military members and veterans to help them continue to build their community, find job opportunities and enhance their digital skills through Facebook. Veterans and active military members use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family. In fact, more than 900,000 people in the US participate in more than 2,000 groups for military, veterans and their spouses on Facebook.

The Military and Veterans Hub will provide online safety tips, resources for finding jobs and digital skills training through a new partnership with SCORE, the nation's largest network of volunteer expert business mentors. It will also spotlight veteran-owned businesses.

Payton Iheme, Public Policy Manager at Facebook and a veteran, shares timely information about this new program, and other initiatives to help veterans achieve success, timely information about this new program, and other initiatives to help veterans achieve success.

HOW FACEBOOK & SCORE ARE  TEAMING UP TO HELP VETS:

A MENTOR MATCH that connects military members and veterans with a cohort of SCORE's experienced business mentors who are also US veterans.

A VETERAN-FOCUSED EDUCATIONAL TOOLKIT for launching a business, including steps for developing business concepts, and how to develop a business plan.

VETERAN-FOCUSED WORKSHOPS where SCORE's veteran mentors are available to help attendees and provide continued guidance through all stages of startup and growth.

CAREERS FOR VETS AT FACEBOOK Facebook is also launching a 12-month career development pilot program for Veterans with a background in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Computer Science to help the company solve global challenges. They also offer a Military Skills Translator to help people find Facebook careers relevant to their military experience

SPOKESPERSON:

Payton Iheme Facebook US Public Policy Manager focuses on policy topics related to the Internet, digital economy/small business, counter terrorism, cyber-security, data privacy, and partnerships. As part of that role, she also manages veteran and military policy. Previously, she served as the Senior Policy Advisor for Communication Technology at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.  Payton has experience in the national security sector, public/private partnerships, and with international relations while serving as an active duty officer in the Army's special operations and humanitarian assistance elements of the Department of Defense.  She holds honor degrees from the University of Texas and a master's degree in Government Policy from the George Washington University. She currently serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army National Guard.

For more information, visit: www.facebook.com/boost/milvethub

More about Georgia Podcast

"Who's Who and What's New Georgia!"

Interviewing industry and thought leaders with compelling stories. In addition to the live broadcast, content is distributed across multiple syndicated platforms with more than 500,000 downloads.

Show Host:

Rich Casanova, Chief Visionary Officer

Pro Business Channel

Rich Casanova began his broadcasting career in California’s central valley at KSKS-FM. While in California he also ran a successful entertainment company whose staff and crew entertained over 100,000 people. After moving to Atlanta and selling his entertainment company, Casanova ventured into publishing as the Publisher and Franchise Owner of Coffee News, headquartered in Bangor, ME.

Later became the Founder and CCO, Chief Connection Officer,