Varato's Digital Transformation Podcast
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Episode 123: Ben Marks, Director Global Market Development of Shopware and Former Magento Community Manager
Ben Marks is a legend in the eCommerce space, having been in the space for roughly 20 years. Ben started with the early platforms that you no longer hear about but joined Blue Acorn in the early days of Magento’s rise with Blue Acorn. We discussed the evolution of B2B eCommerce from his early days to now, working at a challenger company, Shopware, competing increasingly in the B2B space. We look at what we think will be relevant in the future in B2B eCommerce, and why taking the easy road, may not lead to the best results in the long term.
Episode 122: Lucas Robinson, CEO of WebLife Stores & BudgetMailBoxes.com
Lucas Robinson, is the driving force behind WebLife Stores and BudgetMailboxes.com. With over a decade of eCommerce experience, Lucas has transformed WebLife Stores into a thriving hub of creativity and expertise, serving prestigious clients like NBC, MLB, Harvard University, and JP Morgan. From humble beginnings selling a single mailbox in 2005, Lucas has propelled BudgetMailboxes.com to become the leading retailer for large commercial mailboxes in the US. We talk about how they started as a digital-first B2B eCommerce business that is now adding traditional sales methods like account executives to augment eCommerce.
Episode 121: Mark Fitzgerald, COO of POS Supply
Mark Fitzgerald has been in eCommerce for over two decades. As he progressed in eCommerce he found more and more opportunities in B2B eCommerce. He joined the founder of Pos Supply to help with just that and brought them to 50% plus sales in eCommerce as a business. They now use SuiteCommerce to power eCommerce along with Netsuite on the backend. We discuss all the challenges of getting better adoption for B2B eCommerce.
Episode 120: Diego Terra, Founder of SuiteCommerce and Hairball.io
Diego Terra has been in eCommerce since the early days of Netsuite. He ended up building the best Commerce platform for Netsuite, what is now called SuiteCommerce. His firm SuiteCommerce got acquired by Netsuite and went on to continue building on Netsuite for eCommerce. He has since moved on to starting Hairball, which helps companies leverage tools like Shopify & BigCommerce with an integration to Netsuite. Diego has an immense background in B2B eCommerce, and we discuss all the learnings along the way.
Episode 119: Matt Harris, Founder of Harris Web Works & B2B eCommerce Veteran
Matt Harris has been working on web projects for nearly three decades. In the early days, eCommerce was the wild west, and there were fewer high-quality platforms from which to choose. Now there are many great platforms, and Matt has focused on B2B eCommerce around Magento, which has been a leading B2B eCommerce platform for over a decade now. We discuss all the challenges that are both technical and cultural in B2B eCommerce.
Episode 118: Alex Back, CEO of Couch.com & Furniture Expert
Alex Back is an e-commerce veteran who co-founded the well-known DTC furniture brand, Apt2B, before a successful exit last year. He is currently building out an exciting new platform called Couch.com that will change the future of AI in the furniture industry and e-commerce in general. We discuss the complexity of furniture eCommerce and how learning to deal with this complexity in eCommerce can lead to better B2B eCommerce results.
