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Practical insights on leadership, data, custom software, and the infrastructure decisions that define how growth-stage companies scale.
#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 […]
#102 – Fight, Flight, Freeze, or Focus
Pro athletes get a coach for their mind. Founders get nothing. Most founders walk into the highest-stakes environment of their careers with no training for the one instrument they use all day. In this episode of The Dataliction Podcast®, John Staub and Travis Hall talk with Kevin Bailey, co-founder and CEO of Dreamfuel, about why […]
#101 – Papa John’s Founder on People-First Leadership
The next storm is always coming. The only question is whether your business gets stronger when it hits. In this episode of The Dataliction Podcast®, John Staub and Travis Hall sit down with John Schnatter, the founder of Papa John’s, who built a global brand out of a broom closet on two ideas: take care […]
#100 – The Data Told Us to Do This
100 episodes later, one thing is clear—growth doesn’t happen by accident. In this episode of The Dataliction Podcast®, John and Travis reflect on the journey to 100 episodes and the lessons learned along the way. From data-driven decision-making to the power of systems over sparks, they unpack the principles that consistently drive real business growth. […]