Events

Episode 554: 3-4-20  Jim Fried interviews Gabriel Suarez, Founder of Natural Life Franchise Corporation. Jim learns about their business model, the stores currently in operation and other franchise opportunities available. Jim asks Gabriel the very pressing question about the product knowledge of typical employees of dispensaries and CBD specialty stores and how the employees of Natural Life stand out. Hear Gabriel’s answer …

Episode 554: 3-4-20  Jim Fried interviews Leigh-Ann Buchanan, Esq., Executive Director of Venture Cafe Miami. Venture Cafe exists to grow the ecosystem around entrepreneurs and innovators and connect them to local resources in order for them to scale. Leigh-Ann shares the different opportunities available to entrepreneurs through venture, including their FREE Thursday meet-ups full of advising opportunities, breakout sessions, networking and much …

Episode 551: 02-12-20 PART 1: Advocating for Children In our first segment, Jim catches up with Jaye Abbate of Florida’s Children First. They discuss the staggering statistics facing children in and aging out of foster care. They also discuss FCF’s upcoming Advocates for Children Awards on Thursday, February 20th at which Nikki Fried, among others, will be honored as an …

Episode 509: 03-14-19 Bergstrom Center for Real Estate Studies – Board Interviews Jim interviews Ernest Johnson, Executive Managing Director of ApexOne Investment Partners from Houston, TX,  and Sandy Hostetter, Central Florida Market President,Sun Trust Bank/Florida Division from Orlando, FL, about their important work on the Bergstrom Board. Tim Becker, Director of the Bergstrom Center for Real Estate Studies, during the University …

Fried On Business host Jim Fried was on-hand for a panel discussion titled CrowdfundCRE: The Rise of Alternative Financing in Commercial Real Estate during the The Miami Real Estate Symposium & Expo sponsored by DisruptCRE and The Miami Brickell Chamber of Commerce.

Fried On Business host Jim Fried was on-hand at the CCIM Institute Business Meetings and Thrive Conference Oct. 26-30 in Austin, Texas, and took some time to interview a few attendees for the CCIM Voice: Herb Tousley, CCIM Director, Master of Real Estate Degree Program & Shenehon Real Estate Center at University of St. Thomas St. Paul, Minnesota Right-click here …

Fried On Business host Jim Fried and his wife, Vivian, joined exercise physiologist Terek Maddox, Detroit Lions NFL star Kevin Smith, and Lauren Book of Lauren’s Kids for an afternoon of positive energy, fun and education with area youth at the Richmond Perrine Optimist Club in Miami. The event was held in July 2013.

Jim Fried of Fried On Business interviewed David Martin, President and Owner of Terra Group, during the morning keynote presentation Jan. 29 at the Commercial Real Estate Forum: Florida sponsored by Marcus & Millichap and Institutional Property Advisors.