After graduating from Harvard Business School and Oxford, serving Fortune 500 clients as an investment banker, and running his own management consulting practice, John experienced a profound conversion and gave up everything to live as a Carmelite monk for 7 years where he also received degrees in philosophy and theology. His fascination with the lives of the Saints and the world-changing ventures they built led him to step back into the world of entrepreneurship to found a first-of-its-kind...

Jason Alcott is a writer born and raised just outside of Vancouver, BC.  He studied business at Trinity Western University graduating with a Bachelor of Business Administration and currently works supporting a great operations team in the construction industry.  He began writing his debut book, The Sowing Principle, after recognizing the role that sowing and reaping was playing in his life and the impact this understanding could have on others.  When he's not writing, he can often be found...

A natural leader & public speaker, Mario works in a world of super spies, like James Bond! Experienced in investigative techniques and interviewing, interrogation methods along with corporate human and competitive business intelligence, he's sought after by some of the biggest companies across the globe.  Enjoy today's conversation with Mike, as they dig in and chat about business, life, and impact.  Mario's Links:  Website: https://www.mariobekes.com.au Check out my conversation...

God has a dream for individuals, families, communities, and industries and it requires sons and daughters in the marketplace who are discovering and aligning with His heart, their Kingdom identity, and their assignments in business. It requires unity and cooperation among Kingdom Driven Entrepreneurs who are willing to work by the infinite power of His grace and favor. This is a movement. And Shae Bynes is a part of it through her 'Kingdom Driven Entrepreneur' community and...

Tommy Newberry is 'America's Success Coach'!  He coaches the coachable – equipping ambitious entrepreneurs and business leaders to succeed at the highest level in the service of others and to the glory of God. His understanding of what it takes to produce total success has been distilled, condensed, and “made practical” through his uniquely developed systems that focus on concepts, principles, and strategies for personal effectiveness. As a result, his ongoing, high-content coaching...

Ryan Staley is a BIG DEAL expert and 19X award winner. His mission is to cut decades off your sales learning curve so that you can rapidly scale your results, create time freedom and a lifestyle of your own design. Creator & Founder of the Whale Selling System™, Ryan’s innovative, disruptive and highly-profitable Sales System continues cutting through the noise to deliver results regardless of age, experience, solution or vertical.

I chat with Benson Arbotogo who launched the Profit Tree to help service business grow consistent profits, to leave a greater legacy. His system eliminates distractions, helps clarify your value, and attract quality customers so you stop the roller coaster of profitability and enjoy consistent income, all by working fewer hours.  Learn more at: https://www.consistentprofittree.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/atimeinvestor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/consistentprofittree

I chat with Michael DeLon from Paperback Expert about how he uses profit to help God’s Kingdom while continuing to build his own business. You’ll love this practical, down to earth conversation that’s honest, transparent and just plain amazing.

Jon Sanders and Les Hughes are the co-founders of EntrePastors, and co-hosts of the EntrePastors podcast. Jon and Les have come together to empower pastors to maximize their God-given talents to take better care of their families and become better pastors in the process. EntrePastors helps pastors think, act, and thrive as prosperous entrepreneurs. The goal of EntrePastors is to blow up the model of the starving pastor and build a community of prosperous pastors who can provide well for...

Bobby Albert, is CEO and President of Values-Driven Leadership, a consulting firm focused on helping Christian leaders build inspiring workplace cultures driven by their core values. A life-long entrepreneur, Bobby has started twelve different businesses and acquired nine others. His approach to business has been to value people, seek wisdom, embrace humility, and never stop learning. Welcome to the show, Bobby!

Daryl Jones is a former professional baseball player for both the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds organizations. After experiencing Christ's transforming power in the final season of his career, he became an evangelist/speaker who ministers to the youth around the world through the Internationally-known Destiny Sports Mission origination. He and his family make their home in Conroe, Texas, and he is available to speak to your group, business, church or organization.  Check out...

Partnering with God is what you were designed for. That's what Andy believes and that's why he launched 'Heaven in Business' years ago... To help Christian Business Owners and Entrepreneurs live out their faith through their business, in partnership with God.     Experiencing God at work, being a blessing to the city you live in and hearing from God for your business shouldn’t feel mysterious or inaccessible!  Andy and I chat about walking this out in today's business climate in this week's...

Daniel is considered Australia’s Number One business coach specializing in Emotional & Social Intelligence, with over 5,500 case studies into emotional intelligence in the past three years alone. He has written and produced more than 250 audio and video learning programs, which have influenced business owners all around the world, including: Mental Detox, Total Emotional Mastery, and Win Sales Now! He’s helped over 15,000 companies and individuals throughout Australia, New Zealand,...

In this week’s episode of The Mike Thakur Show Podcast I chat with Kyle Gillette, founder of SAGE Mindset Coaching, about why mindset matters as well as accountability and leadership for the Christian business owner and entrepreneur. Kyle is a man of great ambition and vision; he wanted to utilize his talents for something more than just being an employee. He had always been interested in business, and after consultation with mentors who encouraged him to pursue passions rather than security...

Ryan Horn is the founder of the Extraordinary Man Movement, creator of the Brotherhood of Extraordinary Men Mastermind and host of the top-rated “Extraordinary Man Podcast.” He went from broke and working 12 hour night shifts at a metal factory......while sleeping on his aunt’s couch to becoming an award-winning entrepreneur... He's a dynamic speaker and has shared the stage with world class leaders like Jack Canfield, James Malinchak and Nick Unsworth and has been honored as a Kingdom...

In this week’s episode of The Mike Thakur Show Podcast I chat with Jenny Rae Le Roux, candidate for Governor in California and all around person of amazingness! God trained Jenny Rae for 7 years to stop being stingy and safe to become generous and high-impact. That season unleashed growth in her tech company and prepared her for other leadership roles. She’s an accomplished business owner, author, and strategic advisor with a B.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia and an MBA from...

Melvin Pillay was born into total poverty amidst Apartheid era South Africa. For years Melvin struggled to the point that his boss secretly allowed him to sleep on the company floor, as long as he was dressed and ready for work before any of the other employees showed up. A turning point occurred when Melvin discovered a Zig Ziglar cassette tape in the library and dug into it with fervor - he made a vow: “Someday I will meet that man!” He eventually did, and then went to work for Zig...

Jordan Gerding had it made. A family business to walk into and one day take over, he was looking at a $10 million payday for a life of work that would never really be 'work'. Then he felt God's nudge, and walked away from it all to partner with God in a new venture, which launched in March of 2020.  Wowsers. Now, he helps entrepreneurs dealing with stress and anxiety to create a life worth living, through breakthroughs that last.  Learn more at Gerding International.

How we do business matters. Why we do business matters. Where we do business matters. Not just to us, but to God, who gave us the creativity to start our businesses in the first place.  Today with chat with Dave Charlson, who's been a faith driven entrepreneur for almost 25 years and was heavily involved with the folks over at Heaven in Business for almost a decade.  Dave is all about creating safe places for business people to be vulnerable and real about their struggles and brokering the...

When Jesus prayed, he expected results. We want to pray like Jesus.  That means we should expect results. Today's episode is super special because we had the privilege of chatting with Amy Lykosh from Workplace Prayer (https://www.workplaceprayer.com), an organization that exists to literally pray for your business, your team and your family! Without giving away all the juice from the get go, let's just say you're going to be blown away by a world that most people didn't even know...

My new book 'Mike Drop' is out soon and we thought it would be a blast to share the opening chapter of the audio book with all our listeners on The Mike Thakur Show. I pulled Linda back into the studio to celebrate with me so enjoy, and connect with me online to let me know your thoughts!  @realmikethakur on all major platforms.  Pre-order the book today at www.mikethakur.com.

Rachel is a rock star! Author of a bunch of books and bestsellers at that. But one day she woke up thinking perhaps there was a different path God had laid out for her. Pivoting through difficult times into real estate investing has created new opportunities, new income streams and new levels of freedom for her and her family. Listen to her story today! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachelcswanson/?hl=en Website: https://rachelcswanson.com

We figured a new season and a new book means it's a good time to recap our very first episode where Mike talks through the journey that's brought him to today; focused and intentionally looking for ways to marry profit with purpose, as a way to change lives.  This episode will help you get to know Mike a little better, while learning the best way to make a quarter pounder with cheese, with extra ketchup!

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