Capitalist Sage

On this episode of the Capitalist Sage, Karl and Rico sit down with the chair of the Southwest Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce and Gwinnett Market President for Tandem Bank, Weare Gratwick. Weare shares everything that the Chamber of Commerce does for the community in Peachtree Corners and its surrounding areas. He also share inspiring business insight for how to get involved in the community.Resources:http://southwestgwinnettchamber.org/https://www.tandem.bank/“So between the different organizations, community organizations in particular, if you go back to when Peachtree corners became a city, and we do have all this local involvement. Whether it's communications or, volunteer opportunities or career exposure for kids, bringing business owners together. We've just seen that over the past five years, really expand, and I, I love it. I think you, by those connections you never know what you're going to accomplish.”-- Weare GratwickFor more podcasts visit https://livinginpeachtreecorners.com/

When it comes to the entertainment industry, there’s still a lot of trade secrets. Beth B. Moore ishere to explain some of the trickiest and most useful laws within the entertainment industry. Inthis episode of the Capitalist Sage, we join Rico, Karl, and Beth as they discuss entertainment law, emerging trends, the film and music industry, Georgia legislation and more.

Have you ever had a business idea, wondered what tools you needed, or wanted to know how to just start? Join Rico and Karl as they interview Erin Igleheart, program manager with the Start Me accelerator program. Erin has experience and answers to all of the questions you may have about starting a business. Resources: https://www.startmeatl.org/Social Media: StartMe

Working and owning a Beauty Industry Business has its challenges and its own ups and downs.Geoffrey Frost, our guest on today’s episode of the Capitalist Sage, has gained wisdom throughhis experience in this trade. Join Karl and Rico as they chat with Geoffrey about what it takes tohave a good team, manage your business, and ultimately keep your clients happy.'Resources:Frost Salon(770) 680-4549FrostSalon@gmail.comSocial Media: Frost.Salon

Summary: Today’s kids are learning advanced technology thanks to Mantis EDU and our special guest, Laron Walker. Join Karl and Rico as we learn how our children will fill the tech jobs of the future. Laron talks about the real-life implications of learning tech-skills young and how hands-on learning is the way to a brighter future. Resources: Mantis EDU Website: www.MantisEDU.co Twitter / Linkedin: LaronAWalker Sciberus Website: www.sciberus.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sciberus/ Phone: +1-404-478-2050

Have you ever wondered who’s in charge of designing and setting up those amazing holiday light displays? Well, this week, Karl and Rico sit down with Bill Frey - entrepreneur and owner of Illuminating Design, a local business event, holiday and specialty lighting company. Bill talks about his path into creating a business and how he found a niche in the holiday lighting market during the 2008 economic recession. Additionally, he shares about his struggles and solutions to working in a seasonal industry

In this episode of Capitalist Sage, Karl and Rico sit down with Betsy Corley Pickren, an executive leadership coach. They talk about the importance of investing in leadership, no matter the size or shape of the business, and how to develop structures that promote leadership development in all employees in the business. Betsy shares that developing leadership skills can come in many different forms, whether through one on one coaching, meeting with a group of like-minded entrepreneurs, or finding someone to hold you accountable.

On this episode, Karl and Rico sit down with Lisa Proctor and Brad Kluesner, leaders within the Peachtree Corners Business Association (PCBA). We discuss the benefits of joining the PCBA, how it can turn the city into a home and community, and how businesses can get involved and give back to their communities.Recorded at Atlanta Tech Park in City of Peachtree Corners, GeorgiaResourcesPeachtree Corners Business Association: https://www.peachtreecornersba.com/

Wendy Kinney, Power Generator, giving her sage advice on networking with your hosts Karl Barham and Rico Figliolini. Recorded at Atlanta Tech Park in City of Peachtree Corners, GeorgiaThree important points covered during the show:• What's the most important thing to get referrals?• How can people create credibility?• Give me a tool to help me be specific.

Lentz Pean of Food Trucks Unlimited and Grubbin' Out ATL joined co-hosts Karl Barham and Rico Figliolini to give his sage advice on mobile food events and the food truck industry.Lentz Pean is from Boston, Mass and is no stranger to business. In fact, he started running his family corner store at the age of ten. He went from Computer science major to school teacher, to police officer, then an entrepreneur. Currently, he owns Food Trucks Unlimited, a food truck fabrication company, Grubbin' Out, a local metro Atlanta Food Truck and is the Founder and a partner of My Kitchen, a local catering company.GRUBBIN’ OUTFrom food truck burgers on the go to corporate events and on-location catering, we’ve got all the ingredients to make Grubbin’ Out one of the best in the city. We also use only the freshest ingredients from local sources to bring incredibly good food and reasonable prices right to your door. https://grubbinout.com/https://www.facebook.com/GrubbinOutFOOD TRUCKS UNLIMITEDFully customized food trucks, mech

Micole and Musa Hasan from Bread & Butter Farms join Karl Barham and Rico Figliolini to give their sage advice on the business of Organic Farming. Recorded at Atlanta Tech Park in City of Peachtree Corners, Georgia Thanks to Paul Duke STEM High School student Quinn Watch for handling the director studio work behind the camera.For more information please visit http://www.breadandbutterfarms.com/

Entrepreneur Todd Wahl joins Karl Barham and Rico Figliolini to give his sage advice on embracing technology and getting IT to work for you. Our podcast Capitalist Sage is recorded at Atlanta Tech Park in the City of Peachtree Corners, Georgia. Thanks to Norcross High School's student Annie Fogle for handling our camera direction for our Facebook Live.

Robin Chanin joins Karl Barham and Rico Figliolini to give her sage advice on running a successful non-profit as a business. Recorded from Atlanta Tech Park in the city of Peachtree Corners, Ga.

Glenn Kruse joins Capitalist Sage hosts Karl Barham and Rico Figliolini to give sage advice on the top three mistakes people make when starting their business. Kruse is Area Director at UGA Small Business Development Center at Gwinnett.The UGA Small Business Development Center at Georgia State University is a public service unit that provides consulting and training to people trying to start their own business, and for small businesses development for those that are already operational. We are a part of the Robinson College of Business and one of 17 Georgia SBDC Network locations.Our professional business consultants have a combination of advanced education and “real-world” experience. We provide free, confidential consulting to established and emerging businesses on a variety of subjects including business plans, marketing strategies, financial analysis, management structure, access to capital, social media, and much more. The UGA SBDC at GSU presents a number of continuing education classes and special prog

Shivani Desai and Jace Summers from @Taste of Gwinnett discuss how the business of fundraising works at the high school level, with your hosts Karl Barham and Rico Figliolini. Recorded from Atlanta Tech Park in the City of Peachtree Corners, Georgia

Sage advise for e-commerce in the educational technology field with My eSTEAM Kits founder Jahari A. Soward, and your hosts Karl Barham and Rico Figliolini. Recorded and live streamed from Atlanta Tech Park in City of Peachtree Corners, Georgia

Alan Van Campen joins hosts Karl Barham and Rico Figliolini with sage advice on how to find a business. Recorded at Atlanta Tech Park from the City of Peachtree Corners, Georgia

A conversation with Attorney Corrie Thrasher about the legal pitfalls of buying and selling a business with hosts Karl Barham and Rico Figliolini. Recorded in City of Peachtree Corners, Georgia at Atlanta Tech Park

David A. Wood B2B CFO shares his sage advice on how to prepare your business for exiting, with your hosts Karl Barham and Rico Figliolini. Streaming from Atlanta Tech Park in City of Peachtree Corners, Georgia.David A. WoodPartner, B2B CFO David brings over 25 years of executive leadership and financial management experience as a chief financial officer. He spent the first four years of his career in public accounting where he practiced as a licensed CPA. David then transitioned into the private sector and spent the next decade climbing the corporate ranks where he gained extensive experience in a wide range of financial related positions. For the past 20 years, David has provided strategic CFO advisory services to small and mid-sized privately held companies that don’t have, can’t afford or don’t need a full-time CFO. David joined B2B CFO as a Partner in August 2017. David’s experience spans several industries including real estate development and management, manufacturing, SaaS software development and heal

Jody Pollack joins us from the Atlanta Kosher BBQ Festival giving us his sage advice about the festival business, with your hosts Karl Barham and Rico Figliolini. Fecorded from Atlanta Tech Park in the City of Peachtree Corners, Georgia