The DMV (Washington, DC | Maryland | Virginia) Business Show

This is the latest episode of Commercial Real Estate Question!   Where anyone can ask a commercial property question and I will help answer it.  Today we will focus on the question, "What Is Usable Square Feet vs. Rentable Square Feet?"

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In this week's episode we have Gautam Ijoor, President and CEO of Alpha Omega Integration with offices in Tysons Corner, Virginia!  They build mission focused solutions for the federal government and different sectors.  His entrepreneurial journey started in his birthplace Bangalore, India where he saw a demand and started an underage nightclub and leased a space from a failing restaurant at 16 years old.  He immigrated the U.S. over 24 years ago and even before his immigration he was always driven by a sense of purpose to give back to the world.  Gautam shares Alpha Omega's phenomenal growth, and how in August 2016 they were making less than $1 million dollars in revenue and now 5 years later they are generating over $64 million a year!  He mentions about having a unique idea or acquiring a platform and team who can think of the unique idea, and goes into depth on what his four pillars of success of mean to him.  Don't miss this episode!

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David Benson is the President of Architessa with headquarters in Rockville, Maryland!  They are a comprehensive tile and stone company that was started in 1985 with locations along the East Coast all the way down to Atlanta, Georgia.  David grew up in Montgomery County Maryland in the family business.  He clearly remembers, Friday nights were not pizza and movie nights but pizza and clean up the warehouse nights.  In high school he started working selling door to door in Southern California which taught him many things.  He shares a great story on how he met his wife in the cheerleader squad at George Washington University.  He started working at company in 2005 as a salesperson and has grown with the company since recently becoming the President a few years ago.   He mentions the importance of always networking and the four core values everyone in the company shares.  David focuses on creating a family environment in the workplace and to always find solutions to problems and solve them!

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This is the latest episode of Commercial Real Estate Question!   Where anyone can ask a commercial property question and I will help answer it.  Today we will focus on the question, "How Much Money Do I Need For A Lease?"

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In this week's episode we have Tim Prindle, Co-President and CEO of BayVanguard Bank based out of Baltimore, Maryland and with 16 locations in Maryland!  The bank lends locally in Maryland and in certain asset classes nationwide.  He is originally from Yorba Linda in Southern California and lived there until he was 18 years old when he moved to attend University of Delaware.  His role in the financial sector started with his first job right out of college with The Office of Thrift Supervision.  He later became a consultant with GE Capital when a small community bank in 2010 asked to consult them.  At that time the bank had a total of two full-time and two part-time employees with around $20 million in AUM (assets under management).  Now, after several mergers and acquisitions with other community banks BayVanguard Bank has approximately 100 employees with around $800 million under management.  Tim shares how easy him and his team make the banking experience and also what he sees successful organizations have - character, focus, and hard work!  

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Anabella Arcay is the Owner, CEO, and Master Chocolatier of Arcay Chocolates in Washington, DC!  They are an internationally awarded Master Chocolatier with 42 awards!  At a young age she was very artistic and entrepreneurial first making artisanal cards, leather belts, then moved onto purses, and shirts until she found chocolate.  Arcay Chocolates was first started in Venezuela 15 years ago in her home kitchen.  It was not easy though, it was extremely hard making chocolate in a country like Venezuela where one day you could not find your basic ingredients such as sugar, cream, dairy, chocolate, and other items.  She had to become resourceful and learn how to make things differently with other ingredients.  The business has continued growing even through the immigration to the U.S. and Washington, DC metro 4 years ago.  Anabella shares the process they had to go down to establish the business in the U.S. and about the movement she is seeing from people supporting local businesses that are unique.  She shares the organization needed in business from waking up early to start the process to her focus on her customers and getting as close as possible to them and being well known. She mentions to follow your heart, path, and do not give up!

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This episode is the newest installment of Commercial Real Estate Question!  Where anyone can ask a commercial property question and I will help answer it.  Today we will focus on the question, "What is Key Money?"

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In this week's episode we have Craig Zingerline, he is the Founder and CEO of Growth University located in the Washington, DC metro area!  He grew up in Central New York in Rome, New York and is a long time runner that he started working around the summer of 10th grade teaching children track and began his first "business" building websites.  After graduating from Syracuse University he moved to Boston and worked at several tech companies and startups.  He believes everything is risky and shares about his first startup and how they had to pivot, and what you can learn from that.  We go deep into the remote work economy and how that is effecting everyone and his team.  He shares the story with us behind Growth University and how it all started with him recording himself in the car during his long work commute into the office.  Craig talks about how we should all get to know our customers and our numbers, and how doing other things besides our typical work can help us!

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Welcome to the Season 2 Premier of The DMV Business Show with our guest Samantha McKenna!  Sam is the Founder of #samsales Consulting out of the Washington, DC metro area.  She is an award-winning sales leader who is on a mission to make a positive impact on the sales profession by helping organizations improve their sales, marketing, demand generation, and finance.  Originally from Switzerland and moved to the United States when she was five.  At a young age she was exposed to entrepreneurship by both parents and mentions some of the lessons learned.  Sam has had a rich enterprise sales career working with many notable companies such as ON24, LinkedIn, and shares why she left her dream job with LinkedIn to start #samsales Consulting.  She explains how she became the #1 sales rep out of over 100 in her first full year and ascended to the executive ranks.  She shows us how we should think about utilizing LinkedIn to grow our presence and business, and how to book more meetings!  Sam mentions the importance of scaling your business and taking things off your plate.  How significant it is to listen to the market and at the end of the day it is more than just business!  For those who follow Sam...show me you know her - guess what Nickelodeon game show she was in?   :)

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Season 1 has officially ended, that is a wrap.  Please stay tuned for Season 2 coming out next month in September!  We have some special changes coming!  Thank you for everyone who has taken the time to listen to us, greatly appreciate it from the bottom of my heart - it means a lot to me!  If you have not done so already, please go to Apple I-tunes and leave us a review and comment and go to YouTube and hit the subscribe button.  Would love to hear from you, my email and phone number are below.  Send me a message, and if you have any great guests you would love see on the show please let me know that would be fantastic.  Thank you again so much for listening, we hope you enjoyed it!  Until next time, can't wait for you to listen to Season 2 - STAY TUNED!

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