Digital Social Hour
From Worship Pastor to Million-Dollar Entrepreneur | Josh Dominguez DSH #1195
Fri, 21 Feb 2025
In this episode, we sit down with Josh Dominguez from Refresh LED to talk about the power of LED technology, how it's revolutionizing podcast studios, churches, and immersive experiences, and why faith and business go hand in hand. Josh shares his journey from worship pastor to entrepreneur, balancing fatherhood with running a business, and even how he overcame a life-changing kidney transplant while building a million-dollar company. We also dive into deep topics like faith in business, personal development, avoiding social media traps, and the power of accountability. If you're looking for motivation, business insights, and life lessons, this episode is for you! Key Timestamps 00:00 - How Jesus Was a Businessman 00:22 - Introducing Josh Adams from Refresh LED 00:57 - How LED Screens are Changing Events & Studios 02:05 - The Rise of Immersive LED Experiences 02:50 - Josh’s Transition from Worship Pastor to LED Entrepreneur 04:40 - The Importance of Faith in Business 06:20 - Balancing Family, Business & Faith 09:35 - Giving Back: Philly Dream Center & Community Impact 12:00 - Parenting in a Social Media-Dominated World 17:00 - The Power of Words & Speaking Life into Others 20:45 - Social Media, Comparison, & Mental Health 25:00 - Josh’s Kidney Transplant & Overcoming Health Battles 30:15 - The Power of Purpose & Finding Meaning in Business 33:50 - Where to Find Refresh LED & Josh Dominguez 📲 Follow Josh & Refresh LED: ➡️ Instagram: @JoshAdams619 ➡️ Website: RefreshLED.com 🔥 APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application 📩 BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [email protected]
Chapter 1: How did Josh Dominguez transition from worship pastor to entrepreneur?
Yeah, we got this whole strip here.
Yeah, this is cool. I love the design you got going on. I mean, LED is really the way of the future. and we're seeing a lot of podcasts utilizing it. We have our own podcast on the East Coast, and we have a huge LED wall that we use.
Love it.
Man, we're seeing it just pick up like crazy right now.
Yeah, pods are taking off. I'm curious if the Sphere uses LEDs. The whole thing.
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Chapter 2: What role does LED technology play in modern events and studios?
Yeah, the whole thing, man. Well, the whole exterior. Yeah. Wow. Man, it is insane what they've done here in Vegas. And with the new casinos popping up and, you know, even like the Cosmo is doing on the precursor, some renovations and they're going to be doing some LEDs there. It's just it's exciting to see.
Yeah, the old strip, too. Have you been out there? I have, yeah. Yeah, the whole tunnel thing is LED, right? It's incredible. I mean, that can't be cheap.
Well, that's the thing, man. I mean, right now, immersive experiences are everything, you know, even in people's homes. Like, people are starting to put them in their home theaters, in their spaces where, you know, they want to have entertainment spaces and everything, even outdoors by their pool.
That's baller.
I mean, it's pretty cool.
That's super cool. When did you get into this? Was it even like an emerging technology?
Yeah, it was back in 2017, first got into it. I was in church ministry. I was a worship pastor. Man, just loving what I was doing. And obviously in any type of church venue setting, you're messing with gear, kind of like what you are here.
Yeah.
And we were just always integrating new equipment. I was always trying new equipment. Really got into it and really just loved playing around with the new technology that was coming out. And I just kind of fell into this industry. I left the ministry and I got into this by helping a friend of mine with his church. And I just fell in love with it, man. That's cool. So now we do it.
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Chapter 3: How is faith integrated into Josh Dominguez's business approach?
And it's been quite the road, man, just having six kids, launching a business, and trying to juggle it all, which I'm sure there's a lot of your listeners are entrepreneurs, and they have families, and they're trying to juggle the kids, the business, and the other life responsibilities and everything.
It's a daily battle. It's a daily battle. Yeah, it's ongoing too. I don't think there's ever like a solution that stops it.
No. I mean, you focus your goals and really what your personal core values are, and you filter your decisions and the direction you want to go based on those core values. And that's been the key factor that has been leading me every step of the way. And obviously, for me, my faith is a very strong part of my decision-making process with anything, even in business.
And we were talking before we hit play here. And, man, business and faith, for me, they go hand in hand. And it's really important for me that we do that. And it's been such a key part to our success. And, you know, just doors opening up and being here with guys like you. You know, I just I believe that God opens those doors. And when you walk through it, I mean, God does the rest.
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Yeah.
Isn't that crazy?
Yeah. I mean, he was a carpenter. He had a skill trade. And if you look at Paul, you know, he was a tent maker. And, you know, God and business and money are all intertwined. Look at how many times the Bible talks about money. You know, money is all throughout the Bible. And he talks about the parable of the talents. And, you know, the Bible talks about giving your first fruits.
And, you know, back then that was their form of currency, you know, was their first literal fruits as they farmed their land. You know, so I think it's important that we look at that because without money, what can the church do? What can ministries do without money?
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Chapter 4: How does Josh balance family life with business responsibilities?
Yeah. Well, he has this saying that success is your duty. It's your responsibility. I've seen that. And I take that to heart too. He's one of my mentors. And just hearing him say that really stuck with me.
Yeah, I think it's your responsibility. Like accountability for me is the main thing. Yeah. Like please take accountability, good or bad.
Absolutely.
I get so annoyed when people don't take accountability, man.
Absolutely. Especially when you have kids and, you know, just responsibility for, you know, what's in front of you.
Yeah.
But let alone responsibility for your community, for those who you're interacting with. You know, it's important that, you know, you look at what you're doing and you ask yourself, who is it benefiting? Is it just benefiting me? Is it just benefiting my family or my kids? Is my community that I'm in benefiting from what I'm doing?
Yeah.
And I think that's important to ask yourself. Absolutely.
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Chapter 5: What are the challenges of parenting in a social media-driven world?
But I hated it at the time, but looking back, it was great.
Yeah. Yeah. Kind of sucks. You're all your friends.
Oh, it sucks. Yeah. Yeah. You can't text anyone. Yeah. All your friends are on Facebook.
Yeah. You feel like you're the oddball without a phone.
But I think they can be dangerous for kids.
Yeah. And that's why we're waiting. You know, even though a lot of our peers have, you know, 10 year olds with phones, eight year olds with phones. And I'm like, why? You know, OK, they need to call you for emergencies or whatnot. But then the rest, 99 percent of the time, they're looking at their phone, scrolling on social or just playing games.
Yeah.
I don't think it's healthy.
If it was just for the reason of calling, you could just get them a regular flip phone.
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Chapter 6: Why is accountability important in personal and professional life?
You know?
Yeah. It's something with our wiring. I don't know if it's a survival thing or something, but we definitely think about the negative stuff way more.
Yeah. Yeah. Because we believe it quicker than the good things we hear.
Yeah. I wonder if that's from like insecurity or something, you know?
Yeah. It's, you know, there's a battle in our minds going on all the time. And we're trying to measure ourselves up to everybody else around us. And the second we hear somebody or something say to us that we are not good enough or we're not as good as that person, it only amplifies what we're already fighting in our head.
Right. You know? Did you struggle with comparison growing up?
I, I think we all did, you know, as, as kids were comparing to other kids, teenagers, and then we get into our twenties and, you know, comparing to other people, our age. I mean, I'm 41 right now, still doing it.
Yeah.
You know, I'm like, man, that guy's 41 and he's already done this. This isn't there.
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Chapter 7: How can the power of words influence others positively?
Gotcha.
So you got to cold email them.
That's good. I wish I would have known that six hours ago I was on the airplane.
Oh, flights, I'm deadly.
Yeah.
The whole flight, I'm cold DMing people.
Wow.
Or I'm texting people, catching up with people.
Okay.
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Chapter 8: How does Josh Dominguez contribute to community impact through business?
I was looking.
Yeah. But I'm more audible. There's different types of learning. Yeah. So you're a reader?
I love to read. I love both. Sometimes.
Oh, you're both. That's rare, man.
Like reading a book book. And I think that when you can highlight or write notes on the page or underline things, it just connects on a deeper level.
Oh, it does.
There's some books, too, that I feel you need to read once a year. One of them, Atomic Habits.
Yeah, it's classic. Yeah.
how to win friends and influence people. So those genre of books for me are once a year reads that need to be worked on. I mean, Atomic Habits, you take one area of the book and apply it. It's sometimes for, it'll take me months, you know, just to master it, get the concept, put it to practice, come back to it, read it again before I can get to the next chapter, you know? So there's
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