In the guest chair: 

Jay Bailey & Dana Barrett

Jay Bailey & Dana Barrett

Jay Bailey, CEO for the Southeast Region of Operation HOPE joined Dana on air this morning to talk financial dignity and how to recover from a financial disaster. Jay also shared about the organization’s recent HOPE Global Forum 2015.

Operation HOPE serves as a nonprofit private banker, helping the underserved, youth and community gain financial dignity and stability.

In the headlines:

  • Germany’s RIB software is relocating it’s North American Headquarters to Tech Square in Midtown.
  • Atlanta start-up, Roadie has raised $10 million from UPS and several other investors to disrupt the shipping business.
  • Mayor Reed said some interesting things last week during a speech to the Atlanta Press Club. 1) He’s not thinking of running for a higher political office when his second term as Mayor ends in 2018. And 2) Atlanta is the dominant economy in the Southeast.
  • Richmond, VA based MWV and Atlanta-based, Rock-Tenn announced merger plans last week that will create a huge packaging company. Alas, the main headquarters will remain in Richmond with satellite offices here in Norcross.
  • Jay-Z is getting into the streaming music business giving Dr. Dre and 50 Cent some competition for the “most successful rapper-turned-music-entrepreneur” title.
  • Zappos’ CEO, Tony Hsieh is trying out an Uber-like “surge” concept for the scheduling of his customer service call centers. It’s just a trial right now, but it’s an interesting disruption.

Other stuff:

Turn your passion into profit and learn the Starbucks standards to producing excellent products and keeping employees satisfied. Join The Dana Barrett Show Business Book Club for a discussion of POUR YOUR HEART INTO IT: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time by Howard Schultz on Monday, February 9th at South City Kitchen in Vinings! Get all the details and sign up to attend here: http://www.meetup.com/DBShow/.

Join Dana and General Assembly at UNDER 30 IN THE C-SUITE: THE NEW FACE OF ATLANTA TECH, Wednesday, February 25. Dana will serve as emcee for a round-table discussion with previous Dana Barrett Show guests Partha Unnava, Jon Birdsong, Roman Grimaldi and Jerry Slutzky. Enter promo code under30vip for complimentary admission.