The Thoughtful Entrepreneur

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to the Principal Owner of Humans First , Rob Krecak. In today's world, where people are increasingly alienating themselves, Humans First help people connect with others. They work to remind individuals that love and joy come from connecting with others. Rob has historically been known for many things and made his mark in...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the Principal Owner of Legal and Creative and Toerek Law , Sharon Toerek . Legal and Creative work with independent marketing agencies and digital marketing across the US. They help business owners monetize their intellectual capital and advertise and manage its legal implications. Sharon shared examples of rules or...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to the Founder, thought leader and speaker of 3Leaf , Thomas Watkins . 3Leaf helps businesses achieve their dreams with designed psychology, especially for tech businesses looking for the next big thing. However, for this to work, business owners must know what the product has to do and provide them with data. Software d...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the Founder of ProductWorld , Oren Schauble . ProductWorld helps businesses and entrepreneurs build better products that keep up with the trends and latest technology. According to Oren, one of the most common errors companies make is concentrating too much on a single product rather than addressing the needs of the...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to the CEO, Executive Coach and Author of BoomerangCoach , Reiner Lomb . BoomerangCoach focuses on leadership development, innovation, and transformational change in organizations, companies, and from start-ups to big corporations. They help leaders grow, increase their impact, articulate a future, and guide them in purs...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the Founder and CEO of Walker Kreative , Cebron Walker . Walker Kreative works with corporations, small and medium-sized businesses, and medical agencies to share their message, services, and stories with their customers. With years of experience in public relations, Cebron leveraged this to help their clients build...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to the Founder and CEO of Trust Science , Evan Chrapko . Trust Science aid preexisting data scientists or risk departments in assessing borrowers’ profiles. They can be the entire solution for smaller businesses or those who have never had experience working with a bureau before because of low score levels. They bring au...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to the Founder and CEO of Awareness Strategies Inc , Michelle Nedelec . Awareness Strategies Inc takes care of the unsexy part of businesses so CEO and executives can have more time to do what they're passionate about. Being the brain behind the tech and strategy, Michelle shared some inside tips on what makes advertisin...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the CEO of Jahnel Group , Darrin Jahnel . Jahnel Group is a custom software development company that helps businesses meet their needs regarding software. They're located in Schenectady, NY, and have been around since 2008. When asked how they can compete with other software giants in the market in closing deals, Da...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to the Chief Innovation Officer of Henry Schein , Bruce Lieberthal . Henry Schein provides products, solutions, and services that practitioners in the United States use. They serve as a beacon in health care, aiming to provide innovative, integrated healthcare products and services, allowing them to deliver quality patie...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to the CEO of HamiltonDemo , Yvan Demosthenes . HamiltonDemo brings additional resources to the clients, helping them with placement and recruiting projects for organizations. Yvan grew up witnessing the effects of diversity in the community and noticed how groups that embraced this thrived more compared to its counterpa...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the CEO of Greener Process Systems Inc , Matt Sweetwood . Greener Process Systems Inc works to capture emissions of oceans from ships docked in the port. According to Matt, the increasing number of ships is one of the world's leading causes of air pollution. It's a global catastrophic problem that everyone is experi...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the Founder of Bosunsolutions , Nicole Grinnell. Bosunsolutions was created around six years ago and is aiming to supply remote staffing for business owners. Nicole explains some common challenges or mistakes made by business owners are bad hiring or putting too much work on one new hire because that is all a compan...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the CEO and Chairman of Proof Analytics , Mark Stouse. Proof Analytics is a marketing analytics platform that strives to help its clients make better decisions on a consistent efficient basis. In typical analytical formats, a business will see its statistics every quarter, half, and yearly basis. This does not help...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the CEO and Founder of goLance , Michael Brooks. GoLance is a freelance marketplace that focuses on lowering its costs compared to competitors while increasing the number of features on its platform. Michael explains some competitors like to keep their interactions between provider and consumer on a texting basis an...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the Founder and CEO of Carter & Custer , Jim Carter III. Carter & Custer helps entrepreneurs thrive to make a bigger impact in the world. Jim has had a large interest in technology all of his life and his partner works more with the consumer package goods and marketing side of the business world. They help e...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with Crisis Culture and Performance Specialist and the Director and Founder of Waterhole Leadership Program , Mark Ashby. A Crisis Culture and Performance Specialist is in the corporate sphere that works with an individual concerning their business to change their mindset whether it is regarding personal, staffing, or cu...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the Founder and CEO of Knit , Aneesh Dhawan. Knit is a Gen Z insights platform that helps brands tap into the audience of Gen Z to develop feedback on their products. Companies use their platform by uploading questions and within a few hours, Gen Z consumers will answer them. Brands can target specific audiences dow...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the Founder and CEO of Infinite SOULutions , Carrie Schmidt. Carrie helps individuals connect to their power, passion, and purpose and help them stop focusing so much on others' expectations by putting that focus on where they want to go. Carrie is a life and business success coach to aid clients in improving their...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the Founder, CEO, and General Counselor of Judy Weber Co , Judy Weber. Judy’s work is faith-based working with women within her same faith to achieve business goals and make the work of having a business easier while being more profitable. Judy grew up poor and has had a difficult life throughout the years. She was...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with professional speaker and social media strategist, Ashley Ann . Ashley helps clients get paid for the work that they enjoy doing. She works with individuals or companies and has helped over 700 people make six-figure incomes with their social media accounts. Ashley’s strategies include building an audience and establ...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the CEO and Honorary Chairman of Simon-Kucher & Partners , Hermann Simon. While Hermann was growing up, his father did not have an influence on the pricing of his goods. This is why he got into working with pricing and allowed him to create Simon-Kucher & Partners which now employs over 1,800 people globally...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the Founder and Leadership Coach of Deploy Yourself School of Leadership , Sumit Gupta. Sumit helps business owners organize themselves to the next level of success by connecting what they want to achieve to how they get there. Sumit explains many leaders are stuck with small problems or hidden desires they might no...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the Founder of Breakfast Consulting , Neil Heckman. Breakfast Consulting works with founders and business leaders during times of change. Breakfast Consulting was created as Neil saw the constant change and need for branding scopes to evolve while he worked in-house with some direct consumer brands. Neil explains th...

On today's episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur, we are so excited to speak with the founder of the podcast Grow Your Show, Adam Adams! Adam discusses the industry of podcasting and how Grow Your Show is a company that helps support podcasters through editing, post production, publishing, promotions, creating images and much more. Grow Your Show handles the back end portion of podcasting so that...