Archive for May, 2010

June Meetings

The June ANTS meetings will be held on Tuesday the 1st and Tuesday the 15th at 7:00 AM at the T. C. Eggington’s located on the southwest corner of Alma School and the US-60.

June 1st: Linda with Ben Franklin Plumbing will be speaking.

June 15th: AJ with Dependable Solar will be speaking.

Meeting Notes from May 18th, 2010

ANTS Business

Lin Bourgeois with Prepaid Legal is keeping her foot up after a fall in NYC.

JerriJo of Aunt J.J.’s Attic is now blogging.  Visit his new blog at http://auntjjsattic.wordpress.com/

Featured Speaker

AJ with Dependable Solar

Solar rebate money is going away and might return in October.

ProBest Profiled in NASE

NASE ProBest Keith Birkemeyer of ProBest Pest Management was recently interviewed by the National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE).  The article can be found in the May/June issue of Self-Employed Magazine – read all about it over at ProBest’s official blog.

Meeting Notes from May 4th, 2010

ANTS Business

Ben Franklin Plumbing’s CEO’s were on NBC’s The Apprentice last Sunday night.  Ben Franklin was chosen to participate because of their ethics and high values.  Visit Win100grand.com and enter to win$100,00.

Laura with Holy Cow Organizational Consulting is leaving the ANTS group; her husband’s job is taking them to Connecticut.

Realty Executives – Sandi Nilson is now blogging.  Visit her new blog at SandiNilson.wordpress.com

P & G Assembly also has a new blog.  Visit his new blog at DennehyFurnitureAssembly.com

Featured Speaker

Linda Stanfield with Ben Franklin Plumbing

Working in the insurance world you see 1 in every 3 claims are water damage related.  Save money in the long-run by having your plumbing checked out now and help prevent a major catastrophe.

Each Ben Franklin Employee is extensively trained and certified, and are continuing to be trained 5 hours a week.

Water treatment is becoming more and more important.  Educate yourself and pickup a chlorine tester from Home Depot and test your water.

Ben Franklin strongly stands behind their warranties.

Roundtable Discussion and News

SixChip Consulting

Comarco Recalls (Targus) Power Adapters for Laptops Due to Burn Hazard     PRESS RELEASE

Beware Facebook’s ever-changing policies regarding how they use your data: Facebook Further Reduces Your Control Over Personal Information via EFF.org     ARTICLE

Digital Photocopiers Loaded With Secrets via CBSNews.com     ARTICLE WITH VIDEO

Bell Mortgage – Debbie Flinn

The First Time Home Buyer Program ended on Friday, April 30th so we are “back to basics ” regarding mortgage financing with no stimulus package from the government.  Bell Mortgage offers many types of home financing, FHA, VA as well as Conventional loans. We do Owner Occupied, Second Home as well as Investor loans.

Realty Executives – Sandi Nilson

Renting houses in the valley is getting harder due to the demand for rental property growing as rental properties are getting harder to find.  Lenders are now focused on short sales and modification instead of getting foreclosures on the market.

Aunt J.J.’s Attic

Look at your calendar and see who’s birthday is coming up.  Aunt J.J.’s Attic offers many creative and custom gifts for any occasion.

Precious Treasures Childcare

Opening a new location in July near Ray and Rural road.

Ben Franklin Plumbing

Applications for the (amazing!) 2010 AAAME class, a two-year business mentoring program, are now available on-line.     OFFICIAL SITE

Dependable Solar

Big changes in solar up ahead; lots of companies should be going away because APS is out of money already and SRP is running out.

AZ HEAT

Give the gift of health to Mom this year with Juice Plus for a year.

Visitors

Allen Crowder with Employee Benefit Exchange, Corp.

Thanks to everyone who attended today.

May Meetings

The May ANTS meetings will be held on Tuesday the 4th and Tuesday the 18th at 7:00 AM at the T. C. Eggington’s located on the southwest corner of Alma School and the US-60.

May 4th: Linda with Ben Franklin Plumbing will be speaking.

May 18th: AJ with Dependable Solar will be speaking.