Joshua Dean Church
Builder. Author. Connector.

Joshua Dean Church

I'm a builder at the intersection of business and inner work.

Joshua Dean Church
As Seen In
Forbes Forbes 30 Under 30 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Shark Tank Men's Health

What I'm Building

I follow the breadcrumbs, build businesses, bring people together, and have a lot of fun along the way.

Joshua leading breathwork

The Inner World

Faith, intuition, spirit, and the intelligence of the body

Learning to trust what the body already knows, long before the mind catches up. I teach breathwork and cold immersion, lead retreats and workshops from Iceland to my hometown of San Diego, and wrote a book about what happens when you follow the signal instead of the plan.

Joshua in conversation with a founder at a live event

The Arena

Building businesses and backing founders

I like building things, and I like helping founders build theirs. Right now that’s ARK Partners, a growth marketing agency for consumer brands, where we find the message a brand’s customers actually respond to and build it across every channel they sell through. Before that I co-founded Edge Theory Labs and grew it from a garage prototype into a $20M+ business in under three years.

Coastal Tribe Shabbat dinner

The Others

Bringing people together

The best things in my life came out of rooms full of people who were looking for each other. I host the Find The Others podcast and group chat, co-founded Coastal Tribe, and put on gatherings designed to turn strangers into friends. Friendpower is stronger than willpower.

Joshua Dean Church
My Story

Following the Breadcrumbs

I'm a Moroccan-American Jewish kid from San Diego with the last name Church. I followed cosmic breadcrumbs instead of a plan, and they led me to co-found a $20M+ company, write a book, finish an Ironman, land on Forbes 30 Under 30, and make the EY Entrepreneur of the Year finals. These days I'm building at the intersection of business and inner work: co-founding a growth marketing agency, hosting a podcast, writing, and building community. I believe the most powerful thing you can learn is how to listen—to your body, to something greater than yourself, and to each other.

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Find The Others WhatsApp Group

Every day I share one message—an insight, a perspective, a tool, or a tidbit to help you on your way. It's a free community of people who are building lives on their own terms, supporting each other along the road. No noise, no spam. Just signal.

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Joshua with The Others at a retreat
For Consumer Brands Ready to Stop Guessing

ARK Partners

Most consumer brands aren't short on marketing. They're short on agreement. The ad agency makes ads, the developer builds pages, the email team sends campaigns, and the Amazon partner works on Amazon. Nobody is learning from anybody. ARK is one senior team that finds the message your customers actually respond to, builds it across every channel you sell through, and improves it from real results. Run directly by both founders.

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