The Thoughtful Entrepreneur

Simulated Diamonds On today's episode of the show we're joined by Olivia Starling, Founder and CEO of  Starlette Galleria. Olivia is a connoisseur of luxury jewelry. But let’s be honest, good jewelry that won’t turn your skin green is expensive and sometimes still doesn’t last. That is why she created this little space, for women just like you! Everything is made with sterling silver, plated...

Build Your Business On today's episode of the show we're joined by Itamar Shafir, CEO of  Umbrella . Umbrella powers thousands of marketing agencies globally. They work with agencies, consultants and other B2B professionals who sell marketing solutions. Manage their own call center to generate appointments exclusively for Umbrella members. If you’re building an agency or trying to scale, you...

Inspiring Lessons of Success  With us today is our guest Chris Voss, a Consultant Coach Of The Beacons of Leadership Chris Voss has been a CEO and Serial Entrepreneur for over 25 years, building and managing a multitude of corporations in differing fields of the social industry. His experience in business ownership and controlling interest investments range from: mortgage, real estate, stock...

Change the world  The guests today are Amy and Scott Malin, the Co-Founders of  Trueheart. Trueheart is a full-service creative agency that works at the intersection of Hollywood and philanthropy. They connect celebrities and purpose-driven brands with deserving charities and help raise millions of dollars for important causes. Their global media campaigns shine a spotlight on the import...

Closing The Sale On the show with us today is Nikki Rausch, Founder and CEO of  Sales Maven. Sales Maven is an organization dedicated to authentic selling. Nikki specializes in the conversation of sales. She teaches a five-step approach to the sales conversation; the selling staircase. The idea behind it is to teach entrepreneurs, business owners, just the structure of a conversation so that...

Create Captivating Content On the show today is Guy Bauer, the Founder and Creative Director at Umault. Umault is a boutique video marketing agency that helps B2B brands create captivating content, engage the right people, and drive sales. They use their genuine empathy and unfettered imagination to burrow into your customers’ heads and emerge with insights about the things that aggravate and deli...

The Power of Pursuit  Today's guest is Curtis Stamp, founder and CEO of The Goal Achiever Academy. The Goal Achiever Academy will help you learn, grown, improve your life and smash your goals. For anyone who wants to be more, do more, and have more. Curtis Stamp, a serial entrepreneur, Consultant, and personal development and mindset coach.  He teaches entrepreneurs how to go from stuck...

Disaster Proof Your Business Joined with us today are Corey Harris & Julie Traxler, the Co-Founders of  SB Pace . SB Pace is a boutique coaching and consulting firm that works exclusively with small businesses of 20 or fewer employees on strategy and growth through coaching, acting as fractional employees, consulting, and shared deliverables. In today’s world, succeeding as an entrepreneu...

Business Ownership On today's episode of the show, we're joined by Wes Barefoot, President of  Path to Freedom.   Path To Freedom is all about helping people get into business for themselves through Franchising. Whether you’re an existing business, owner, or looking to get into business for yourself for the first time, Franchising can be a great way to take control of your life, and crea...

Future-Proof Your Workforce With us today is our guest Matt Cowell, the CEO of  Quanthub. Quantum is a data skill platform. Data skills are pretty ubiquitous in the world, we all need them regardless of role. And Quantum has an assessment platform to help companies determine who has data skills if they're interviewing for data scientists, data engineers, these types of roles. They also have an ups...

The guest today is Kris Reid, business growth strategist of  Ardor SEO Ardor SEO is a predictable, reliable revenue to grow your business. People can’t buy from you if they can’t find you. Most businesses fail, not because they have bad products or services, but because they can’t get enough customers. Ardor developed a simple system to get your message in front of your ideal customers to predicta...

Seeking Financial Magic On the show with us today is Michelle Cooper, CEO of  Alchemy Accounting. Alchemy Accounting is a straight-talking, numbers-loving bookkeeping and accounting firm dedicated to entrepreneurs who demand clear, easy-to-understand, accurate financial information to make powerful decisions at every stage of their business. Whether you are starting, growing or scaling your busine...

1000 - Happy Hour with the UMI Staff

PROVIDING AIRCRAFT APPRAISAL SERVICE On today's episode of the show we're joined by Jason Zilberbrand, President of VREF . VREF is one of two authorized books for aviation, similar to what Kelly Blue Books offers for aviation. They provide software, and then print a book every quarter. VREF is aviation’s most trusted valuation guide and data source since 1994 providing valuations on all fixed-wing...

Ethical Business Coaching On the show today is Josh Biro, the founder of The YogaPreneur Collective . The Yoga Premier Collective is the culminating concept of over a decade of coaching yoga entrepreneurs all over the world. The Method is the ethical way to grow a sustainable yoga business you love while creating maximum impact in your community. Created for yoga business owners by yoga business o...

Focusing on Loan Forgiveness With us today is Aaron Smith, the Co-Founder of Savy Savy is a fintech that helps people better manage and understand their student loan debt. The TurboTax for your student loans. Savy will be there for you to help throughout the 5 to 15 years it might take you to pay down your student loans. Savvy is offered as a benefit for employers, for membership groups and financ...

Podcast strategy Today we're joined with our guest Jeremy Enns, founder and CEO of Counterweight Creative . Counterweight Creative a podcast production and content amplification agency specializing in helping health and wellness entrepreneurs create podcasts and become the go-to authorities. There’s more to launching a successful podcast than hitting record and waiting for listeners to show up.&nb...

Building trust Joined with us today is Hany Fam, Founder & CEO of Markaaz . Marquez is the world's first and only platform to connect every business on the planet. Marquez is your trusted go-to network to find pre-verified partners and customers and monitor business updates – all in one place. It was started specifically for small businesses to help small businesses connect with each other, an...

EXCITE. DELIGHT.   IGNITE Today's guest is Gerry Foster, Brand Strategist of  Gerry Foster Branding . Gerry Foster Branding help service-based business owners who offer expertise - skills, talents, and abilities - create a big brand, and a strong message that sells, so you can excite, delight, and ignite your market. They help owners who continually struggle to attract great clients by c...

Changing Procedures; Changing the Odds On today's episode of the show we're joined by Frank Zaccari, CEO of  Life Altering Events. Author, Speaker, Media Personality; Frank is an engaging key note speaker and written communicator, with a successful history of guiding companies through transitions and turnaround environments, Frank is also a gifted listener with an ability to facilitate d...

Digital Marketing Success With us today is our guest Katrina Padron, the Founder and CEO of North Star HQ. North Star HQ is a full-service digital agency in which can outsource marketing or you can help your internal team become more successful at marketing. They also train internal marketing teams with our strategies. North Star HQ is a team of thinkers, tinkers, innovators, and thought leaders d...

Explosive Business Growth Joined with us today is Dmitrii Kustov, the Founder of  Regex SEO . Regex SEO is fully custom digital marketing company. By using in-depth marketing and industry research to take your measurements. They sit down and discuss your background and expectations before making recommendations. Once the research is done, they’ll put together a personalized execution strategy...

Simplifying Your Website Marketing On today's episode of the show we're joined by Michael Buzinski, Founder and CEO of  Buzzworthy Website Marketing. Buzzworthy is a company that will build, optimize, and market websites for service-based businesses. Michael created a system called the Rule of 26 that allows the company to really pinpoint what they need to do to create traffic and conversions...

Going green. On the show today is Noel Carroll, the CEO of Biofriendly.  Biofriendly Corporation was formed to help humanity tackle the ever-present problem of environmental damage. The company’s first target was to help solve the global problem of air pollution. We live in a world that continues to bloom technologically and the need for electricity, shipping services and high-speed transportation...

<h3Going Beyond. On the show today is Nicole Jansen, Founder and Podcast Host at Leaders of Transformation . Nicole is here to make waves and create positive change in the world. Her passion for transformation and growth extends to the next generation, where she teaches and empowers aspiring leaders through conferences, webinars, courses, guest podcasting, and mentoring. She encourages everyone...