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Josh Elledge of UpMyInfluence.com
You’re gonna love this DAILY, commercial-free entrepreneur spotlight show. We feature CEOs and founders of 6-9 figure B2B companies. Agencies, coaches, consultants, and other leaders share not only their success stories - but their advice for business leaders focused on business growth.
You’re going to hear real stories from real people all in 15-25 minutes time - perfect for your commute.
On this podcast, your host, Josh Elledge encourages entrepreneurs to share not only their expertise but their stories and their hearts.
We believe that every person has a unique message which can positively impact the world. Even YOU! If you’d like to be featured on The Thoughtful Entrepreneur, apply here: https://UpMyInfluence.com/guest/
423 - Successful Personal Finance with North Financial Advisor's Cady North
Today's guest is Cady North, the Founder and CEO of North Financial.Cady is a financial advisor specializing in women professionals in their 30's and 40's who are thinking about big life changes, perhaps even creating businesses of their own. She works on the personal financial side of things to help keep your money balanced and in tact while your business dreams flourish.
22:5419/10/2020
422 - Strategic and Efficient Scaling with Karla Singson
Today's guest is Karla Singson, the CEO of Scale Wind.Scale Wind is a tech, creative, support business providing services to the USA and Canada. Recently, due to COVID, the company has created an app called WOW Support, with 24/7 chat for $1 an hour. This app has proved to be a great strategy to engage clients while still earning money.
20:4318/10/2020
421 - Business Leaders To Real Estate Investors with The Investor Lab's Goose McGrath
Today's guest is Goose McGrath, the Founder and CEO of The Investor Lab.Based in Sydney, Australia, Goose is a podcast host of the Investor Lab. They help people who want to use real estate as a vehicle to create more freedom and choice in their lives. Real estate helps people with businesses have a safety net and a paycheck coming in. There is a lot of freedom in that sense.
20:5717/10/2020
420 - Teaching Entrepreneurs to Lead and Sell with Emerge Sales Training's Tasha Smith
We're back and today we're joined with Tasha Smith, the Founder and CEO of Emerge Sales Training.Tasha founded Emerge Sales Training to help people learn sales and leadership skills to implement into their company. Tasha believes customer is first, team is second, ego is third. She tries to look at everything from a customer's point of view. It's important to step back and look at perspective sometimes.
21:0716/10/2020
419 - Investing in Commercial Property with Sands Investment Group's Chris Sands
With us today is Chris Sands, the Founder and CEO of Sands Investment Group.Based in Charleston, South Carolina, Chris buys and sells commercial real estate properties. The properties they primarily sell have a triple net lease, which means the tenant pays for all of insurance, taxes, or any building maintenance on the property. It's a great investment for anyone who isn't experienced in real estate to bring in money.
23:4215/10/2020
418 - The Right Mindset for Wealth Management with Paradigm Life's Patrick Donohoe
On the show today is Patrick Donohoe, who is the CEO of Paradigm Life, and author of the book Heads I Win Tails You Lose.Paradigm Life helps you create customized financial solutions proven to reduce risk, increase growth, minimize taxes, and put you in the driver’s seat of your wealth—not Wall Street. They believe in a better financial system, one that makes life more predictable.
22:3914/10/2020
417 - Building and Leading Your Sales Team with Sales Manager Now's Rene Zamora
The guest for today is Rene Zamora, the President and Founder of Sales Manager Now.Rene has twenty seven years of sales and management experience, and practice with small business consulting. He based his company around one single goal: Improve small business sales management. They don't consider themselves consultants or coaches, but rather a member of your sales management team.
21:5713/10/2020
416 - Creating Your Own Custom App with 22 Apps' Matthew McGregor
Today with us is Matthew McGregor, the Founder and Business Growth Strategist for 22 Apps.22 Apps allows any business to develop their own app. With people spending 90% of their time on mobile apps, gone are the days of mobile websites. Hello apps! ...and that's the main focus of today's episode.
20:5012/10/2020
415 - Franchisor and Franchisee with UBreakIFix's Brynson Smith
Today with us is Brynson Smith, the Director of Sales and Franchising for UBreakIFix.UBreakIFix has 581 locations currently, and began in 2008. They began as a mail in service where people mailed in phones to get them repaired. Eventually they opened up the first store in Orlando and it all went from there. In 2013, they decided to franchise the company and that's the main focus of today's episode.
20:4011/10/2020
414 - Natural Products and an Integrated Life with Josh Felber
Today on the show we're joined with Josh Felber, an entrepreneur who has founded over 15 companies.Over the years, Josh has began tons of companies and now focuses on growing a personal skincare company with his wife, Primal Life Organics. He knows entrepreneurship like the back of his hand, and can implement his knowledge to any businesses who need help balancing business with outside life.
23:5610/10/2020
413 - Creativity is a Business Tool with Nir Bashan
The guest on the show today is Nir Bashan, the author of The Creator Mindset.Nir has written a book about how creativity can improve business. He says we are all born creative, and believes that we can use this to implement into business ideas and get things done better and quicker. The power of creativity can change a business model and make anything run smoother.
22:4109/10/2020
412 - No More Stock Photography with Jason Pang Gallery's Angie Ho Pang
The guest on the show is Angie Ho Pang, the Director of Strategy and Marketing at Jason Pang Gallery.Jason Pang Gallery are a photography company based in Hong Kong. They do professional headshots, portraits, weddings, and much more. In this episode, Josh and Angie discuss how stock photos aren't the best option and lack originality. Organic photos of your team and company work much better.
21:1508/10/2020
411 - Financial Planning for Young Professionals with Anglia Advisors' Simon Brady
Simon Brady is the Founder and CEO of Anglia Advisors.Simon grew up in London and eventually landed in Wallstreet working at a big firm. It was a busy environment and 8 years ago he transitioned to becoming a financial advisor. He teaches all professionals and gears towards younger individuals in need of financial assistance.
20:0507/10/2020
410 - A New and Efficient Way to Insure with A&C Management's Danny Nessim
On the podcast today we have Danny Nessim, the Founder and CEO of A&C Management Group. Danny Nessim teaches accountants, CEOs, and clients a new efficient way to do health insurance for small businesses. A&C Management groups smaller companies together to provide leverage benefits, HR services, human resource services, compliance, retirement and more.
24:3206/10/2020
409 - Real Estate Syndications with Goodegg Investments' Annie Dickerson
Today's guest is Annie Dickerson, the Chief Creative Officer of Goodegg Investments.Goodegg Investments helps busy moms and young families build passive income for themselves and their families. Annie focuses on real estate syndications to build passive income through real estate without having to deal with all the hassles of being a landlord.
22:5805/10/2020
408 - Caring for Your Energy with Conscious Business Coaching's Anna Choi
We're joined with Anna Choi on the show today. She is the CEO of Conscious Business Coaching.Anna has been an entrepreneur for the last 10 years. This is the third company she has ran and is driven to help other businesses with burnout get out of that rut and get working smoothly again. As a business coach she mentors others to focus their energy and scale their impact.
25:1904/10/2020
407 - One Million Likes on Tiktok with the Pre-Med Consultants' Adam Nessim
On today's episode we're here with Adam Nessim, the CEO and Founder of The Pre-Med Consultants.Adam is studying to become a doctor and realized his peers around him were struggling. He created a company that tutors med students like himself and teach them as they work through school. The program is set up with pre-recorded videos and live office hours to study and do test-prep for exams.
29:1603/10/2020
406 - Real Skincare for Men with Tiege Hanley's Kelley Thornton
The guest here today is Kelley Thornton, the Founder and CEO of Tiege Hanley.Kelley has founded a skincare brand for men with options such as scrubs, face washes, grooming products, etc. The company is a little over 4 years old and has changed the way many men think about skin care. Tiege Hanley sells uncomplicated routine-based products to create good healthy habits for self care.
22:2502/10/2020
405 - Fitness and Transformation with Russ Yeager
Today we're joined with Russ Yeager, CEO and Founder of Fitness Together & Russ Yeager online coaching.Russ runs a fitness studio to help others reach their goals. He provides individual rooms and personal trainers for each client to allow a comfortable setting in the gym. Since COVID, Russ has taken to online zoom trainings and some people prefer it better. His studio focuses on health, wellness and mindset.
20:5201/10/2020
404 - Opportunities in Franchising with ION Franchising's Lance Graulich
Today on this episode is Lance Graulich, the CEO and Founder of ION Franchising. With ION Franchising, Lance has represented over 600 brands. He consults with franchises to help them grow and scale. Private equity groups also seek his work.
24:1230/09/2020
403 – Reputation Resilience In and Around a Crisis with Kith’s Bill Coletti
Bill Coletti is the CEO and Founder of Kith.Bill created Kith as crisis communication and reputation management. They have worked with American Express, College Board, and many more companies. During a crisis, they defend your organization against reputation disruption at all costs.
24:4129/09/2020
402 - Client On-Boarding with Proofpoint Marketing's Mike & Gaby Grinberg
We have two guests today, the Co-Founders of Proofpoint Marketing, Mike and Gaby Grinberg.Proofpoint Marketing is SEO focused content and paid media. Working through stakeholder interviews, surveys, and other strategies they create execution plans and performance marketing. Their main focus is tech companies and software.
29:0428/09/2020
401 - Refinancing Auto Loans with WithClutch's Nicholas Hinrichsen
Lower your loans.Our guest today is Nicholas Hinrichsen, Co Founder of WithClutch.WithClutch helps consumers look closer at their car loans and get lower interest rates, and teach them the products that dealership up sell on. The owners previously founded the company Carvanna.
19:0925/09/2020
400 - Content and Brand Management Platform with Loomly's Thibaud Clement
Thibaud Clement is the CEO and Founder of Loomly.Loomly is the fourth company Thibaud has created with his wife. It helps business owners create content and a schedule. They have an entire work flow for a team, and even a project management tool integrated.
21:4924/09/2020
399 - Exec Level Job Board with ExecThread's Joe Meyer
The guest on the podcast today is Joe Meyer, CEO and Founder of ExecThread.Joe built a website that serves the employee. They recruit executive staff and connect others together. As an owner, Joe says he believes in creating his own content for his followers to build a relationship.
20:0423/09/2020
398 - Podcasts Now with Audivita's David Wolf
Today on the show is our guest David Wolf, the Founder of Audivita.David started Audivita two and a half years ago, and jumped into entrepreneurship by being a freelance musician. With a strong background in music and film, he created the company for audiobook and podcast production for authors, thought leaders, publishers, and podcasters.
16:0322/09/2020
397 - A Crowdfunding Success with Parkit Movement's Steven Wilcox
Todays guest is Steven Wilcox, the CEO of Parkit.Steve started Parkit to bring people together and be adventurous. His company creates outdoor chairs for any use on the go. He began Parkit only a couple of months ago, and he's working towards something big here.
19:2821/09/2020
396 - Full Financial and Lifestyle Changes with Code Red Lifestyle's Cristy Nickel
The guest on the show is Cristy Nickel, CEO and Founder of Code Red Lifestyle. Cristy has done a 180 on life. She came from a poor family having to use food stamps and now she runs a $10 million dollar business started around three years ago. Her market? A weight loss product and mindful advice to get you to your goal. She believes that health is mind, body, and soul.
21:3218/09/2020
395 - Apple-Focused IT Services with Interlaced.io's Justin Wells
Today on The Thoughtful Entrepreneur we're joined with Justin Wells, CEO of Interlaced.io.Justin has been working for Interlaced.io since 2017, and became CEO in 2019. He's working on how to pour a start up growth into an old company. They're based on people-focused IT and are experts on Apple. The program they have developed works best with Apple but PC is available.
20:4017/09/2020
394 - Becoming an Owner/Investor with the Dealmaker Wealth Society's Carl Allen
The guest on the podcast today is Carl Allen, the Founder of Dealmaker Wealth Society. Carl is a business man who teaches people how to hire CEO's and General Managers. He also owns 10 businesses and has worked with Bank of America. In 2008, he left the Corporate world when he almost missed the birth of his son while in another country when his wife went into premature labor.
25:0916/09/2020
393 - A Resource of Success with The e-Tribe's Isar Meitis
Today on the show is Isar Meitis, Host of the e-Tribe Podcast & Blog. Isar has been involved in startups, tech and marketing for almost 20 years. He left a senior and well paying position in a large corporate in order to use his experiences to help other people grow. Isar now mentors businesses and helps them flourish.
34:0115/09/2020
392 - Locating Your True North with Innovation Muse's Malcolm De Leo
The guest here is Malcolm De Leo, the CEO of Innovation Muse. Malcolm works with start up companies with marketing strategies. He began as a chemist and went on to create Innovation Muse. He helps business owners become leaders and ensures his client's personal vision a market reality.
19:3214/09/2020
391 - Doubling Your Revenue with Strategy Sprints' Simon Severino
Today on the show we have Simon Severino, CEO and Founder of Strategy Sprints. Simon hosts his own podcast, The Strategy Show and started doing daily shows in April 2020 as he had more time during Coronavirus. He started Strategy Sprints 3 years ago when he wanted to build something bigger than himself. Thats when he hired 34 coaches and is the mentor to those coaches now.
20:5410/09/2020
390 - Brand Messaging with Genius Visionary's Krishna Mohan
The guest on the show is Krishna Mohan, President of Genius Visionary. Krishna started Genius Visionary in 2016 focusing on sales & marketing for large businesses. When he noticed that small businesses were being left behind, he switched his focus. He also started 3 other companies and is a partner on an acquisition company.
24:1109/09/2020
389 - Wellness in Life and Business with Lisa Olona
Today on the show is Lisa Olona, Creator & Director of Wellness Retreats, and author of Cross Your Creek. Lisa has run a fitness boot camp for women for nearly 16 years. She had a personal experience that mirrored what she was teaching in boot camp which propelled her to start fitness retreats where she could coach and bring in guest speakers. The book is the outcome of the first retreats, and she plans to make even and better versions in the future post-coronavirus.
22:1208/09/2020
388 – The Connection Between Brands and Consumers with Ikonic Tonic’s Lee Sammartino
Lee Sammartino is the CEO of Ikonic Tonic. Ikonic Tonic is designed to build and evolve your brand across physical and digital worlds. They help businesses grow their reach and connect with their audience at every touchpoint. To them, connection with the clients is the best route to happy customers.
20:0607/09/2020
387 - Love in Business with Research Works' Moshe Engelberg
The guest here is Moshe Engelberg, the Founder & CEO of Research Works and author of The Amare Wave. Moshe started his company about 28 years ago, trying to find and fix the unmet needs of businesses. Recently, he has introduced a big shift to focus the idea of love in business. To him, love is energy that uplifts and connects. Businesses that provide uplifting meaningful experiences keep customers coming back to them.
22:0604/09/2020
386 - Recapturing Your Money with Big Life Financial's Derick Van Ness
The guest here today is Derick Van Ness, Founder & Owner of Big Life Financial. Derick started in 2016, using tax and financial strategies to create fulfillment. He's a strategist who works with tax professionals and advisors to accomplish client goals. He uses a Money Maximization Model to free up cash to help you grow a business.
21:5403/09/2020
385 - Today's Financial Planner with The Financial Effect's Armond Croom
Today on the show is the guest Armond Croom, the CEO and Founder of The Financial Effect. For over 15 years Armond has been a trusted financial advisor. His company helps others plan their savings and create a future. He strives to help take the stigma away from talking to a financial planner. He believes that by using money as a tool, families can change their financial future.
22:5902/09/2020
384 - Saving and Budgeting with Seedtime's Bob Lotich
The guest today is Bob Lotich, Owner of Seedtime. Bob has been writing about personal finance and the fascinating intersection of money and the Bible since 2007. Seedtime also offers courses to help people budget and manage their money in a fun way. You should enjoy spending your money and planning for your financial goals.
14:3601/09/2020
383 - Asset Protection with BTB Legal's Brian T Bradley
Brian T Bradley is the Owner of Bradley Legal Corporation. BTB Legal provides asset protection and trusts for investors, real estate investors, and entrepreneurs. Brian is nationally recognized as a trial lawyer. He graduated college just as the 2008 economy busted. He bounced from law firm to law firm working for free for 3 years just to get his foot into the door before finally launching his own firm and follow his entrepreneurial spirit.
25:4431/08/2020
382 – Building Brands Through Experiences with Mirus Promotions’ Julie Seal-Gaustad
The guest here today is Julie Seal-Gaustad, CEO & Founder of Mirus Promotions. Mirus Promotions is marketing agency focused on creating, planning, and executing promotional campaigns in 46 states and parts of Canada. Companies can rest assured that their brand is taken care of and clients are flying through the doors.
25:2728/08/2020
381 - Preventing Money Loss with Jadde Financial Solutions' Judith DeFeo
On the show today is Judith DeFeo, the Owner of Jadde Financial Solutions. Judy has been working in accounting, CFO, and book-keeping services for 15 years. She makes sure her clients and businesses never get disorganized and has a new way to do that; the Cloud. Digitally saving things in an organized manner and keeping these documents safe is the best way for a business to keep their finances in check.
22:2527/08/2020
380 - A Connected Virtual Workspace with BHive's Daron Robertson
Daron Robertson is CEO & Co-Founder of Bhive and Founder of BroadPath Healthcare Solutions. Daron founded BroadPath in 2008, a work-at-home company in healthcare compliance and data security. Then the idea of Bhive came to him. Bhive recreates the office experience virtually. Web cameras and software to allow office members to see each other and chat in a live work environment, all from home.
20:1126/08/2020
379 - Growth Marketing with Growth Hit's Jim Huffman
On the podcast today is Jim Huffman, the CEO of Growth Hit & Author of The Growth Marketer's Playbook. Jim is a growth marketing consultant. He has dealt with SEO, sales conversions, startups, and e-commerce for the last 3.5 years. He had met all of these entrepreneurs which got him interested in working with startups, mentoring and coaching, and Growth Hit was formed. When coronavirus hit, they lost half their business within first 48 hrs of lockdown, and rebuilt it again in 90 days.
24:4825/08/2020
378 - Marketing for Salons and Suites with Wolf & Rabbit Marketing's Ren Lopa
The guest for today is Ren Lopa, Co-Founder & Director of Brand Development of Wolf & Rabbit, Inc. Wolf & Rabbit is a marketing agency that specializes in hair salons. Ren got her marketing degree but became a hairdresser after graduation. After 3 years of styling heads, she decided to enter marketing for hair salon owners. Her salon knowledge means the clients didn't have to teach her about their industry to have successful marketing.
24:1824/08/2020
377 - Retirement Challenges and Talent Shortages with Alemian & Associates' David Alemian
With us is David Alemian, the President & CEO of Alemian & Associates. David has published over 300 videos and articles about the correct route to retirement. His company helps people who can’t afford to retire set up supplemental employee retirement plans, employee retention, and more.
23:0621/08/2020
376 - A Systematized Foundation with ThriveOnLife's CJ Finley
The guest for today is CJ Finley, CEO and podcast host of ThriveOnLife. CJ Finley has helped many nonprofits and has a background in health and wellness. Since becoming an entrepreneur 3 years ago, he has created the podcast ThriveOnLife and ensures mental and physical wellness in his clientele.
25:4620/08/2020
375 - Empath Mastery For Success with Lola Pickett
On the show with us is Lola Pickett, CEO of LolaPickett.com Lola provides transformational coaching for empaths to improve their resilience. She's been coaching & mentoring for 10 years, helping others become the best version of themselves. She guides people through career changes, divorce, or anything else life throws at them.
28:2319/08/2020
374 - Authentic Persuasion in Sales with Cutter Consulting Group's Jason Cutter
Jason Cutter is the CEO & Founder of Cutter Consulting Group, Creator of Authentic Persuasion, and Host of The Sales Experience Podcast. Cutter Consulting Group inside sales call center operations that offer B2C & B2B products and services. They assist in setting up sales systems and processes and overall help businesses meet lifelong clients and boost their sales.
25:1518/08/2020