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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Oct 24, 2020 • 24min
428 - Innovative Business Holdings with MBH Corporation's Callum Laing
The guest for today is Callum Laing, the CEO of MBH Corporation and host of the podcast Callum Connects.MBH Corporation specializes in making small companies gain big profit. They work with companies together and help them grow and get financial assistance. They help businesses get noticed by the public and boost small brands into big corporations.
Oct 23, 2020 • 18min
427 - Successful Creative Visual Marketing with Go Big Creative's Bryce Johnson
The guest for today is Bryce Johnson, the CEO and Founder of Go Big Creative. Bryce began in the audio production world. Then 2 years ago he pivoted to visual marketing and branding. Go Big Creative creates a brand for companies and helps boost growth. He hired his first staff this year to grow the business.
Oct 22, 2020 • 29min
426 - Applying an Athlete's Mentality to Business with Dre All Day's Dre Baldwin
Today we're joined with Dre Baldwin, CEO and Founder of Work On Your Game Inc.Dre was a former professional basketball player. His career changed in 2015 when he decided to use the skills he once used as a basketball player to do business. Dre says he uses these mental game tools in the business world and everyday life and teaches others to use these skills the same way.
Oct 21, 2020 • 27min
425 - Optimizing the Skill of Sleep with Sleep is a Skill's Mollie McGlocklin
On the show with us today is Mollie McGlocklin, the CEO and Founder of Sleep is a Skill.Mollie is an expert in sleep. She realized that her old company was causing her stress and her sleeping habits weren't helping. Now she specializes in slumber and stresses the importance of a good nights rest, and even offers several courses to help others revitalize their lives with better sleep.
Oct 20, 2020 • 23min
424 - Being a Home Service Entrepreneur with Home Service Expert's Tommy Mello
Today we're joined by Tommy Mello, the Founder and CEO of A1 Garage Door Service and Host of the Home Service Expert Podcast.Tommy has been working on his company since 2006 and it inspired him to create a podcast. His podcast covers a load of topics like tips from other industries, marketing, what is your why for being an entrepreneur.
Oct 19, 2020 • 23min
423 - Successful Personal Finance with North Financial Advisor's Cady North
Today's guest is Cady North, the Founder and CEO of North Financial.Cady is a financial advisor specializing in women professionals in their 30's and 40's who are thinking about big life changes, perhaps even creating businesses of their own. She works on the personal financial side of things to help keep your money balanced and in tact while your business dreams flourish.
Oct 18, 2020 • 21min
422 - Strategic and Efficient Scaling with Karla Singson
Today's guest is Karla Singson, the CEO of Scale Wind.Scale Wind is a tech, creative, support business providing services to the USA and Canada. Recently, due to COVID, the company has created an app called WOW Support, with 24/7 chat for $1 an hour. This app has proved to be a great strategy to engage clients while still earning money.
Oct 17, 2020 • 21min
421 - Business Leaders To Real Estate Investors with The Investor Lab's Goose McGrath
Today's guest is Goose McGrath, the Founder and CEO of The Investor Lab.Based in Sydney, Australia, Goose is a podcast host of the Investor Lab. They help people who want to use real estate as a vehicle to create more freedom and choice in their lives. Real estate helps people with businesses have a safety net and a paycheck coming in. There is a lot of freedom in that sense.
Oct 16, 2020 • 21min
420 - Teaching Entrepreneurs to Lead and Sell with Emerge Sales Training's Tasha Smith
We're back and today we're joined with Tasha Smith, the Founder and CEO of Emerge Sales Training.Tasha founded Emerge Sales Training to help people learn sales and leadership skills to implement into their company. Tasha believes customer is first, team is second, ego is third. She tries to look at everything from a customer's point of view. It's important to step back and look at perspective sometimes.
Oct 15, 2020 • 24min
419 - Investing in Commercial Property with Sands Investment Group's Chris Sands
With us today is Chris Sands, the Founder and CEO of Sands Investment Group.Based in Charleston, South Carolina, Chris buys and sells commercial real estate properties. The properties they primarily sell have a triple net lease, which means the tenant pays for all of insurance, taxes, or any building maintenance on the property. It's a great investment for anyone who isn't experienced in real estate to bring in money.
