The Thoughtful Entrepreneur

Gain Insights on your Consumers. On the show today is Daniel Cohen, Head of Business Development at Data Driven Insights. Data Driven Insights is a full-service market research agency which offer interactive dashboard reporting, market and catchment analysis, geo-mapping, focus groups, mystery shopping, telephone interviewing, face to face interviewing, online surveys, ethnographic research, compe...

Beautiful buildings. On the show today is Karen Frome, Founding Principal of Rise Projects. Karen is a designed dedicated to making the world more beautiful. She is super passionate about creating spaces, structures, communities, and relationships. She has set out to inspire others to create to color the world. Karen began as an entrepreneur and gained clients by word of mouth. In this episode we...

Delivering growth. Here with us today is Felix Velarde, Co-Founder of 2Y3X. 2Y3X is a two year program designed to increase your revenue by three times. They are suited up with experienced industry leaders to show you how to scale up and grow. The goal is a transformative change for both your business and you as a leader. Felix and his team have the strategies to help clients convert their teams i...

Public Relations with purpose. On the show today is Laura Gross, the Founder and President of Scott Circle Communications. Scott Circle is a public relations firm based in Washington, DC, working with all mission driven clients to raise their profile on issues that matter. So we're working with nonprofits, advocacy organizations and programs helping to advocate for those issues, whether it's getti...

Weather the storm. Today we're joined by Van Carlson, the CEO of SRA.  Van helps companies save money through 401k and 831b plans. SRA is an administrator of these plans, helping educate other businesses and firms to understand and follow the guidelines of their tax plans. SRA has made it possible for any successful business to take advantage of the same tools previously reserved for Fortune 500 C...

Influencing network. On today's episode we're joined by Tinashe Chaponda, Founder and CEO of Sosani Agency . Sosani Agency is an influencer marketing system without the hassle. They have developed an in-depth network of influencers across multiple niches to connect you to the best influencers for your marketing needs. Sponsored posts need to look and feel genuine to get results. Sosani's content c...

Hiring happens here. The guest for today is Steve Edwards, the Founder and CEO of Premier Virtual.  Premier Virtual is a software that puts on virtual events, particularly geared towards hiring, like 24/7 virtual hiring rooms, recruiting, job fairs, and more. Steve switched his business to fully online in 2018 and when COVID hit it became obvious that this is the next big thing for hiring people....

Data on Data on Data. On the show today is Mike Potter, the Co-Founder and CEO of Rewind. Rewind is here to help protect businesses' SaaS and cloud data. Their platform enables companies to back up, restore, and copy the critical data that drives their business. Their vision is to be trusted by millions of businesses to backup and protect the important business data they have in the cloud. Rewind...

Betting on the Jockey. On the show today is Kasey Jones, Expert Authority Coach & Growth Strategist of A Better Jones . A Better Jones is here to help small businesses and startups grow faster by focusing on personal branding, authority growth, marketing strategies, and optimization. Kasey empowers founders to harness the power of what makes you different to build high-growth businesses with i...

Efficient planning. On today's episode we're joined by Madhu Chamarty, Founder and CEO of BeyondHQ. BeyondHQ delivers the industry’s first distributed workforce planning platform, combining talent, cost, and location data to enable cross-functional decision making for hybrid teams. Their easy to use interface enables collaboration and creates better experience for employees working together. Compa...

Evolve your mindset. On today's show we're joined by Jarrod Haning, Mindset Performance Master Coach. Jarrod is a mindset coach helping others gain confidence and change their mindsets. He helps others uncover the business breakthrough they've had within them all along. By incorporating positive mindset techniques, Jarrod shows clients how they can boost their revenue and increase their client ful...

Find financial freedom. On today's episode we're joined by Ramona Cedeno, the Founder and CEO of FiBrick. FiBrick is an accounting practice based in New York City, offering accounting, bookkeeping, and tax planning. Their team works side-by-side with clients to help address their short and long term accounting and tax planning needs, while considering their individual vision of success, and struct...

Wonderful web design. The guest with us today is Payge Kerman, President of Wink Digital. Wink Digital is a full-scale marketing agency, specializing in web design and development. Their team dedicates time to every element of web design and create websites that are precise and immerse your audience. They also do marketing strategies and work with businesses helping them create logos to get their...

Building through hidden income. On today's show we're joined by Steve Feld, Biz Coach. Steve is a business coach helping other businesses generate more revenue. The "secret sauce" of it all is a software service that finds and pinpoints hidden revenue of $50k and up. From there, Steve helps you come up with a long-term plan to expand your business and ultimately grow. With over 30 years of experie...

The digital age. On the show today is Howard Tiersky, Founder of From. From focuses on digital transformation, which is a widely growing topic nowadays. With the world digitalizing nearly everything, companies that can keep up and convert to digital stay relevant and the rest are left behind. They work with large brands to help them understand how their customers are changing and what to do differ...

Investment club. Today we're joined with our guest Rob Charles, CEO and Founder of Goldfingr.  Goldfingr is a Members Only Investment Club. They connect influential people around the globe together to invest in capital and grow wealth with investment opportunities. In this episode we get to know a bit about Rob's process and what type of investments Goldfingr's members primarily do. If you're...

Breaking barriers. With us today is Josh Jackman, the Founder and CEO of Pyvott . Pyvott is the newest social media app with less ads and more personal control on content available on IOS and Android. They are striving to break barriers by being a user-first social platform focusing on privacy, personalization, true content, and customized control in the hands of our users — allowing them to final...

Money moves. On today's episode we're joined by Jeff Rose, Founder of Good Financial Cents , and author of the book Soldier of Finance. Jeff started with humble beginnings and a lot of debt. After teaching himself the wonders of finance he landed a job as a financial planner for 16 years and eventually founded his own wealth management firm. Now he strives to teach others the skills he learned and...

Investor to mogul. With us today is James Knull, Founder of Mogul Realty Group. Mogul Realty Group helps investors in Western Canada become real estate moguls and grow. They work with all kinds of real estate like developmental, commercial, and even old fashioned house flipping. They advise clients to build portfolios and wealth through real estate opportunities. Western Canada is a very "landlord...

Wikipedia Wizard. On this episode we're joined with Jonathan Rick , Ghostwriter and Educator. Jonathan helps people make sense of business communication and the money that comes along with it. Whether through a workshop, ghostwriting, or social media, he helps clients engender buzz, shape public opinion, and become thought leaders. Jonathan is also an expert of Wikipedia and in this episode we cha...

Sustainability wins. The guest on this episode is Kate Gaertner, Founder and CEO of TripleWin Advisory . TripleWin is a consultancy and registered benefit corporation ready to support your company’s sustainability journey. We understand that sustainability is something all companies need, but that embracing it fully and embedding it within your organization is complicated work. Thankfully, you don...

More than a realtor. The guest for today is Chris Naghibi, the CEO of Black Crown Inc. Black Crown is a relationship-oriented high-end realtor service. They do all kinds of high-level work, like buying houses for celebrities and keeping their confidentiality under the grid or educating clients on the processes of buying multi-million dollar homes. They also do work in law and management with a tea...

Selling sustainably. On today's show we're with Paul Shapiro, the CEO of The Better Meat Co. The Better Meat Co. is an eco-friendly company selling sustainable ingredients for better meat. The meat is 100% vegan and derived from fungi instead of plants. Fungi are actually more similar to animals than plants, as they breathe oxygen and do not go through photosynthesis. The food is made using Rhiza,...

Be your own author. On today's episode we're joined by Helen Wilkie, the Executive's Book Coach.  Helen help executives, senior managers and business professionals achieve their goal of writing their books. She helps her clients achieve their goal of writing a book through editing, coaching and occasional ghostwriting services, entering the picture at whatever point the author needs her. Throughou...

Hassle free cash-flow. With us today is Mitch Stephen , author of the book The Art of Owner Financing. Mitch is joined with us today to talk about his new book. Mitch wants to show people how to be their own bank. He specializes in owner financing properties to individuals left behind by traditional lending institutions and giving new life to properties that scar the neighborhoods. He has perfecte...