The Thoughtful Entrepreneur

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to Brand and Marketing Strategist, Fabi Paolini. Fabi helps coaches, consultants, experts, and online business owners upgrade their messages and create or upgrade their brands. She emphasized that positioning the message businesses want to put out will help attract ready-to-invest high-ticket clients. With the world changing so much, she said people want to connect with people more than with just a corporate entity. According to her, integrating your personality and experiences and humanizing your brand will make you stand out from the saturated market and be a premium brand. Key Points from the Episode:Why is it important to position your business verbally and visually?The advantage of Human to human approachTips on connecting with your ideal audienceTips on how to bring out your unique value propositionHow to position yourself as a premium brand? About Fabi Paolini: Fabi likes to describe herself as a relentless action taker, and she is not exaggerating. It's this willingness to get going, show up, and jump in the ring that has propelled her to go from struggling entrepreneur to thriving multiple six-figure business owner making her first $500K in a matter of 18 months. Her signature framework, the Brand Strategy Pyramid Methodology, is designed to generate massive breakthroughs by harnessing the power of intentional and disruptive brand positioning - the same principles she used to create a radical before and after in her business and life. An immigrant from Venezuela who landed in the U.S. in 2016 pregnant with her first baby and with absolutely no contacts, leads, or online business presence, Fabi knows what it's like to start from scratch, face your fears and make it work. Her 14+ years of branding experience includes work for global brands such as Heinz, Smirnoff, and Johnnie Walker, among others. She holds a B.A. in advertising and graphic design from the University of Miami and an MBA from the internationally renowned business school IESA. Tweetable Moments:04:38 - "The world is shifting because of how social media works and because of the access that we have to people. People want to connect with people."07:56 - "It's about how you can connect with your people, and you can't connect with your people if you're hiding behind a brand." 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 the Fabi Paolini website athttps://www.fabipaolini.com/fabi-paolini/Check out Fabi Paolini coaching on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/fabi-paolini-coaching/Check out Fabi Paolini on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabipaolini/Check out Fabi Paolini on Instagram at https://instagram.com/fabipaoliniCheck out Fabi Paolini on Facebook at https://facebook.com/fabipaoliniCheck out Fabi Paolini on Twitter athttp://www.twitter.com/fabipaolini Check out Fabi Paolini on Pinterest athttp://www.pinterest.com/fabipaoliniDon’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 Managing Member of Bronson Equity, Bronson Hill. Bronson Equity helps professionals and business owners reduce taxes and achieve passive income where they don’t have to manage their own property or leasing. Bronson talked about how he started in and shared that they put more emphasis on raising awareness and creating momentum for individuals to attain financial freedom. He also talked about the importance of knowing what kind of investor a person is when investing and using inflation as a leverage to reap in more investment profits.  Key Points from the Episode:Why do syndication deals make so much sense for investors?What’s the number rule #1 in investing?Benefits of Syndication as an investment About Bronson Hill: Bronson is an accomplished real estate investor with over 15 years of experience. His passion is helping others to become financially free to discover and pursue their purpose. He is the author of The Single Best Investment Strategy During (and After) a Pandemic. Bronson can educate your audience on why passively investing in apartment buildings is the best investment there is, why it beats the stock market, and even investing in single family homes. The higher returns, lower risk, tax advantages, and truly passive investing are a few things that make it more desirable for the stock market. Bronson is currently a general partner in over 800 multifamily units worth $60M and has personally raised $15M for real estate deals. He understands the needs and desires of investors, having had over 1000 personal phone calls with investors, gaining a great understanding of individuals' questions and goals. Bronson is the host of a large multifamily meetup in Pasadena, CA called FIBI Pasadena Multifamily. He has been interviewed on numerous podcasts and has co-hosted Michael Blank on his podcast. He is a regular contributor to Bigger Pockets, YouTube, and other platforms. About Bronson Equity: Bronson Equity helps individuals, business owners and professionals to become financially free through investing in apartment buildings. We provide education, resources, and opportunities for investors to be involved in upcoming investment opportunities. Tweetable Moments:04:56 - "People don't want information, they want transformation."07:21 - "When you think about market saturation, at the end of the day, what's going to make you stand out are those personality differences, the stories, the anecdotes, and the things that only you can bring to the table." Links Mentioned in this Episode:Want to learn more? Check out the Bronson Equity website at https://bronsonequity.com/Check out Bronson Equity on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/bronson-equity/Check out Bronson Hill on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/bronson-hill-b4843910/Check out Bronson Hill on Twitter at  https://twitter.com/BronsonHill6Check out Bronson Hill on Facebook at  https://www.facebook.com/bronson.hill.37Don’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 Rich Maloney, Founder and CEO of Quality Mind Global. Rich Maloney shares the mission and vision of Quality Mind Global, which he built to be an online group coaching designed for anyone who wants to become the best version of themselves. With a team of 30 licensed professionals serving clients in over 50 countries, Rich and his team apply different processes and methodologies to see positive change happen.Rich believes that thoughts are very powerful because they fuel our emotions. He mentions that although they serve different people from different walks of life, most of their clients are high profile artists who are under extreme pressure, suffering from depression, anxiety and panic attacks. They believe that from their 12-week program, their clients can begin to control their thoughts and behaviors and create positive change.According to Rich, one of the key ingredients to achieving growth and self-discovery is discovering your goals and desires. He believes that each of us has a guidance system, and all it takes is trusting our inner selves to achieve that goal, and with a healthy mind, one can build and make the right choices. Key Points from this Episode:What is Quality Mind Global?The difference between knowledge and wisdomUnderstanding the power of contrastHow quickly can improvements be observed? About Rich Maloney: Rich Maloney is the founder and CEO of Quality Mind Global (QMG), a leading international mental wellness coaching and licensing company with over 1000 clients in dozens of countries, and 30 licensed QMG Mind Mentors from 8 countries.Rich was also the founder of Engage & Grow Global, the #1 employee engagement licensing company in the world. Rich and his team trained and licensed over 700+ Employee Engagement coaches from 35 countries over a 4-year period. Rich has since successfully sold out to a US company to focus on building out QMG to be the #1 mental well-being subscription-based coaching and training company.Richard has been a headline speaker at many industry conferences and events, and he has spoken in 15 countries with audiences of 1200+.He is also the co-founder of Blokes United, a 24,000-strong men’s Facebook support group. (other founders are AFL stars Barry Hall and Shaun Higgins.)He is the author of four books:1. The Minds of Winning Teams: Creating Team Success Through Engagement & Culture,2. Injury-Free: Mental Training For Elite Athletes,3. Engage & Grow: 6 Steps To Building Highly Engaged Teams (co-author)4. Stress-Free: How To Thrive Under Pressure In Unprecedented Times.Rich was also recognized as a finalist in 2016, 2017, and 2018 Australian Optus Business Awards as Business Leader of the Year and Export Business of the Year and was a finalist for the 2017 Telstra Victorian Micro Business of the Year.Rich has been associated with seven elite Australian sports organizations:• Western Bulldogs Football Club (AFL)• Fremantle Football Club (AFL)• St Kilda Football Club (AFL)• Melbourne Football Club (AFL)• Melbourne Storm Rugby League (NRL)• Melbourne Vixens Netball Club (NA)• Melbourne Tigers Basketball (NBL)Rich has helped 32 sporting teams win championships and has assisted 56 teams to get to the grand finals.Rich is also the founder and a co-host of the “Quality Mind” Podcast alongside professional footballer Shaun Higgins from the GFC, AFL.Rich lives in Melbourne, Australia, with his wife Kristen and their three young daughters. About Quality Mind Global: QMG provides a powerful, affordable, and universally accessible long-term mental wellness solution for the B2B & B2C markets. QMG rapidly reprograms client's minds via their ‘Personal Activation System’, enabling their clients to maximize their true potential & achieve greater success, improved happiness, health & wealth. The vision of QMG as the #1 mental-wellbeing training & licensing company in the world is to provide the most powerful, affordable, and universally accessible solution, for anyone who wishes to maximize their true potential for improved health, wealth, and happiness. Their mission is to rapidly awaken people to their true potential with minimal effort. They do this by surpassing old-school personal development methodologies, with their world-first Personal Activation System™.QMG is currently servicing clients in 50+ countries. Tweetable Moments:02:30 - "Basically, everything is neutral until you give it a meaning."05:13 - "If something doesn't work out for you, and you are generally focused on your goals and you're excited by your goals, then just have trust and have faith that something around the corner is probably even better waiting for you." 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 Quality Mind Global’s website at https://www.qualitymindglobal.com/Check out Rich Maloney on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardmaloney1/Check out Quality Mind Global on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/quality-mind-global/Check out Rich Maloney on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/richmaloney/Check out Quality Mind Global on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/qualitymindglobal/ Don’t forget to subscribe to The Thoughtful Entrepreneur and thank you for listening. Tune in next time! More from UpMyInfluence:Tickets for the FIRST Annual Fame and Profit Summit 2022 are on sale now! Check it out HERE!️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 Digital Marketing Consultant and Executive Coach, Pamela Wilson. Pamela has over 30 years of experience working with business owners and helping them use all available digital tactics to create strategies that work. Her mission is to provide strategies to the marketing team and help them fulfill their roles so that they can be really good at what they do and implement their work at a very high level.Pamela is aware of the different marketing strategies being shared on the internet these days, but stressed the importance of proven marketing tactics to ensure they work for your business. She also shared some tips on how to use data to get qualified leads. In her example, she helps companies maximize their digital platforms through content creation and social media marketing for data. She also stresses the importance of group collaboration to make sure they have the right strategies in place to make everything work as planned.As a thought leader herself, Pamela advises that to attract more audience for your niche, you need to consistently deliver valuable, high-level information to your customers. Key Points from this Episode:How to find the right marketing strategies that will work for your businessUse data to better manage your marketingUse digital platforms to get qualified leadsSales and Marketing Trends About Pamela Wilson: Pamela Wilson coaches people in mid-career to build profitable online businesses. She’s an online educator, author, keynote speaker, and founder of PamelaWilson.com.Pamela is the author of two books: Master Content Marketing and Master Content Strategy, and the creator and head coach for The Offer Accelerator, The BIG League, The Content Lab, and The Image Lab. Tweetable Moments:04:01 - "It does start by looking at your data. So you try different things, but then you actually take the time to look at the data that those things have produced to see what your audience and what your customers are responding to."07:32 - "We're using all of their digital platforms to make sure that we're educating people, we're positioning the business with some thought leadership type content, and we're making them really like industry leaders that people want to work with." 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 Pamela Wilson’s website at https://www.pamelawilson.com/Check out Pamela Wilson on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamelaiwilson/Check out Pamela Wilson on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/pamela_wilson/Check out Pamela Wilson on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/PamelaWilsonCoach/ Don’t forget to subscribe to The Thoughtful Entrepreneur and thank you for listening. Tune in next time! More from UpMyInfluence:Tickets for the FIRST Annual Fame and Profit Summit 2022 are on sale now! Check it out HERE!️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 Per Sjofors, famed author of The Price Whisperer: A Holistic Approach to Pricing Power and CEO and Founder of Sjofors & Partners Inc.  Sjofors shared his education, work experience, and expertise in creating the right pricing strategy for a specific niche, and found that many companies underpriced. Drawing on experiences and proven pricing strategies, he shared how the process he has developed over the years could answer questions about pricing. This includes what the market is willing to pay for a product or service, accurately forecasting sales volume and revenue, and using data to set the right price.Sjofors also discussed its strategies and process on how to derive prices. Over the years, he has shared his observations that some companies set their price based on different factors, such as competitor prices and market price, which are often pure guesswork. He pointed out that using data obtained from pricing experiments will help identify the fair price the market is willing to pay for that product or service. Asked about the pricing of a product or service, he stressed that it must result from an expectation of quality or profit. Key Points from the Episode:Strategies for pricing your product or serviceUnderpricing vs OverpricingAttract the right market audience to increase sales and revenue About Per Sjofors: Per Sjöfors is the founder and CEO of Sjöfors & Partners Inc, Los Angeles. He has used pricing as leverage to turnaround several European and US companies during his 25 years of executive management experience. Per thinks what business schools teach about pricing is too abstract for leaders to act on and is on a mission to make pricing practical and actionable.Per has a unique appreciation for the importance of optimal pricing and brings with him his international experience of pricing practices from a global perspective. He has helped over 600 clients dramatically increase their sales and profits by providing an understanding of how pricing affects sales volume, adding billions to their bottom line. About Sjofors & Partners: Since 2008, the dedicated people behind Sjöfors & Partners have worked tirelessly in helping hundreds of companies worldwide (soon to be about the top of the one thousand mark) to significantly increase their sales growth and profit margin by helping them gain a better understanding of how everything they "do" in their business will affect their sales volume and pricing power.In the mid-1980s, its founder, while CEO of his first company, Per Sjöfors, developed an interest in understanding how the particularities of pricing fit into a company's growth and margins and began experimenting in the companies he ran. Per discovered that business school teachings about pricing were too academic and theoretical. Pricing was discussed as a separate activity, completely detached and devoid of how it impacts the rest of a specific business when in fact, customer targeting, product and/or service features, marketing channels and messages, sales channels and methods, and price all interact together. Spurred on by this discovery, Per meticulously developed a process in which it is possible to use an original and proprietary online market research method that expertly predicts sales volumes at different prices for each aspect of a company's operation.Sjöfors & Partners still uses this process to this day, more developed and refined, of course. They use this data specifically to understand how sales and profits leak from inefficiencies in a company's sales and marketing operation. And to further support the process, they have developed their own AI software that analyzes the data necessary in the process. The organization thinks that using AI software is essential as it eliminates the risk of any manual mistakes entering the process, and the AI software has the capacity to "dig" further down and with more depth into the raw data than any person could ever do. But AI is not enough. They use the other kind of AI, Actual Intelligence. Experienced business people assess the information created by the AI software to ensure their recommendations are intensely practical and always lead to unsurpassed business results.  Tweetable Moments:03:00 - "If you have hard data on how the relationship between price, sales, volume and revenue, you can wanna set the right price."10:03 - "The price of a product or a service sets an expectation of the quality or benefit." 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 Sjofors & Partners’ website at https://sjofors.com/Check out Per Sjofors on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/persjofors/Check out Sjofors & Partners on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/sjofors/Check out Sjofors & Partners on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZASFPF0PEiAkQt8qmJqGeACheck out Per Sjofors on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/per.sjofors.3 Don’t forget to subscribe to The Thoughtful Entrepreneur and thank you for listening. Tune in next time! More from UpMyInfluence:Tickets for the FIRST Annual Fame and Profit Summit 2022 are on sale now! Check it out HERE!️ 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 to Saket Jain, CEO and Founder of Impact Wealth Builders. Saket Jain shares his passion for entrepreneurship as well as creating an impact on society. He believes that making money and giving back to the community co-exist, which is why he created Impact Wealth Builders.As an American immigrant from India, Saket shared his personal experiences of making money in the land of opportunity, but then wasted precious time for what really matters. He had observed over the years how many people are busy making money but have lost the true meaning of life. The mission of Impact Wealth Builders is to give people time back while helping them achieve financial independence.Saket added that if businesses are clear with their mission, not only do they make money, but they can also give back to the community. As someone who considers themselves a socially-minded investor, Saket and his team want to ensure that the investments they make are aligned with their passion and that together they will create social impact. They believe less in the investment thesis and more in building a community of investors. Key Points from this Episode:What Impact Wealth Builders is all aboutAdvantages of joining an Investor ClubWhat it means to be a socially-minded investor About Saket Jain: #1 Bestselling author, real estate investor, syndicator, tech enthusiast and philanthropist, Saket Jain is the Founder and CEO of Impact Wealth Builders. He has over 15+ years of experience in real estate investing. Over the last 5 years, Saket has taken a particular interest in class B/C multifamily apartments in markets that have strong fundamentals. Along with his partners, Saket has built a portfolio of over 2000 units totaling $200M in assets across several US markets; the portfolio has consistently achieved double digit returns. Additionally, Saket has committed his resources towards educating underprivileged kids, enabling them to join the next generation of wealth builders.In addition to investing, Saket currently serves as a Business Operations leader at Airbnb Headquarters. Prior to that, Saket, in his role as a business consultant built, launched and led profitable new ventures in the technology and financial sectors.Saket earned his MBA at Columbia Business School, and achieved his Bachelor in Engineering at IIT, India. When he is not working, Saket loves to spend time with his wife of 19 years and 2 daughters. About Impact Wealth Builders: It is Impact Wealth Builders' mission to deliver high returns to socially minded investors and empower the next generation of wealth builders. The organization's core belief is that a true Wealth Builder is interested in growing personal wealth, building family legacies and uplifting communities. They partner with investors on cash flow multi-family apartments to diversify their portfolio and allow them to be part of supporting a greater cause – uplifting underprivileged children through education. While their investors will have the option to redirect a portion of their distributions to the cause, Impact Wealth Builders has pledged a portion of all our profits to charities that support the cause. Tweetable Moments:07:55 - "Multifamily is one of the most resilient asset class that's available."08:24 - "With where the inflation is going right now, you want to be in the hard asset. You do not wanna be in the stock market." 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 Impact Wealth Builders’ website at https://impactwealthbuilders.com/Check out Saket Jain on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jainsaket/Check out Impact Wealth Builders on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/impactwealthbuilders/Check out Impact Wealth Builders on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/impact_wealthbuilders/Check out Impact Wealth Builders on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/impactwealthbuilders/ Don’t forget to subscribe to The Thoughtful Entrepreneur and thank you for listening. Tune in next time! More from UpMyInfluence:Tickets for the FIRST Annual Fame and Profit Summit 2022 are on sale now! Check it out HERE!️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 to Brendan Burnett, CEO and Founder of SalesHive. Brendan Burnett shares his incredible solution for supporting the entire business sales development cycle. He understood that hiring an inside sales development team is both large and expensive, which explains the concept behind SalesHive.Brendan highlighted his 6 years of experience in the industry which would be a huge factor in determining what works best in a particular market, including his knowledge of what type of technology (old or new) to consider. Brendan also outlined some key points on how to know when a company is ready to outsource sales systems and development. And when it comes to hiring a sales development representative, Brendan recommends one with years of experience in this specialized field. Key Points from the Episode:Overview of what SalesHive doThe services and benefits that SalesHive provideWhat is working well in lead generation right now About Brendan Burnett: Brendan grew up in Washington, D.C. and graduated from the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado. He currently lives in Cabo San Lucas with his wife and one year old son where he enjoys sport fishing and surfing the local surf spots. He is the CEO and owner of SalesHive.com, a sales development outsourcing company that books sales meetings for more than 200+ B2B technology and service companies. Since starting SalesHive in 2016, he has bootstrapped the company to over 300 fully remote employees and grown the company to over $15 Million in annual sales. About SalesHive: SalesHive's mission is to make scaling outbound lead generation services easy and affordable. Founded in 2016, SalesHive has grown from a team of two to now employing hundreds of US-Based sales development reps, while simultaneously building one of the most innovative approaches to modern sales development, all without raising any funding. By combining a highly experienced team and groundbreaking proprietary technology, they’ve booked tens of thousands of meetings for over 200 B2B clients across every major industry.In addition, SalesHive was built on the premise that modern sales development was flawed, and the companies building outsourced programs were only contributing to that. Their system is to provide a unique approach that delivers real results with the assurance of total transparency, flexible month-to-month contacts, and flat-rate pricing. Tweetable Moments:06:48 - "There's just an incredible ecosystem behind sales development. It's great, but paralyzing."11:51 - "SEO's the gift that keeps on giving. Once you kind of start hitting the top of those Google search results, it can be really fruitful." 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 SalesHive website at https://saleshive.com/Check out Brendan Burnett on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanburnett/Check out SalesHive on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/saleshive/Check out Bredan Burnett on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/brendanburnett/Check out SalesHive on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SalesHiveHQ/Don’t forget to subscribe to The Thoughtful Entrepreneur and thank you for listening. Tune in next time! More from UpMyInfluence:Tickets for the FIRST Annual Fame and Profit Summit 2022 are on sale now! Check it out HERE!️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 to Jane Allen, CEO of The Nashville Entrepreneur Center.  Jane Allen shared the benefits of being part of a community of entrepreneurs, who will be there not only for networking purposes, but also to mentor you and help you sort things through the various stages of business development. According to her, getting connected with entrepreneurs will allow business owners to have access to a wide variety of resources they need and open more doors of opportunity for success.Jane also added that with the challenges business owners are facing these days, with the ongoing pandemic and economic recession, being part of an advisor network is crucial so you can have people sharing the same insights that can help you think things through and decide what best actions to take next. She viewed business owners as problem solvers who have a huge impact on society, and by being part of an entrepreneur circle, business owners can continue to learn and make a difference. Key Points from the Episode:What The Nashville Entrepreneur Center doMarket trends that every business owner need to be aware ofThe impact of entrepreneur centers to the economy About Jane Allen: Jane Allen is the fourth CEO in the history of the The Nashville Entrepreneur Center, which is often viewed as the epicenter of Nashville's recent entrepreneurial boom. A former attorney, Allen started Counsel on Call in 2000 and grew it into a national business now known as Legility, where she is still a board member, according to the release. Since stepping down as CEO in 2016, Allen has cofounded a handbag company named Hanner Clarke. About The Nashville Entrepreneur Center: Founded in 2010, the mission of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center is to connect entrepreneurs with essential resources to create, launch and grow businesses. Proud to be stewards of Nashville's entrepreneurial legacy, they raise the voices of entrepreneurs and tell stories that celebrate how they improve our world and teach others while giving back, maintaining the cycle of entrepreneurship by life. Tweetable Moments:04:22 - "Founders really need to do themselves a favor and take time."07:51 - "I think it's critical as we as a country continue to look at innovation and moving forward and how we're going to continue to bring innovative solutions to both consumers and businesses." 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 The Nashville Entrepreneur Center’s website at https://www.ec.co/Check out Jane Allen on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-h-allen/Check out The Nashville Entrepreneur Center on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/nashville-entrepreneur-center/Check out The Nashville Entrepreneur Center on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/NashvilleEntrepreneurCenter Don’t forget to subscribe to The Thoughtful Entrepreneur and thank you for listening. Tune in next time! More from UpMyInfluence:Tickets for the FIRST Annual Fame and Profit Summit 2022 are on sale now! Check it out HERE!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 to Adam Lyons, CEO and Founder of The SMART Blueprint. Adam Lyons shared his passion for entrepreneurship and explained the concept behind The SMART Blueprint, which stands for Staff, Marketing, Audience, Revenue, Testimonials. It is a blueprint designed to help business owners increase their revenue by maximizing the lifetime revenue they generate from their customers to continuously serve their needs.Adam also highlighted the importance of distinguishing between the different needs of their target audience and realizing that they vary from time to time. According to him, the system they developed has helped many business owners identify what to develop next. By diving deeper into the heart and mind of your most important customers, you can have a better understanding of what it is that you should be doing next and grow your company significantly. Key Points from the Episode:What does S.M.A.R.T stand for?The objectives of The Smart BlueprintThe importance of maximizing lifetime value through proper resource management About Adam Lyons: Adam Lyons has boosted the revenue for experts in over 1,900+ small businesses since launching The S.M.A.R.T Blueprint in 2020. Many of Lyons’ customers came to him during the rough times of 2020, (like the Dungeons and Dragons Shop in Bastrop, Texas, which grew by 36,000% in the middle of the pandemic!)Beyond his own portfolio of growing companies, Lyons is an advisor for over 500 brands and experts across the U.S. and Canada. Lyons has been featured on CNN, MSNBC, Business Insider, The Today Show, Forbes, the Daily Mail and the NY Post. He has been awarded two different ‘Wicked Smaht’ awards due to his innovative business strategies and multiple two-comma club awards. Companies he has worked with include PepsiCo, Nike, Nescafé, Discovery Digital Networks and many smaller brands.Lyons also created and developed his outside-the-box business system out of frustration that fake experts with good marketing were making more revenue and profit than REAL experts. He first used his knowledge to grow his own personal expertise into a 7-figure-a-year business, before the requests from other experts started coming in.Today, Lyons lives on a ranch in Texas with his wife and their five children where he helps hundreds of experts boost their revenue each year to compete with all the fake wannabes flooding our screens, through the use of customer insight reports, S.M.A.R.T. Upsells, and the S.M.A.R.T. Blueprint. About The SMART Blueprint: The S.M.A.R.T Blueprint stands for Staff, Marketing, Audience, Revenue and Testimonials. It is a 5-step surefire process for helping experts uncover new revenue through customer insight reports, customer avatar analytics, revenue prediction, product testing and market research, ultimately allowing their businesses to generate additional revenue without new leads. Tweetable Moments:01:28 - "Resource management and logistics is the key to a successful business."03:50 - "Business owners are still not capitalizing on their resources inside their company, uh, with the lifeblood of the company, which is their customers." 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 The S.M.A.R.T Blueprint’s website at https://thesmartblueprint.com/Check out Adam Lyons on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/theadamlyons/Check out Adam Lyons on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/TheAdamLyons/Check out The S.M.A.R.T Blueprint’s on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/smartblueprintfb/Don’t forget to subscribe to The Thoughtful Entrepreneur and thank you for listening. Tune in next time! More from UpMyInfluence:Tickets for the FIRST Annual Fame and Profit Summit 2022 are on sale now! Check it out HERE!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 to George Morris, a Scaling Up business coach at gmorris.com. George Morris works closely with CEOs, Founders, Chairman and the executive management team from all spectrum to ensure they work together, build great working relationships with each other and are aligned with their goals. Understanding the different stages of business development and common pitfalls companies often face, including differences in team member personalities and abilities, George's goal is to help companies clearly define their expectations and parameters so that trust within the organization grows. Additionally, George also noted the importance of considering certain personality types in relation to leadership roles in business. According to him, although personality tests are excellent, they often provide no value unless they are scientifically based tools. These types of tests can help you understand how a person thinks and moves in the world. As an expert in his field, he can help identify which personality traits work best together and which don't to create a more synergistic team dynamic. Key Points from the Episode: The importance of aligning management teams with business objectives What does engagement typically look like Types of personality vs different roles in the company About George Morris: George Morris actively worked alongside CEOs of multi-million dollar companies to scale their business using the Scaling Up framework, while also giving back to and supporting the next generation of purpose-driven entrepreneurs. His job, as a Scaling Up Coach, is to reduce complexity within an organization. Less complexity means more efficiency, profits, happiness and agility. George is a father of two who lives just outside of Boulder, Colorado and actively travels, camps, hikes and mountain bikes. About George Morris: Scaling Up Business Coaching: Through the use of the scaling methodology, companies can align with a clear vision, goals, meeting structure, and reporting. It aims to provide tools for growth and alignment to accelerate the ability to do business. Many companies scale 5 to 10 times in five years using this methodology. More than 80,000 companies worldwide use Scaling Up to create competitive advantage, guided by a clear path and great metrics to guide effort. Tweetable Moments: 03:28 - "When you hit a plateau, you're usually hitting some kind of problem around delegation, accountability and alignment." 09:18 - "I think with personality tests, they're a great tool. They can also be a really dangerous tool if not used appropriately." Apply to be a Guest on The Thoughtful Entrepreneur: https://go.upmyinfluence.com/podcast-guest Links Mentioned in this Episode: Want to learn more? Check out George Morris’ website at https://gmorris.com/ Check out George Morris on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/geomorris/ Check out George Morris on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/gmorris/ Check out George Morris: Scaling Up Business Coaching on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/scalingupgmorris/ Don’t forget to subscribe to The Thoughtful Entrepreneur and thank you for listening. Tune in next time! More from UpMyInfluence: Tickets for the FIRST Annual Fame and Profit Summit 2022 are on sale now! Check it out HERE! 1️  We are actively booking guests for our The Thoughtful Entrepreneur. Schedule HERE. 3 Are you a 6-figure consultant? I’ve got high-level intros for you. Learn more here. 7 What is your #1 Lead Generation BLOCKER? Take my free quiz here.