January 2010 Chamber Life - Farragut West Knox Chamber of

Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce
CHAMBER LIFE
“T HE
MISSION STATEMENT IS TO STRENGTHEN AND SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY BY PROMOTING BUSINESS GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.”
Vol. 24, No. 1
A Publication of the Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce
The Farragut West
Knox Chamber
says goodbye to 2009
and welcomes 2010!
As we begin 2010, the Chamber looks back at
its accomplishments! With the economic stresses
affecting everyone everywhere, we can proudly
state we held our own through the difficult times.
Thank you to all the members who helped to
make the year a success!
The Farragut West Knox Chamber:
• Continued to receive generous contributions
from the Enterprise Club members to the
Chamber and the Continuing Education Program.
• Recruited 109 new businesses and members.
• Held 41 after hours and morning coffees providing networking opportunities.
• Celebrated 24 ribbon cuttings with new businesses.
• Held three breakfast meetings at Fox Den
Country Club welcoming the following speakers,
Dr. Bill Bass - Event Sponsors: Cariten
Healthcare and Migun TN, Community Sponsor:
Edward Jones, Senator Tim BurchettCommunity Sponsors; Matlock Tire Service,
NHC Place, Farragut Wine and Spirits, The Davis
Family YMCA at Jefferson Park. Event Sponsor:
LCUB and Mayor Bill Haslam – Community
Sponsor. ValPack of East Tennessee. Event
Sponsor: BB&T, Presenting Sponsor: Rural Metro
• Conducted the “Hometown USA” Annual
Auction and Dinner with record attendance.
Event Sponsors were Cariten Healthcare/Humana
Affiliate, TDS Telecom, Lenoir City Utilities
Board and Rothchild Catering & Conference
Center. Community Sponsors were NHC Place
Assisted Living, Charter Business and Tennessee
State Bank. Media Sponsors were WFIV-105.3 as
well as student volunteers representing Farragut
Middle and High Schools and students from A.L.
Lotts Elementary School, Tates School of
Discovery, Christian Academy of Knoxville and
Farragut Primary School.
• Continuing Education Grants to Chamber
members were awarded.
• Participated in the annual Farragut Fourth of
July Parade.
• Held Annual Farragut 5K Run, Fun Walk and
Pet Parade. Event Sponsor was TDS Telecom.
Community Sponsors were Michael Broyles
Photography, Farragut Wine & Spirits, the Town
of Farragut, First Tennessee, NHC Place Assisted
Living, State Farm Agencies Laura Ash, Vanessa
Brown, Cindy Doyle & Jeannette Rogers,
Tennessee State Bank, Enrichment Federal Credit
Union, Sitel, Pellissippi State Community
College, BB&T, West Knox Chiropractic, Sign-aRama, Fitness Together, Knoxville Executive
Suites, and Keller Williams Commercial—David
Pozy. Media Sponsors were farragutpress,
Knoxville News Sentinel, and 105.3 WFIV. Our
appreciation also goes out to Tony Christen of the
farragutpress for the logo design.
• Hosted a Holiday Open House Appreciation
celebration for all Chamber membership.
Chamber members donated all kinds of delicious
foods and beverages and even donated their time.
We would like to once again thank the following
Chamber Members: Abuelo’s, Calhoun’s,
Conner’s, Event Rentals by Rothchild, Fox Den
Country Club, Kroger, LCUB, Michael Bates,
January 2010
THE FARRAGUT WEST KNOX
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
I S P L E A S E D TO A N N O U N C E T H E I R F I R S T
SPEAKER SERIES
FOR 2010
WILL BE HELD AT
F OX D EN C OUNTRY C LUB ,
T UESDAY, J ANUARY 19 TH .
This first event of 2010 will
NHC Place, Peerless, Pimentos, Season’s, Superior be a bit different in that it will
be a full luncheon buffet. The
Carpet, Shrimp Dock, Schakolad,
• A new website was created for the Chamber by event will begin at 11:30 A.M.
to give you an opportunity to
Joe Jaynes with Abacus Arts Inc.:
network and the speaker will
www.farragutchamber.com
• Held 6 Brown Bag Luncheons with the follow- begin between 12:00 P.M. and
12:15 P.M.
ing speakers: Knox County Health Department,
We are very pleased for this
Daniel Monday, Joe Andrews, Jane Applegate,
first luncheon of the year to feaRaeus Cannon and Kevin Kragenbrink.
ture Gloria Ray, President and
• 2 New Member Orientations were held at the
CEO of Knoxville Tourism and
Farragut Town Hall with a tour of the Farragut
Sports Corporation, a not-forFolklife Museum.
profit corporation that has con• Freaky Friday; handed out candy.
tracts with Knoxville and Knox
• Held an Ambassador Appreciation Luncheon.
County to strengthen the area
• Held an Enterprise Appreciation Reception.
economy
by
marketing
• Helped local students gain community service
Knoxville as a destination for
credits.
conventions, events and leisure
• Provided annual Town Report Publication
travel.
information.
Ray, a native Knoxvillian, is
• Bettye Sisco, President, provided community
associated with many “firsts.”
support by serving on the following organizations: She was the first woman in the history of the Knoxville Utilities Board
Charter Member of Kiwanis, Optimist Club
(KUB) to serve as the chairperson of its Board of Commissioners, as well
member, served as President of the KAMA (Knox as the first woman to serve on the Executive Committee of the Blue Cross
American Marketing Association), served as a
Blue Shield of Tennessee Board of Directors. She was the first Women’s
Board of Director for the TCCE, served on the
Athletic Director at the University of Tennessee and oversaw the Lady
Board for the YMCA and the Tennessee Chamber Vols’ first national championship. Ray also led the drive to plan and conof Commerce Executives.
struct the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (WBHOF), the first and
• Serves as a distribution point for phone books
only hall of fame in the world created solely to honor the achievements
and relocation packets.
of women.
• Presently preparing a new and improved map
Additionally, Ray initiated the plan to build the Knoxville Visitor
for 2010.
Center. Located in downtown Knoxville, the Visitor Center combines a
• For the second year in a row, provided meeting variety of Knoxville tourism initiatives, restores and rejuvenates a historic
space to Joe Andrews with the TSBDC to hold
downtown location and creates an original and authentic experience for
meetings to offer business counseling to entrepre- both out-of-towners and Knoxvillians. The Knoxville Visitor Center,
neurs.
which officially opened in June 2004, is the headquarters for the KTSC
and features the broadcasting studios of Americana radio station WDVX,
The planning stages for 2010 Farragut Chamber the Café Gourmet Coffee bar and the “Uniquely Knoxville” gift shop.
events have already begun. We will continue with
You will not want to miss this great event. Register on line at www.farthe tradition of the breakfast speaker series events. ragutchamber.com or call 675-7057 and ask for Melanie. Space is limited so do not delay. Reservations close on January 14th.
Normally a breakfast, a luncheon welcoming
Gloria Ray, President and CEO of the Knoxville
Tourism and Sports Corporation is scheduled for
January 19. A speaker series breakfast welcoming
renowned anthropologist, Dr. Bill Bass is scheduled for May 4, 2010. The Annual Live and Silent
Auction will be held on April 23. The Farragut
Fall 5K Run, Fun Walk and Pet Parade is scheduled for October 2. The Chamber will also continue to have morning and evening networking
events and ribbon cuttings.
Last but not least, the Chamber will not only
continue but increase the Brown Bag Educational
Series Luncheon events.
Check on line @ www.farragutchamber.com,
call 675-7057 or refer to your newsletter and
weekly e-mails for events and dates. Mark your
calendars NOW so that you can be a part of the
FWKCC. Check out our facebook page as well!
If you are interested in serving on any of the
Chamber’s committees in 2010 please call 6757057. If you are not involved, with the Farragut
West Knox Chamber of Commerce, please call
675-7057 to find out more information of how
you can be a part of our growing Chamber and
also how your business can show its support in
our community.
Member Briefs
The Knoxville Opera would like to extend a special invitation
to the Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce members to
the Lucia di Lammermoor dress rehearsal starring Rachele
Gilmore as Lucia. This event will be held at the Tennessee
Theatre, 604 South Gay Street in Knoxville on Wednesday,
February 10, at 7:30 pm. This is the second offering of its kind
and the previous had a great turn out. Be sure to mark your calendar for this event! For more information, please contact
Celeste Hart at (865) 524-0795 ext. 25.
UT Federal Credit Union has announced the promotion of
two employees. Malinda Wood, with two years at UTFCU and
five years previously with K25/Enrichment Federal Credit
Union, has been promoted to VP of Marketing. Teri Branam,
with 12 years at UTFCU, has been moved into the position of
Business Development Manager.
Member Briefs see Pg 3
ENTERPRISE CLUB
ADMIRAL ELITE
These Chamber members generously contribute to the Chamber and the
Continuing Education Grant Program above and beyond their annual dues.
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ANCHOR
2 • CHAMBER LIFE, January 2010
DIRECT: 865.671.4771
CELLULAR: 865.368.6060
FAX: 865.966.9005
[email protected]
JERRY R. PARKERSON
MANAGER - MARKET MANAGEMENT
TDS TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP
PO BOX 22610
11505 KINGSTON PIKE
KNOXVILLE, TN 37934-3918
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Arbonne International
Associated Foot Specialists
Barge, Waggoner, Sumner & Cannon
Bonefish Grill - Turkey Creek
Brooks, D.D.S.; C. Edward
Cartwright Communication
Technology, Inc.
Country Inn & Suites Campbell Station
Di-Fi Solutions, LLC
East Japanese Restaurant
Edward Jones - John Gardner
Enrichment Federal Credit Union Northshore Drive
Exhibitor Source by Skyline
Farragut Wine & Spirits
First Tennessee - Enterprise Admiral
First Tennessee Hardin Valley Financial Center
First Tennessee - Middlebrook Pike
FSGBank, N.A. - Enterprise Captain
The Grove at Deane Hill
Homes & Land Magazine
Little Joe's Pizza
The Lunchbox Market & Café
Marketing Dimensions
Migun TN/ Integrative Synergy, LLC
Moe's Southwest Grill
MyNextSuite
National CineMedia
Olive Garden
Optimist Club of West Knoxville
ORNL Federal Credit Union Farragut Kroger
Physiotherapy Associates, Inc.
Read Window Products
Sitel
Staffing Solutions
Waste Connections
The Wild Pineapple
Ribbon Cutting
Greystone Summit Apartments held a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Farragut West
Knox Chamber of Commerce Thursday, October 29, 2009. Pictured, but not in order, are
Greystone employees Alofa Porter, Clarence Luneza, Annie Morris, and others, Alan Cozart,
Ken Threm, Wendy Broome and Martha Logan, Chamber President and CEO Bettye Sisco,
front row far right, with members and ambassadors of the Chamber. Greystone Summit
Apartments is a new and beautiful place to live offering all of the amenities you could ever
want.
Master Battery president, Will Kegley, cuts the ribbon at his business’ newest location on
Wednesday, November 4. Pictured to Kegler’s left are Master Battery employees Drew
Johnson and Ron Yancey. Pictured to Kegler’s right is John Saucier. Other Master Battery
employees are Chuck Robinson, Michael Witt, Jim Davies, Ron Holcomb, Brad Calhoun and
Tony Record, pictured with members of the Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce, family and friends. Master Battery sells all kinds of batteries – all in one store.
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Welcome to
our renewing
FWKC
members!
Lynne Houser Overton, the area occupancy manager for Value Place is pictured here along
with Denny Ballinger, Safety Attendant, Todd Heiskell, Marketing Manager, Lin Orr, Property
Manager, Chamber members and Ambassadors. Whether you need a place to stay for a
night, a week, a month, Value Place is there for your lodging needs.
TDSTELECOM.COM • TDSMETRO.COM
11863 Kingston Pike • Farragut, Tennessee, 37934-3833
865.675.6397 • Fax: 865.675.1675
www.farragutpress.com
CHAMBER LIFE, January 2010 • 3
Networking
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AAA of East Tennessee held a networking event on October 22, 2009.
Chamber members gathered in the
veranda area of their office building to
enjoy food and beverages provided by
AAA of East Tennessee. AAA has a wide
range of services that can be provided,
from automotive, travel, insurance,
finances to discounts, safety classes and
much more!
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Pictured is the brand new owner of
Schakolad, Gus Paredes.
Mr.
Parades held a networking event at
Schakolad on November 5, 2009. All
guests were in “chocolate heaven”!
To Mr. Paredes right is Mary Lou King
and to his left is another Chamber
member, Robert Livesay with Trade
Bank. Anyone walking through the
door of Schakolad will immediately
enjoy the fragrance of chocolate
wafting through the air. You can
always find just the right treat at
Schakolad.
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The Farragut West Knox Chamber
of Commerce held an evening networking at ITEX on Thursday,
October 29. The business held the
networking in the Halloween spirit,
calling it a “Bone Bash,” and
encouraging costumes. In the center of the photo is Todd Olson
along several Chamber members
and part of Todd’s crew. ITEX is
the leading marketplace for cashless business transactions.
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Food and beverages were plentiful at the Michael Brady Inc.
(MBI) networking event held on
November 12, 2009. Their offices
in which the event was held was
simply beautiful in design. Guests
had a chance to get a glimpse of
their expertise in this field.
Micheal Brady, pictured, spoke
concerning his architecture and
engineering firm. His company is
a leading architecture and engineering firm providing creative
construction solutions throughout
the United States.
Brown Bag
Educational Luncheons
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Raeus Cannon, pictured, was a guest speaker
for the Farragut Chamber Brown Bag luncheon
held on October 14, 2009. Ms. Cannon who is
the CEO of Referral Exchange Organization LLC,
focused her speech on networking effectively:
what kind of networks to attend, when you
should attend them and what you do once
you’re there. Her topics especially target introverted and shy networkers. She is now known
as the “Networking Queen.”
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The Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce
held its last Brown Bag luncheon event of 2009
with speaker Kevin Kragenbrink, pictured, on
November 11, 2009. Mr. Kragenbrink’s topic was
“Mining Your Market for Gold: Key Strategies for
Turning Your List of Suspects into Interested
Prospects. Guests who attended received an in
depth look at the process of deciding which people are actually interested in what you have to sell
and how to get them to talk to you. Chamber
members and Ambassadors attended the event
which was very informative.
Member Briefs from Pg 1
Attention all Farragut Chamber members…Lalka Tax Services is offering a 10% discount off of their 2009 tax preparation bill. The
10% discount is based on your most current tax
invoice. If, for example, you paid $250.00 on
your 2008 invoice, your discount is $25.00
toward your 2009 tax bill.
Once again this year the Kids First Child
Advocacy Center of the 9th Judicial District is
“cooking up” their 5th annual Soup’s On to
benefit Kids First Child Advocacy Center.
Their mission is to help heal the pain of child
abuse. They are a private, non- profit agency
serving severely abused children and their nonoffending family members in the counties of
Loudon, Morgan, Meigs and Roane. They will
be serving three homemade soups, fresh homemade bread, Hunter’s Chili and dessert. Back
by popular demand is the Chicken Tortilla and
Blackfoot Potato and Sausage! Their new soup
this year will be Elvis Presley Vegetable. You can
try all three soups and the Hunter’s Chili—it’s
an all you can eat feast!! Treat your friends and
family to a bottomless bowl!! Tickets cost
$10.00—buy your tickets early and save $2.00
($12.00 at the door). For more information
please call Denise at Kids First CAC (865) 9861505 or Karen Keirstead at (865) 458-1819
Dwayne Allen Salon, 11811 Kingston Pike, is
celebrating four years in Farragut. Dwayne
Allen Salon’s 3,000 square feet include an interactive color bar, six stylist stations, two manicure and pedicure stations and an aesthetics
room. Dwayne Allen offers advanced hair care,
specialty facials, waxing and customized
mani/pedis. For more information, contact
them at 966-1510 or [email protected]
The Society of Friendly Fellows re-establishment celebrated its one-year anniversary
October 25, 2009. Proceeds from sales of
“Daily Thoughts for Friendly Fellows” benefit
the National Parkinson Foundation, and
Friendly Fellows has reached its goal for the
year of $1,111.41. Check out their website at
www.friendlyfellows.com.
Slamdot Opens First-Ever Website Retail
Store: The Slamdot Store. Knoxville-based web
developer Slamdot has unveiled a first-of-itskind retail store selling professional web site
packages, and offering in-store training and support. As Slamdot founder, Sean Christman says
they make professional web sites affordable and
streamline the buying experience. Customers
talk to a shopping assistant who helps them
select the web site package that best fits their
needs, and then check out in a traditional retail
style environment. Affordability and ease of
purchase in a store setting are huge advantages.
Once the sale is complete, they also handle the
development of the site, work one-on-one with
customers, and provide expertise all along the
way. Customers also have opportunities to
attend “SlamCamps,” which offer hands-on
training on a variety of topics ranging from web
hosting and email to social media and Internet
marketing. Slamdot’s exportable business model
also includes in-store technical support,
enabling customers to bring in their computer
or mobile device and receive personalized, oneon-one assistance. Completing the one-stop
shopping idea, Slamdot also provides businessclass web hosting starting at $11/month.
Slamdot is opening its first store at 108 South
Gay Street in Knoxville, Tennessee, with ceremonies at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, December 4th,
2009. For more information, contact Sean
Christman (865) 238-5601, [email protected] or http://www.slamdot.com.
First Tennessee recently named Jun Lee as
portfolio manager in the commercial banking
division. Lee resides in Knoxville’s Cedar Bluff
community.
Member Briefs see Pg 4
Jamie Nicely
9040 Executive Park Drive, Suite 383
Knoxville, TN 37923
224 S. Peters Road
Suite 206
Knoxville, TN 37923
865.357.8548
[email protected]
www.TeamLogicIT.com/Knoxville
Jim Warren
www.balancedbooksandpayroll.com
[email protected]
Office: 865-560-8802
Fax: 865-560-5404
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Quotes ‘n Notes
by Bettye Sisco
I received this email and thought
you might enjoy it:
John is the kind of guy
you love to hate... always in
a good mood with something positive to say. When
asked how he was doing, he
would reply, “If I were any
better, I would be twins! If
an employee was having a
bad day, John was telling
them to look on the positive side of the situation.
This style made me curious, so I asked him, “I
don't get it! You can't be positive all of the time.
How do you do it?”
He replied, “Each morning I wake up and say to
myself, you have two choices today. You can choose
to be in a good mood or a bad mood. I choose to
be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or choose to learn
from it. I choose to learn from it.” Every time
someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to
accept their complaining or I can point out the positive.
“Yeah, right, it's not easy,” I protested. “Yes, it
is. “Life is all about choices. When you cut away all
the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose
how you react to situations, how people affect your
mood and you choose to be in a good mood or bad
mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you
live your life.”
I reflected on what he said. Soon I left to start
my own business. We lost touch, but I often
thought about him when I made a choice about life
instead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that he was involved in
a serious accident, falling 60 feet from a tower.
After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive
care, he was released from the hospital. I saw him
about six months later and asked how he was. “If I
were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?”
I declined, but I asked what had gone through his
mind as the accident took place.
“The first thing was the well-being of my soonto-be born daughter. Then, as I lay on the ground, I
remembered that I had two choices: I could choose
to live or I could choose to die. I chose to live.”
“The paramedics were great. But when they
wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions
on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really
scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I
knew I needed to take action.” “What did you
do?”
“Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting
questions at me. She asked if I was allergic to anything. Yes, I replied.” The doctors and nurses
stopped working and waited for my reply. I took a
deep breath and yelled, “'Gravity.'' Over their
laughter, I told them, “I am choosing to live.
Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.”
He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but
also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from
him that every day we have the choice to live fully.
Attitude, after all, is everything.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for
tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has
enough trouble of its own. After all, today is the
tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
FARRAGUT
OFFICE
SPACE FOR LEASE
TWO OFFICE
SUITES AVAILABLE
Executive office, conference room, three additional
offices and reception area $1,000 a month.
Two Executive offices, file room, reception area and
conference room.
Class A office space with great Kingston Pike
exposure and the Farragut/West Knox Chamber
of Commerce as your neighbor.
Welcome to our new
Farragut West Knox
Chamber members!
Aid and Assist at Home
Terrie Ware
813 S. Northshore Ave., Suite 102
Knoxville, TN 37919
865-246-7000
[email protected]
www.assistathome.net
Century 21 - The Real Estate Place, Inc.
Steve Gazaway
404 E. Broadway
Lenoir City, TN 37771
865-986-7577
[email protected]
www.loudonestates.com
CSK Technologies
Maynard Alvarez
706 A Mabry Hood Road
Knoxville, TN 37932
865-862-6053
[email protected]
Elite Service Mortgage
Tiffany Walker
8880 Cedar Springs Lane Suite 103
Knoxville, TN 37923
865-963-0406
[email protected]
www.eliteservicemortgage.com
Golden's Tax & Business Services
Michelle Batchelor
11420B Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN 37934
865-675-3811
[email protected]
Keller Williams
Bob Gorshe
12023 Mallard Bay Drive
Knoxville, TN 37922
865-228-3350
[email protected]
www.bobgorshe.com
Paragon Business Resources, Inc.
Rachel Duke
9040 Executive Park Drive
Knoxville, TN 37923
865-622-9205
[email protected]
www.paragonbusinessresources.com
Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc; Independent
Associate
Dot Chamberlain
P.O. Box 22064
Knoxville, TN 37933
865-742-8504
[email protected]
www.PrePaidlegal.com/hub/mdc
5616 Kingston Pike Suite 301
Knoxville, TN 37919
865-766-0570
RedGoat Creative, LLC
Patrick Molter
P.O. Box 23684
Knoxville, TN 37933
865-318-4747
[email protected]
www.redgoatcreative.com/
Re/Max Preferred Properties, Inc.
Donna Daye
117 Center Park Drive
Knoxville, TN 37922
865-218-1141
http://donnadaye.com/
Ruth Lonn, LLC
Ruthie L. McIntyre
309 Sugarwood Drive
Knoxville, TN 37934
865-671-8222
[email protected]
Silpada
Mary Lou King
132 Lakeview Circle Drive
Loudon, TN 37774
865-607-9793
[email protected]
www.mysilpada.com/marylou.king
Stay at Home
Andy Houck
140 Saint Andrews Drive
Knoxville, TN 37934
865-300-4616
[email protected]
www.stayathomeweb.com
United Capital Lending Knox – 3
Brian Lattimore
9827 Cogdill Road
Knoxville, TN 37932
865-671-2466
[email protected]
Unlimited Marketing
Belinda Woodbury
260 Stockton Dr.
Sevierville, TN 37862
865-293-8679
[email protected]
Welcome Wagon
Sharon Cawood
7541 Beaver Ridge Road
Knoxville, TN 37931
865-385-9987
[email protected]
www.welcomewagon.com
Farragut
West Knox
Chamber
of Commerce
11826 Kingston Pike,
Suite 110
Farragut, TN 37934
(865) 675-7057 - Phone
(865) 671-2409 - Fax
Member Briefs from Pg 3
Above the Rest Event Designs, owned by West Side resident Dianna
Glandon, was a first place winner in a national Business Package competition
at the FLOAT convention in Cincinnati. FLOAT is an annual convention for
intermediate and advanced balloon artists from the United States and abroad.
The Business Package competition judged the quality of Above the Rest’s portfolio, brochure and Web site. The brochure was designed by locally-owned
firms, Marketing Dimensions and Johann’s Design. Above the Rest also placed
third in the Table Centerpiece competition, creating a centerpiece in one hour
with the theme “Lost in the 80’s”. Contact Above the Rest Event Designs at
(865) 719-8110 or view their website at www.abovetheresteventdesigns.com
Calendar of Events
Please call the Chamber office at 675-7057 for information
January 19
12:00 pm
January 21
8:00 am
Speaker Luncheon: Gloria Ray
Fox Den Country Club
12284 North Fox Den Drive
Networking Event: Quick Gym/Herbalife Distribution
Ron and Sylvia Garrett
12748 Kingston Pike, Suite D-101
January 22
12:00 pm
11657 Parkside Drive
January 27
9:00 am
241 Brooklawn Street
e-mail:
[email protected]
January 28
5:00-6:30 pm
Candidate TN State Senate, District 7, Location – TBD
www.farragutchamber.com
February 4
5:00 pm
10420 Kingston Pike, Suite F
February 11
8:00 am
11201 West Point Drive, Suite 104
February 18
8:00 am
Location – TBD
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Farragut West Knox
Chamber of Commerce.
Looking for New Year’s
Resolution? Give Junk
Bee Gone a Buzz!
If your New Year’s
resolution is to clean
out the house and get
rid of the unneeded
junk and paper, Junk
Bee Gone is the business to call. It is now
in its fifth year of serving customers all over
Knoxville, and they
Courtney Such
are not going to slow
down. With the full
service removal existing since the very beginning, drop off dumpsters added three years
into it, and document shredding added a year
later, this company has been quickly growing
since day one.
Junk Bee Gone can take almost anything,
except for hazardous waste. Whether it is up
in the attic or in the corner of the basement,
the team will go in and take what you do not
want. You can also have a dumpster delivered
to your house so you can do your own
personal clean out, but do not push yourself.
Thomas Noble, Manager of Junk Bee Gone,
said, “Be careful with the items; safety is
important. We can come out and get it for
you. That’s the great thing about our service.”
This company also offers document shredding. “Document shredding was frequently
requested by our customers,” said Owner and
President Mike Such. “We have a partnership
with a company that has an industrial shredder. Our employees sign a confidentiality
agreement. The customer will receive a certified document of destruction, stating that the
material was safely handled. Once it is on the
truck, it goes straight to the shredder. It never
stays on the truck.”
Many hotels use document shredding to
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Starting & Growing
Your Business:
Lessons
Learned from
Reality TV
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(Part I)
Joe Andrews
by
Joe Andrews
In the past few years "entrepreneurial" reality
TV shows have become interesting viewing demonstrating the successes and challenges
inherent in being an entrepreneur or small business owner. From UK imports, such as ABC’s
Shark Tank (I was fortunate to have a client
invited to participate) - to productions such as
NBC's "The Restaurant" - reality-business TV
offers realistic insight into the highs and lows of
starting a business, growing a business, and
sometimes making the decision to close a business. Whether you are a start-up seeking investment (ABC’s Shark Tank) or an established business in need of a makeover to prevent failure these shows deliver what could be considered a
one hour “master’s” class in how to succeed in
business.
Here are some ideas that small business owners might consider that are taught in these
shows:
When Seeking Funding - Don't Over-Value
Your Business's Worth
One of the more common mistakes start-ups
make - as seen on Shark Tank - is overvaluing
the worth of their business to potential investors.
Over-valuing your business can quickly play
against you as a potential investors or lenders
pick apart your performance projections thus
losing all credibility.
Remember that proper financial planning and
especially market research can go a long way
towards delivering a funded business startup or
project.
Perfect Your Elevator Pitch and Presentation
Skills
One of the most excruciating parts about
Shark Tank is those few moments when budding entrepreneurs get to present their business
elevator pitch to the line-up of potential
investors (or lenders) - and, whether it's through
nerves or poor preparation, their presentation
falls apart. If you are looking to secure funds or
presenting your product or services at a trade
show or to a potential customer, developing and
practicing your elevator pitch is extremely
important. I will share with you part II next
month.
Joe Andrews is the Senior Business
Specialist for TSBDC, Pellissipi State
Community College and can be contacted
at [email protected]