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Middle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth251: From One Company to Many | Paul Mallen, CEO, Amalgamated Family of Companies2019-02-2724 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth250: Be the Leader In Your Space | Laura Brandao, President, American Financial Resources2019-02-2224 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth249: The Rise of Little Big Burger | Mike Pruitt, CEO, Chanticleer Holdings2019-02-1533 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth248: Making Tea a Modern Day Convenience | Rick Scheer, Co CEO, Teazzers2019-02-0829 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth247: Helping the House Win | Jon Wolfe, CEO, House Advantage2019-01-2932 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth246: From Task to Process to Growth | Paul Barber, CEO, Prophix2019-01-2431 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth245: How an Appetite for Agile is Fueling Growth | Steve Cooper, Partner, ExcellaIn the wake of a big government contract win, IT consulting organizations frequently savor the luster of being awarded plus-sized opportunities that can validate a firm's leading edge solutions. However, pursuing government "big game" contracts - can lead consulting organizations to very often set priorities according to the ebb and flow of the government's procurement processes instead of the leading edge solution development. Here's where Excella of Arlington, Va appears to have stayed the course and continued to focus and invest in commercial opportunities related to Agile software development - despite the sizable obstacle traditional government procurement policies have been...2019-01-1544 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth244: Five CEOs Explain Why Growth Equals Reinvention2019-01-0819 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth243: The Rites of Passage | Pivotal Chapters for 3 Midsize Companies2018-12-2834 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth242: Unlocking Employee Referrals | A Workplace Champions Episode2018-12-2131 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth241: Beyond the Family Business2018-12-1429 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth240: Flexing Its Balance Sheet Muscle | Ty Johnson, CEO, Select Interior Concepts2018-12-0428 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth239: How Multifamily Homes Are Setting KWA Apart | Brian Webster, President, KWA Construction2018-11-2934 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth238: When It's Time to Sell | A Dealmaker's Episode2018-11-2029 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth237: Adelman Travel's Hiring Imperative | A Workplace Champions Episode2018-11-1525 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth236: Marching In Step With Private Equity | Chris Lueck, CEO, FastSpring2018-11-0830 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth235: How a Community College Exposed Hollman's Path to More Profitable Growth | Travis Hollman, CEO, Hollman Inc.2018-10-3145 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth234: Energizing Your Commercial World | Scott Graf, President, BCD Meetings & Events2018-10-2237 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth233: Growth, Scale and M&A | A DealMaker's Episode2018-10-1728 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth232: Keeping Lean When Talent is Top of Mind | Workplace Champions Episode2018-10-1036 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth231: When ExactTarget Came to Dinner | Brian Rowe, CEO, Perceivant2018-10-0230 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth230: Scaling Your Sales Function | Kevin Parker, CEO, Hirevue2018-09-2517 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth229: Monster's Midmarket Climb | Scott Gutz, CEO, Monster Worldwide2018-09-1814 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth228: How Influencer Marketing Fueled the Rise of G Fuel | Cliff Morgan, Founder, G-Fuel2018-09-1129 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth227: Finding Your Customer Growth Lane | Scott Staples, CEO, First Advantage2018-09-0440 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth226: Completing its Service Footprint | Ken Lochiatto, CEO, Convergint Technologies2018-08-2741 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth225: When Knocking Wood is a Strategic Imperative | Jim Cline, CEO, Trex Company2018-08-2225 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth224: Marching to Its Own Drummer | Ross Andrew Paquette, Founder CEO, Maropost2018-08-1330 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth223: Making Digital Your Growth Path | John Gardner, President, Luckie & Company2018-08-0640 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth222: Bringing Efficiencies At Scale, | Ed O'Brien, CEO, eMoney Advisor2018-07-3126 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth221: Keeping an Edge as M&A Drives Growth| Sudhakar Kesavan, CEO, ICF2018-07-2340 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth220: The York Chapter: A Midsize Firm Comes of Age | Travis York, CEO, GYK Antler2018-07-1735 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth219: The Lean-Minded Company | Michael DeCata, CEO, Lawson Products2018-07-0633 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth218: Making Privacy a Competitive Advantage | Ted Kim, CEO, London Trust Media2018-06-2732 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for GrowthBonus Episode: Renovating the Middle Market C-Suite | John Sculley, Investor, Advisor, Former CEO of Apple & Pepsi2018-06-2149 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth217: Adding Scale to Drive Growth | Mark Dohnalek, CEO, Pivot International2018-06-1934 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth216: Milestones for Achieving Double-Digit Growth | Nicole Latimer, CEO Staywell2018-06-1143 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for GrowthReprise: Not Founder, But Firm Builder | Glenn Hazard, CEO, OPAQ NetworksJoin us when Glenn Hazard, CEO, OPAQ Networks, and middle-market veteran, traces his firm-building path from the Internet’s early commerical days to the present. Learn about the unique management mind-set and skillsets that have allowed Glenn to open new chapters of growth for midsize firms. (Original broadcast date: April 13, 2017)2018-06-0533 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth215: Achieving Your Repeatable Sales Milestone | Dave Kellogg, CEO, Host Analytics2018-05-3021 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth214: Making New Technology Your Company's Growth Trigger | Mike Walters, CEO, USA Financial2018-05-2234 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth213: The Eye of the Beholder | Monty Montoya, CEO, CorneaGen2018-05-1426 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth212: The Entrepreneur's Obstacle | Tony Drockton, Hammitt2018-05-0823 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth211: Serving the Legal Eagles | Neil Zola, Executive Co Chairman, JND Legal Administration2018-04-3044 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth210: Growing Along the Rails | Larry Jordan, President, Wi-Tronix2018-04-2636 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth209: Small Actions, Big Growth | Jack Welde, CEO, Smartling2018-04-1637 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth208: Once Private, Now Public: Protecting Your Workforce Culture | Matt Calkins, CEO, Appian2018-04-0934 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth207: The Reinvention Generation | Matthew Gonnering, CEO, Widen2018-04-0233 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth206: The Future Uber of Home Services | Steve Upshaw, CEO, CCHS2018-03-2640 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth205: Anchor Brewing: Legacy of a Small Giant | John Dannerbeck, Former PresidentWhen Japan’s Sapporo last year acquired craft-beer pioneer Anchor Brewing, many craft brewers characterized the transaction as the end of an era. It’s one John Dannerbeck today looks back on fondly having worked alongside the brewery’s legendary owner Fritz Maytag and the eclectic mix of seasoned managers that stubbornly rejected the notion of growth for growth sake and consequently gave birth to a global movement of craft brewers. Join us when John revisits his entry into the brewing business and the unrelenting market dynamics that bruised management’s ability to keep growth at bay.2018-03-1939 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth204: A One of a Kind Advantage | Sam Santhosh, CEO, MedGenomeFifteen years ago, when the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) announced the successful completion of the Human Genome Project, Sam Santhosh decided that it was time to study up and find all of what was required to compete inside the world of DNA sequencing. The way that Santhosh saw it, sequencing was really about data, a world he felt he understood well and one that he was confident would yield future business opportunities. Still, the unique opportunity that would give rise to MedGenome would first escape Santhosh’s lines of sight. The opportunity: India’s historic caste structure is r...2018-03-1331 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth203: Building a Better Compensation Plan | Chris Cabrera, CEO, Xactly CorporationCompensation strategies have often been considered a luxury rather than a necessity inside the realm of middle-market businesses. However, as Xactly Corp. continues to enlarge its pool of compensation data, the company’s benchmarking insights have begun to alter the mind-sets of middle-market executives as the company helps to level the playing field when it comes to acquiring compensation smarts. Join us when Xactly CEO Chris Cabrera explains why talent-minded midsize companies are quickly acquiring an appetite for compensation insights.2018-03-0628 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth202: The New Demand for Domains | Bruce Jaffe, CEO, Donuts, Inc.For many of us, the phrase “domain registry” still harkens back to the dot-com days of yore when acquiring a dot-com domain was the only genuine ticket of entry to the online world. The early online gold rush made everyone marvel at the sensible business people who made money selling dot-com domains—the URL equivalent of picks and shovels that would empower others to pursue their dreams of dot-com riches. A little more than 20 years later, the registry business appears to be quickly broadening its menu of tools to help its customers open new veins of business opportunities. Join us whe...2018-02-2626 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth201: The Itch for Growth | Brett Goldberg, Co CEO , TickPickJoin us when Brett Goldberg, co-CEO and cofounder of upstart ticket reseller TickPick, explains how the middle-market company’s appetite for growth must at times be kept in check as the New York City–based firm fine tunes a success formula in which growth is but one of several contributing factors.2018-02-1925 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth200: When Supply Lines Determine the Path to Growth | Cody Yarborough, CEO, Lifecycle BiotechnologiesAccording to Cody Yarborough, when it comes to growing Lifecycle Biotechnologies, the greatest challenge that the biosciences firm faces today has little to do with finding new customers. Instead, the challenge is to better manage and monitor the company’s specialized suppliers2018-02-1327 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth199: Why Safety is a Growth Business | Raj Arora, President, Jensen HughesJoin us when Raj Arora, President, Strategy and Business Development, Jensen Hughes, explains why strategy must always determine a company’s M&A path and not the other way around. Plus, learn what Raj’s priorities are when it comes to growing the safety and risk services firm over the next 12 months.2018-02-0530 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth198: Outsourcing's New Wonder| Bryce Maddock, CEO, TaskUsOnce upon a time, the word "outsourcing" was associated with such dry-cleaned, stodgy corporate monikers as EDS, IBM, and CSC. No more. Join us when Bryce Maddock, CEO of TaskUs, reveals the outsourcer's unconventional first growth chapter and the unique business dynamics that would lead a cluster of high-tech startups to leverage the outsourcer's offerings and propel it into the ranks of middle-market firms. “We've invested heavily in our (customer-serving) employees. We call this mentality front line first.… These are the people that matter the most. They are the ones who are keeping the lights on and...2018-01-2933 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth197: When the World is Your Customer | Art Barter, CEO, Datron World CommunicationsFew U.S. manufacturers appear to have defied the laws of global economics as effectively as Datron World Communications. Capturing 90 percent of its annual revenue overseas, Datron has continued to diligently serve its global customers from a 100,000 square foot San Diego manufacturing facility. Join us when Datron CEO Art Barter explains the unique technologies and regulatory dynamics that led him to double down on leadership development as Datron grew from $10 million in annual sales to more than $200 million in just six years.2018-01-2258 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth196: Where Members Equal Growth | Allan Prindle, CEO, Power Financial Credit Union2018-01-1540 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth195: Entrepreneurial Verve Fuels a Marketer’s Midmarket Rise | Phil Carpenter, EVP, PAN CommunicationsJust as any sea captain worth his salt ultimately rejects his land legs and returns to the sea, Phil Carpenter's marketing career has seldom ventured beyond the entrepreneurial realm where he has held management roles in both startups as well as the integrated marketing agencies that eagerly serve them. Today as executive vice president and managing director of PAN Communications, Carpenter is once more satisfying his entrepreneurial itch as PAN advances up the ranks of midsize agencies as it serves a growing roster of technology and healthcare clients. FREE E-Book: Learn how talent-minded CEOs from a dozen mid...2018-01-0833 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth194: When It's Time to Find New Blood | Strategic Management Talent2018-01-0320 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth193: Building a Better Venture Firm | Jim Stewart, CFO, True Ventures2017-12-1918 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth192: Why P.E. is Acquiring Patience | Vic Chenoweth, CFO, Planview2017-12-1119 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth191: The Steel Fabricator's Talent Solution | Tom Walsh, CFO, Art Iron2017-12-0632 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth190: Keeping Leadership in Step With Growth | Robert Douglas, CEO, BioConnect2017-12-0126 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth189: The Age of Cyber Safety | Ray Rothrock, CEO, RedSeal2017-11-2823 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth188: A Hospitality Disrupter's Dynamic Path to Growth | Pat Phelan, CEO, Leap Hospitality2017-11-2234 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth187: Putting Generations To Work | John Waldron, CEO, Waldron Private Wealth2017-11-1731 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for GrowthAmerican Textile Company | Lance Ruttenberg CEO2017-11-1439 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth186: Three Business Builders & The Power of T.A.M.2017-11-1022 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth185: Three Tales of Growth Inside the Healthcare Realm2017-11-0830 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth184: Seven CEOs Share Their Business Growth Priorities2017-11-0118 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth183: The Maverick of Residential Cleaning | Ron Holt, CEO, Two Maids & A Mop2017-10-2739 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth182: Thicker Than Water | A Look Inside Family-Owned Businesses2017-10-2421 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth181.5 The Afterpod | Matthew Bertulli, CEO, Demac Media2017-10-2002 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth181: Inside Twiddy & Company | Our Featured Workplace Champion2017-10-1328 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth180.5: The Afterpod | Matthew Schiltz, CEO, Conga2017-10-1103 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth180: How Employee Empowerment is Fueling the Rise of a Self Expression Juggernaut | Phil Rooke, CEO, Spreadshirt2017-10-1029 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth179: Extending the Stride of a Unique Offering | Michael Hough, Founder, Advance Medical2017-10-0430 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth178: Sticking to It: One Firm's Stubborn Path to Growth | Larry Heard, CEO, Transwestern2017-09-2935 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth177: Inside JANCOA | Our Featured Workplace Champion2017-09-2125 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth176.5: The AfterPod | Gregg Parise, CEO, Callabor8 (Formerly CEO) Vroozi2017-09-2002 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth176: When It's Time to Scale Your Management Ranks | Matthew Bertulli, CEO, Demac Media2017-09-1828 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth175: How Two Leaders Advance As One | Paul Kenyon, Co-CEO, Avecto2017-09-1334 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth174: Stäubli & the Power of Three | Roger Varin, CEO, Staubli North America2017-09-0826 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth173.5 The Afterpod | Alan Rich, CEO, Chrome River2017-09-0702 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth173: How One-Button Security Unlocked Growth| Lee Mandel, CEO, IntraLogic Solutions Inc.Join us when Lee Mandel, CEO, Intralogic Solutions Inc. explains how integration capabilities and IT knowledge have empowered his company to marry traditional alarm systems with IT networks and software opening the door to a new chapter of growth. 2017-09-0123 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth172: Completing Your Digital Transformation | Andrew McGraw, CEO, Adelman Travel Group2017-08-3031 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth171.5 The Afterpod | Jeff Spalding, COO, Peak 10How do you make a great hire? Spalding: The first thing we do is we look at our best people in each of our areas, right. So, our best technologists, what are the characteristics that make them really good? Who are our best sales people? What are the characteristics that make them really good? Right. And there might be some obvious things like, hey, they're very responsive to the customer, they present well, right, there's an experience there, there's a knowledge, they think strategically long-term. But, we try to capture those in a profile, and then we b...2017-08-2802 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth171: Renovating the C-Suite: Enter the Middle Market CFO2017-08-2222 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth170.5 The Afterpod | Matt Calkins, CEO, AppianHow do you make a great hire? Matt Calkins: In order to make a great hire there are a couple of steps. One is finding and motivating the potential employee to work with you. And I don't want to focus on that, because I think it's relatively obvious how you do that. You raise your profile, you meet people, you work the channel, you ask your employees for contacts, those things are pretty well known. I think I'll instead focus on how you select the individual that you want to hire. How do you know...2017-08-2102 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth168: When Your Firm Has An Appetite for M&A | Jack Walsh, CFO, Aptean2017-08-1027 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth146: Empowering the Internet of Things Generation | Mark Benson, CTO, ExositeJoin us when Mark Benson explains how Exosite is helping customers transform their traditional businesses by embracing the Internet of Things and adopting new software and strategies that allow them to optimize cost and create new revenue streams. Guest: Mark Benson, Chief Technology Officer Company: Exosite Headquarters: Minneapolis, MN Ownership: Private Contact: www.exosite.com @exosite (twitter)2017-04-2434 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth120: Midsized Dynamic Duos | CEO CFO Management TeamsCEO CFO Management Teams2016-12-2829 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth117: Inside Coast to Coast | Our Featured Workplace ChampionJack Sweeney & Brett Knowles Spotlight Strategies From Talent-Minded Business Leaders2016-12-0926 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth113: Building a Constructive Culture | Julie Strong, CEO, C1S Group, Inc.Step back in time and peer into the offices of C1S Group of Dallas and chances are you’d find the lights burning late into the evening with Julie Strong and her husband Matt paying invoices or responding to one last customer query. Today C1S is the culmination of many long days, nights and weekends for the two business leaders (and there devoted team of employees) that together have managed to advance the construction firm into the ranks of Dallas-Fort Worth metro area’s midsized businesses. Join us when Julie recounts the firm’s growth milestones and shares t...2016-11-2225 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth084: At Odds With The ElephantsHow Midsized Firms Fight and Win Against Much Larger Rivals2016-07-1128 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for GrowthBonus Episode: Assessing the Capital Needs of Your Business: Elliot Jaffee, Head of Commercial Banking, U.S. BankIn the first of a series of occasional interviews, Middle Market Thought Leader host Jack Sweeney speaks with Elliot Jaffee, Head of Commercial Banking, U.S. Bank, about economic uncertainty, Brexit and how middle-market firms can achieve greater financial flexibility. 2016-06-3016 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth078: Mark Dohnalek, CEO, Pivot InternationalMark Dohnalek, CEO, Pivot International2016-06-0933 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth054: Mark Weiss, CEO Action Staffing Group Mark Weiss, CEO Action Staffing Group2016-02-1634 minMiddle Market Thought Leader | Priorities for Growth051: Mark Gross CEO, Data Conversion Laboratory Mark Gross CEO, Data Conversion Laboratory2016-02-0119 min