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James Colistra

Captain · DISC type DS
Founder & Principal at Wonderfish
📍 Cedar Grove, New Jersey, United States

James Colistra is the Founder of Wonderfish, leveraging 20 years of marketing and media experience to help founders gain visibility through podcasts. A former Executive Director at Forbes, he launched the Forbes Under 30 Summit and drove content-driven campaigns for major brands. Colleagues describe him as professional, creative, and collaborative.

Outside of work, James is a family man who shares anecdotes about his children and their view of his career. He is interested in the psychology of success, posting about concepts like "neutral thinking" over positive thinking. He also actively promotes books and resources that help other business owners.

While at Forbes, he developed an award-winning branded content campaign for The Macallan spirits.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Founder & Principal
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Cedar Grove, New Jersey, United States
Personality Overview

How James shows up

Dynamic But Sincere
Consummate Professional
Decisive But Calm

They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time. They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily. They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together.

Priorities

Topics James cares about

Podcast PR
His current company, Wonderfish, is centered on the "Podcast Power Circuit™, " a service he developed to secure high-impact podcast interviews for expert founders and business leaders.
Founder Visibility
He specializes in elevating the profiles of founders, a focus honed while leading PR for Sticker Mule's founder and creating campaigns for thought leaders at Forbes.
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Career

Work history

2-2024
Founder & Principal
Wonderfish
4-2024
First 10 Founders, Founding Member
UnlockTheROI
Guest Lecturer, Marketing
Drew University
7-2024 - 4-2025
Director of Public Relations
Sticker Mule
6-2019 - 2-2024
Executive Director, Integrated Marketing
Forbes
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
BA
Loyola University Maryland
Bootcamp for Account Planners
Miami Ad School
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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