Susan Roe – President of Atlanta Downtown Neighborhood Association
April 5, 2012 2:00 pm
Susan has been a downtown resident since 1994. She has been active in downtown for years and has seen it grow to 6,000 residents downtown not including GSU students. Here she talks with Alan and Dana about Atlanta DNA’s mission to advocate for downtown residents and businesses. It all started with downtown residents having Saturday [...]
Dan Copeland – DC Government Relations Group
March 29, 2012 2:00 pm
On today’s show, Mr. Copeland speaks to Dr. Alan Urech and Dana Barrett about his history of entrepreneurship – from starting his own trucking company to organizing for the Obama campaign, from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to DC Government Relations. He talks about the importance of being humble, working hard, and working with people [...]
Mary Ellen McClanahan – Georgia Department of Economic Development
March 22, 2012 2:00 pm
Alan and Dana speak with Mary Ellen McClanahan, Director of Entrepreneur and Small Business Development at the Georgia Department of Economic Development. In her position, Mary Ellen helps find solutions and effective ways to build an entrepreneur environment and support small business. She served as President of two chambers of commerce in rural Georgia. Mary [...]
Julie Brown – Next Steps Youth Entrepreneur Program
March 15, 2012 2:00 pm
On today’s edition of 200 Office Radio, Dr. Alan Urech sits down with Julie Brown. Julie is founder of Julie Bee’s, LLC – a social media consulting company. She is also currently volunteering with Next Steps Youth Entrepreneur Program (NSYEP) which provides entrepreneurial training for at-risk youth in the Atlanta area. The program uses the [...]
Kadeem Dunwell and Kejuan Brown – Young Entrepreneur Atlanta
March 8, 2012 2:00 pm
Kadeem and Kejuan visit the Business Radio X studio to talk about their upbringing, inspirations, and their hopes for the future. They are determined to provide value to young, aspiring entrepreneurs and help them not only bring their ideas to fruition but to make them profitable. Kadeem was a student at Florida A&M University when [...]
Mike Pennington – President of GEDA
March 1, 2012 2:00 pm
Mr. Pennington is President of Georgia Economic Developers Association (GEDA) and, in this edition of 200 Office Radio, he speaks to Alan Urech about his varied work experience and how it helps him serve the organizations 700 members. He also talks about why it’s important for Georgia to have the GEDA. One prime example he [...]
Keith Nabb – Owner of Advocate Financial Group, LLC
February 23, 2012 2:00 pm
Advocate Financial is a 200 Office Affiliate. Tune in to hear Dr. Alan Urech and Keith Nabb talk about general healthcare, life insurance, DOA, and other issues vitally important to small businesses! Keith talks at length about how companies can structure their employees benefit plans to maximize savings so that money can be put toward marketing, [...]
Maria Joyner and Matt Wilson – Under 30 CEO
February 16, 2012 2:00 pm
Maria is owner and founder of Opportunity and Success, LLC, a social media strategy company, and a 200 Office Affiliate. Matt Wilson is the co-founder of Under 30 CEO, the leading media company for news, advice, trends, and events for young entrepreneurs. Maria is also the founder of the Atlanta chapter of Under 30 CEO. [...]
Wilma Sothern – VP of Marketing at Central Atlanta Progress
February 9, 2012 2:00 pm
Wilma drops by the studio to talk about CAP, an organization that she says is critical not just for downtown but for the city and the region! CAP was founded in 1941 as a membership-based non-profit focused on the development of the city center. Wilma discusses CAP’s collaboration with Midtown and Buckhead leadership organizations and [...]
Jonathan Gailey – Business Development Officer with Excel Federal Credit Union
February 2, 2012 2:00 pm
Jonathan talks to Dana Barrett and Dr. Alan Urech about Excel Federal Credit Union. Excel is an employer-based federal credit union and 200 Office Affiliate based in Norcross, GA. It was started way back in 1952 by a group of federal employees wanting a place to put their money where it would work for them [...]