Entrepreneur: Cutting-edge healthcare company with a passion for serving families

Daily Inspiration: The Steve Harvey Morning Show

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Eric Thornton. FirmCare Life Sharing is a cutting-edge healthcare company with a passion for serving families and individuals of all spectrums. We are licensed by the State of Georgia through the Department of Community Health and Medicaid programs Georgia Pediatric Program (G.A.P.P), Community Care Service Program(CCSP), and SOURCE. We are dedicated to providing our clients with the highest quality home healthcare and healthcare consultation solutions.

1. Who is Eric Thornton?
2. Tell me a little about FirmCare Life Sharing and how you came up with your company's name.
3. Who does your company service?
4. How does FirmCare help the community?
5. What led you to provide Healthcare services?
6. What motivated you to choose the entrepreneurial path?
7. Are you involved in any other businesses or industries?
8. What is the low-income community?
9. How do you get paid when dealing with underserved communities?
10. The impact of COVID-19 on your business.

I’ve always had a heart for giving back and a passion for helping my community. I was born and raised in Atlanta, GA, growing up on the south side in Riverdale, GA. I attended school in Atlanta from preschool to 8th Grade thereafter, I moved to Decatur and attended Southwest Dekalb High School. I was blessed to have great parents and although they divorced when I was very young, they afforded me and my sister a great childhood. I always knew I wanted to make a difference in the underserved and especially the developmentally disabled community. I also knew that I wanted to become an entrepreneur and use my leadership skills to positively affect the community in a way that I couldn’t while working for a major bank. I had to step out on faith and take a risk and I did so by opening a home healthcare company–FirmCare Life Sharing. My company has an emphasis on helping developmentally disabled children and seniors in low-income communities within and around the metro Atlanta area as well other cities within the state of Georgia.

#AMI

#BEST

#SHMS

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to the show. I am Rishon McDonnell, the host of Money Making Conversations Masterclass,
0:10.0	where we encourage people to stop reading other people's success stories and start planning their own.
0:16.0	Listen up as I interview entrepreneurs from around the country, talk to celebrities, and ask them how they are running their companies, and speak with nonprofits who are making a difference in their local communities.
0:27.8	Now sit back and listen as we unlock the secrets to their success on Money Making Conversations Masterclass.
0:35.2	Welcome to Money Making Conversation Masterclass. I'm your host, Risham McDonnell, down here in Atlanta, Georgia,
0:41.8	interviewing Eric Thornton and his business, firm care, life sharing, because we want to know
0:46.8	the secrets to his success. Now, Eric, two phones? Two phones. Now, I've interviewed people all over the country. I've interviewed foot doctors, taxed accountants, pancake people, barber college. So I've had a variety of STEM, STEM Atlanta women. So I've had a lot of people. never have us or anybody with multiple phones.
1:13.1	Talk to me how busy you are, Eric.
1:15.5	Well, first of foremost, I'm honored to be here with you with a legend here.
1:20.2	But hey, the two phones, I've got to be available for the clients.
1:23.1	Okay.
1:23.6	I have to be available for the clients as well as also my staff.
1:27.8	Right. And so we're in a business where we have a lot of touch points with our clients.
1:33.1	So I have to make sure that if they call, I'm here to answer.
1:38.3	Absolutely. So let's talk about your business, the firm care, life sharing. When did you start?
1:43.1	So we started in 2019.
1:44.9	Okay.
1:45.3	Why?
1:45.8	And the reason why I started is because I wanted to actually make not only a better way in
1:51.3	entrepreneur, I've always wanted to be an entrepreneur.
1:53.0	Yes, sir.
1:53.5	All right.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from iHeartPodcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of iHeartPodcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.