The Thinking Project

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! You'll hear stories from experts on how to do what they have done because your success is disguised in the stories of those who have done what you want to do! Why The Thinking Project? Incredible people, incredible stories. We make it easy to listen so it’s easy to start. Hundreds of business experts and stories, one podcast. Based in Salt Lake City, reaching the world!

#325 - Jeff Crane | How To Develop A Winning Mindset

In 2024 YOU NEED TO WIN and this interview with Jeff Crane will have you motivated to do just that. Let us know how you want to WIN this year!

02-07
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#324 - Court Lundberg | How To Build A Successful Home Service Company

Court is an amazing entrepreneur who plumbing company is one of the best. In this episode he breaks down all his secrets!

01-23
41:54

#323 - Justin Breen | How To UNLOCK Your True Potential

Unlocking your true potential starts with understanding your personality and then surrounding yourself with others who want the same! Timestamps: 00:00 - Highlights 00:20 - Intro 00:32 - Meet Justin Breen 06:00 - From Pride to Purpose 11:28 - The Importance of Presence in Daily Life 16:46 - Books for Visionaries 22:19 - A Conversation on Gratitude and Mindset 27:43 - Discovering Your Visionary Nature 33:10 - Parenting and the Meaning of Life 38:30 - The Importance of Names and Family History 43:59 - The Intersection of Religion and Entrepreneurship #selling #personaldevelopment #podcast

01-16
49:35

#322 - Tina Hackwell | How To Start Your SaaS Company (in 2024)

If you've ever wondered about making a SaaS product - check out Tina's story in this awesome interview!

01-11
40:11

#321 - Grace Weston | How To Start Your Agency

Grace is the founder of Nona Rose a boutique agency that focuses on branding, events, and building a community around your brand!

12-20
37:02

#320 - Chase Miller | How To Get In Shape WITHOUT A Big Box Gym

Chase Miller is the owner of GymShare with an incredible story of how he got to this point. Like, share, and download the GymShare App!

12-15
42:42

#319 - John Ivie | How To Scale Your Revenue Team

John Ivie is a world-class sales and revenue consultant who actively helps sales orgs improve revenue through bulletproof systems and processes! #selling #salestips #sales #salestraining

12-05
55:15

#318 - Tanner Green | How To Balance AI and Sales

Tanner is an AI sales founder and came on to discuss the implications of AI and the sales world. Tune in and let me know what you think!

11-29
44:53

#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

11-15
43:31

#316 - Colin House | How To Take A Chance Early In Life

Colin House is the former CEO of Intelibed (acquired by Purple Mattress) who sat down with me to talk about taking the right opportunities and how they might not come in the places you're thinking!

11-09
31:27

#315 - Dustin Kenyon | How To Build The Revenue Arm of Your Business

Dustin is a fraction CRO with an amazing business acumen and an even better story! Check out our full convo here.

11-03
44:35

#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!

10-31
36:55

#313 - Charles Piggot | How To Create A HEALTHY and Successful YOU in Business

Charles is the owner of Changes Health and Fitness and he's on a journey to help business owners and individuals feel great on their health journey!

10-25
42:00

#312 - Amanda Pietrocola | How To Seize Your Opportunity in Business

Amanda is the Founder and CEO of Momentum Technology with an amazing story of how that became to be! They offer a variety of apps that help everyday professionals balance work and life - check them out here: https://www.momentumtech.io

10-20
44:24

#311 - Nichole Harrop | How To Become The Leader You Want To Be

Nichole is a master leadership consultant and the host of the Future Female Leaders podcast. We had an amazing discussion around finding your path to leadership in the workplace!

10-19
01:04:39

#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

10-10
40:48

#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

10-09
49:47

#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

10-05
49:55

#307 - Ryan and April (HyperQuake) | How To MASTER Marketing in 2023

Ryan and April are marketing GURUS here to help us demystify the marketing landscape in 2023. Timestamps: 00:00 - Highlights 00:37 - Intro 00:49 - Marketing in Tough Times: Smarter, Not Harder 06:40 - Marketing + Sales: A Modern Approach 08:41 - Marketing and Sales: A Perfect Marriage 13:52 - Marketing: The Secret Ingredient to Success 19:32 - Marcoregroup.com and Hyperquake.com

09-28
19:56

#306 - Jeff Griffin | How To Foster Resilience in Life and Business

Jeff is a silver medalist in the paralympics USA mens basketball team. He helps turn the impossible into possible and leaders into LEADERS! Jeff always dreamed of playing sports on the ‘big stage’! As a kid he envisioned playing college football as a receiver. He was one step closer to fulfilling his dream when a construction accident left him broken and paralyzed from the waist down. His life and dreams were shattered but not defeated. During those dark days he had a decision to make: he could stay down and quit or get back up and succeed. He chose the latter. Follow him everywhere and check him out on - https://griffinmotivation.com/ Timestamps: 00:00 - Highlight 00:25 - Intro 01:21 - How to Help Leaders Lead 05:34 - Confidence: The Key to Success 11:44 - Three D’s to Success: Desire, Dream, Do 18:21 - Trust the Process, Become Extraordinary 23:24 - Simplicity on the Far Side of Complexity 26:08 - Skip the objections, get to the doing 28:53 - Problem-solving is the key to success 34:25 - Turning Broken Dreams into Gold 42:11 - Prisoner's Question That Changed My Life 46:55 - Discovering Your Dreams: Two Essential Books

09-22
49:11

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