Varato's Digital Transformation Podcast
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Episode 81: Jack Freeman, Partner at PeakSpan (B2B Investments)
Jack Freeman is a partner at PeakSpan capital, a venture and PE firm focused on technology that impacts B2B businesses through SaaS, fintech, and more. He his actively investing and helping companies grow that are evolving the B2B ecommerce space such as Shiphawk, Sales Layer, and more. The B2B eCommerce market is still so new that there is a lot to accomplish in order to help modernize the market, and Jack is solely focused on investing in this. He brings expertise on both the vendor and client sides.
Distribution B2B eCommerce Challenges & Solutions With Jason Hein
Jason Hein is the Principal B2B Visionary at Bloomreach, and has extensive experience in B2B eCommerce. Jason B2B experience goes back to McMaster-Carr, where he eventually landed at Amazon, to develop their B2B offering. Having helped develop what is now the largest B2B eCommerce site in the world, Amazon, Jason went on to do consulting for distributors. He has extensive experience helping distributors with B2B eCommerce and helping them overcome the challenges they face.
Logistics, Supply Chain, & 3PL With Harry Drajpuch
Harry Drajpuch is the CEO at Amware Fulfillment, a national 3PL fulfillment provider that specializes in scalable solutions for companies that are beyond the start-up phase and in need of professional advice and execution for high-volume fulfillment operations. With distribution centers located across the U.S., Amware enables 1-2 day delivery to 95% of the U.S. The company is equally adept at operating B2C and B2B fulfillment environments, providing one logistics partner for all sales channels.
How To Leverage Retail In B2B eCommerce
Tim Swindle is the CEO of Paddle Smash, a new CPG company. He previously exited a software company another CPG company he founded. Tim has extensive experience leveraging retail and using B2B sales to grow a business. We discuss the mix that retail plays in business and how to properly mix retail, eCommerce, and other channels. We believe a mix of channels is best and using eCommerce to facilitate those channels can be extremely effective and a huge competitive advantage.
Less Is More When Selling On Amazon With Hymie Zebede
Hymie Zebede has been selling on Amazon for well over a decade now. At first, he used to do it himself and source products but quickly realized his skill was on the Amazon platform itself, and not sourcing products. He now partners with clients to help them sell better on Amazon. What he learned is that it's far more effective to narrow in on a handful of top products and get those listings to high volume, than to try and list thousands of products that barely get any sales. He can show you how to optimize your listing and make Amazon a massive channel versus just a small little piece of your business.
Unilog – A Distribution First B2B eCommerce Platform With Brian Lombardo
Brian Lombardo, SVP Channels and Partners at Unilog, has been in B2B distribution for nearly three decades now. First at a major distributor, then at Infor, a leading distribution ERP, and now at Unilog, a B2B eCommerce platform. We talk about the challenges of getting distribution onto eCommerce and how to overcome them with product data, erp integrations, and unifying culture with salespeople. Brian and Unilog have worked with both small and larger distributors and continue to innovate in B2B eCommerce with their platform Unilog which can provide product data, PIM, and eCommerce.
