Interviews

 ASBN was recently on-location at FinTech South with Paul Brobson, Founder and CEO of Trusted Sale. Trusted Sale is the first ever anti-fraud and anti-scam, peer to peer transaction platform for private party vehicle sales. They work to make private party vehicle transactions safer and more secure for both of the parties involved when selling or purchasing vehicles. Trusted Sale...

 George Deeb, startup expert and Managing Partner of Red Rocket Ventures, sits down with ASBN to talk about the difference between being a 'vitamin' startup versus a 'painkiller' startup. George says that while a vitamin is nice to have a painkiller is something that people need to have. George describes a vitamin startup as just a single piece of the...

 ASBN was recently on-location at FinTech South with Chip Harding, Vice President of Business Development for Softgiving. Softgiving is a web-based solutions company with a B2B2C relationship with the non-profits that they serve. Softgiving facilitates micro-contributions to non-profits by allowing donors to enroll a debit or credit card so that their everyday purchases, no matter where they occur, will be...

 On this edition of the Atlanta Small Business Show, we caught up with Mark Collier, Business Consultant at the UGA Small Business Development Center in Dekalb County, one of 17 centers around the state that provides support to entrepreneurs and small business owners. Jim and Mark discussed the four critical steps in conducting a thoughtful and valuable competitive analysis. According...

As an entrepreneur, your biggest asset in business is your personality. And once you begin to truly understand yourself, you’ll learn the right strategies to achieve your specific goals. We recently spoke to Dr. Lee Davenport, to find out more about using your personality to find professional success. Dr. Lee is a real estate expert, business coach, and best-selling...

Selling your business often takes as much planning and careful consideration as starting it does. It’s never an easy or simple process, but the rewards can be life-changing. We recently caught up with Michael Ramatowski Managing Partner at RamBizGroup Business Solutions, and broker for the Georgia Association of Business Brokers in the ASBN studios. Considering the most common reason for...

 John Demartino, Chief Promotions Officer for Swagchimp, talks with ASBN's Karen Coons at the 2019 Digital Summit in Atlanta. Swagchimp is the promotions division of the Digital Summit itself and they work to provide small business owners and businesses of all types with promotional products that could work for their marketing campaigns. They work with their clients and their art...

 Keith and Nicki Schroeder are the founders of High Road Craft Ice Cream, an ice cream manufacturing company made by chefs, for chefs. A former James Beard Award-Winning Chef, Keith wanted to make perfectly crafted, luxurious ice cream that could be enjoyed by consumers and chefs alike. Now, one of the fastest growing ice cream manufacturers in the country, High...

ASBN recently caught up Shannon Johnson, Group President of Financial Institutions at Cardlytics, at the 2019 FinTech South Conference at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Cardlytics is an advertising platform that resides in digital bank channels, giving them a very unique view of customer loyalty and marketing. Founders Scott Grimes and Lynne Laube started Cardlytics in 2008 after previously working...

In today’s business climate, consumers are showing that they prefer to spend their hard-earned dollars on sustainable products. In fact, Neilsen projects that 2019 will see 7 billion dollars in year-over-year growth for sustainable product sales. Capitalizing on this growing demand is Ken Kreafle, Founder and CEO of Reduce Drinkware based right here out of Atlanta. We recently sat...