The Thoughtful Entrepreneur

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks with the co-founder and CEO of the nonprofit organization NeighborShare , Diana Zhang.  NeighborShare’s mission is to help our neighbors through moments of pivotal need with 400 dollars or less. NeighborShare helps our community by empowering community frontline heroes – teachers, social workers, and more. They spotl...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks to the founder and CEO of Get Some Class , Joseph Gerstel.  Get Some Class is a virtual events provider that builds high-end virtual events for corporate teams. Joseph shares that much of the world has gone virtual permanently. This spawns a challenge – how do you connect your team so that there isn’t social friction...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with marketing consultant and the President of Parkin Consulting, Tim Parkin .  Tim is a marketing advisor to global marketing executives. He helps them dramatically improve the effectiveness of their marketing and their marketing teams. In short, he discovers what works and what doesn’t for specific teams. His jour...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to the Creator and Founder of Find Calm Here , Deb Schell.  Deb helps entrepreneurs build online communities with newfound peace and ease. Deb shares that having a thriving online community while running a successful business can be chaos. She wanted to help other entrepreneurs find calm in running an online busines...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks to the President and founder of Trackstar , Clint Lotz.  Trackstar is a consumer advocate brand. It tackles problems in the space uniquely by building software that helps people help people. Specifically, they innovate the loan space. They saw an opportunity to put state of the art technology into the hands of lender...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to veteran and the founder of Time On Target , Kevin Snow.  Time On Target was originally launched as a public speaking and training company to train businesses on networking and sales. After being launched, Kevin was deployed with the Army overseas. With that, he had to pivot and then began offering prospecting ser...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks to the founder and CEO of Outlier Audio , Spencer Carpenter.  Outlier Audio began during COVID-19. Spencer shares he worked extensively in the music industry before the pandemic in talent representation. During this time, he realized those who relied on in-person networking needed alternatives. Podcasting was an oppo...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to the owner of BeefySites , Jared Mitchell.  BeefySites started as Jared’s passion project and it has now become an extremely successful company that helps entrepreneurs start and grow their e-commerce businesses.  Jared shares that the methods e-commerce businesses are using to grow aren’t actually improving...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the CEO and founder of Red8 Interactive and Inn8ly , James Hipkin.  Inn8ly offers websites without worry. James shares that Red8 Interactive is a custom web development company focused on acting as a constructive general contractor for mid-sized design agencies. They offer quality, outsourced development servic...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks to the founder of Corporate Value Metrics , Ken Sanginario.  Corporate Value Metrics offers a value creation software platform they created eleven years ago to help companies control the value of their businesses. Their platform can help double or even triple a company’s value over the course of 3 to 5 years. It’s be...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to the President and CEO of The Author Incubator , Dr. Angela Lauria. The Author Incubator is exactly what it sounds like – they help create and incubate authors. Angela shares that people approach her and her team when they have an idea for a book, but not necessarily the knowledge or skill sets to write their first boo...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks to the author of Tenacity , Ron Coury.  Ron is a Las Vegan businessman who survived the Marines, corruption, and cancer – and successfully ran over twenty businesses throughout his career. Ron shares that he was a student in Brooklyn when he was drafted into the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He chose boot camp...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to patent attorney and the owner of Martin IP Law Group, Rick Martin.  Rick works with a broad array of clients, from the individual inventor to corporations. They can do patents, trademarks, and anything to do with IP. They’ll work with multimillion dollar companies, their employees, and everyone in between. ...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks to anti-racism impact strategist and the CEO of Ascribe Educational Consulting , Sonia Lewis. Sonia shares that she has done this work for over ten years – and the last two years have seen quadruple the work for her, understandably.  Diversity, equity, and inclusivity should be a part of each and every organization,...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to the co-founder and CEO of 1440 Media , Tim Huelskamp.  1440 Media is a daily email newsletter that provides an impartial, comprehensive overview of the day’s events. They felt the media landscape wasn’t meeting all of the needs of the daily consumer. Most consumers have to skim through lots of websites to know wh...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with Virtual CFO and the CEO of Profit Concierge , Pam Prior.  Pam explains that she began in corporate finance – she then worked her way into the mid-market and now works with entrepreneurs. She brings an amazing amount of insight to the space and she shares that the finance industry really neglects the entrepreneu...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks to the CEO of Coolperx , Lou Elliott-Cysewski.  Coolperx is a sustainable branding merchandise company that works with enterprise companies to help them create brand merchandise programs that are built on sustainability. This means they’re offering innovative merchandise that's meaningful to their stakeholders. Lou s...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks to the co-founder and CEO of Monarchy , Nicole Tabs.  Nicole has a background in being an internet influencer. Monarchy started as an influencer marketing company that connects brands and influencers. They have evolved over time and added more people into their company that really understand the industry and can achi...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the CEO and Fund Manager at PetroFunders , Maurice Dukes.  PetroFunders is a fintech-powered investment platform that aims to provide income from the oil and gas industry in a simple and easy fashion. They offer an online dashboard where people can check their investments and distributions. They've created the...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to the CEO of Havoc Shield , Brian Fritton.  Havoc Shield believes security is a top competitive advantage when it comes to gaining customers. Brian started as a software engineer but ultimately became a cybersecurity expert. He shares that many businesses engage contractors for their cyber security needs, but the i...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks to the founder and Chief Inspiration Officer of Inspired Purpose Coaching , Tony Martignetti. Tony details that he helps accomplished leaders climb the right mountains and connect with their own inspired purposes. Even high achievers can get lost when trying to find their purpose, and this is where Inspired Purpose Coachi...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to life design coach, advisor, and founder of Life Design , Carlos Hidalgo.  For the last 25 years, Carlos had been a marketer. He’s worked for massive brands before embarking on his first entrepreneurial venture – he’s worked for himself ever since. Since then, his consultancy has grown, he learned lessons along th...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks to the owner and President of ENCON , David Indursky.  Started in 1968, ENCON is a self-performing contractor in the mechanical electrical space. They serve most of the state of New Jersey in the commercial industrial sector.  On their website, ENCON shares that it has built a legacy of trust, client care, colla...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to business growth consultant and sales marketing strategist, Jessica Yarbrough .  Jessica’s focus is breaking the myth of the traditional ascension model approach to internet marketing. She says enough of the funnels, upselling, with only the vague hope to sell high ticket items. She shares that this approach actua...

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to the CEO of Adapt.io , Sanjit Singh.  Adapt.io is a B2B contact data and intelligence provider. They have more than 4 million contacts worldwide in their database and they compete in terms of freshness. They see numerous updates and iterations each and every week.  Sanjit shares his prediction for the future...