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Leslie Wells - Sales Strategist/Trainer/Coach
Leslie is passionate about entrepreneurship. Her motto is "nothing happens until a sale takes place." She is the owner of L. Wells & Associates, Inc., a company that specializes in helping small and medium size organizations generate new business through sales training/coaching, marketing strategy and prospecting.
Her many sales strategies have made a difference with several entrepreneurs and sales professionals. Leslie has taught Cold Calling Techniques at Perimeter College and the Knowledge Shop in addition to speaking to various professional organizations on the art of new business development. Leslie has also shared the power of entrepreneurship with young girls through "Cool Girls" an organization that promotes self-empowerment programs for young ladies in impoverished areas.
She holds a BS Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing from Towson, MD and has 12 plus years of sales and marketing experience. Her favorite past time consists of traveling, spending time with friends and family and getting lost in a good book. Leslie may be contacted by telephone at 770-271-3957 and her website is www.lwellsassociates.com.
Sucheta Rawal has been a resident of Atlanta for 11 years. She is co-owner of Design2Sell, a one stop provider for home renovations, decorating & staging needs-with an investment focus. “We are here to help homeowners sell their homes quickly for a competitive price” is the company motto. Before starting her entrepreneurial career, Sucheta worked for ING Investment Management as a portfolio specialist for emerging markets & high yield bonds where she managed $3 billion in assets. She has a Masters in Finance from Georgia State University & is an Accredited Staging Professional.
To keep in touch with the community, Sucheta writes for local magazines such as Rivaajand Flavors, and has taught cooking & personal finance classes at Georgia Tech and Marietta Community School. She also volunteers for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America & the Southern Center for International Studies Young Professionals group. She has a passion for international travel & visited 7 countries in 2007! Sucheta has started her own travel blog & is looking to write professionally as well.
Elizabeth Gordon, Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker
Elizabeth Gordon is a visionary consultant with a passion for helping others achieve their entrepreneurial dreams.She is the President of Flourishing Business® and author of The Chic Entrepreneur:Put Your Business in Higher Heels, a book designed to educate and inspire women entrepreneurs to their business best.Known for her nine-dimension flourishing business methodology, which is the basis for her consulting practice, Elizabeth’s distinct message is forward-thinking and enlightening.
Elizabeth regularly has the opportunity to share her business acumen with clients and audiences, large and small.Flourishing Business clients range from startups to Wachovia Bank.
Having built a successful consulting practice, Elizabeth has recently entered the world of public speaking and radio talk shows.Elizabeth started co-hosting a weekly internet radio show called The Publicity Show, during which she and co-host Lee Kantor interview PR professionals and Publicists around the country. Elizabeth was interviewed on the Atlanta radio show Uniqueness is Power in December 2007. She is speaking at the upcoming University of Alabama IP Forum for Entrepreneurs and is launching a nationwide speaking campaign based on the lessons and tips found in her book.Her recent forays into the speaking world have audiences captivated and inspired.
Elizabeth teaches, “By building a business properly, you can achieve not just financial success, but personal freedom as well.”Living that message and hoping to inspire others to do the same, she hosts the Flourishing Forum, a monthly mastermind group for entrepreneurs, which features speakers on various business topics and brainstorms ways to take their businesses to the next level.
Martha Lanier is a popular speaker and trainer known for a distinct presentation style that is energetic, entertaining and informative. Audiences are captivated and inspired as they learn how they can expand their visions, develop detailed action plans and believe in themselves. She believes “knowledge is powerful, but it is what you do with your knowledge that makes you successful.”
Martha was featured in Women’s Day magazine for taking a risk after turning 50. To celebrate her birthday, she went skydiving with her daughter who later became a pilot in the Navy. Today Martha runs a business where she shows people how to break through self-limiting barriers and achieve extraordinary results. Audiences learn the importance of making themselves their number one priority by practicing extreme self-care. “By focusing on yourself, you increase the value you have to give others.”
Based out of Atlanta, she travels nationwide presenting keynotes and seminars to corporations, associations and individual organizations. Programs focus on achieving peak performance, leadership, teambuilding and communication skills. Once petrified of speaking, she now speaks to groups of 10 to well over 1000. Within 5 years of starting her speaking career, she was asked to serve as president of the Georgia Chapter of the National Speakers Association. She knows first hand that anything is possible when you believe in yourself.
Marian Massie CL.H. is the founder and CEO of Advanced Perceptions Inc. As a clinical hypnotherapist and success coach, Marian has helped Fortune 500 executives, entrepreneurs, lawyers, physicians and other individuals achieve greater personal and professional success by helping them eliminate subconscious barriers. She is also the author of You Are Soul; Transform Your Life Now.
Marian has been included in Who's Who of Executive Women and Who's Who in Georgia and appears frequently on radio and TV.
"My personal mission is to help empower each individual to achieve more conscious control over their lives.
Many personal coaches focus primarily on the intellectual aspects of change. The limitation of this is that the logical or intellectual part of your mind is only 12% of your mind power. Your subconscious mind however, comprises 88% of your mind power.”
My approach is to integrate conscious tools and accountability with subconscious change. I help individuals learn how to recognize and change the core subconscious beliefs and emotions that may be limiting them. This is the key to accomplishing anything! My focus is to assist you to harness the power of your subconscious mind in order to help you achieve the breakthrough results and positive changes you desire!”
