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On this Sunday’s Business RadioX Week In Review on biz1190AM, Host Dana Barrett featured clips from the following Business RadioX shows:

From Silver Lining in the Cloud:  Britton Clark of the Atlanta Mission explains why he left corporate life at Red Bull to work for the Atlanta Mission.

From  Midtown Business Radio –   John Stephenson President & CEO of the College Football Hall of Fame  talks about why the College Football Hall of Fame chose Atlanta saying that Atlanta is a destination city even though it may not feel that way to those of us who live here.  He notes that we had 40 million visitors last year according to the CVB.

From  Midtown Business Radio –    Rob Kischuk CEO of Perfect Post  talks about how Perfect Post helps companies maximize their social media – and talks about why “gaming the system” is not a good idea.

Other topics covered:

• Alleged Bitcoin creator denies he’s the one.
• South sees greatest optimism over new construction projects
• Coke CEO Muhtar Kent gets giant pay cut
• And… move over Braves controversy, a new group is fighting the Falcons stadium deal

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On this Sunday’s Business RadioX Week In Review on biz1190AM, Host Dana Barrett featured clips from the following Business RadioX shows:

From Atlanta Business Radio –  Tim Quinn from HoneyBaked Ham Corporation talks about getting people to know their brand for sandwiches and not just for holiday meals.  Of note: he talks about doing the old-fashioned way, never mentions social media!

From High Velocity Radio –   Justin Tomczak from State Farm Insurance  talks about the new State Farm Development along 285 in Sandy Springs.  He talks about why Atlanta was chosen and the number of jobs that may be created here in the next 10 years.

From Business Leaders of Today –   Lloyd Lofton, VP of Sales with American Eagle Financial Services says companies care about product and  price but customers are just thinking “how does it benefit me?”

Other topics covered:

• Scoop NYC boutique coming to Buckhead Atlanta.
• American Airlines ends bereavement fares
• Flatiron Building could be redeveloped into $10M entrepreneurship hub.
• And… Starbucks to roll out standalone tea houses… Hmmm will we all be lifting our pinky fingers over delicate china cups in the near future?

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On this Sunday’s Business RadioX Week In Review on biz1190AM, Host Dana Barrett featured clips from the following Business RadioX shows:

From Silver Lining in the Cloud: Rich Parlontieri of Speedemissions talks about the company history – from pioneering the emissions testing only locations and growing to 43 locations in 4 states to introducing new iPhone apps to help consumers with their cars.

From High Velocity Radio –  Van Baird  who owns a State Farm Insurance agency and a company called Relational Equity  talks about marketing by helping his clients promote their content.  Interesting approach!

From Eugeria –  Heather Rogers of Simply Organized talks about what she does as a professional organizer.  Of note: she equates it to being a personal trainer!

Other topics covered:

• Georgia talents among the James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Award semifinalists for 2014.
• Atlanta-based CNN’s HLN network may soon air game shows, social media countdowns and funny online classified ad shows.  (Is that actually news?)
• Atlanta has the highest level of income inequality of any American city, according to a report from liberal think tank The Brookings Institution.
• And… here’s a shocker… big business is striking back  against President Obama’s efforts to raise the minimum wage saying that raising the minimum wage might lift some people out of poverty but it would also spur job losses.