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April 15, 2024

Chad Thibodeaux

Business Coach & Launch Strategist

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Chad is a business coach and launch strategist who has helped over 5000 people launch their online coaching businesses.

Chad Thibodeaux, a business coach and launch strategist, shares his journey from being a pastor to finding his true passion.

He emphasizes that failure is an event, not a person, and that necessary endings can lead to new opportunities. Chad discusses the importance of shifting one’s perspective and not tying their identity to their past roles. He highlights the significance of doing what brings happiness and fulfillment, regardless of the career path.

Chad’s story serves as a reminder to embrace change and pursue one’s true calling. Chad Thibodeaux shares his journey as an entrepreneur and how failure shaped his life.

He emphasizes the importance of embracing one’s strengths and not being afraid to start and quit projects. Chad also discusses the difference between an entrepreneur and a business owner, highlighting the visionary nature of entrepreneurs. He provides insights into launching a business, focusing on identifying the problem, agitating it, offering a solution, and making an offer.

Chad encourages entrepreneurs to take action and not get stuck in overthinking or small tasks. Chad Thibodeaux shares valuable insights on starting and growing an online coaching business. He emphasizes the importance of making it easy for people to enter your sphere and work with you. He advises focusing on the big things that matter, such as identifying the problem, understanding what prospects have tried, leveraging your skills to solve the problem, and making an offer.

Chad also discusses the concept of prototyping and launching your business idea to test the market demand. He highlights the significance of staying focused and avoiding distractions from tools and technology. Chad provides a framework of four buckets: launch, pubescent, scalability, and authority, which guide the growth of a business. He shares strategies for generating engagement on social media and qualifying your audience.

Key Points

Chad’s philosophy: Entrepreneurship is a mindset, not just an activity.
Embracing failure as a necessary step towards success.
Practical steps to identify and solve key business problems.
The importance of momentum in business growth.
Leveraging social media for business success.

Guest Bio

Chad Thibodeaux is a renowned business coach and launch strategist who has helped over 5,000 individuals successfully launch their online coaching businesses. With a background that includes founding a six-figure business at 16 and serving as a pastor for two decades, Chad brings a unique blend of entrepreneurial spirit and heartfelt guidance to his coaching. His journey through personal and professional challenges has equipped him with profound insights into turning passion into profit and embracing failure as a stepping stone to success.

Guest Links/Offer

Launchit.online
http://www.teachaitome.com (code: HEADSMACK24)

About the Host

Paul Povolni (aka Voppa) is the founder of Voppa Creative and a creative leader with more than 30 years of experience working with organizations and teams around the world. His career spans brand strategy, design leadership, and creative direction, with a focus on helping organizations clarify who they are, how they lead, and how they communicate with intention.

Paul has led multidisciplinary teams in the development of award-winning branding and design systems across a wide range of industries. His work consistently connects strategy to execution, ensuring that brand expression reflects both organizational purpose and internal culture.

In addition to his consulting work, Paul is an experienced coach and speaker. He works with leaders, executives, and creative teams to strengthen decision-making, build creative confidence, and cultivate cultures rooted in clarity and accountability. His speaking engagements and workshops are grounded in practical frameworks shaped by decades of real-world leadership experience.

Paul is also the host of the Headsmack Podcast, where he interviews world-class thinkers, strategists, creatives, and business leaders from around the globe. The podcast explores branding, leadership, creativity, and culture through candid, in-depth conversations that challenge assumptions and sharpen thinking.

Through his consulting, speaking, and coaching, he equips clients to lead with Clarity, Creativity, and Culture—aligning vision with execution and purpose with performance.