The Thoughtful Entrepreneur

Your future in focus. On the show with us today is Chris Shipferling, Managing Partner at Global Wired Advisors.  Global Wired Advisors is a leading Digital Investment Bank focused on optimizing the business sale process. Their approach combines decades of merger and acquisition experience with online and e-commerce expertise to increase the transactional value of your greatest asset. As Managing...

Changing the game. Today we're joined with Lee Caraher, the President and CEO at Double Forte. Double Forte is an independent public relations and social media firm, working nationally with offices around the country. They work with mid-range to multi-million dollar companies to get them to break through to new audiences. They achieve business goals and work all around the country, connecting toge...

Stop trading time for money. On today's episode we're joined by Russ Morgan, the Co-Founder of Wealth Without Wall Street.  Russ helps people create a plan to financial freedom and stick to it to reach their goals. Wealth Without Wall Street is an online community that seeks to re-educate business owners & families how money truly works. Their goal is to teach people how to enhance savings, in...

Create meaningful experiences. On today's episode we're joined by Dan Gingiss, the Experience Maker. Dan is a customer experience speaker, coach and author. His new book is out now titled The Experience Maker. Dan helps companies find opportunities to create remarkable experiences for their customers. An amazing customer experience is one of the simplest and most effective marketing strategies out...

Making the world more beautiful. Today's guest is Paul Baron, the Founder and CEO of The Wall Printer. For the past five decades, Paul has been identifying products that are manufactured outside of this country and closing the gaps in the market. His newest product is the Wall Printer, a printer that can print vertically onto almost any surface. This produces durable, long-lasting designs on anyth...

Building a business. Today we're joined with Aleksander Vitkin, the Founder and CEO of Business Mentor. Since 2014, Aleksander has helped over 700 people with sincere interests in entrepreneurship and contribution to start profitable businesses, quit their jobs and travel the world. In a few short months, Business Mentor can train anyone ambitious enough to run a 6-figure business, and live foreve...

Trusted influencer marketing. Here with us today is Joe Sinkwitz, Founder and CEO of Intellifluence. Intellifluence is the largest warm-contact influencer network. With over 150,000 influencers signed up, it has never been easier to team up with trusted influencers all over the globe. Intellifluence helps creators team up and work together on brand deals, campaigns, and much more. Instead of tryin...

Listen & solve. With us today is Phil Fraser, the Business Sounding Board. Phil works with business owners to be a sounding board for them. He explains it as half mentor, half coach and almost like a personal non-executive director for the business owner. He's there to be an extra pair of ears and eyes for you. Running a business isn't always smooth sailing. Phil aims to help by listening and...

Build your own business. On today's episode we're with our guest Gavin Sequeira, author of the book Break Free from Corporate . Gavin Sequeira is a business coach and author striving to help others get out of their corporate job and start doing something that makes them happy. It can be insanely draining working a job that isn't the right fit for you. Gavin helps people get out of their lousy jobs...

Launch your business. On the show today is Robert Nickell, the Founder and CEO of Rocket Station. Operating in Dallas Ft Worth since 2013, Rocket Station helps small to mid-sized businesses hire virtual teams with efficiency and profitability. Simplified staffing allows business owners to focus on the important stuff and outsource the rest. Robert started his career as an entrepreneur in the real...

Building your business. Today we're with Howard Wolpoff, Chief Marketing Strategist with Profit Master Business Solutions. Howard helps businesses increase their profit and scale. He works with small businesses to figure out where and why they are struggling as a business. Once you figure out why your business is breaking, it becomes a lot easier to fix. From there he trains business owners how to...

Don't fight the law. Today's guest is Mike Morse, Founder of Mike Morse Law Firm, and author of the book Fireproof. Mike Morse is the founder of Mike Morse Law Firm, the largest personal injury law firm in Michigan. Since being founded in 1995, Mike Morse Law Firm has grown to 150 employees, served 25,000 clients, and collected more than $1 billion for victims of auto, truck and motorcycle acciden...

Live healthy. The guest on the show today is Tim O'Brien, the Owner of The Healthy Place.  Tim and his wife Becki founded The Healthy Place in 2010 striving to become the best vitamin store in the Wisconsin area. They value education and quality of products at The Healthy Place and always strive to put the best options on the shelf. Since opening they now have 4 locations across Wisconsin. The big...

Perks are about people. On today's episode we're here with Brian Roland, Co-Founder of Abenity . Brian and his brother created their company Abenity to keep their passion for sales alive. They have always been salesy even as kids, selling CDs to make money for college and later in life working together as a team to create a company that helps businesses and associations save money. Abenity is a co...

Business growth planning. Today we're joined by our guest Michael Haynes, Founder and Principal Consultant at Listen Innovate Grow. For over 20 years, Michael has worked with companies ranging from micro-businesses to large corporates to develop customer strategies to drive business growth. Listen Innovate Grow is a business consulting firm based in Sydney, Australia. Operating globally, they work...

Multiply your growth. Today we're joined with Austin Netzley, the Founder and CEO of 2X. 2X is a company focused on 1-on-1 coaching and education to help you get free and grow. Austin founded his company when he wanted to turn his life around and be free from his long work weeks and stressful nights of burnout. His coaching teams and programs help countless people turn their lives around as well....

Supercharge your outreach game. Today's guest is Stefan Smulders, head of the company Expandi. Stefan helps others increase their outreach by using LinkedIn and email smart automation. LinkedIn is one of the biggest business hubs around and the guidelines on message sending and sales pitches are pretty strict. Expandi can secure responses with their personalized automation systems designed to alwa...

Start & grow your business. The guest today is Ross Buhrdorf, the Founder and CEO of ZenBusiness. ZenBusiness is a way to launch, run and grow your solopreneur microbusiness. Let's say you have a hobby or niche side hustle and you want to create a business out of it. ZenBusiness sets it all up for you and figures out all the nit-picky paperwork parts of starting up a business, and leave you to...

Raise up your voice. Today we're joined with Kami Guildner , Business Coach and Event Leader. Kami is extremely passionate about helping other women build up their passions and businesses. She wants others to put their voices out there and get the recognition they deserve. Kami is the founder of the Extraordinary Women Ignite Conference, Extraordinary Women Connect events, and host of the award-wi...

Florida's Finest. With us today is our guest Charlie Bailes, a fourth generation executive at ABC Fine Wine and Spirits.  ABC Fine Wine and Spirits has around 125 locations all across the state of Florida. They are a one-stop-shop of adult beverages in Florida. Over the past 30 years the brand has completely transformed from over 300 locations and 100 bars to 125 bigger, better locations with...

Boosting your business. On today's episode of the show we're joined by Sheila Farragher-Gemma, Owner of Connected Sponsors.  Events are a great place for brands to get visibility and gain traction. The right events will draw in the exact demographic of people your business needs. All types of people congregate at business events and find their niches. And that's where Sheila comes in, she helps or...

Where's yours made? Today we're joined with our guest Dean Wegner, the Founder and CEO of Authentically American.  Authentically American is a Veteran owned, American made premium apparel brand. When Dean graduated from West Point 28 years ago, over 50% of apparel in the US was made in the US but now that number has dwindled down to a shocking 3%. This sparked a dream in Dean and caused him to cre...

Reliable website performance. Joined with us today is Tigran Nazaryan, the CEO of 10Web.  10Web is a platform for hosting, building, optimizing and managing websites. It is an automated WordPress platform using AI to create websites automatically. The program offers reliable website performance and a ton of automated features to implement into your business. They have figured out a way to simplify...

Lead the way. Today's guest is Caterina Kostoula, Executive Coach at The Leaderpath.  Caterina coaches leaders and teams how to grow clarity and leadership in their business. Services include one-to-one executive coaching, team coaching, group coaching and an online course. Caterina uses many mindset skills to show others how to be better leaders in business. It is broken down into two pillars, Cl...

Birds of a feather. On the show today is Lisa Wise, the Founder and CEO of Flock DC.  Flock DC is a real estate management company. They work within Washington D.C. and manage about $2 billion dollars worth of residential real estate with a handful of commercial. They are a family of companies all working together to manage homes and bring community to homeowners in Washington D.C. They are a purp...