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Every episode of the Dataliction podcast is a conversation with founders, operators, and leaders who are using data and technology to build better businesses. Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, or watch the full episode on YouTube.
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Practical insights on leadership, data, custom software, and the infrastructure decisions that define how growth-stage companies scale.
#111 – Lift Your Head Up
There is only one CFO on a campus, and everyone is looking at them. Bruce Hoeker was 29 when he took a college vice president job knowing almost nothing about higher education. In this episode of The Dataliction Podcast®, John Staub talks with Bruce Hoeker, chief executive officer of the Association of Business Administrators of […]
#110 – The Worst Time to Decide Is the 11th Hour
Most of what looks like a snap decision was made years earlier. In this episode of The Dataliction Podcast®, John Staub talks with John Porter, president of Charter Properties, the Charlotte firm developing apartment communities across the Carolinas where he has spent 27 years and led for the last eight. Porter says his first 20 […]
#109 – Hire and Fire Based on Core Values
Praying for the work to come in is not the same as knowing whether you can make payroll. In this episode of The Dataliction Podcast®, John Staub and Travis Hall talk with Parker Perrien, co-CEO of Diamond Solutions, the national asphalt and concrete company he bought from his father at 23. Parker grew it to […]
#108 – The Courage To Ask
Every leader carries a weight the people around them never see. In this episode of The Dataliction Podcast®, John Staub and Travis Hall talk with Wesley Mast, president of Coppes Napanee, the 150-year-old Indiana cabinet company his family bought in 2017 to restore rather than replace. Wesley runs a shop of 25 employees and about […]
#107 – Companies Stall Because of Leadership
Companies die because of cash, but they stall because of leadership. Darren Thompson spent his career at Eli Lilly and Company before a 2017 early retirement package pointed him somewhere else entirely. In this episode of The Dataliction Podcast®, John Staub talks with Darren Thompson, president and CEO of Process Alliance, about building a pharmaceutical […]
#106 – Pushed Up, Not Pulled Up
Trust is a currency, and a company stops growing when the owner refuses to spend it. Eight years ago, Alex Melvin was six months into selling Rural King. In this episode of The Dataliction Podcast®, John Staub and Travis Hall sit down with Melvin, owner and chairman of Rural King, America’s Farm and Home Store, […]