595 – Running Your Business On Purpose with Madeleine MacRae

Josh Elledge - CEO, UpMyInfluence

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

Josh Elledge - CEO, UpMyInfluence

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

Josh Elledge - CEO, UpMyInfluence

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.

584 – Transparent, Proactive SEO and Digital Marketing with Rising Ranks Digital’s Caitlin Strempel

Josh Elledge - CEO, UpMyInfluence

Today we’re joined by Caitlin Strempel, the CEO of Rising Ranks Digital.

Rising Ranks Digital is an SEO and digital strategy agency. They work with anyone from lawyers and coaches to companies and corporations. They are women-lead with a team of 5 women and one man working together to help clients get the best results and empower women in fields dominated by men. Caitlin believes everyone’s voice deserves to be heard.

Learn more about Rising Ranks digital SEO marketing and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

583 – Optimized Leadership and Communication with Advance Coaching & Consulting’s with Mike Acker

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Joined with us today is Mike Acker, the Communication Coach at Steps to Advance and author of the book Speak with No Fear.

Mike grew up with a speech impediment and during his childhood he had to take speech class. From early on he was driven to complete the work and learn to communicate better. Then, his family moved to Mexico and learning Spanish in front of others helped him understand how hard learning how to communicate in front of people is. He uses this knowledge to help others communicate better with teammates and customers to develop better relationships.

Learn more about how communication is the key and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

582 – Self-Awareness and Making Changes with A Better Place Consulting’s Bunny Young

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Joined with us today is Bunny Young, Founder of A Better Place Consulting.

Bunny is a business therapist, virtual speaker and facilitator. She empowers others to take the power back into their own hands and make change for good. A Better Place Consulting is a work life alignment agency and they work one-on-one and with groups of work teams. They specialize in helping others make their businesses thrive again and keeping their workers happy.

Learn more about Bunny’s life and business consulting practices and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

581 – Revolutionizing the Pet Industry with Bow Wow Labs’ Michael London

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Joined with us today is Michael London, the Founder and CEO of Bow Wow Labs. 

Bow Wow Labs provides the best pet treats and toys for dogs. Pets are like family and at Bow Wow, they ensure that your pet will be happiest with a selection of chews and toys for any type of dog. They have a revolutionary new toy that has delicious treats inside that you can replace again and again. This is just one of many companies Michael has run.

Learn more about the selection of chew toys Bow Wow Labs sells and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

580 – Swag with an Online Platform with Swag.com’s Jeremy Parker

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Joined with us today is Jeremy Parker, the Co-Founder and CEO of Swag.com.

Jeremy creates promotional products for brands and can ship internationally with thousands of addresses at once. They have 5,000 customers and have had to pivot fast during COVID-19 but thankfully they received extreme success. They make products simplified and streamlined to create the highest quality promotional items for anything you need. 

Learn more about the various different merchandise styles and designs Swag.com has and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.