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Practical insights on leadership, data, custom software, and the infrastructure decisions that define how growth-stage companies scale.
#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, […]
#105 – Let Your Leaders Actually Lead
Hiring leaders is easy. Letting them lead is the hard part. Most founders hit a ceiling that has nothing to do with the market. In this episode of The Dataliction Podcast®, John Staub and Travis Hall talk with Luke Jacobs, co-founder and CEO of Encamp, about building a leadership team that can run without you. […]
#104 – Your Title Is a False Positive
Your industry knowledge and your title are not a sales process. Most founders sell well long before they sell repeatably. In this episode of The Dataliction Podcast®, John Staub and Travis Hall talk with Jenny Vance, founder and CEO of GrowthJen, about why a founder’s own track record is a poor blueprint for the team. […]
#103 – Hire the Person, Not the Role
Most businesses don’t fail because the idea was bad. In this episode of The Dataliction Podcast®, John Staub and Travis Hall talk with Tim Jensen, founder and president of The Veridus Group, Inc., about why culture decides whether a company survives. Tim defines culture in plain terms: how it feels in this moment, and how […]