The Thinking Project

The Thinking Project

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The Thinking Project episodes

  • #317 - Joe Graham | How To Be GREAT At Selling

    Selling shouldn't be pushy or awkward. Joe dives deep with Dalton on how to perfect the skill that is sales. Every businesses owner will want to take notes!

    Timestamps:

    00:00 - Highlights

    04:53 - Cold Calling Strategies

    09:37 - Treating People with Empathy

    14:35 - The Changing Landscape of Sales

    19:30 - Respecting Objections during the Sales Process

    23:58 - The Art of Negotiating and Playing the Long Game

    28:38 - Embrace Respect: Look Beyond Appearances!

    33:18 - Cultivating Authentic Followers

    38:34 - The Intent behind Sales

    43:17 - Gratitude and Farewell

    44 min
  • #314 - Chris Ronzio | How To Create Systems That Level Up Your Business

    Chris Ronzio is the Founder and CEO of Trainual, a leading software platform transforming the way businesses onboard, train, and scale teams.

    Chris is on a mission to help business leaders document and delegate so they have more time to focus on the things they love.
    Serving businesses in over 180 countries, Trainual has been recognized on Inc.'s 2021, 2022 and 2023 Best Workplaces list and landed in the top 5% of the 2022 Inc. 5000 list. Chris is also the author of the best-selling book “The Business Playbook: How to Document and Delegate What You Do So Your Company Can Grow Beyond You”.
    Outside of work, Chris lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with his wife and two boys, is a huge Phoenix Suns basketball fan, and competes in marathons and triathlons- including a recent marathon in Antarctica!

    37 min
  • #310 - Vanessa Quigley | How To Create An Award-Winning Culture At Work

    Vanessa is the "Chatbooker-In-Chief" and an amazing entrepreneur. We talked about how Chatbooks came to be and how to create a work environment where everyone wants to be.

    Check out Chatbooks: https://chatbooks.com/
    Timestamps:
    00:00 - Highlights

    00:27 - Intro

    00:42 - Meet Vanessa Quigley

    02:12 - Opera Singer to Entrepreneur

    06:24 - Wife and Husband Build Business Together

    10:21 - Mom Guilt: Let It Go

    14:46 - Never Give Up

    14:59 - Women in Business and Motherhood

    17:38 - Chatbooks: From Scrapbooking to Book Printing


    23:49 - From Instagram to Memories

    26:00 - Chatbooks and the Magic of Photos

    33:04 - Kids Love Chatbooks

    34:20 - A Culture That Supports Working Parents

    41 min
  • #309 - Swapnil Shinde | How To Keep Innovating & Succeeding

    Swapnil is a serial founder and entrepreneur who is the current founder of Zeni.ai with an amazing story and team!

    https://www.zeni.ai/
    Timestamps:

    00:00 - Highlights

    00:39 - Intro

    00:50 - Founder of Zeni

    01:13 - Techie brothers build music streaming service

    04:38 - Bollywood to Travel Tech

    08:46 - Zeni: Turbocharge your finance department

    15:05 - AI and humans: The perfect accounting team

    19:28 - Founders' calculated moves to success

    25:56 - Bliss of ignorance in entrepreneurship


    32:29 - Raising money: More than you think

    42:41 - Hiring top-down, bottoms-up: The key to growth

    46:19 - Sell before you hire

    49:03 - Rolex Yacht-Master: Success Story on the Wrist

    50 min
  • #308 - Blake Harber | How To Advance In Your Career (outside the 9-5)

    Blake is a full time fractional VP of Sales who also enjoys buying "boring businesses" and helping them succeed!

    We had a SUPER fun conversation - enjoy!


    Timestamps:


    00:00 - Highlight


    00:30 - Intro


    00:46 - Diving into Startup Chaos: Lessons and Life Shifts


    05:58 - Surviving a LinkedIn Ban


    09:14 - Sales: Expendable or Empowering?


    15:46 - Unsexy Businesses Need Salespeople Too


    20:34 - Storage Business Empire


    23:53 - Door-to-door for B2B: Unsexy but effective


    26:55 - SDR company: Sales Success in your sleep


    34:20 - I Lied To My Team


    45:23 - Blake's Unsung Marketing Hustle

    50 min

About The Thinking Project

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This is THE "HOW TO" on getting that business or side gig up and running. Each week Dalton Jensen interviews founders and creatives to get you THINKING!