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Converting Crypto to Cash with Allen Kopelman

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Episode 649  |  1.26.22

Turning crypto into dollars with Allen Kopelman

 Allen Kopelman Co-Founded Nationwide Payment Systems Inc. in 2001, with the plan to sell credit card processing services and equipment to merchants in the South Florida area and provide concierge style service for each client. Quickly the company grew to 1000 plus clients and had clients all over the United States.

The entrepreneurial bug started early in Allen’s life as he comes from a family of business owners and learned about business from an early age behind the cash registers at his fathers clothing stores in Miami. 

Later he went to Culinary School in Atlanta and became a Chef, then Executive Chef for Metro Hotels in Dallas, Texas running food and beverage operations in Hotels. In 1992, he moved back to Florida and opened a restaurant catering company and consulting group.

After gaining a couple of years of experience selling merchant services, Allen Co-Founded Nationwide Payment Systems with David Burney. The company quickly grew and out of that growth became laser focused on technology that would help merchants, helping hard to place businesses that many banks did not want to work with.

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Warren Henry has been the show's lead sponsor for the past 12+ years.

On the show we discuss:

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I show gratitude and give thanks to Larry and his team

I also share my thoughts on 15 years of broadcasts and 1,000's of guests and interviews.

And of course, thank you to YOU! Without you - we would have no show!

The show will be fun, entertaining and motivational!!

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Fried On Business: Jim Celebrates Summer With Eps 750
Episode 770 | 05.29.24 

To celebrate our guest is Larry Zinn Executive General Manager of Warren Henry Auto Group.

Warren Henry has been the show's lead sponsor for the past 12+ years.

On the show we discuss:

How the auto industry has changed over the past 10 years

What the next ten years hold for the auto industry

Warren Henry in the Community

I show gratitude and give thanks to Larry and his team

I also share my thoughts on 15 years of broadcasts and 1,000's of guests and interviews.

And of course, thank you to YOU! Without you - we would have no show!

The show will be fun, entertaining and motivational!!

*************************************
About Our Guest:
Larry Zinn joined the family business in 2008, representing the 3rd generation of Warren Henry Auto Group. He has been around the business his whole life, and at an early age began working at the family dealership in various roles, from porter and car wash attendant to apprentice technician. During college he worked as a porter for Kelly Infiniti in Danvers, MA and in the summer of 2007 worked as a salesperson at the Volvo store in Gainesville, FL. Larry attended Boston University from 2004 to 2006, and completed his degree at Northwood University in 2008 where he received a double major in Automotive Marketing and Management. Additionally, he is a graduate of the NADA Academy’s Dealer Successor Program after completing the program in 2011.

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Fried On Business: Security Token Update
Episode 771 | 06.05.24

Security Tokens and Real Estate
Apollo, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and others are using security tokens to lower costs, increase efficiencies and reach new investors worldwide

Today Jim will discuss the current market place, the new token fund he is bringing to the market and what the future looks like for this investment vehicle.

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Jameson Capital advises on real estate investments and finance (and select corporate transactions) on the corporate/platform and project level, including strategic planning, capitalization, joint ventures, deal origination, transaction negotiation/closing , short-term and long-term debt and equity (especially creative and innovative solutions for complex transactions), asset management, and review of investment performance.

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