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Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) December 13, 2013

On December 12, 2013, co-hosts Lee Kantor and Stone Payton of BusinessRadioX®’s Atlanta Business Radio welcomed to the studio the co-founders of GROUNDFLOOR, Brian Dally and Nick Bhargava.

GROUNDFLOOR is a real estate crowdfunding startup that is revolutionizing the financing of real estate development projects, to the benefit of developers, savers and investors. Based in the North Carolina Triangle, GROUNDFLOOR champions democracy, transparency, speed, efficiency and freedom as the path to building a new kind of finance. The innovative GROUNDFLOOR platform reduces dependence upon large financial institutions and accredited investors, while making direct real estate investing a viable addition to any savings and investment portfolio.

In November of this year, GROUNDFLOOR announced its launch into the Atlanta market with the opening of its pilot development project in Midtown. According to Brian Dally, co-founder of GROUNDFLOOR, “We are taking advantage of Georgia’s innovative securities laws and the Invest Georgia Exemption to make real estate investing accessible to all, regardless of net worth or income.”

As CEO, Dally is responsible for marketing as well as setting long term direction and goals for the company. Dally has 15 years of disruptive technology startup experience in Silicon Valley, Boston, London and the North Carolina Triangle region.

Co-founder Nick Bhargava leads product development and is responsible for regulatory strategy. Explained Bhargava, “Our first product is a tested and true type of savings vehicle with a new and important twist, available to anyone with $ 100 to lend.”

GROUNDFLOOR’s pilot project seeks to raise a total of $ 300,000 to fund two loans that will be used to refinance, renovate and lease a Midtown Atlanta residential development and will be secured by the property until repaid with interest within a one-year term. Throughout the life of the loans, investors will have access to confidential reports from the borrower on milestone achievements including construction progress and leasing performance.

To learn more about GROUNDFLOOR, tune in to this episode of Atlanta Business Radio.

About Lee Kantor:

Lee Kantor has been involved in Internet radio, podcasting and blogging since he started the Dr. Fitness and the Fat Guy show in 2005. Since then, Lee has interviewed well over 1000 entrepreneurs, business owners, authors and celebrities on a variety of shows and at live events. In addition to his hosting duties, Lee is a Managing Partner at BusinessRadioX® and is committed to helping entrepreneurs and business owners in Atlanta learn how to use radio to dramatically grow their businesses.

About Stone Payton:

For over 24 years, Stone Payton has been helping organizations and the people who lead them drive their business strategies more effectively. He is a Managing Partner at BusinessRadioX® and the author of SPEED®: Never Fry Bacon In The Nude: And Other Lessons From The Quick & The Dead, and has dedicated his entire career to helping others produce better results in less time.

About Atlanta Business Radio:

http://www.atlantabusinessradio.businessradiox.com

Each week, from the BusinessRadioX® studio in Sandy Springs, Lee Kantor and Stone Payton interview Atlanta, Georgia’s top businessmen and businesswomen to learn what makes them the best at what they do.

About Business RadioX®:

BusinessRadioX® interviews dozens of innovative entrepreneurs and successful leaders each week. Its mission is to help local businesses Get The Word Out about the important work they’re doing for their market, their community, and their profession. With a pro-business slant and a long-form interview format, guests don’t have to worry about being ambushed or talking in “sound bites.” Guests have enough time to tell their whole story and to share their insights and experience without interruptions. BusinessRadioX® hosts are business professionals interviewing their peers, drilling down on the critical issues, and delivering practical information to an engaged business audience. Business topics that are frequently covered include: Law, Finance, Healthcare, Technology, Trade Shows, B2B Marketing, Venture Capital, Training and Development and other issues impacting the business community. For more information, visit: http://www.businessradiox.com.







Stephanie Leffler and Ryan Noble, Co-founders of CrowdSource, Named Finalists in Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Program

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Swansea, Illinois (PRWEB) May 08, 2013

Ernst & Young annually recognizes business leaders whose contributions inspire people with their leadership, vision and achievement. Each finalist from the Central Midwest region in this year’s Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards program grew their individual company’s employment numbers by over 12% in 2012 and revenues by 24% between 2010 and 2012.

“The Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards program has a longstanding history of honoring the best of the best in the business world. We are honored to be recognized alongside so many outstanding entrepreneurs,” noted Leffler, co-founder of Juggle.com.

Juggle’s co-founders Stephanie Leffler and Ryan Noble fit the bill for a leadership tandem that successfully develops long-term strategy and seizes growth opportunities. Leffler and Noble founded Juggle.com in the spring of 2008. As opportunities were recognized, they quickly grew Juggle.com from a reference resource website employing 10 team members to an umbrella company housing three successful tech companies: CrowdSource, ROIMedia and ClickableNames.

Noble and Leffler have since built a talented, creative internal team of 50+ members who are dedicated to building websites, software and services to help businesses save time and money. “We are continually motivated to find ways to leverage speed and scale to solve internal business problems,” noted Noble, co-founder of Juggle. “The ability to remain forward-thinking and strive to make process improvements is a daily goal within our company.”

Leffler has been previously honored as one of the Saint Louis Business Journal’s Most Influential Business Women and was a nominee in the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2012. In 2004, Noble was profiled as one of the St. Louis Business Journal’s “30 under 30” young entrepreneurs.

About Juggle

Based in Swansea, Illinois, Juggle is a technology company composed of 50 team members who build successful businesses by leveraging speed, scale and data. Juggle’s portfolio companies include crowdsourcing company CrowdSource.com, domain name aftermarket sales company ClickableNames.com and online publishing and search engine optimization group ROIMedia. For more information on Juggle and its businesses, visit Juggle.com.