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Closing Confidence
Homeland Title Company’s atmosphere is so festive you half expect confetti to drop from the ceiling when you enter the Cool Springs office. While the mortgage title business doesn’t normally cause such excitement, Laura Perry, president of Homeland Title, brings an effusive energy to her work, an exhilaration about the closing process — and on some days, a margarita machine.
At Your Service
Thirteen years ago, Angela Evans decided that Nashville was the place to launch a new business. Though she had no formal ties here (other than a short-term job at the The Tennessean), she recognized that Middle Tennessee was in the midst of a growth spurt, and with that, Double Diamond Design was born. At that time, most advertising and marketing agencies were farming out their website business to other agencies, and that’s where the Michigan native found her niche of running a full-service advertising agency.
Ring, Ring. Plumgood Calling
I’m a wife, mother and working woman. Oh, and I LOATHE trips to the grocery store, especially when I have the three monsters in tow. But I’m also a frugal shopper; I work hard for the money (props, Donna Summer!), and my food better treat me right! (So, right.)
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Crema of the Crop
Ground beans, purified hot water and pressure are all it takes to make a shot of espresso, but for Rachel Lehman, proprietress of Crema, the seemingly simple process is an art form.
Taking Flight
Flying is unnerving to many, but not to San Francisco Bay-area native Paula Swift. She is in the minority, as women pilots represent only eight to 10 percent of all private aviators. What’s more impressive than Swift’s hobby, though, is her career. Three years ago she founded Prosper Business Image Consulting, a consulting firm that is increasing profitability for numerous local businesses. Swift helps her clients enhance their business images by offering strategic planning, branding and marketing collateral services as well as public relations and business development.
