The Thoughtful Entrepreneur
Josh Elledge · UpMyInfluence.com & PodVerified.com
The Thoughtful Entrepreneur features candid, commercial-free conversations with the founders, CEOs, and B2B leaders building the companies and ideas shaping their industries.
Each episode runs 15-25 minutes, built for busy professionals who want substance without the filler. Guests include agency owners, consultants, coaches, and executives with real stories, hard-won lessons, and specific insight for business leaders focused on growth.
Host Josh Elledge has conducted 3,000+ interviews, helped launch 300+ podcasts, and has been directly involved in generating $40M+ in client results through relationship-driven media. He knows what makes a guest worth featuring and what makes an appearance actually worth the guest's time.
Want to be featured?
Guests are selected through PodVerified, the platform built by podcast hosts to restore trust and quality to podcast guesting. If you're a serious B2B expert with a clear message and a story worth sharing, apply here:
👉 https://PodVerified.com/podcast
Each episode runs 15-25 minutes, built for busy professionals who want substance without the filler. Guests include agency owners, consultants, coaches, and executives with real stories, hard-won lessons, and specific insight for business leaders focused on growth.
Host Josh Elledge has conducted 3,000+ interviews, helped launch 300+ podcasts, and has been directly involved in generating $40M+ in client results through relationship-driven media. He knows what makes a guest worth featuring and what makes an appearance actually worth the guest's time.
Want to be featured?
Guests are selected through PodVerified, the platform built by podcast hosts to restore trust and quality to podcast guesting. If you're a serious B2B expert with a clear message and a story worth sharing, apply here:
👉 https://PodVerified.com/podcast
Episodes
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Dec 30, 2020 • 27min
497 - B2B Sales Solutions with BizzBee Solutions' Dancho Dimkov
B2B Solutions.On the show today is Dancho Dimkov, the Founder and Chief Executive Bee at BizzBee Solutions.Based in Macedonia, BizzBee specializes in the B2B world targeting high ticket service providers. They stand by a zero ad philosophy and choose to build relationships with clients rather than spamming them. BizzBee has been running for 5 years working to improve B2B solutions.Learn more about how BizzBee works and Dancho's insight on B2B today on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.
Dec 29, 2020 • 25min
496 - Financial Fitness is a Fundamental Skill with Bissett Financial Fitness's Tracey Bissett
Tracey Bissett is the Chief Financial Fitness Trainer at Bissett Financial Fitness.Tracey has been in business since 2016 as a financial coach. They help businesses in the 6-7 figures range and approach everything at a positive angle. She helps businesses find financial confidence and understand where and how to profit the most. Tracey also runs her own podcast and is kickstarting another.
Dec 29, 2020 • 23min
495 - The Ins and Outs of Procurement with Piscari's Mike Lander
Today we're joined with Mike Lander, CEO and Founder of Piscari. Piscari is all about helping companies negotiate better commercial deals with their clients and suppliers. Mike was previously a procurement director. Now he works with smaller suppliers that work with big companies. This is what sets him apart -- he has the insight of having been on the other side of this where he was being taken advantage of by big companies. Now, he can pass on his expertise.
Dec 29, 2020 • 24min
494 - Increasing Profitability and Analyzing Your Business with American Management Services' Louis Mosca
Louis Mosca is the Executive Vice President of American Management Services.Started in 1986, American Management Services strives to to assist for-profit businesses in all areas: cash flow, employee and customer retention, employee training, and more. They are different than any other consulting firm because they stay by their word and are committed to meeting your expectations. They visit clients 2-3 years after to make sure their changes stick.
Dec 28, 2020 • 26min
493 - Being a Pro Moment to Moment with Eric Partaker
The guest on the show today is Eric Partaker, the CEO, coach, and peak performance expert at EricPartaker.comEric works with seasoned entrepreneurs and business owners to provide executive coaching with a peak performance angle. He focuses on what he calls the three pillars of growth: Become a better version of yourself, become a better leader, and build a better company. He offers one-on-one coaching and focuses on the bigger picture.
Dec 27, 2020 • 27min
492 - How Speaking has Changed and Pivoted with Speaker Focus's Kevin T. Robertson
Today on the show is Kevin T. Robertson, Co-Founder and CEO of Speaker Focus.Speaker Focus coaches and markets small-time speakers to become 6-figure-earning professional speakers. They specialize in helping speakers build their businesses and work with influencers, coaches, service providers, and anyone looking to develop a speaker brand. Speaker Focus is a multi-million dollar company.
Dec 26, 2020 • 22min
491 - Optimizing and Innovating Your B2B Sales with Sales BQ's Mary Grothe
Mary Grothe is Former #1 B2B Sales Fortune 1000 Rep turned CEO of Sales BQ, and soon launching her new company House of Revenue.What Sales BQ does is partner with their client for a year or so to build out their marketing and sales/revenue departments, train their team and revamp their systems, then help to hire on their permanent team. Mary and her team believe in rolling up their sleeves and getting down to problem-solving. She believes that too many companies in her industry use cookie-cutter solutions and every client has unique needs and solutions. Nothing from her company is 'canned or off the shelf.'
Dec 25, 2020 • 20min
490 - Innovation Within The Cannabis Industry with Sunderstorm's Keith Cich
On the show today is Keith Cich, the Co-Founder of Sunderstorm. Sunderstorm is a California based company that produces cannabis-infused items such as gummy edibles, vapes, and nanomolecular sublinguals. They have innovated a new way to make gummy edibles with faster acting properties and an automation system to create them perfectly dosed every time. Sunderstorm has won an award from a California lab tester for the most accurately and precisely dosed gummy.
Dec 24, 2020 • 27min
489 - What Goes Into Your Dog's Food with JustFoodForDogs' Shawn Buckley
The guest today is Shawn Buckley, the Founder of JustFoodForDogs.JustFoodForDogs has reimagined dog food for many pet owners. The sad truth is that many pet food brands don't supply the correct nutrients and dietary supplements an animal needs. JustForDogs has healthy, human grade dog food options and even shares their own recipes for people to recreate at home. They encourage other pet food brands to make a step in the right direction and add better ingredients to their food.
Dec 23, 2020 • 25min
488 - Living Comfortably and Sustainably with SunRoof's Marek Zmyslowski
On the show today is Marek Zmyslowski, the Co-Founder of Sunroof.Marek is an extremely successful entrepreneur. Currently, he works operationally with a company called Sunroof, the European answer and competitor to Tesla Roofs. Sunroof changes the paradigm of how solar energy is utilized. It's the only form of renewable energy that can be used by anyone, and they have patented their technology which streamlines the process of installing and utilizing solar panels, making it two times cheaper than Tesla's, and and twice as powerful.
