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Leadership: Igniting Extraordinary Results Through Passion, Purpose and Love

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

by Hayes Barnard

Through growth, adversity and achievement, entrepreneurs wear many hats. To successfully scale a company, business leaders need to make the transition from “entrepreneur” to “professional,” and from an entrepreneurial company to a professional company.

Often, a singular leader leads in a singular fashion and it’s all about one person’s goals. As a leader of a growing group of talented individuals, I have discovered the value of thinking and leading more globally. There’s a saying: “Human beings hallucinate when not communicated to.” As a company grows, a leader needs to, early and often, address any undertones or rumblings that take place culturally within an organization. Our leadership team developed a weekly company-wide, interactive video conference to connect the hearts of our team. We talk about what’s working, share information and ideas, and address challenges to gain genuine perspective and rapport. It’s a time to ask transparent questions and it allows the organization to be authentic. This provides the whole group access to leaders and creates trust. It reminds every one of our company’s purpose and the principles that enable our customers to enjoy doing business with us. Continue reading the rest of this story >>

Paramount Equity is now on Google+

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

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Friday, August 5th, 2011

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Paramount Energy on Fox40 7/6/11

Thursday, July 7th, 2011


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From Fox40:

Mark Demsky
FOX40 News
9:18 a.m. PDT, July 7, 2011

It may just be the biggest no-brainer of all time. Installing solar panels on your home not only is free these days, it’ll save you quite a bit over the next couple of decades.

A 30% tax credit, courtesy of the Federal Government, and a state-wide rebate together are allowing homeowners a chance of a life time.

“Right now to get solar they spend zero dollars,” boasted Kirk Hammersmith, a solar consultant with Paramount Energy Solutions.

No wonder the state saw a 47% increase in residential solar in 2010 from the previous year.

“We are able to reassign the tax credit along with the rebate and give those to the customers immediately,” acknowledged Hammersmith. “There is no property value requirements, no income requirements, they only have to have decent credit.”

For example, a customer who pays $195 per month for his energy bill can instead put zero down, have the panels professionally installed, then pay only $110 per month over a 20-year lease. His energy bill will be reduced to $79 which means he is saving $6 per month. Not a huge savings, but spread out over the length of the lease, taking into consideration the rising cost of energy, and the total savings is close to $10,000.

If you really want a return on your investment you can put some money down first which lowers a homeowners monthly lease payment and greatly increases the amount saved at the end of the 20 years. “We can’t make this stuff up,” commented Hammersmith. “There is no better time to do this than right now.”

via: Fox40 News

Getting Our Wellness On!

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

Wow! What a spectacular Wellness Fair for Paramount employees in Roseville. Thirty vendors displayed and explained their services throughout our lovely 5 acre property. A Velcro bounce house and a hoopla hoop contest added to the fun. Lots of great raffle gifts from our vendors were given away to winning employees who answered several trivia questions about the attending vendors. The grand prize of a bike was donated by AFLAC. Of course we fed everyone too; have to eat to keep up your strength!

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Paramount is committed to helping their employees live healthy lifestyles by events given through our FIT U wellness program. Kaiser Permanente offered free screening for cholesterol levels and blood pressure while offering all participants a $50 gift card just for participating in the screening.

Thrive Paramount!

Special shout out to our Vendors, thank you for making our 4th Annual Wellness Fair such a huge success!

AFLAC, Barclay West, California Family Fitness, Cigna/Great West, Clearvue, Coca Cola, Core Chiropractic Center, Costco, Green Tree Trimming, Health Works, Hoblit Dealership, Integrated Legal Solutions, Johnson Ranch Racquet Club, Kaiser Permanente, Kaplan University, Mark Hold, DDS MS, Merrell Down & Dirty Mud Run, Merrill Lynch/TransAmerica, NewFire Fitness, Nu Skin, Patelco, Sam’s Club, Serenity Spy & Salon, The Studio, Dr. Ty Vardanian – Aesthetic Dentistry, Welness Depot Smoothies, Wells Fargo, West Coast Nutrition, Whole Foods, and Chando’s Tacos! mmmmmmmmm!

Paramount Energy issues Global Warming a Global Warning! 1000+ Strong.

Monday, May 16th, 2011

We recently sailed passed a 1000 happy green solar customers the first quarter of 2011!  Congrats to the clean energy heroes at Paramount Energy Solutions, they passed this milestone in less than 2 years, which is a huge feat!  The explosive growth further strengthens our solar division’s position in the residential solar market, and with ally SolarCity® at the ready – we’re set to double the growth this year!

Paramount Energy started with just 7 employees in late 2009 and now employs 28 people in Roseville, CA and serves customers in California, Oregon, Arizona and Colorado.  Homeowners who purchase solar from Paramount Energy are able to enjoy the benefits of solar for as little as $0/down through the innovative SolarLease® program.  By providing an all-in-one solution, which includes design, install, financing and monitoring, homeowners now don’t need to invest heavily upfront to receive the benefits of clean energy.

Check out the press release

Paramount Equity growing in Washingon

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

Nice write up by Kelly Giblom from the Puget Sound Business Journal about our growth plans in Washington.  We’ll be growing our Bellevue office and opening our Spokane branch in the coming months.  If you’re interested in a career please check out our new careers page

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2011/03/paragon-equity-expanding-in-wash.html

Paramount Equity Testimonial: “You are like family to me.”

Monday, October 18th, 2010

TESTIMONIAL sent to our VP today:

Good morning, Mr. Dawson –

I would like to take a second to thank you for Dwayne!  He has been such a wonderful help to me over the last several years and I am so faithful to him.  I have nothing but the utmost trust and loyalty to him – for helping me when I needed it the most (with a refi 7 years ago in my divorce) to improving my rates.  I have gone with new recommended insurance for Home and Auto, and now – my newest ‘adventure’ – Solar!

Actually, everyone I have met and dealt with at Paramount has been awesome.  You are all like family to me. Actually, better than family – I turned down family with offers to refinance and stayed with my tried-and-true Dwayne.  I count him as a friend.  I am crazy about everyone he has point me in touch with along the way …  appraisals (Sarah), singings (Sabrina), insurance (Aurora and Jason), Solar (Hana) – and the entire SolarCity team!

And, not you!  Thank you for helping me with the ‘Green’ check and especially for having such a great, caring team of people. The attitudes always start at the top and are reflected throughout the organization. Good job!

I just wanted to say THANK YOU!  I appreciate Paramount Equity and Dwayne is your great ambassador. Please have a wonderful day! ~karen  :]

-Karen M, San Diego

Karen, thank you for your testimonial!  We’re happy that all three of our sister companies, Paramount Equity Mortgage, Paramount Energy Solutions and Paramount Equity Insurance Services all delivered and helped you save thousands for years to come!