The Thoughtful Entrepreneur

In this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks with Jonas Rinde, CEO and Founder of Nomono. Jonas shares the story behind Nomono, which they designed as a complete podcast workload solution: no wires, no levels to adjust - just great sound, no hassle. In addition to automatic downloading and the ability to easily sync to the cloud, Jonas says Nonomo is a ready tool for professional spatial audio - a way for humans to listen to audio the same way as sound is heard in real life. Discussing its features, uses, and benefits, Jonas shares what makes Nomono powerful and incredibly user-friendly, especially for podcasters. He puts it simply, "a podcast studio in a box". Key Points from the Episode:Overview of what Nomono isWhat is Spatial Audio?Nomono Features, Functions and Benefits About Jonas Rinde: Jonas Rinde is the current CEO of Nomono. He holds an MSc in Embedded Product Design from KTH Royal Institute of Technology and a BSc in Product and Industrial Design from Kristianstad University. Jonas is also certified by Grow - Tomorrow's design leaders in Cross Company Full and Scrum Alliance in CSPO, Certified Scrum Product Owner. About Nomono: Nomono is a team of 33 (and growing) with expertise across signal processing, acoustics, consumer electronics and media production. The company was founded in 2019 by Audun Solvang, Jonas Rinde, and Sigurd Saue. While most of us work from our headquarters in Trondheim, Norway, a select few hang out in Oslo and New York (but secretly wish they lived in Trondheim.) They are working together to simplify the production process for podcasters and broadcast journalists. Their goal is to enable meaningful conversations and storytelling without technology getting in the way.Nomono builds hardware and software that is intuitive, collaborative and easy-to-use while delivering exceptional audio quality. They do it for the love of sound, stories, and human connection. From cave paintings to podcasting, great stories are what connects people. Nomono enables storytellers to be creative by freeing them from the complexity of audio production. We build technology that fades into the background and feels invisible, to make audio storytelling a human experience, not a technical challenge. Tweetable Moments:02:04 - "Special Audio is a way for humans to listen to audio, the way the audio is being heard in a realistic way."15:16 - "If you do recording the field, there are a lot of hours going and just fixing it all to make it sound good enough for your listeners." Apply to be a Guest on The Thoughtful Entrepreneur:https://go.upmyinfluence.com/podcast-guestLinks Mentioned in this Episode:Want to learn more? Check out Nomono’s website at https://nomono.co/Check out Nomono on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/nomonosound/Check out Nomono on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/nomonosound/Check out Nomono on Twitter at https://twitter.com/nomonosoundCheck out Jonas Rinde on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonasrinde/Don’t forget to subscribe to The Thoughtful Entrepreneur and thank you for listening. Tune in next time! More from UpMyInfluence:We are actively booking guests for our The Thoughtful Entrepreneur. Schedule HERE.Are you a 6-figure consultant? I’ve got high-level intros for you. Learn more here.What is your #1 Lead Generation BLOCKER? Take my free quiz here.Want to learn more about all the podcasts managed by UpMyInfluence? Opt in here.

In this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge talks with Jateya Jones, Clarity Consultant at Jateya Jones Consulting. Jateya shares her passion for helping multi-enthusiasts, more commonly known as "serial entrepreneurs", get a clear idea of ​​what they really want to do in life. She wants to break the stigma that because multi-enthusiasts jump from one job to another, they lack focus and commitment.  Jateya guides them to leverage their skills and embrace their superpowers. She believes that their creativity and innovative spirit could often lead to some obstacles in reaching their full potential.Jateya is on a mission to help multi-passionate people articulate themselves clearly, be specific with their goals, gain confidence, and be the trailblazers they want to be. She described the different phases of the transition process: Ideation, Awareness, Alignment, Activation and Actualization, which can help individuals turn their vision into reality, empower them to present themselves confidently, stand out boldly and to claim their rightful place in the marketplace. Key Points from the Episode:What a Clarity Coach doesCommon Challenges of multi-passionate peopleThe different stages of the Transformation process About Jateya Jones: Jateya is the clarity coach every CEO needs. Her background as a multi-passionate entrepreneur gives her a range of experience and understanding to better guide you to improved messaging. Prior to working with Jateya, she was unable to explain "what I do" in a way that sparked the interest of potential prospects and partners. Now she’s able to share a snippet from her platform that makes people lean in and want to know more. Her other professional services allowed her to hone her message and stand out through the clarity of her voice, who she serves, and how to position her brand authentically. Links Mentioned in this Episode:Want to learn more? Check out Jateya Jones Consulting’s website at https://www.jateyajones.com/Check out Jateya Jones on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jateyajones/Check out Jateya Jones Consulting on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JateyaJonesConsultingCheck out Jateya Jones on Twitter at https://twitter.com/JateyaJonesCheck out Jateya Jones on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jateyajones/Don’t forget to subscribe to The Thoughtful Entrepreneur and thank you for listening. Tune in next time! More from UpMyInfluence:We are actively booking guests for our The Thoughtful Entrepreneur. Schedule HERE.Are you a 6-figure consultant? I’ve got high-level intros for you. Learn more here.What is your #1 Lead Generation BLOCKER? Take my free quiz here.Want to learn more about all the podcasts managed by UpMyInfluence? Opt in here.

In this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with Amy Spurling, Founder and CEO of COMPT. Amy shares some of the challenges companies face in providing an inclusive and equitable opportunity for their employees. She explains how a major shift in work dynamics has employees complaining about a more balanced and tolerant work environment.Amy explains how COMPT, an employee perk stipend software, can solve this problem by helping companies create customizable programs that can meet the needs of their employees. Some of the software's features include stress-free refunds, full tax compliance, custom allowances, and more! Amy describes this software as the modern way to deliver employee benefits in today's fast-paced and changing work environment. Key Points from the Episode:Overview of what COMPT isWhy does COMPT fit into today's employee workforce and culture?The most unique and popular perks commonly consumed by employees About Amy Spurling: Amy is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience in leadership roles in venture-backed companies, from early start-up to high growth and ultimately exit. She is responsible for strategic planning, international expansion, team development and scale, finance and accounting, human resources, corporate governance and risk management. She was able to close twelve rounds of debt and equity financing from strategic, insider, venture capital and institutional sources totaling over $200 million, and managed two acquisitions to close with values ​​ranging from 10 to 30 times earnings. About COMPT: Compt is a new and unique way to provide employee benefits. Compt transforms each user's employee program into separate lifestyle spending accounts that meet each employee's individual needs. The company determines its unique program of customizable benefits and specifies how much each employee must spend. This is further optimized by determining the period and category of expenses. The team then begins uploading their receipts after spending their Lifestyle Spending Account for their most relevant needs. The HR manager can even upload reports and reimburse their employees based on their benefit spend. They can then focus on other initiatives instead of managing multiple vendors for each benefit. This helps to retain employees as their benefits can be individually customized. Compt also ensures that your benefits are accounted for in accordance with the latest tax code.  Links Mentioned in this Episode:Want to learn more? Check out COMPT’s website at https://www.compt.io/Check out Amy Spurling on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyspurling/Check out COMPT on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/compt/Check out COMPT on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ComptHQ/Check out COMPT on Twitter at https://twitter.com/compthqCheck out COMPT on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/compthq/Don’t forget to subscribe to The Thoughtful Entrepreneur and thank you for listening. Tune in next time! More from UpMyInfluence:We are actively booking guests for our The Thoughtful Entrepreneur. Schedule HERE. Are you a 6-figure consultant? I’ve got high-level intros for you. Learn more here.What is your #1 Lead Generation BLOCKER? Take my free quiz here.Want to learn more about all the podcasts managed by UpMyInfluence? Opt in here.

In this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with Karen Mangia, author of several books, including The Wall Street Journal Bestseller, Success From Anywhere and Podcast host of Success from Anywhere. Karen explains why she thinks the pandemic has allowed people to evolve and create their own definition of success. From the thousands of interviews she conducted, she identified 3 things that employees want these days: flexibility, autonomy, and choice. Without these offers, people will leave the company too early. Of these 3 important things, Karen highlights the beauty and importance of giving employees a choice. She says that choice, on the employer's side, gives perspective on what could be done, what job they have and what could be. For employees, choice makes them feel seen, heard and appreciated. Karen believes what would change in an organization moving towards peak performance is the curiosity to change conversations and provide choices.   Key Points from the Episode: What does it mean to be successful now? The 3 things that employees want The beauty of choice   About Karen Mangia Karen Mangia is an internationally-recognized thought leader whose TEDx appearance, keynotes, blogs and books reach hundreds of thousands of business leaders each year. She is the author of Working from Home: Making the New Normal Work for You (Wiley), Listen Up! How to Tune in to Customers and Turn Down the Noise (Wiley) and also Success With Less (Marie Street Press). A prolific blogger and sought-after media interviewer, she has been featured in Forbes and regularly contributes to Thrive Global and ZDNet. As Vice President of Customer and Market Insights at Salesforce, she engages current and future customers around the world to discover new ways of creating success and growth together. She serves on the company’s Work from Home Taskforce, where she is helping the company’s 50,000+ worldwide employees to better adapt to a work-from-home environment. Passionate about diversity and inclusion, she also serves on the company’s Racial Equality and Justice Taskforce. Prior to Salesforce, she spearheaded Customer Satisfaction and Experience at Cisco Systems.   Links Mentioned in this Episode: Want to learn more? Check out Karen Mangia website at https://www.readsuccessfromanywhere.com/ Check out Karen Mangia on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenmangia/ Check out Karen Mangia on Twitter at https://twitter.com/karenmangia Check out Karen Mangia on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/KarenMangiaAuthor Check out Karen Mangia on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/karenmangia/ Check out Karen Mangia on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuk4mH8c0ddKfWD_en1SZ-Q Don’t forget to subscribe to The Thoughtful Entrepreneur and thank you for listening. Tune in next time!   More from UpMyInfluence: We are actively booking guests for our The Thoughtful Entrepreneur. Schedule HERE. Are you a 6-figure consultant? I’ve got high-level intros for you. Learn more here. What is your #1 Lead Generation BLOCKER? Take my free quiz here.

In this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with Will Robinson, CEO of Encapture. Will shares some of the pain points faced by bank employees and lenders. He describes their job of manually processing documents for clients as very laborious, often chaotic, and an unproductive use of their time. One of the solutions to improve efficiency and customer service? Integrate an intelligent document automation platform that can perform repetitive tasks smoothly and quickly.Will explains how Encapture works as an end-to-end platform for your document processing needs. It highlights some of the software's key features that can speed up processing times for some of the most important documents processed by bank employees and lenders. The software can support many different documents needed while improving digital experience, operational efficiency and compliance management. Key Points from the Episode:Why do banks and lenders need intelligent document management software?How banks and lenders would work with EncaptureSales and business development About Will Robinson: Will Robinson is the CEO of Encapture, a 20-year-old growing document management services company that transitioned to a SaaS product company in 2019 with additional investment funding. Will Robinson is a Dallas native who spent time in banking and private equity as a finance professional before moving into the software industry and then joining Encapture as CEO. About Encapture: Encapture is intelligent document management software that helps financial institutions and healthcare providers speed up document processing. Encapture enables frontline workers to easily capture any type of document, then automatically extracts all relevant data using machine learning to process workflows and integrate the data with other software tools. It uses machine learning to help employees stop wasting time on mundane, repetitive tasks so they can focus on better serving their customers.Banks, lenders, insurers, and businesses with high volumes of paperwork trust Encapture to keep their operations efficient, secure, and buzzing. They are told by their customers that they are a refreshing alternative to traditional enterprise capture software because their platform is easy to use and scalable. Tweetable Moments:00:35 - "We are in this space called 'Intelligent Document Processing.' So if you think about a bank and people applying for a mortgage or a loan, there are a lot of incoming documents from that borrower that the bank has to review to make sure that you're qualified to get a loan from the bank."01:30 - "It's a multifaceted problem. Think about a borrower or a consumer. People these days expect an immediate turnaround." Apply to be a Guest on The Thoughtful Entrepreneur: https://go.upmyinfluence.com/podcast-guestLinks Mentioned in this Episode:Want to learn more? Check out Encapture’s website at https://www.linkedin.com/company/encapture-tech/Check out Will Robinson on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-robinson-encapture/Check out Encapture on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/encapture-tech/Check out Encapture on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ImagineSolutionsSoftware/Don’t forget to subscribe to The Thoughtful Entrepreneur and thank you for listening. Tune in next time! More from UpMyInfluence:️We are actively booking guests for our The Thoughtful Entrepreneur. Schedule HERE.Are you a 6-figure consultant? I’ve got high-level intros for you. Learn more here.What is your #1 Lead Generation BLOCKER? Take my free quiz here.Want to learn more about all the podcasts managed by UpMyInfluence? Opt in here.

In this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with Richard Mabey, Co-Founder and CEO of Juro.Are you tired of creating, negotiating, approving, assigning, managing, and tracking legal contracts? Look no further than Juro, an all-in-one contract automation platform simplifies the entire contract lifecycle. Richard explained how Juro differs from other solutions like DocuSign by streamlining the entire process, not just the signing. Juro allows lawyers to set up templates that anyone in the business can use, reducing friction in the sales process and providing live comment notifications. Richard’s experience as an attorney inspired him to start Juro, and the company has grown from 50 to 115 employees with a community of 800 corporate attorneys who believe in their product. Their sales team is very consultative, understanding their prospects' pain points before demonstrating how Juro can solve their problems.About Richard Mabey:Richard Mabey is the Founder and scale-up CEO with a background focused on building B2B SaaS products that people love. Right now, he's building Juro to help the world get along better by making legal contracts frictionless and accessible to everyone.Formerly a Magic Circle lawyer and an MBA from INSEAD. Member of the Forbes Council, Fellow of the RSA, FT top 10 legal technologist. Occasionally, he makes angel investments to support other founders working on ambitious and impactful projects.About Juro:Juro was founded by lawyers and software engineers to rebuild contracts from the ground up and adapt the terms agreement process to the modern world.Their team strives to help the world get along better, making contracts frictionless and accessible to everyone. The Juro team spans multiple countries, cultures and functions and is backed by Union Square Ventures, Point Nine Capital, Seedcamp and the founders of Wise, Indeed and Gumtree.Apply to be a Guest on The Thoughtful Entrepreneur: https://go.upmyinfluence.com/podcast-guestLinks Mentioned in this Episode:Want to learn more? Check out Juro’s website at https://juro.com/Check out Juro on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/juro/Check out Richard Mabey on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmabey/Check out Juro on Twitter at https://twitter.com/GetJuroCheck out Juro on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMghTvNMg9L4A1Fz6HNCA7gDon’t forget to subscribe to The Thoughtful Entrepreneur and thank you for listening. Tune in next time!More from UpMyInfluence:We are actively booking guests for our The Thoughtful Entrepreneur. Schedule HERE.Are you a 6-figure consultant? I’ve got high-level intros for you. Learn more here.What is your #1 Lead Generation BLOCKER? Take my free quiz here.Want to learn more about all the podcasts managed by UpMyInfluence? Opt in here.

In this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the Founder and Managing Director of BizSmart, and Author of The Entrepreneurial ScaleUp System, Kevin Brent. Kevin shares his passion for helping and supporting struggling entrepreneurs so they can put a robust structure and systems in place to keep their business running smoothly. Based on their own research and experiences, Kevin and his team at Bizmates will explore the challenges every entrepreneur faces, help create an action plan, and guide them through their journey to growth.Kevin also explains their team's ScaleUp Journey framework which they have successfully used over the years to help achieve their clients' goals. This includes habit tracking and a step-by-step guide to successfully reaching the different milestones. He believes that when the right structure is put in place correctly, it can revolutionize the way businesses operate. Key Points from the Episode:Services offered by BizSmartThe 90-Day Planning ProcessThe Entrepreneurial Scale Up System  About Kevin Brent: Kevin is an experienced and entrepreneurial business practitioner with a focus on strategy, business development and maximizing value. He has combined pharmaceutical sales and marketing experience with strategy consulting, value based management, medical communications and e-business. He holds an MBA from INSEAD, has built three and exited from two businesses and built his own eco-friendly home! Kevin founded BizSmart in 2012 with the aim of supporting business owners to build value growth in their businesses.After a short stint in the RAF, Kevin started in business in the late eighties as a medical representative and subsequent roles included sales, market research, new products planning, product and business unit management.Following an International MBA at INSEAD in France, he joined a leading global strategy firm. With a focus on Corporate Value Based Management, he worked in banking, consumer healthcare, and even alcoholic beverages!A move to healthcare strategy consulting firm The Wilkerson Group gave Kevin an interest in patient centric support programmes. Working internationally, he advised at senior level on value added patient services and strategic marketing, including patient journey analysis. Further projects included international opportunity assessments for new products, portfolio evaluations, company valuations and pipeline assessments for merger negotiations.As board director for a medical education agency Kevin conceived and drove the development of Healthinfocus.co.uk – the first comprehensive consumer health site in the UK working closely with 55 UK patient support groups.  As International Business Development Director, he also originated, sold, and led a pan European review of patient support programmes for one of the industry’s billion dollar products. This led to a cohesive approach for the client in the development of support programmes in general, and specifically in compliance/ adherence services.Very much an entrepreneurial self-starter he has conceived and built three businesses, built his own kit car (when he was much younger!) and built his own eco-friendly home.  Later, he developed the Patient Experience Network (PEN) alongside another BizSmart Core Advisor Ruth and launched the PEN National Awards in 2010 – attracting interest, entries and sponsorship from a wide range of healthcare organizations including the NHS, private health and the pharmaceutical industry.  About BizSmart: BizSmart is a group of experienced professionals working with business owners spread their wings through a rock-solid, proven system for scaling up and building value. They offer a range of products and services to meet every SME’s business aspirations and budgets – flexible, accessible programmes focused on business scale-up & value creation with support from like-minded business owners.  Tweetable Moments:05:33 - "There are a lot of people that start up businesses. You have to have that high dominance trait to get things done."08:43 - "Every business should have a 90-day planning process because you can balance that time out of the business and think a bit strategically with keeping the lights on and the plates spinning within the business." Apply to be a Guest on The Thoughtful Entrepreneur: https://go.upmyinfluence.com/podcast-guestLinks Mentioned in this Episode:Want to learn more? Check out BizSmart’s website at https://www.bizsmart.co.uk/Check out Kevin Brent on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-brent-valuebuilder/Check out BizSmart on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/biz-smart/Check out BizSmart on Twitter at https://twitter.com/BizSmartUKCheck out BizSmart on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCweJvDW5pE4uRC8N4WiFnnA Don’t forget to subscribe to The Thoughtful Entrepreneur and thank you for listening. Tune in next time!  More from UpMyInfluence:️We are actively booking guests for our The Thoughtful Entrepreneur. Schedule HERE.Are you a 6-figure consultant? I’ve got high-level intros for you. Learn more here.What is your #1 Lead Generation BLOCKER? Take my free quiz here.Want to learn more about all the podcasts managed by UpMyInfluence? Opt in here.

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to Founder of BrEpic, Justin Breen. BrEpic helps visionary entrepreneurs connect with the right people who share the same goal of wanting to make a change in the world. Justin talks about his book and the formula he discovered to create a successful global brand. He also addressed the effect of mainstream media and the importance of collaboration in business. He shared that working with visionary individuals will give enterprises a higher chance of success than focusing on transactional relationships.  Key points from this Episode:Unlocking the formula for creating successful global companiesHow directness attracts greatness in business?Addressing the state of PR space in the industryWhat makes BrEpic different?The effect of overvaluing the vanity matrix“Changing their world” people vs. “Changing the world” peopleWhat’s the impact of collaboration in the business worldHow to identify visionary individuals? About Justin Breen: BrEpic Communications LLC is guided by Justin Breen, who has 20+ years in the media business, has won dozens of editing and writing awards and is an author of countless viral stories. BrEpic will write clicky stories highlighting you or your business and finding the right pitch for multiple media outlets.As an Assistant Managing Editor, Justin worked with the executive and managing editors daily as part of a team of two other assistant managing editors. He created daily and Sunday content for each newspaper section, with a focus on centerpiece articles for A1. He also helped to create and design content for the company's website. He also collaborated on special projects, preview sections, and communication strategies with the publisher, advertising director, and promotions director. Supervised the picture department, which included four full-time employees and tens of freelance photographers. About BrEpic: BrEpic collaborates with a customer to generate a list of story ideas. BrEpic selects the best and writes stories that are likely to get picked up by mainstream media. After editing the article with BrEpic, the client publishes it on their website and sends the link to BrEpic, which distributes it to local, regional, and national media. If the media is interested in the story, BrEpic connects the client with the media contact, who coordinates interviews with the story subject or subjects. BrEpic keeps track of successful mainstream media placements and shares them on its social media sites, which include Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. BrEpic Communications LLC will run your social media sites, write clicky stories that highlight you or your business, and find the right pitch for multiple media outlets! Tweetable Moments:02:19 - "What I have found is that directness eliminates nonsense and attracts greatness."06:06 - "I don't care if ten people are listening, but if they're the right ten people, that's all that matters to me." Apply to be a Guest on The Thoughtful Entrepreneur: https://go.upmyinfluence.com/podcast-guestLinks Mentioned in this Episode:Want to learn more? BrEpic Communications LLC website athttps://www.brepicllc.com/Check out BrEpic Communications LLC on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/brepiccommunicationsllc/Check out the Justin Breen on LinkedIn athttps://www.linkedin.com/in/justinbreen1/Check out the Justin Breen on Twitter athttps://twitter.com/BrEpicBreenDon’t forget to subscribe to The Thoughtful Entrepreneur and thank you for listening. Tune in next time! More from UpMyInfluence: We are actively booking guests for our The Thoughtful Entrepreneur. Schedule HERE.Are you a 6-figure consultant? I’ve got high-level intros for you. Learn more here.What is your #1 Lead Generation BLOCKER? Take my free quiz here.Want to learn more about all the podcasts managed by UpMyInfluence? Opt in here.

In this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with Tarra Stubbins, Founder of Take It Easy Group. Tarra shares her passion for helping start-ups succeed. Drawing on her years of experience as the Rolling Stones' personal executive assistant, she uncovers the secrets of delegation, time management and productivity lessons. Tarra combines these lessons with secret celebrity stories and leaves audiences with the inspiration, tools and strategic support they need to grow sustainably.With her proactive and thoughtful executive assistants, Tara is committed to her clients' success through a strategic partnership system. Their mission is to provide individualized care and the best possible service to companies that want to focus on their top ROI priorities. Key Points from the Episode:What is the Take It Easy Group?What makes them unique than staffing companies may do?About quitting the cult of busy About Tarra Stubbins: Helping others runs in Tarra Stubbins' blood. She has been a personal assistant for over 20 years and still loves every moment. Tarra is often quoted saying she was put on this planet for a reason, and that's to help others succeed.After ten years on the road supporting touring musicians and artists, Tarra established Take It Easy Personal Concierge Inc. in 2007. Tarra has taken the skills she learned on the road and puts them to use to help her customers eliminate their to-do lists on a daily basis.Tarra is extremely passionate about time management and delegation techniques. Very early in her career, she noticed that the celebrities she coached all had specifically detailed delegation and time management systems. She learned that these skills were exactly what helped stars stand out from the crowd and become hugely successful. She teaches individuals and organizations how to make better use of the 24 hours given to them daily, to be more successful and less stressful, through keynote speeches and coaching sessions. Tarra leaves her audience and clients with the inspiration and tools they need to take action and become the rock stars of their own careers.Tarra is a respected media spokesperson and keynote speaker. She has been featured on many prominent media outlets. Tarra shared her sought-after keynote with an international audience of entrepreneurs and businesses.Tarra is a graduate of Humber College's Film and Television Production Program and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of Western Sydney in Australia. About Take It Easy Group: The Take It Easy Group is a team of experienced executive assistants who help seed and Series A startups scale to success. Their goal is to keep you and your business organized and efficient, so you can focus on growing. Their team of talented executive business partners can help you develop methods and efficiencies that will propel you to success. Tweetable Moments:09:57 - "I learned, one, that I was only going to let the people who appreciated what I was doing take up my time."10:46 - "There is an intuition when starting businesses and being an entrepreneur that we have to just run with things and be our person and be the leader in this space as well." Apply to be a Guest on The Thoughtful Entrepreneur: https://go.upmyinfluence.com/podcast-guestLinks Mentioned in this Episode:Want to learn more? Check out Take It Easy Group’s website at https://www.takeiteasygroup.com/Check out Take It Easy Group on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/take-it-easy-group/Check out Tarra Stubbins on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarra-gore-stubbins-409257254/Check out Tarra Stubbins on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/tarra_concierge/Check out Tarra Stubbins on Twitter at https://twitter.com/TarrasTimeDon’t forget to subscribe to The Thoughtful Entrepreneur and thank you for listening. Tune in next time! More from UpMyInfluence:We are actively booking guests for our The Thoughtful Entrepreneur. Schedule HERE.Are you a 6-figure consultant? I’ve got high-level intros for you. Learn more here.What is your #1 Lead Generation BLOCKER? Take my free quiz here.Want to learn more about all the podcasts managed by UpMyInfluence? Opt in here.

In this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with Mandy Lonzano, Chief Development Officer of Spoke Sciences, Inc. Mandy understands the growing demand for plant-based products, especially in the food and beverage and beauty industries. However, it is common knowledge that these companies face significant industry issues that stem from plant-based compounds. Many have failed to incorporate functional plant-derived ingredients into their water formulations. As a result, solubility, stability and taste issues would arise.Mandy explains how technologies from Spoke Science can create water-dispersible versions of insoluble plant compounds and make them applicable in the food and beverage and beauty industry. She shares their patented portfolio of solutions derived from decades of experience in the formulation of complex pharmaceutical, personal care and food products.Working independently or in collaboration with customers, Mandy and her team of seasoned industry professionals are dedicated to solving solubility issues, adding product benefits and increasing customer satisfaction. They are also working on bio-oriented advances for mental health. Key Points from the Episode:What is Spoke Sciences?Collaborative approach to solving solubility problemsUsing patented platform technologies About Mandy Lonzano: Mandy Lonzano is a seasoned professional with over 15 years of experience in the major manufacturing, consumer goods and retail industries. She is skilled in business strategy, consumer products, sales, retail, management, innovation management, program management, operations and marketing.Mandy Lonzano is fully educated with a bachelor's degree in studio art from the University of Puget Sound and a master's degree in business administration from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. About Spoke Sciences: Spoke Sciences is a technology development company composed of industry veterans with decades of experience formulating complex pharmaceutical, personal care and food products. They provide the most advanced functional ingredients on the market, intelligently formulated to solve problems of solubility, stability and taste. Working independently or jointly with their client, they design solutions to significant industry issues that arise from plant-based compounds.  Tweetable Moments:01:57 - "There are many benefits to focusing more on nature and her wisdom."04:17 - "Consumer experience is so critical. We all know that word of mouth is the most important thing." Apply to be a Guest on The Thoughtful Entrepreneur: https://go.upmyinfluence.com/podcast-guestLinks Mentioned in this Episode:Want to learn more? Check out Spoke Sciences’ website at https://spokesciences.com/Check out Spoke Sciences on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/spoke-sciences-inc/Check out Mandy Lonzano on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandylozano/Don’t forget to subscribe to The Thoughtful Entrepreneur and thank you for listening. Tune in next time! More from UpMyInfluence:We are actively booking guests for our The Thoughtful Entrepreneur. Schedule HERE.Are you a 6-figure consultant? I’ve got high-level intros for you. Learn more here.What is your #1 Lead Generation BLOCKER? Take my free quiz here.Want to learn more about all the podcasts managed by UpMyInfluence? Opt in here.