1261 – Helping Your Team Thrive with Sidekick’s Bonny Van Rest

Josh Elledge - CEO, UpMyInfluence

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the co-founder of Sidekick, Bonny Van Rest. Sidekick is a group of strategy consultants that offer an entrepreneurial approach to solving business problems, maximizing impact, creating business integrators with action oriented purpose drive and first hand experience of growing, leading, and owning businesses. Bonny shares with Josh …

1260 – Get Benefits for Your Team with Next Level Benefits’ Lauren Winans

Josh Elledge - CEO, UpMyInfluence

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the CEO of Next Level Benefits, Lauren Winans. Next Level Benefits is a Human Resources consulting firm. Josh asks Lauren about the origin of Next Level Benefits and she shares how she started the business to fill in the gap of looking for experts that could be …

1259 – Improv in the Workplace with Christner Strategies’ Jenny Christner

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In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks to the CEO of Christner Strategies, Jenny Christner. Josh and Jenny discuss improv’s ability to impact strategy. Jenny discusses her history in theater after medical school and how after taking an improv class she fell in love with it. Jenny shares how she uses improv every day in …

1258 – Running your Event with Grace and Ease’s Shay Wheat

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In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the CEO of Grace and Ease Productions, Shay Wheat. Grace and Ease Productions is a client supporter in creating powerful and profitable events by producing in person and live virtual events from one-day to three-day events. Josh highlights the photography on Grace and Ease Productions’ website and …

1257 – Becoming More Conscious with The Evolutionary Business Council’s Teresa De Grosbois

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In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks with the Chair of the Evolutionary Business Council, Teresa De Grosbois. Evolutionary Business Council is designed to help others grow their reach and influence through events and collaborations. Josh asks what it is that the Evolutionary Business Council does and Teresa shares that it is all about helping …

1253 – The Changes From Covid with Kim Hvidkjaer

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In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with Serial Entrepreneur, Kim Hvidkjaer. Kim explains that throughout his time as a serial entrepreneur, he has gone through many successes and failures. The failures have given him the ability to better avoid those mistakes and direct others away from them as well. Kim explains that growing a …

1252 – How To Find A Good Copywriter with Alyson Lex

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In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with Expert Sales Copywriter, Alyson Lex.  Alyson helps course creators, experts, and coaches sell more of their product. Her impact with this is being able to help her clients sell products that could potentially benefit many other individuals. Good copywriters should be able to adapt to the needs …

1251 – Managing Your Business with the Virtual Ateam’s Nicole Bandes

Josh Elledge - CEO, UpMyInfluence

On today’s episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur, we are so excited to speak with founder and CEO of Virtual A Team, Nicole Bandes! Virtual A Team works specifically with coaches, consultants, and other online based entrepreneurs. Known as the freelance whisperers by bridging the gap and creating a more seamless process with virtual teams. Nicole discusses virtual assistant mistakes that …

1250 – Ditch Your 9 to 5 with Screw The Commute’s Tom Antion

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On today’s episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur, we are so excited to speak with podcast host “Screw the Commute,” Tom Antion! Offering support to those who want to escape their 9 to 5 and those who are in business for themselves. Tom shares how he has never had a job and how that has influenced the name of his podcast. …

1249 – Marketing Your Podcast with Matt Johnson

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In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the CEO and Founder of Pursuing Results, Matt Johnson.  Matt works with producing and launching podcasts for coaching or consulting. Matt explains that podcasting creates a major arena of networking opportunities for businesses. Matt’s company will handle all of the communication for their clients so the clients …

1248 – The Power of Genuine Conversations with Vhault32 Jeremy Bishop

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In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the Founder of Vhault32,Jeremy Bishop. Vhault32 is a social media marketing company. Vhault32 helps high level business owners grow their social media platforms. It was created because business owners need access to someone of trust to help maintain and grow their platforms. The name Vhault came to …

1247 – Relationship Building with Recruiter Mill’s Ugis Balmaks

Josh Elledge - CEO, UpMyInfluence

On today’s episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur, we are so excited to speak with the founder of Recruiter Mill, Ugis Balmaks! Recruiter Mills helps online businesses hire ”A” players in six weeks or fewer. Ugis shares how the process of creating an online business in high 7 figures and how that growth created the need to find the need to …

1246 – Use Your Words with America’s Happiness Coach Laura DiBenedetto

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On today’s episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur, we are so excited to speak with the author of The Six Habits, Laura DiBenedetto!  Laura discusses the philosophy behind her 6 habits: kindness (how we treat ourselves), acceptance (how we feel about ourselves), gratitude (for all of life, good and not), presence (choosing now and living for today), goodness (energy management), and …