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.

579 – Owning Who You Are and Helping Yourself with Success on Purpose’s with Melonie Taylor

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The guest with us today is Melonie Taylor, the Chief Energy Officer of Success on Purpose.

Melonie spent many years as an oncology nurse, and felt herself getting burnt out after a wrist injury in 2010. In 2011, she went through a massive period of growth and discovered her true self. She began working on her business full time 3 years ago and has a team of virtual assistants to help with the process. Her program is an 11 step program to success for her clients. She believes she understands what her clients go through because of her own life experiences.

Learn more about the 11 Step program to bring success into your life and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

578 – Construction Career Success with Elinor Moshe

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The guest with us today is Elinor Moshe, the Founder of The Construction Coach. 

Elinor is Australia’s first construction coach. She does construction management and her business and podcast is all about staking her authority in her field. She guides, inspires, and directs future leaders and industry professionals to achieve more recognition. Elinor strives to create quality equipment and career opportunities for those interested in construction. She even hosts a podcast called Constructing You, a story of milestones in construction.

Learn more about how Elinor has taken over the construction management industry and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

577 – The Gentle Business Revolution with Sarah Santacroce

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The guest with us today is Sarah Santacroce, the CEO and Founder of SarahSantacroce, and launching a book titled The Gentle Marketing Revolution.

Sarah is a LinkedIn profile writer and teaches others how to use LinkedIn to scale their business. She is currently taking a pivot into gentle marketing such as email marketing and other strategies. Sarah says she’s a hippie turned business coach and preaches self belief and focusing on being your truest self.

Learn more about how Sarah and her advice about LinkedIn helping companies grow and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

576 – Focusing on Your Capacity with Lisa Fabrega

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The guest with us today is Lisa Faberga, the Founder and CEO of Lisa Faberga International.

Lisa helps successful women reclaim their agency and solidify their legacy. The power in all of this is capacity and expanding your view of it. She works as a mentor and helps other business women with topics like visibility, purpose, money, embodiment, structure, and boundaries. 

Learn more about how Lisa advocates and teaches her belief of capacity and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

574 – Buying and Selling Companies with Stone Peak Alliance’s Bart Rupert

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The guest with us today is Bart Rupert, Managing Partner at Stone Peak Alliance.

Stone Peak Alliance is a dedicated group of mergers and acquisition specialists with a pure passion for getting owners massive exits. When Bart was growing up, his parents told him he needed to be a doctor or a lawyer. He quickly realized he wanted to be an executive in a company. He went to work in a company and watched it be sold for $20 million and he saw how he could be needed. Now, he helps businesses negotiate the best possible price for their company when selling. He acquires companies to grow them and sell at top rates as well. 

Learn more about knowing when to sell and the best profitability for exiting business owners and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

573 – Influencer Marketing with Obviously’s Mae Karwowski

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The guest with us today is Mae Karwowski, the CEO and Founder of Obviously.

Mae provides quality influencer marketing with a tech platform that pairs you with the best in class influencer. Obviously helps build relationships between influencers and has worked with large brands like Ulta, Amazon, and Sephora to grow globally. They are an innovative company and Mae is making her business stand out by being on top of the cutting edge market technology and strategies.

Learn more about Obviously and how they grow influencer relationships and Mae Karwowski on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

572 – Going Where the Market Leads You with United Monograms’ Sean Lowery

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The guest on this episode is Sean Lowery, the CEO & Founder of United Monogram.

Sean began his business in his mother’s basement called T-Shirt Boy. Now he is running a 7 figure e-commerce and clothing shop called United Monograms. His clothing brand features personal stitched monograms for women. His wife is the creative side and he is the business side and they work together to keep the company running. At one time they were 300k in debate, and Sean lived in his office to fight for his business, that shows commitment.

Learn more about the clothing that United Monogram creates personalized for you on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

571 – Strategic Marketing and Exposure with Josh Rossi

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The guest on this episode is Josh Rossi, the CEO, Owner, and Viral Photographer at Josh Rossi Photography.

Josh runs his photography business along with another web domain called Fulltime Photographer where he offers courses teaching photography skills. His work also dives into photography software, marketing, and scaling your business as an artist. What sets him apart from other photographers is his style. His unique marketing style and production style are what gives his images a different feel and draws in the looker’s eye. 

Learn more about the creative mind of Josh and how he uses his skills to create beautiful photos on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

570 – Investing in Affordable Housing with Midwest Park Capital’s Jonathan Tuttle

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The guest on this episode is Jonathan Tuttle, the Principal at MidWest Park Capital.

MidWest Park Capital helps solve the affordable housing issues by investing in mobile home parks. They are a private real estate investment firm providing accredited investors with exclusive access to high-yield investments. Jonathan says they achieve this by acquiring and then adding-value or repositioning under-valued, mismanaged income-producing assets. Jonathan says it felt like it took 7-8 years before his business really took off, but once it did it felt great.

Learn more about how investments in Mobile Home Parks can benefit you and more about Rob on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.