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

In this week's episode we have Ernst Valery, Managing Member of SAA | EVI with an office in Baltimore, Maryland!  He was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and immigrated to America at 8 years old and landed in Brooklyn, NY and then Nyack, New York.  Growing up he was very busy as a student athlete playing football, lacrosse, and other sports.  He originally wanted to be an architect and then fell in love with urban planning once at Cornell University.  He chats how he was encouraged by his mother to get into real estate development and backed him in his first project in Philadelphia which eventually led to him now being involved in over 3,000 multifamily units in multiple markets and being an investor in several local community based businesses.  Ernst shares how equality and leveling the playing field is very important to him and have everyone be included that he created The Aqeuo Fund dedicated to welcoming more minorities, women, and immigrants to the field of real estate development where they would joint venture with them and put up all of the capital.  He mentions how you have to be strong mentally in business and in life and set a positive example to others! 

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In this week's episode we have Sam Frank, Co-Founder and Partner of Four Twelve Roofing with their office in Baltimore, Maryland!  They have been recognized as America's #122 fastest growing company by Inc. 5000 List and won the Baltimore Business Journal Fast Fifty Award which identifies the fastest-growing private companies across the Baltimore-metro region.  He shares how he grew up in Baltimore County playing baseball and other sports.  After college he ended up working in investment banking in New York City, started networking to find his passion and interest.  Eventually returning back to the Baltimore, Maryland area and starting Four Twelve Roofing with a partner.   Sam provides great practical advice if you are trying to figure out your career and how to manage relationships in a positive way.  He mentions his love for entrepreneurship and how important it is to just start selling as a proof of concept and to focus on the top line revenue and get the phone to ring!  This and much more, you do not want to miss!

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In this week's episode we have Brent Lightner!  Brent is the Founder and CEO of Taoti Creative with offices in Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.  He was born and raised in Altoona, Pennsylvania and at a very young age showed interest in computer and robotics.  It all started with building websites in college as an entry to a scholarship competition.  He founded the creative digital agency almost 25 years ago and has been growing it ever since with over 70 employees now!  Brent shares how you need to embrace your inner scrappiness and take action, do it first and worry about getting it right later.  How innovation is important and going against industry trends.  He mentions how having a lifestyle company is imperative for him and why.  One of my favorites is why everyone should try to seek more huggable clients!

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In this week's episode we have Tony Ma!  Tony is the Founder and CEO of Benten Technologies with headquarters in Manassas, Virginia.  It is all about telling a good story, and Tony has an amazing story to tell!  He was born during the Vietnam War in a rural area outside of Ho Chi Minh City.  He shares with us his origin story starting from birth to being stranded in the South Asian Sea for days to immigrating to America and landing in the Northern Virginia area that will leave you captivated within the first 10 minutes.  He mentions the three pillars his company is centered around, time, technology, and education.  Tony shares the importance of having a coach and knowing how to sell which he originally learned during his first summer in college by going door to door selling books in impoverish neighborhoods.

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In this week's episode we have Amy Katz!  Amy is the Founder and CEO of Curbside Kitchen with their office in McLean, Virginia.  They are known as the Uber for food trucks with over 500 food trucks on their platform and counting!  She grew up in New Jersey and is a University of Maryland alumni as well - go Terps!  We chatted how the Curbside Kitchen idea came about 3 years ago looking for a way to modernize a very antiquated business when they noticed that property managers were having difficulties finding reliable food trucks to come to the location.  They have partnered with the finest food trucks in our area to provide us the greatest culinary experience possible, and the best part is that they come to you!  This is a great amenity not only for tenants and residents of commercial and residential properties, but they also do events, universities, assisted living facilities, and more.  Amy shares how they have been able to experience amazing growth having started with 5 buildings and are now in over 200 buildings in the DMV area and other markets throughout the East Coast of the United States and are continuing to expand.  She loves making a difference by feeding people, helping people, and supporting local business owners!

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In this week's episode we have Kevin Learned!  Kevin is Co-Founder and Partner of McMahon, Welch and Learned, PLLC with their office in Reston, Virginia.  He is known as the trusted legal advisor for entrepreneurs, start-ups, emerging growth and middle-market companies.  We chatted about him growing up in Northern California in the Sacramento area and what brought him to the Washington, DC metropolitan area.  He originally wanted to become an analyst with one of the federal agencies but felt a closer bond with lawyers and loved the business side of things that he became a transactional attorney focusing on business.  Kevin shares the top three things you need to know if you are looking to acquire a company.  He mentions how important it is to be responsive in business and getting to really know your client and what their needs are. 

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In this week's episode we have Rich Daughtridge!  Rich is the CEO of several companies HighRock and HighRock Group with offices in Baltimore and Hagerstown, Maryland, and Warehouse Cinemas located in Frederick, Maryland.  He is also a former professional soccer player having won three championships!  We talked about his soccer career and having grown up in Hagerstown, Maryland.  He started from humble beginnings designing websites from his apartment using a TV cardboard box as his desk to his current powerhouse marketing and advertising company.  He shares how they purchased a 10 screen movie theater doing 60,000 people per year and when they sold it it was doing 375,000 people per year, and what they did to bring more people in.  Rich mentions how it is imperative to market and create awareness and to focus on where are the opportunities in the challenges we face, especially important during today's times.  This and much more, do not miss this episode!

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In this week's episode we have Dr. Jonelle G. Anamelechi!  Dr. Anamelechi is the owner of Children's Choice Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics with locations in New Carrollton, Maryland and Washington, DC!  She was named one of America’s Top Pediatric Dentists by the Consumers’ Research Council of America, serves as the president of the DC American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, and is involved in various other industry committees and programs.  We chat about her growing up in Borden, South Carolina a small town where there is a great sense of community that when she graduated from dental school at University of North Carolina she came back home and she had a billboard with her name on it!  She mentions how she started pulling teeth at an early age at the elementary school playground and of course asking for money afterwards.   Dr. Anamelechi shares many great dental recommendations for children in any age group and reminds us why we should reconsider gummy vitamins.

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In this week's episode we have Furkan Yuce, President of Elevation Flooring with their office in Arbutus, Maryland!  He was born in Ankara, Turkey and at 10 months arrived to America, he grew up in Gaithersburg, Maryland.  We chat about how it was growing up in an immigrant household in Maryland.  It all started with his exposure to the construction industry as a college student working over the summer on the construction site of the infamous Watergate in Washington, DC.  He shares how it took the company a while to earn their first contract and when they did is was not that much.  He mentions how you should not give up, it is along road.  Furkan and his two other partners founded the firm 3 years ago and in that period of time have created an organization that generates multi-millions of dollars in annual revenue.  Learn how he did it!

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In this week's episode we have Jeff Martin!  Jeff is the CEO of University Recruiters, Jeffrey Agency, and several other new ventures coming soon with headquarters in Fulton, Maryland!  He has earned various distinguished awards and titles such as 2020 Global CEO Excellence Award, 2020 Yahoo Finance Top CEO's to watch, and Career Coaching & Recruitment CEO of the Year.  He has worked with notable figures like Gary Vee, Grant Cardone, Ryan Serhant, and many others.  We chat about growing up in New York and how lacrosse and attending Towson University brought him to Maryland!  We learn what is the greatest college degree CEO's look at and how to find a mentor.  Jeff shares what you need to do develop your brand, how you need to be patient and continue to put in the time to do the work needed!  You don't want to miss this episode filled with jam packed gems!