The One More Customer monthly event brings small business owners, community leaders, and individuals together in one location to network, exchange business cards, build relationships and enjoy a light lunch.

Fran Tarkenton and a special guest present a 20-25 minute video webcast with an insightful business coaching session. Guests include CEOs, bestselling authors, motivators, entrepreneurs, marketers, real estate moguls, and other movers and shakers, with a special focus on sales, marketing, and customer service.

The agenda:

• Arrival and informal mixer
• Lunch served
• Live broadcast
• Discussion about the topics presented
• Introductions and passing of business cards
• Close

THIS MONTH'S TOPIC

As entrepreneurs, we’re always looking for growth opportunities. In addition to growth that maximizes profits and productivity, consider growth that maximizes opportunities to sell your business. This month, successful entrepreneur Mike Dendy joins Fran to discuss not only fundamental lessons that any entrepreneur can use to grow a business, but also how to identify and prepare to successfully exit if the right opportunity comes along. Mike has built, grown and successfully sold two companies of his own, and will share his keys to:

• Recognizing areas where you must grow as a business owner – and taking action
• Identifying partnerships that complement your goals, not detract from them
• Getting outside your comfort zone and making the sacrifice
• Recognizing opportunities to sell and positioning your company successfully

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Mike Dendy is the Founder and Vice Chairman of Atlanta, Georgia-based Advanced Medical Pricing Solutions (AMPS), a healthcare cost management company, serving the self-funded (ERISA) payer community. Since starting the company in 2005, Mike has overseen all aspects of AMPS management, ranging from sales and marketing, to finance, operations, and client relations, and has helped AMPS grow from pure start up to over $22,000,000 in revenues in 2017. In April 2017, Mike led a financial event for the company selling 75% of its shares to three Private Equity Firms for $60,000,000 and retained full management responsibility through January 2018 when he moved to a board position exclusively. Prior to joining AMPS, Mike served as Chairman & CEO of HPS Paradigm Administrators, Inc. from 1997 until its subsequent sale in 2004. In 2004, Mike led the sale of HPS Paradigm to STI Knowledge, of Atlanta for $10,000,000. Mike has more than 25 years of healthcare, insurance, and management experience, and holds graduate degrees in Business Administration (MBA) and Healthcare Administration (MHA) and bachelor’s degrees from the University of Georgia in both Journalism and Psychology. In addition to his graduate and undergraduate achievements, Mike attended executive management programs at Harvard Schools of Business, Public Health, and Law Schools. Mike serves on the Advisory Board for the Robinson College of Business School of Healthcare Administration at Georgia State University and is the former Board Chairman for the National Safe Care Campaign. Mike was awarded the School of Health Administration’s Healthcare Executive of the Year in 2015. Mike has published over a dozen white papers on healthcare finance issues.