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Jason Dees is the President and Owner of Deesco Fire Protection. With many years of experience in various aspects of the industry, Jason decided he wanted something more. That drive pushed him to become an entrepreneur.

Jason is a strong advocate for considering trades as an alternative to college. He recognizes every person has their own path and that people should not shy away from that path because it is not what others are promoting.

Jason is a driven individual with a desire to continue to scale his already-successful business. During this episode, Jason offers several entrepreneurial tips: (1) do what you say you are going to do and when you say you are going to do it, (2) don't overpromise and underperform, (3) recognize that a lot of times the obstacle is the way, and (4) understand and manage your financials.

Learn more about Jason and Deesco Fire Protection:

Website: Deesco Fire Protection

LinkedIn: Jason Dees

Instagram: Deesco Fire Protection

Facebook: Deesco Fire Protection

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Brian Johnson is the City Manager of Peachtree Corners, Georgia. Before becoming a City Manager, Brian was an infantry officer. His military career is expansive and impressive. A small part of that career provided him the push to become a City Manager. As an infantry officer involved in the invasion of Iraq, Brian was assigned responsibility for restarting the municipal services of a suburb of Baghdad. This experience provided him inspiration for his post-military career.

Peachtree Corners has received international attention for its involvement in promoting business, particularly technology-based businesses. Curiosity Lab and its related ecosystem provide businesses of all sizes the opportunity to use infrastructure installed and paid for by the city to develop and innovate products. This opportunity can provide substantial savings to businesses, as businesses frequently have to pay for access to similar infrastructure.

Where you select to do business matters. Peachtree Corners has done a great job of becoming a business magnet.

Learn more about Brian and Peachtree Corners:

Website: Peachtree Corners

LinkedIn: Brian Johnson

Instagram: Peachtree Corners

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Judith Winfrey is a serial entrepreneur in the food industry. She and her husband started Love Is Love Farm over 13 years ago. First farming on a small plot of land owned by someone else, her farm has recently experienced a substantial expansion and now includes many acres of its own land.

Judith has been involved in several aspects of the food industry, including as COO of a restaurant chain. She is also one of the co-founders of Small Bites Adventure Club, which was featured on Episode 24 during my interview with co-founder Erin Croom. In addition, Judith has been featured by the New York Times for her work as a food activist.

In this episode, Judith shared an entrepreneurial tip: Keep your eyes on what you want to achieve and do not be distracted by things that are not a real concern.

Learn more about Judith and Love Is Love Farm:

Website: Love Is Love Farm

LinkedIn: Judith Winfrey

Facebook: Love Is Love Farm

Instagram: Love Is Love Farm

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Leslie Mattson's background in running surgical centers led her on the path to entrepreneurship. She identified a need in her industry and formed ALM Surgical Solutions to fill that need by providing services to people facing the same challenges she did prior to becoming an entrepreneur.

ALM Surgical Solutions has a proven track record in opening successful centers, and has assisted clients with site selection, licensing, certification, accreditation, etc. Combining hands-on services with external education resources, ALM Surgical Solutions looks to improve the lives of all service providers working at surgery centers and the experiences of the patients that use the centers' services.

In this episode, Leslie shared several entrepreneurial tips: (i) Being frugal is good, but do not be frugal to a fault, (ii) set appropriate boundaries and take care of yourself, (iii) listen and learn from what your clients are telling you, and (iv) build trusting relationships with people like you.

Learn more about Leslie and ALM Surgical Solutions:

Website: ALM Surgical Solutions

Email: leslie@almss.com

LinkedIn: Leslie Mattson

Facebook: ALM Surgical Solutions

Instagram: ALM Surgical Solutions

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Greg Crafter has always had a passion for growing food. After working for over 20 years in corporate America, he decided to follow this passion and start Produce'd. Produce'd has developed vertical hydroponic systems to allow customers to easily grow some of their own food in a small space throughout the year. The company's focus is the development of a more sustainable food system with plant nutrition and food safety. In addition, Produce'd is passionate about educating youth by providing tours and first-hand exposure to a hydroponic farm.

In this episode, Greg shares his entrepreneurial tip: Fail early, fail often, and continue learning.

Learn more about Greg and Produce'd:

Website: Produce'd
LinkedIn: Greg Crafter
Facebook: Produce'd
Instagram: Produce'd
YouTube: Produce'd

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Pete Kane has always loved marketing. He has been involved in digital marketing since Facebook's infancy and is a proven digital marketing expert. His business, Digital Growth ATL, focuses on digital marketing and online reputation management. Pete understands it can be overwhelming to find customers online, but he also knows those customers are out there and the best ways to reach them.

In this episode, Pete shares his entrepreneurial tip: FOCUS. Focus on your business, the 80/20 rule, and on what parts of your business you should be working on versus those you should be outsourcing.

Pete has generously provided a gift to the first ten listeners that reach out through the link below. Take advantage of this free production of a review commercial video for your business by visiting: https://digitalgrowthatl.repvids.com/freereviewvideo.

Learn more about Pete and Digital Growth ATL:

Website: Digital Growth ATL

LinkedIn: Pete Kane / Digital Growth ATL

Facebook: Digital Growth ATL

Twitter: Digital Growth ALT

Instagram: Pete Kane

YouTube: Digital Growth ATL

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Meredith Bell has been an entrepreneur since 1982. In her first business as a consultant and trainer, she conducted hundreds of programs for leaders and the members of their teams to help them communicate and work together more effectively.

As Co-Founder and President of Performance Support Systems since 1991, Meredith has personally worked with thousands of entrepreneurs, leaders, consultants and coaches. She understands what is required to build the loyalty and commitment that lead to repeat business and referrals, and has developed tools to help obtain and analyze client feedback and to develop the implementation of skills learned through leadership programs.

Meredith knows communication is key to all relationships. She has co-authored a book on this topic: Connect with Your Team – Mastering the Top 10 Communication Skills. In addition, she is the host of a podcast known as Strong for Performance.

In this episode, Meredith shares her entrepreneurial tips: (i) lighten up and don't take things and yourself so seriously, and (ii) learn to turn adversity into opportunity.

Learn more about Meredith:

Website: Strong for Performance; Meredith Bell

LinkedIn: Meredith Bell

Facebook: Meredith Bell

Twitter: Meredith Bell

Podcast: Strong for Performance

Book: Connect with Your Team - Mastering the Top 10 Communication Skills

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Erin Croom is one of the co-founders of Small Bites Adventure Club. The company's "vision is that every child receives the opportunity to discover, eat and love fruits and vegetables."

Small Bites Adventure Club provides educational kits (to schools and homes) to help introduce children to fruits and vegetables. These kits also introduce children to the farmers that grow their food and entry-level recipes to teach children to prepare food. Each kit has a theme to capture the interest of the children. Currently, nine out of ten children in the United States do not eat the recommended amount of vegetables, and some children go days without a single vegetable. Small Bites Adventure Club is working to change that one classroom and one home at a time.

In this episode, Erin shares two entrepreneurial tips: (i) find a group of mentors, and (ii) find your cohort of people that are in a similar stage of their businesses as you.

Learn more about Erin and Small Bites Adventure Club:

Website: Small Bites Adventure Club

LinkedIn: Erin Croom / Small Bites Adventure Club

Instagram: Small Bites Adventure Club

Facebook: Small Bites Adventure Club

Twitter: Small Bites Adventure Club

YouTube: Small Bites Adventure Club