The Thoughtful Entrepreneur

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to the CEO of Creatively Disruptive , Andy Seeley. Creatively Disruptive helps businesses navigate the digital space to earn more business and revenue. They serve anything from small local businesses to larger, high-level eCommerce businesses. Their company has a lot of experience with the most difficult but also the mos...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks with the Principal, CEO, and owner of Evans & Associates and the author of the book I'm Black, I'm a Minister, and I'm Gay, Benjamin Carlton.  Benjamin shares that in 2012, he began his career in finance in accounting. He found he wasn’t in love with the work, so he began using his skills to volunteer to help out...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks to the CEO & Chief Wizard of InvisiblePPC and the founder and CEO of KUWARE , Avi Kumar.  KUWARE is a full service agency with a big focus on strategy. Avi shares that his clients needed more strategy in the form of a fractional CMO in order to really determine a company’s needs and a solution-oriented approach....

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to the co-founder and managing director of Next Coast Ventures and the author of Mr. Monkey and Me : A Real Survival Guide for Entrepreneurs, Mike Smerklo .  Mike worked his way through various entrepreneurial ventures and for various different companies before he finally co-founded the venture capital firm Next Coa...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks to the founder of The Freedom Ad Agency, Alexandra Ramirez.  The Freedom Ad Agency focuses on helping high ticket coaches get amazing results and business, and maximize their profits. They work with a variety of coaches in various spaces. Alexandra shares that the Apple iOS 14 update threw a wrench into the works for...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to the co-founder of Fireside Strategic , Dan King.  Fireside Strategic works with creator CEOs to grow mission-driven, creative, and impactful businesses. Dan shares that creative CEOs can struggle to focus on the right ideas. When they get distracted, so do their teams and clients. Fireside helps these CEOs choose...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the CEO of Very Social and accomplished New York real estate broker, Ryan Garson.  Ryan has been in real estate for 8 years based out of Brooklyn, NYC. About 2 years ago, he started Very Social. He shares he dipped his toes in social media brand marketing by selling properties on platforms like Instagram. By co...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks to Marine Corps veteran, founder of LumAware Safety , author of Warrior Entrepreneur , and host of the podcast, The Warrior’s Voice , Zachary Green. Zachary shares he experienced many challenges in his youth and he began his warrior’s journey to prove those who doubted him wrong. The warrior’s journey is all about grit an...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to the co-founder and CEO of Absolute Internship , Fredrik Van Huynh.  Absolute Internship connects university and high school students with global internship opportunities. They work with over 800 companies across 10 countries. If you’re a business owner looking to source interns from across the globe, reach out to...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the co-founder of Cheap Pricks , Matt Bowler.  Cheap Pricks (it’s not what you think!) is a brand that provides low cost wellness and preventative care by licensing to veterinarians who can operate under the brand. Matt shares that he and his partner have run pet facilities for over a decade and they saw ineffi...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks with the President and Board Member of Huntington Learning Center , Anne Huntington Sharma.  Huntington Learning Center is the nation’s leading K-12 tutoring and test prep provider. They were founded in 1977 by Anne’s parents. They change lives and are mission-driven; their mission is to provide the students that com...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks to the author of Strong Language : The Fastest, Smartest, Cheapest Marketing Tool You're Not Using and CEO of Verbal Identity , Chris West.  Chris shares that he and his company helps businesses use language better. As a niche business, Verbal Identity focuses solely on helping companies earn more customers, loyalty,...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to the founder of Intentionality, Finnian Kelly . Finnian shares that he loves to activate the light within others. He offers keynote speaking, facilitates retreats and breath journeys, and generally he loves to help people unveil the extraordinary traits already within them. He shares that many of his clients know somet...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks with the CEO of Crowd Favorite , Karim Marucchi.  Crowd Favorite works with larger Fortune 500 organizations to create what they need to fix their digital problems. Very basically, they create websites. On a deeper level, they help with integrating digital business needs and can address everything from streamlining w...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks to the CEO of Morro Capital and president of Joel Gandara Coaching , Joel Gandara. Joel shares that he’s a family-oriented entrepreneur and he loves to share what he’s learned and help others develop and learn. Joel shares that his specialty is addressing the harder issues with his entrepreneurial clients. Sometimes, busi...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to the President of Pivot Business Group, Pam Jordan.  Pam shares that she worked in the corporate world until the construction company she worked for went bankrupt. After that, it became her personal mission to help business owners really understand their numbers. Pivot Business Group helps business owners translat...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the founder of Automation Wolf , Matthew Hunt.  Automation Wolf, based in Toronto, Canada, works with B2B entrepreneurs to create all of their social media in a single hour. Matthew Hunt shares that busy entrepreneurs never have enough time – and that his company saw a need they could fill. They help these busy...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks to the VP of Partnerships at Hawke Media and an advisor to Partnerhub , Ashley Scorpio.  Ashley’s work revolves around business partnerships. She shares that not all industries have established ‘partnerships’ as a common business function. Ashley would love to see a variety of verticals adopt smart partnerships more...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with email marketing expert, Liz Wilcox .  Liz is an expert on how to write amazing emails to send to your network and client base. Her philosophy is to make email marketing as simple as possible for entrepreneurs. Josh explains that he feels the best emails are personal, relevant, and are all focused on what the re...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks with the CEO of Metric Collective , Rob Huntington. Metric Collective is a vertically integrated franchise and technology company. They work in all areas of franchising, from top of funnel onward. They can also help with franchise leads, franchise sales, and equity investments into franchisors. Metric Collective is also a...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks to Word of Mouth consultant and the author of The High Five Effect , Matt Ward.  Matt helps service-based business professionals build better relationships and make more sales through referrals. Josh and Matt explore why professionals struggle with referral-based business. The reality is that many service-based profe...

In the first ever sponsored episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to the founder and CEO of 30 Day Leadership , Nils Vinje.   Josh and Nils explore high-level networking and how the B2B world is built entirely on networking. Put yourself in a position to make these connections – but not in a sales setting. Paying a little extra to be in a VIP setting at ev...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks with the founder and CEO of High Impact Coaching , Zander Fryer.  High Impact Coaching helps coaches build 6 and 7-figure businesses in a variety of verticals. Zander and Josh explore how coaches struggle in their space. He talks about owning and recognizing our own individual obstacles and limiting beliefs. Coaches...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks to the founder and CEO of Markerly , Justin Kline.  Markerly is a technology company and agency that works in the influencer space. They began in 2012 and work in a massive variety of verticals. Justin and Josh explore how influencer marketing has evolved from its origins. It’s become easier to become an influencer,...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to the President and CEO of Comtec Systems , Mike Vertolli.  Almost 30 years ago, Mike started Comtec Systems. In high school, he worked in telecommunications and installation and he had an unprecedented opportunity to work in the budding tech space in the 90’s. Today, Comtec Systems works with 300 agents that sell...