Joel Sandoval Took the Risk and a Leap of Faith for a Chance to be at the Top

NY Weekly Staff on August 25, 2022

The journey to building a successful business is no easy undertaking. One must begin in just about any industry, often in failure, making it extremely dangerous to get into it in the first place–putting themselves and their loved ones at significant financial risk. Every great business person has a story filled with tragedy, hardship, and triumph behind their success, and Joel Sandoval is no different.

Joel Sandoval is the founder of Sandoval Tax, a CPA firm that handles financial and tax planning for other businesses. Sandoval Tax is on its way to becoming America’s top firm, as they already bank seven figures annually. In addition, they have helped business owners save ten to hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes. “We start every new relationship with a personalized tax plan for them and their business so that every business owner gets a return on their investment by working with us,” Sandoval said.

At Sandoval Tax, an entire team is dedicated to each business or business owner. They even offer monthly accounting services for business owners who cannot track their money. They will provide monthly financial statements, including balance and profit/ loss sheets. Sandoval Tax will help your business reach the next level by reviewing key performance indicators. Sandoval Tax is a team that strives to help business owners “win in business and in life,” they say.

Joel Sandoval always wanted to be a CPA, but owning a firm came later. Growing up in a small Hispanic community in California, Joel attended college and acquired a business degree with a concentration in accounting. As Joel began learning more about business, he was inspired to create his CPA firm, one he could nurture himself. In addition, he wanted to provide a wealthy, stable income for himself and his family, which led him to quit his 6 figure accounting job with his wife’s blessing.

Soon after quitting his job and learning of the imminent arrival of his first daughter, Joel became far more motivated to get his business off the ground and do whatever he could to make his company a success. He invested hundreds of thousands of dollars into education and mentorship, which he highly recommends for others: “My advice for those trying to start their own business would be to invest in coaching and mentorship. However, make sure to do your due diligence. If you do your research, the right coach and mentor will pay dividends and multiples that you can’t even imagine,” says Sandoval.  

In just a handful of years, Joel Sandoval has gone from leaving a good job that he worked very hard to get in the first place to running his own 7 figure accounting firm with leagues of growth left for the future. Taking a risk with his family and career, Joel has proven to be one of the greats in his industry, with an evident ability to make what needs to happen, happen. Joel Sandoval is also in possession of a powerful passion that helps inspire others to chase their dreams too.

That’s why Sandoval plans to help others. “I knew nothing about business. I was an accountant and only knew about numbers. I did not know how to market myself, how to price my services, how to grow a team, how to build systems, and how to make a great culture. I had to invest tens of thousands of dollars in coaching and mentorship to get to where I am today.” Sandoval says. He’s creating a podcast, Believe in The Entrepreneur, and strives to be a public figure. He would like to speak on the process of starting a business and being a successful entrepreneur.

Frequently Sought-After Features for Californian Nursing Homes

NY Weekly Staff on August 25, 2022

California is a state filled with proud citizens (and that includes the elderly citizens who live there). When an elderly loved one needs to move into a nursing home to get the quality of care they need daily, it can be easy for them to feel insecure, so making sure you find a home that will help them maintain their pride is critical. For those looking to secure the perfect nursing home for their elderly loved one, here are some frequently sought-after features people look for in Californian nursing homes: 

Quality Nursing and Comfort Staff

Few things are more important to a loved one’s nursing home experience than the nursing home’s staff. Making sure that the comfort and nursing staff are well-qualified, friendly, and prepared to make your loved one’s stay cozy will be essential during your search for the perfect facility. Be sure to seek out the nursing home’s director for a guided tour of the facility if at all possible, as they will help you ascertain the quality level of the staff more quickly than anyone else working in the nursing home. 

A Quality, Convenient Location 

California is a massive state. If you want to know you’ll have the ability to visit your elderly loved one frequently, you want to find a location that’s not only of high quality, but that’s within a convenient distance of your family home as well. Thankfully, the sheer amount of quality nursing homes in California will give you plenty of choices to choose from in this regard. Never get tricked into thinking you have to send Grandma or Grandpa super far away for them to get the quality care they deserve. 

Reasonable Visitation Hours 

While visiting hours are no longer hyper-restricted like there were during the height of Covid-19, visitation hours are not always as open as you’d like them to be. In addition to knowing you’ll be close enough to your loved ones to visit them, you want to ensure your schedule aligns with their new home’s visitation hours. Otherwise, visiting them could become difficult to swing, leaving them alone during the first few weeks of their transition into a nursing home. 

Life-Boosting Amenities

Californians are known for being active, happy people. To keep this aspect of your loved one’s life alive as they transition into a nursing home, you’ll need to ensure the facility offers plenty of life-boosting and affirming amenities. Building new hobbies and pastimes are important for mental health, and these amenities and activities are fantastic for helping your loved one find new friends as well. Elderly-specific exercise classes are especially important to seek out! 

Beautiful California Views

Speaking of things that Californians take pride in, the beauty of the state is difficult to oversell. Your loved one will hate being kept inside at all times, so finding a facility that offers comfortable outdoor spaces where they can enjoy both fresh air and stellar Californian views is highly recommended. Not only will this benefit their mental health, but it will give you something gorgeous to look at and appreciate every time that you go to visit your elderly loved one in their new home. 

24/7 Access to Nursing Care Staff

Nothing can make an otherwise-excellent nursing home lose its appeal faster than a lack of 24/7 access to nursing care staff. Thankfully, California is known for having a stellar healthcare system, and well-regulated nursing homes, so you can almost certainly rest assured that your loved one will have medical assistance anytime that they might need it. If you tour the facility under the direction of the nursing home’s director, you can question them about the specifics of how your loved one will get ahold of nursing care staff when they need them. Doing so will ensure you will not need to worry about potential California nursing home neglect and abuse befalling your elderly loved one. 

Healthy, Varied Food & Diet Plans 

Many people assume that nursing home food is going to be as bland and predictable as hospital food. Thankfully for your loved one, this is often far from the truth. To make sure your loved one has a diet that will keep them both healthy and satisfied, make sure to review the food and diet plans any potential nursing home choices offer to their residents. Doing so will help you convince your elderly loved one that they will transition into their new home more comfortably as well, so always make sure to put plenty of effort into this crucial step. 

LevAR Helps eCommerce Businesses Gain a Competitive Edge with Accessible AR Product Technology

NY Weekly Staff on August 24, 2022

When COVID lockdowns turned from weeks to months and shopping shifted dramatically online, the retailers who thrived were those who were able bridge the gap between the physical and digital side of selling. For many industries, that trend has continued well out of lockdown and made clear that product visualization technologies like augmented reality and 3D modeling are here to stay. And those businesses who have embraced them will continue to have an advantage.

So what about small-to-mid-sized businesses excluded from the high cost of new eCommerce technologies?

Thanks to levAR, those businesses have a new way to compete.

LevAR is the leading provider of multi-channel AR product experiences for small to midsize brands, providing an ease-of-use that solves three key challenges facing online retailers: time, resources, and cost.

Led by co-founder and CEO Tre Lucas, LevAR integrates seamlessly with major ecommerce providers like Shopify and BigCommerce, creating a truly accessible AR platform regardless of a business owner’s technical background. As a result, SMBs can quickly and affordably generate an interactive “View in Room” experience for their customers, delivering unmatched access to 3D and AR technology without massive startup costs.

“We can get you up and running as quickly as two weeks and starting at $500, in some cases,” Lucas says.

For Lucas and the LevAR team, it was essential that they design an app that generates the greatest benefit for SMBs without disrupting their normal business.

“We set out to build an integration into Shopify and other major ecommerce platforms that makes getting started  as simple as signing up for the LevAR app, logging into your dashboard, and selecting the products that you want to create 3D models for,” Lucas says. “We take into account the challenges that small to medium sized businesses face on a day-to-day basis and give them the tools to succeed.”

Although many existing AR and 3D companies specialize in producing 3D product models, LevAR provides the entire solution from start to finish, including how to leverage those models across marketing channels. This includes high-fidelity product models (or remastery), integration into the company’s ecommerce store, and multi-channel distribution. Once a business signs up for the LevAR app, they can immediately see all their SKUs (eliminating tedious manual uploads) and can request 3D models for their products. They work with levAR’s onboarding team to select the implementation style that best fits their store and brand and share their models in 3D and AR across all their marketing channels, including PDP, email, and SMS.

It is a straightforward process that requires no background knowledge or training in 3D or AR, an important distinction that allows anyone within the company – from owners to marketing teams to operations managers – to run the app quickly and effectively.

There is an unfortunate misconception among SMBs that AR and 3D technology is expensive, time-consuming, and incredibly difficult to implement and manage. With LevAR, it has never been easier for brands to connect their Shopify or ecommerce store with the platform.

“We recently set a new record, taking a client from the initial sales call to having their products live on their site within 48 hours,” Lucas says.  “LevAR is designed to make life easier.”

Until recently, incorporating AR technology into an ecommerce platform has required months of development, thousands (or even hundreds of thousands) or dollars in costs, and a dedicated IT department to manage the programming. For these reasons, AR and 3D have been largely out of reach for smaller online retailers.

LevAR has changed the game for SMBs, providing them with a cost-effective and immensely user-friendly platform. And in doing so, they have provided these companies with the tools they need to compete and win in the new digital marketplace.

To learn more about LevAR’s groundbreaking technology, visit www.levar.io.

Sim Shain, CEO of ParaFlight, Discusses Partnerships We’d Love to See in The Private Aviation Industry

NY Weekly Staff on August 24, 2022

Medical flights are a little-known, yet vital enterprise in the aviation sector. This type of air travel involves transporting individuals with medical conditions, transplant organs, and medical equipment and crews (often in critical situations).

Medical flights require many special considerations regarding logistics, equipment, space, and procedures to accomplish their mission, which deals with people’s lives.

For example, human organs can generally only spend a few hours outside the body before they become unusable for a transplant. Also, they frequently require special equipment, like Transmedics and Paragonix pumps, to preserve the organs until they get into the hands of the surgeons who will transplant them.

Moreover, many organ transplant flights are typically conducted in the wee hours of the night and on weekends. 

These factors put enormous pressure on businesses, hospitals, and other organizations that collaborate to organize and accomplish successful medical flights in a rapid timeframe as well as on the surgeons and medical teams that participate directly in the procedure.

On top of this, there is often a shortage of aircraft and crews to carry out these trips, which are essential for the health of many people.

ParaFlight’s Quest to Save Lives

Sim Shain is the founder and CEO of ParaFlight. Sim’s company offers medical flights, such as organ transportation and in-flight medical assistance, in commercial and charter flights for patients with various health conditions.

Sim is a certified paramedic who founded ParaFlight to honor the memory of his mentor, Steve Zakheim. Steve inspired Sim to become a paramedic and devote his career to saving as many people as possible.

Steve was a certified paramedic for more than 30 years, who died in 2013 from cancer that he developed due to his exposure to hazardous materials while rescuing and caring for 9/11 victims at Ground Zero. When this happened, Sim promised to continue Steve’s lifelong mission to save lives.

After that, Sim had the opportunity to help individuals in critical conditions looking for organ transplants. After knowing the difficulties those patients go through firsthand, Sim conceived ParaFlight to provide medical trips to people that need them.

After 29 years of serving the needs of hundreds of patients and families, Sim is an expert in the intricacies of organizing and coordinating health-related travels. 

A Call to All Operators and Private Aviation Companies

ParaFlight’s work depends on operators as well as the number of planes and crew members they have available. Sim’s company already has a robust network of operators collaborating with them nationwide. Still, it’s never enough for their goal of helping everybody that requires a medical trip.

“The only pain point we have is aircraft and crew availability,” Sim states. “If somebody would tell us, ‘here, you have as many jets and planes as you need, 24/7,’ we’d be able to take practically every transplant flight in the country from beginning to end.”

“We are doing our best to expand our network and partner with as many operators as possible. That’s why we developed our app, OrganFlights.com. The app is absolutely free and allows any Part 135 operator (provider of commercial, non-scheduled aircraft operations) in the country to register with us and offer their services.”

“But also, that is why we work with everybody that wants to work with us, even our competitors, because we are a mission-driven organization.”

Sim heartily believes in collaborating with anyone that can help ParaFlight and OrganFlights.com further the cause of saving lives—one flight at a time. He has already offered partnerships to various competitors and is ready to discuss numbers and logistics with whoever is willing to get on board.

“We’d love to see every operator and firm in the private aviation industry get involved as much as their business needs and capacity allow them. That way, we’ll be able to help many more patients and transplant centers who really need it.” If you’re interested in contacting Sim Shain, you can reach him on his LinkedIn profile or Facebook page.

Andy Rotondaro’s Entrepreneurial Manifestation: From Fashion to Real Estate

NY Weekly Staff on August 23, 2022

Andy’s story from launching a Cashmere Sweatpant company in New York City, to becoming part of the top 1% of realtors in Miami.

We hear the success stories of people every day. Some quit their corporate jobs and launch bad-ass startups whereas some change their field of work completely. With the adaptation of technology, there are new professions that come to the surface. The Internet has made it easy to become successful and earn fame. But today, we will talk about a man who built himself in the most untraditional way one could. From launching cashmere sweatpants in the fashion industry to reaching the pinnacle of the real estate world, Andy Rotondaro’s story is meant to be shared.

Cashmere Pants – A Lesson

Andy began his professional career after university by working in various corporate sales jobs and project management for a construction company. However, he knew that he wanted to launch a business and become independent of the corporate cycle.

In 2012, Rotondaro launched a line of cashmere sweatpants with his friend Richard Hottinger. They named the brand ‘HottinDaro’. In the initial years, the brand had some success since they were the first company in history to make “cashmere pants”. With his exceptional sales skills, the business was able to pick up and they did two purchase orders with Saks Fifth Avenue. With negligible to little knowledge of the fashion business or manufacturing overseas in China, there were a lot of challenges in the business for a new 25-year-old entrepreneur.

The company inevitably lost a lot of money in its effort to become a cashmere empire. Mistakes were made with costly manufacturing, and not able to compete with the giants of the fashion world. Andy didn’t lose hope, he understood failure isn’t a mistake, it is an experience. This pushed Andy to quit his last corporate job and enter into the real estate business so that he can make money but ideally have more time to focus on their unique idea of making cashmere pants. But little did he know that he was making a smooth transition toward his lifelong career when he got a real estate license.

Real Estate – A Success

Inspired by his friend, Andy started working in real estate to balance both his ventures, real estate and fashion, from 2012-2014 while living in New York City. The beginning years were tough, as Andy worked alongside his partner Hottinger hustling to learn the industry in one of the world’s most competitive and fast-paced real estate markets. However, he believes that there is no task too big or small. He valued every single client in his real estate business. This led him to take care of their needs even if they wouldn’t ask for it. He shared that he always tries to go the extra mile to earn his client’s respect and business. He even keeps a separate storage unit to assist his clients when they are in-between moves, stretching out a helping hand to provide flexibility to his customers while they are moving. This isn’t his job as a realtor but he understands the importance of customer relationships.

These actions of going above and beyond for the clients escalated Andy’s growth. Not long ago, he launched The Daro Team at Compass Florida to assist more clients and bring them to Miami. This is a clear sign that there are more successes to be added to Andy’s story.

From Soldier To Closer: This Active Duty Soldier Built A Multi-Million Dollar Real Estate Portfolio While Serving Overseas

NY Weekly Staff on August 23, 2022

With the nickname of “Certified Closer, Real Estate Soldier,” Naaman Taylor is sure to turn heads. And he should. While serving as a member of America’s Armed Forces, he has simultaneously established a name for himself in the real estate industry as well. Over the last few years, he has been able to turn his side hustle into a seven-figure net worth by leveraging knowledge and hard work. Through his mentorship and coaching programs, he is looking to teach others how to build their own real estate empire as well.

If you had asked Naaman Taylor where he wanted to be a few years ago, he would not have told you that he would be a millionaire and living a life of financial freedom. But that’s exactly where he is now. After having a mindset shift, he realized that he had everything he needed to build a successful empire while still serving his country. “After listening to a lot of podcasts about investing, I realized s**t, I can do this too.” He started his real estate investing journey by connecting with Josiah Smelser, a real estate investor that he had connected to through Instagram. After purchasing his first investment property, he knew he had found his path to success.

In the years that followed, he would invest heavily in real estate and build an impressive portfolio of over twenty-five rental units and a wholesaling/flipping company that buys and sells houses across the country. What makes this even more impressive is that he accomplished a large part of this while still serving as a soldier in Germany – nearly five thousand miles away. “I was able to find areas where we had friends and family. So we knew the area and we had people to check on the properties for us.”

While he is still looking to build his own empire, he is also dedicated to giving back to others. “For me, it was a simple mindset change. I know a lot of others can do this if they just change their mindset.” What he referred to as a ‘soldier mindset,’ we saw is actually prevalent in society as a scarcity mindset. Taylor continued to explain that the more he believed he could find wealth, he also realized that he could help others to get it as well. The key was sharing what he learned. “I believe in collaboration over competition. The more you share; the more comes back to you.”

Currently, he is giving back to others through his real estate community and his sales coaching programs. His social media is also full of free advice and tips for creating a life of freedom through real estate.

Short Bio

Naaman Taylor is an active member of the US Army and a millionaire entrepreneur. As the founder and CEO of Marching Time Capital, he has built a rental portfolio of 25+ units, operates a fleet of rental cars, and has developed a sales coaching and mentorship program to help others to achieve their financial dreams. When he isn’t serving as a soldier or running his

businesses, he loves to stay in shape and spend time with his wife and family. You can keep up with Naaman by following him on Instagram. If you want to learn more about his educational courses and investing community, you can visit his website.

Dr. Tanjia Coleman Transforming the Approach & Impact of Diversity, Leadership, And Talent Management

NY Weekly Staff on August 23, 2022

Dr. Tanjia Coleman, Ph.D., MSIR, is a disrupter, an innovator, a solutionist, and a cultural architect. As the President of, Reimagine Organization Development, Inc. and Executive Women of Command, she lives the principles she passionately speaks about through her work.  

Executive Women of Command is a network and platform for executive women who want to continue to excel in their careers, entrepreneurship, or have a hybrid professional model that simultaneously encompasses career and entrepreneur execution. 

Through Reimagine Organization Development, Dr. Coleman is relentlessly challenging the glass ceilings in many large companies by putting structures in place while working with leaders committed to solving the organizational inequities, microaggressions, and the sense of not belonging. 

Executive Women of Command are known for building the path to their destiny by stepping up, removing obstacles, embracing opportunity, and owning their life’s journey. However, this isn’t acquired alone. EWOC provides a supportive network and platform to give impactful life and professional discoveries.

The first-hand experience of Dr. Coleman is a result of not just her work experience. Still, her studies in leadership, innovation, diversity, women’s leadership, and talent management are the focal points of her businesses and her engagements as a speaker.

Works and services that Executive Women of Command provides:

●          Training and talent management solutions

●          Career coaching for women mid-management and executives

●          Diversity and Leadership-focused Workshops

●          Ability to create inclusive and engaged cultures

●          Establishing strategic plans and measures of success

“I cater to these needs through providing creative, client-focused solutions that net measurable results. I am resilient and understand the art of reinventing yourself to remain an industry leader and innovator.” – Dr. Tanjia Coleman.

With Dr. Coleman’s years of business and academic experience, she speaks professionally both as a commencement speaker and corporate speaker. Her goals and those of her companies also include continuing work in diversity strategy and focusing on diversity and leadership-centered workshops, training, and coaching.

Much work remains even as the world becomes more open to change in workplaces. We must continue highlighting solutions-oriented organizations such as Reimagine Organization Development, Inc. and Executive Women of Command and their impact on elevating diversity and women.

How ClinicalAssist May Help Hospitals Increase their Bottom Lines

NY Weekly Staff on August 23, 2022

Dr. Azad Kabir and his team at ClinicalAssist have come up with a way to revolutionize healthcare by enabling doctors and nurses to spend more time focused on patient care and less time glued to the computer. ClinicalAssist may allow providers to take on more patients while preventing burnout and reducing errors through improved accuracy, efficiency and patient safety. It also helps nurses keep up with their duties by removing the responsibility of monitoring abnormal vitals and labs. Overall, ClinicalAssist helps individual practices and hospitals save on their bottom line.

About ClinicalAssist

ClinicalAssist runs on any computer. Once installed, it can be configured to operate in one of four modalities, on the hospital floor, urgent care, primary care and specialty clinics and as a remote patient monitoring system.

It has a one billion word algorithm that allows providers and patients to interact with ClinicalAssist by voice. It also records and transcribes conversations when needed.

ClinicalAssist in the Hospital

In a hospital setting, ClinicalAssist can be used to monitor patients abnormal and critical clinical data and decipher when patients are in need of assistance. ClinicalAssist is connected to the patient’s telemetry monitoring as well as the hospital’s electronic medical records (EMR) system via API for labs. When something produces an abnormal read, ClinicalAssist will awaken and ask the patient if they are OK to validate the current readings. When a patient replies “no” or is unresponsive, ClinicalAssist will signal for the appropriate help, whether that be an alert sent to a nurse, doctor or the code blue team.

ClinicalAssist can also help with rounds. ClinicalAssist provides all current and historical information about the patient, including recent vitals, range of vitals, abnormal labs, radiological data and reports to providers as they visit patients.

The platform also gives providers the ability to visit with patients when they are not in the hospital. To do this, a provider initiates a video call with a patient that instantly goes live without any effort from the patient end. This feature is handy for quick emergency visit situations, code blue, connecting family members in the case of an emergency or for patients under isolation.         

ClinicalAssist in Urgent Care

In the urgent care clinic setting, ClinicalAssist supports patients and providers by helping to gather medical history and current symptoms. Providers can also design protocols to be used by ClinicalAssist depending on symptoms, saving time on making diagnoses and allowing providers to see more patients. In addition, after the patient’s information is collected, the present care provider is able to upload current notes to the institutional EMR, making subsequent interactions faster.   

ClinicalAssist in Primary Care and Specialty Clinics

Genie, the ClinicalAssist voice, collects patient information and history, similar to the urgent care setting, for patients who present for follow up visits. This modality enables providers to easily provide prescription refills and update patient information in the EMR.

ClinicalAssist in Remote Patient Monitoring

The remote patient monitoring feature is designed to reduce unnecessary readmissions to the hospital. It does this by improving medication compliance, preventing medication depletion and adjustments, missed provider or dialysis visits and delayed symptom reports, facilitating transportation to healthcare centers and scheduling required physician appointments. 

There are many remote patient monitoring services available on the market today; however, ClinicalAssist is the only remote patient monitoring platform that offers a telemedicine platform, chatbot tool, nursing chat tool, patient personal EMR and all the above features of monitoring abnormal or critical data. And ClinicalAssist offers all of this at lower rates than the average patient monitoring system.

How ClinicalAssist Assists the Bottom Line

The first of its kind, ClinicalAssist, has many functions. ClinicalAssist reduces the amount of effort required by different levels of care providers, allowing for health care to be performed more efficiently, faster and with less error. These attributes save hospitals and physicians on bottom line items like medical errors, staff churn and labor costs. 

You can learn more about how ClinicalAssist can help you improve patient care and save money by visiting the ClincialAssist website. There you find information about each modality and function of the application. Visit ClinicalAssist today!

The Knotions Mission Is to Make Knitters and Crocheters Smarter

NY Weekly Staff on August 23, 2022

Written by: Tedfuel

Knotions is a premier online knitting and crochet magazine that comes out six times per year (February, April, May, September, November, and December.) Get inspired with our premium and free patterns, eBooks, tutorials, yarn reviews, and giveaways at http://knotions.com/

Knotions Magazine was launched by Jody Pirrello Richards. She is a lifelong knitter and crocheter and is proudly Raveler #85. The Knotions mission is to make crafters smarter. As the founder of Knotions, Jody wants to help them understand how yarn crafts work and stay up on all the latest and most trendy releases in patterns, yarns, and accessories. Jody’s passion for teaching is evident by her tutorials that teach knitting and crochet techniques. Knotions also features articles written by guest knitters, yarn reviews, and original designs.

Knotions has a growing catalog of hundreds of patterns and tutorials, ensuring something for crafters at every level. The magazine offers its readers many ways to enjoy its premium content; monthly subscriptions and individually purchasable patterns for $5.95 or less.

Each pattern is tech edited and professionally photographed to show a variety of details. The Knotions tech editing and errata ensure a pattern you can confidently make.

Tutorials include knitting and crochet topics on increases, decreases, lace, socks, cables, drop and swap, brioche, and more. You can also buy eBooks on both knitting and crochet techniques including knitting 101, sock knitting, shawl knitting, crochet 101, Amigurumi crochet, shawl crochet, and so on.

If you are interested in several Knotions patterns, the cost-effective approach would be to become a member.

Membership enables you to download every premium pattern. Monthly membership costs under $10 per month.

You can purchase a membership here https://knotions.com/membership/ and you can get 25% off your first month with the promo code membership.

Our features include:

● Several free and premium patterns with each issue

● Tutorials on many knitting and crochet techniques.

● A designer or dyer focus in each issue so you can learn more about them and read what’s important to them.

● Designers Retrospectives on different designers that give readers an in-depth look at both the designers and their featured designs. It includes swatches and details about their patterns plus what is possible with them. Discover a designer or learn more about their patterns.

● A Premium membership that allows you to download every premium pattern. 

For more information, visit Knotions Magazine at http://knotions.com/.

Why Irene Day Wants to Use Her Experiences to Educate Others

NY Weekly Staff on August 23, 2022

Written by: Tedfuel

Education is known to be one of the most important pillars behind the growth and development of a society as a whole. Unfortunately, there happen to be areas where education succeeds with flying colors, and then subjects that are never even touched on in your average school systems, even though those subjects may hold an indescribable amount of significance for an individual’s livelihood or career. Financial Advisor Irene Day strives to use what she has learned from building her own successful business to bolster both financial knowledge and business wisdom.

Irene Day is the owner and CEO of Hannah Financial, a finance consultation, and planning business based in her hometown, Cleveland Ohio.

Growing up in Cleveland, Irene’s early life had no shortage of hardship both financially and emotionally. Irene grew up struggling with bipolar disorder, as well as accruing large amounts of debt, which subsequently amounted to subpar credit.  While working at Save A Lot for 13 years with a dream to work in Human Resources, Irene put herself through college and applied for a job that she was primed to get after graduation.

After not getting the job, Irene was left feeling seemingly irrevocably lost. However, by keeping her dream to build a better, more stable life for herself and her family, Irene was able to find inspiration by using a sum of money that her grandfather left to her, to learn how to improve her own credit.

As Irene explains it “I decided to pay off everything on my credit reports. $30,000 worth of debts I paid and my credit score went up 12 points. I was my very first client. I had terrible credit. I was looking for assistance and couldn’t find anybody I thought was reliable or trustworthy. I started reading into what credit repair actually was and repaired my credit. My work family let me work on their credit too”. By learning of her talent and passion for financial advisory and using her knack for solving problems, a new kind of fuel was ignited in Irene, prompting her to then take the chance, quit her long-term job, and begin her career as the CEO of Hannah Financial.

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