Marcus founded Hands Across Atlanta in 2012 serving over 10,000 impoverished Atlantans. HAA provides food, clothing, hygiene and dental care to men, women, children and veterans. Marcus was born in Tampa, moved to Alpharetta at age 4 and has been serving Atlanta since.
We dive deep into the home // *house*lessness issue in Atlanta and what he’s doing to make it better, with emphasis on how we Georgians take care of and support our own.
We talk about recent and upcoming fundraising & community events, his first year as a vendor at Imagine Music Festival, private prisons, the worlds new billionaires, YouTube favorites, BROGA, BigMouthBen, The Bubbles Benefit with AIS Media, corruption during Snowpacolaypse and more!
Marcus’s HAA events take place in Hurt Park at 1pm the 2nd Sunday of every month. Follow the HAA page on FB and join the News Letter Group and learn how to get involved!
*SPECIAL HALLOWEEN EVENT THIS WEEKEND* 10/13/19 @ 1pm starting Martin Luther King Jr. Center downtown.
www.fb.com/handsacrossatlanta / www.handsacrossatlanta.org / https://www.facebook.com/marcus.acosta.904 / https://www.facebook.com/groups/156925411334019/
Anuj is the founder of Legend Apparel Co and Co-Owner of Supershine Xpress Carwash in Braselton, GA. Anuj founded Legend Apparel two years in Atlanta and has made a name for himself with celebrities rocking his brand like Ludacris, DrummerBoy & more!
We talk about how we met on the @ATLTourBus for his Lead Forensic colleagues birthday J.D. Farrell’s which was his first party just 2 months after moving to Atlanta! We discuss local Atlanta brands, venues, festivals, entertainers, technology, business and current events.
We dive into leaving our comfort zones, adaptability, overcoming tragedies, diet, nutrition, fitness, plant based diets, accountability, genuine conversation and community engagement. This was one of the best podcasts I’ve filmed yet!
https://www.instagram.com/apthakkar/ / https://www.instagram.com/legendapparelcompany/ / https://www.facebook.com/LegendApparelCompany/ / https://www.linkedin.com/in/anuj-thakkar-6846a399/ / https://www.legendapparelco.com
Thomas Harpointner founded AIS Media, Inc. in 1997 in Atlanta, GA and has won awards for being an industry leader in digital strategy and marketing. He is an investor and strategic advisor to high-growth companies consulting the likes of AT&T, Wake Forest Innovations, Emory Healthcare, and Synovus on innovative digital marketing strategies that drive measurable business results.
Thomas has served as a keynote speaker and have been featured on CNBC, Fox Business, Good Morning America and published in AMEX Open, Fortune, Forbes, Wired, Entrepreneur Magazine and many other publications.
You can him on Twitter @TomHarpointner and Instagram @ZoomOut104! Also via the @BubblesBenefit page an event we’re having today, on the launch of this episode (10/2) at Roche Bobois to benefit @HandsAcrossAtlanta run by Marcus Acosta (soon to be podcast guest) that provides food, clothes, hygiene care and love to the homeless population of Atlanta.
Born & raised in St. Louis Chris moved to Atlanta 10 years ago to pursue a marketing career as an early adapter of organic Facebook & Twitter campaigns. Chris & I worked together at Creative, Word & Image doing marketing for Michelin, Retro Fitness, the Millennium Gate Museum and more.
Enjoy this podcast as I start to get a groove on hosting a podcast with this incredible human and guest. We discuss our personal, professional and fitness goals along with the steps we take to execute those goals!
Additionally, Chris is two years vegan! So you already know the vibrational level of this interview is going to be next level!
David sits down with Auxuence Wogou and is joined by Chase Vasser. Aux was born in the Ivory Coast, grew up in New Jersey, went to Wilkes University and got into the auto industry after college. He’s very involved with his friends and with Atlanta events. Chase was born in Georgia, played football at UGA and is in medical sales. We talk about our history together, who motivates him and my intention behind this podcast.
Cameron is Georgia graduate plus born & bred native who owns a Social Media Marketing company and is an Atlanta influencer in blogging & food (@PeachYaToIt), fashion & travel (@SratHardForLife). She does private events with Big Sky Buckhead and supports young entrepreneurs.
We sit down and talk about Cameron’s upbringing, travels, struggles and hurdles! She discusses how brands look at peoples social media channels for prospective ambassadors and influencers.
We also talk about nutrition, exercise, best of Atlanta restaurants and events! Lastly we get a little political discussing some suppressed news topics!
Connect with Cameron:
* peachyatoit (Instagram)
* seagreene (Snapchat)
* sea_greene_(Instagram)
* srathardforlife (Instagram)
David Orland Brown sits down with Bob Fucking Place the Club Manager of the Laughing Skull Lounge in Midtown, a Full Feature Film Director & Writer titled “American Dirtbags” featuring DOB, a 1,000+ stand up performance stand up comedian and new Atlanta Video Parody Creator!
We talk about Bob’s thorough history doing stand up comedy since 2000, his upcoming 24 track “Atlanta Bangers” Album dropping in 2020 and we dive into some of the challenges Bob faces in producing and posting his videos on social media in 2019!
Video Paradys So Far: Midtown, Buckhead, Cheshire Bridge, Six Flags, East Atlanta, MARTA, (East Atlanta Remixed)
Connect with Bob: www.instagram.com/bobfuckingplace
https://www.facebook.com/bobplace84
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBlna0FqRlJJjTLzN37ecsQ/
https://www.FB.me/dobatl
https://www.instagram.com/davidorlandbrown
https://twitter.com/davidforatlanta/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidorlandbrown/
https://www.youtube.com/c/DavidOrlandBrown/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidbrownjourney/
https://www.foursquare.com/davidforatlanta
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/davidforatlanta
https://www.pinterest.com/davidorlandbrown/
https://www.soundcloud.com/davidorlandbrown
David Orland Brown sits down with Relationship Coach Haley Helveston to discuss sex, intimacy, love, connection, business, branding, diet, health, nutrition, raw vegan, energy, happiness and good vibrations!
David Orland Brown sits down with Stephanie Twum to discuss her Robust Personal Training Program, Her Small Businesses ie. #TwumFit and being the coveted 2019 Miss Georgia AND Miss Brawl For A Cause!
One of the warmest, most sincere & genuinely good humans I've ever had the honor and pleasure of speaking. We dive deep into Stephenie's past influences, present ambitions and future goals!
Connect with her here!
https://instagram.com/stephanietwum
https://fb.me/StephanieTwumBusia
https://www.twumfit.com
Connect with me on these platforms!
https://FB.me/dobatl
https://instagram.com/davidorlandbrown
https://anchor.fm/mratlanta
https://twitter.com/davidforatlanta/
https://linkedin.com/in/davidorlandbrown/
https://youtube.com/c/DavidOrlandBrown/
https://soundcloud.com/davidorlandbrown
David Orland Brown and Erin Selby sit down to discuss health, happiness and how they know each other through Atlanta over the years!
David Orland Brown sits down with Byron Cooper to discuss their upbringings in Atlanta, mutual friends, fun places and insightful ideas into the future!
Byron is one of the most happy, humble and hard working people I've ever had the honor and pleasure of knowing! I highly recommend you listening to this epic episode!
FB.me/dobatl
instagram.com/davidorlandbrown
twitter.com/davidforatlanta/
linkedin.com/in/davidorlandbrown/
youtube.com/c/DavidOrlandBrown/
soundcloud.com/davidorlandbrown
David Orland Brown aka Mr. Atlanta sits down with Andrew Calloway Founder of Execlife. We discuss Andrew growing up as an orphan in Russia until he was adopted with two of his brothers to Atlanta, Georgia.
This wild story details what it's like when you grow up with truly nothing in Russia; sleeping in the sewers, eating out of dumpsters and stealing to survive.
Next we talk personal and professional goals, Andrew's upcoming book and his Real Estate Career.