600 – Business Exits with Maximum Value with Michelle Seiler Tucker

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The guest with us today is Michelle Seiler Tucker, the Founder & CEO of Seiler Tucker Inc.

Michelle has over 20 years of experience and has sold over 1,000 businesses. Seiler Tucker specializes in mergers and acquisitions and they work by buying, fixing, growing, and then selling businesses. She partners with business owners and provides help to grow them and then sell. Michelle has written a book called Exit Rich all about her business. She has the largest buyer database in her industry with the most experience and doesn’t charge a retainer fee, so if she doesn’t sell your business, you don’t pay her.

Learn more about how you can flip your business for profit and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

599 – Problem-Solving and Storytelling with The Draw Shop’s Anitra Kerr

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Today we’re joined with Anitra Kerr, Whiteboard Strategist Maven at The Draw Shop. 

The Draw Shop is a white-board storytelling company that creates videos that are easy to understand. When they began their work, they had one artist in a basement with hot cameras. Now, they’ve grown to having multiple artists and copywriters and bring in clients globally. It all started with trying to communicate a message. 

Learn more about The Draw Shop’s incredible story telling and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

598 – Achieving Success and Fulfillment with Terry McDougall

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Happiness & success at work.

Today we’re joined by Terry McDougall, the CEO and Executive Coach at Terry B. McDougall Coaching.

Terry coaches high achievers that are successful but not satisfied. She helps them further expand their careers into their personal lives. She wrote a bestselling book, Winning the Game of Work: Career Happiness and Success on Your Own Terms. She’s had 30 years in the corporate space in marketing. She has faced many of the challenges her clients face so she can relate to their struggles and empathize with them. Terry is also launching a podcast called “Marketing Mambo.”

Learn more about Terry’s expertise in coaching and marketing on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

597 – Face to Face Vs. Online Meetings with Fearless Presentations’ Doug Staneart

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Today we’re joined by Doug Staneart, Founder of Fearless Presentations and CEO of The Leader’s Institute.

The Leader’s Institute teaches soft skills to companies about leadership and speaking. Fearless Presentations teaches groups on performing better presentations and public speaking events. They are trend-setters in their industry and focus on team-building. Using coaching rather than critiquing, they help people develop better speaking skills in a very short span of time. 

Learn more about the art of public speaking and Doug’s coaching on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

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596 – Be Kind to Yourself with Self Love Revolution’s Jonathan Troen

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Treat yourself better.

The guest with us today is Jonathan Troen, Self Love Mentor and Chief Inspiration Officer at Self Love Revolution.

Jon’s company is all about moving towards self love to live a happy life. He focuses on letting others discover their self love and through that they can become happier and work harder towards their goals. Self Love Revolution uses the four pillars of self love and an understanding of the thirteen saboteurs to guide people to living better lives.

Learn more about how Self Love Revolution helps people regain their purpose and love themselves on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur

595 – Running Your Business On Purpose with Madeleine MacRae

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The guest with us today is Madeleine MacRae, the CEO of MMMacRae Coaching & Consulting.

Madeleine is a business coach offering advice and mentorship as a boutique business in the home improvement space. Her business is 5 years old and she has trainings to help business owners make repeatable sales and build relations with clients. Madeleine has a deep understanding of the industry and the people in it and uses this knowledge to help others.

Learn more about Madeleine’s business trainings at MMMacRae Coaching & Consulting and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

594 – Crafting Your Message Effectively with Simply Good Press’s Jane Tabachnick

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The guest with us today is Jane Tabachnick, the Chief Buzz Creator at Simply Good Press.

Jane works with mission-driven female entrepreneurs and helps them with their content, PR, and becoming authors. She is different from other mentors because she helps them determine what they need to outsource and delegate. Simply Good Press will help you grab the attention of others and reel them in.

Learn more about Simply Good Press’ guide to content marketing and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

593 – Listening to Your Inner Voice with Chandy Business Solutions’ Ruble Chandy

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The guest with us today is Ruble Chandy, the President of Chandy Business Solutions.

Ruble is an investor, thought leadership advisor and strategist. His company is all about getting his clients to the next level. The most frequent pain points in business are: product, marketing, and the sales process. He advises business owners and helps them improve their productivity and work ethic.

Learn more about the mentorship Ruble can provide your business and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

592 – Vital, Underutilized Career and Leadership Skills with Mark Herschberg

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The guest with us today is Mark Herschberg, the CISO, CTO, and CCO of The Career Tool Kit Book. He’s also an author and instructor at MIT.

Mark’s book is based on the 20 years of experience of teaching career skills at MIT and growing various companies. His book teaches leadership values and shows readers how to change their mindset to optimize their results. Leadership doesn’t come from a title, it comes from innovative and influential ideas. Mark has a mission to help people first and not worry so much about every single dollar. He has also recently designed an app for daily reminders of what you learn in the book. 

Learn more about the valuable business skills that Mark wrote about in his book and much more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

591 – Bridging the Gap Between Start-Ups and Investors with Uniqorn’s Dom Einhorn

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Today we’re joined by Dom Einhorn, the Founder and CEO at Uniqorn. 

Uniqorn is an accelerator and incubator for tech start-ups based in rural, SW France. They apply the US model of tech start-ups to the French ecosystem and are the largest rural tech accelerator in the world. They are domain agnostic within the tech industry, but Dom won’t take up your company for their services unless your friends and family support your company and are willing to invest. This is because of Uniqorn’s unique method of investing in all the startups they accelerate.

Learn more about Dom’s knowledge in tech start-ups and investing in them as well on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

590 – IT Solutions and Infrastructure with Hostirian’s Ken Cox

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Today we’re joined by Ken Cox, the President of Hostirian. 

Ken began his career in entertainment and was a stage manager for bands. When he was creating websites for music artists he realized his skill in website creation. He used this knowledge to begin Hostirian, an infrastructure and business solutions company. They fully own and operate their own data centers. They also do web hosting and offer public and private cloud solutions.

Learn more about Ken and the solutions Hostirian can provide on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

589 – Being Yourself on Social Media Like a Voss’s Amanda Relyea-Voss

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The guest with on the show today is Amanda Relyea-Voss, the Owner and CEO of Like a Voss Social Media.

Amanda has run Like a Voss for eight years. Based in Canada, they manage social media and build online communities for businesses and influencers. The marketing and social media professionals at Like a Voss can create fully customized strategies that align with the clients’ most critical business goals. 

Learn more about the benefits of online communities for your business and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

588 – Everyone’s a Leader with John Laurito

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The guest with on the show today is John Laurito, Leadership Consultant at Laurito Group. 

The John Laurito company has been up and running for three years helping CEOs and business leaders. John helps people in leadership roles become better leaders for their teams. They also work with organizations and teams that are struggling. John has been a CEO of four different organizations and turned them each into something successful. 

Learn more about John Laurito’s leadership consulting and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

587 – Thorough and Enhanced Digital Marketing with Search Nurture’s Spencer Padway

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Today the guest on the show is Spencer Padway, the CEO of SearchNurture. 

SearchNurture is a digital marketing agency that serves consumer marketing manufacturers. They began as a digital marketing academy in 2007 and with agency work on the side that took off and repurposed their business. To this day, they still implement the education portion of what they used to do with both their employees and clients. What sets them apart from the rest is that they have proprietary software processes but they’re still a boutique agency with 25 employees. 

Learn more about you can enhance your marketing and expand your audience with SearchNurture on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

586 – Building a Community with LoudMouse’s Marc Ensign

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Today we’re joined by Marc Ensign, the CEO aka The Big Cheese at LoudMouse.

LoudMouse is a branding and marketing company that leads you from concept to launch using personalized strategies for each client. They know the ins and outs of marketing and how to skyrocket a brand. They also specialize in SEO work and logo and website design, lead generation and more.

Learn more about the marketing designs LoudMouse can create for your business and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

585 – Purposeful vs. Opportunistic Businesses with Daas Knowledge’s Henry Daas

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Today we’re joined by Henry Daas, Owner of Daas Knowledge.

Henry is a serial entrepreneur and began his first business 30 years ago and had many successes and fails. He got into coaching 10 years ago and decided to sit down and create what he calls a “purposeful business.” Daas Knowledge is a coaching company offering support to other entrepreneurs and business owners alike. Business ownership is sometimes a challenge and when you’re slugging on like a zombie, you need the antidote.

Learn more about Henry’s journey to owning Daas Knowledge and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.