Jeremy Lessaris, founder of Verifee joins us to share important information that can help small businesses eliminate junk merchant account fees.

Date: Friday, January 17, 2025
Time: 01:30 PM EST
​Location: The BlackBusinessList.Com website and social media pages.

Learn more about Verifee at our Partner page.  NOTE: There is no up-front cost for you to have your free business analysis.  (We make a small commission from referrals.)
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https://www.verifee.com/stephenwicks

​Brenda Oldham, EdD, is the CEO and Owner of RAM Educational Business Solutions. Join us for Part 2 of our discussion on tax strategies that small—and medium-sized businesses can implement for 2024 and 2025.

Date: Thursday, January 23, 2024
Time: 09:30 - 10:15 AM EST
Location: Zoom and BlackBusinessList.Com Social Media
Viewing Options: 

1. Watch here on this page or via social media.
   
2. Register on this page to join us via Zoom.

The event will also be broadcasted on our social media channels.  If you want to participate, you will receive a Zoom invitation shortly after registration.

Join us for our weekly virtual networking event.  Mix and mingle with the members of BlackBusinessList.Com, meet new people, and get exposure for your business.

Tuesday, January 7, 2025
​12 PM to 1 PM
Zoom

📌 Zoom link will be sent after registration submitted.

STAFF - June 28, 2019 - On Tuesday, July 2, 2019, Mr. Sylvester Ford will be the featured speaker at the Stonecrest Power Breakfast.  The event will be held at the AEI Startup Factory from 8:30 to 10:30am.  The Stonecrest Power Breakfast is an event that brings together members of the AEI Startup Factory, business and civic leaders, and movers and shakers in the Atlanta metro area.

Sylvester Ford is the owner of Alternative Finance and Business Strategies (AFBS), a commercial finance and franchise consulting company based in Jonesboro, Ga. The company arranges funding for business working capital, commercial real estate purchases and refinancing, economic development funding and franchise consulting. Prior to opening his own business in 2011, he worked in the housing finance industry for 15 years where he was able to arrange funding for single family homes. He began his career working with small and mid-sized businesses, from 1983-1993, as an Account Executive at Bellsouth.

As one of the founders of the Gwinnett county NAACP, he served as both a President and Vice-President over a five-year period. He is also an alumnus of the Leadership Gwinnett program. In 2010, he graduated with his MBA from the University of Phoenix and obtained a B.Sin Political Science and Public Administration from Georgia College in Milledgeville, GA in 1983. While attending Georgia College, he was elected the first African-American student government president and also elected the first African American Student Advisory Council President to the Georgia Board of Regents.

Sylvester has been a member of the Clayton County Chamber of Commerce, the South Fulton Chamber of Commerce, the Atlanta Business League, the Council on Quality Growth, the Forest Park Ministerial Association Executive Board, the International Economic Development Council, and the Atlanta Airport Chamber of Commerce; as well as a member and licensee of the Franchise Broker's Association. Sylvester serves as a board member on the Clayton County Development Authority and the Jonesboro Downtown Development Authority.

Sylvester is a member of Divine Faith Ministries, he lives in Jonesboro, GA and enjoys being both a father and a grandfather when he isn't assisting businesses reach their growth potential.

Following the morning's business educational presentation (20 mins). They will have networking opportunities and meet and greet activities. If you are a business owner, a member of the StartUP Factory or city leader this is the place where Power Moves are made in Stonecrest, so join them on Tuesday, July 2nd at 8:30 AM for an awesome business experience! 


Members free of charge + 1 additional guest permitted, along with leaders and invited guests please join!

AEI Startup Factory
7310 Stonecrest Concourse
Stonecrest, GA 30038
www.aeisuf.com
(470) 359-5965