
The Hard Truth About B2B eCommerce
This podcast is all about B2B eCommerce with a focus on helping manufacturers and distributors modernize their businesses. B2B is a different breed of eCommerce and it needs a different breed of Podcast. We get into the nitty-gritty of integrations, adoption, platforms, data and so much more regarding what makes B2B difficult to make successful for eCommerce! This podcast is hosted by Isaiah Bollinger SVP of https://zaelab.com and Timothy Peterson who can help you with all things B2B eCommerce.
Episodes
139 episodes
Episode 139: Jennelle McGrath, CEO at Market Veep (Hubspot & Marketing Automation Expert)
Jennelle McGrath is the CEO of Market Veep, a full service marketing agency. We discuss the importance of marketing in manufacturing & distribution, and how tools like Hubspot can play a critical role. Hubspot allows companies to unify thei...
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Season 7
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Episode 19
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1:04:31

Episode 138: Isaiah & Tim's Prediction For 2025 B2B eCommerce
Co-host Isaiah Bollinger, and Timothy Peterson host our first 2025 Solocast where we cover they key trends we are seeing in B2B eCommerce. We make our top 5 predictions such as how AI will impact B2B eCommerce and much more. Predictions are alw...
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Season 7
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Episode 18
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1:01:47

Episode 137: Colin Boothe, CEO of Esonus (Netsuite & B2B eCommerce)
Colin Boothe has spent his entire career in the Netsuite ecosystem. In fact his experience goes back a previous generation to his father who also started early on in the Netsuite world. Colin Boothe companies, Esonus, builds Suiteapps and helps...
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Season 7
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Episode 17
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57:46

Episode 136: Justin King, Global Managing Director of the B2B eCommerce Association
Justin King's mission is to educate and train the B2B eCommerce industry. There is so much to learn to level up the manufacturing and distribution industry to become more self sufficient with digital strategies. B2B eCommerce is a central place...
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Season 7
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Episode 16
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1:12:20

Episode 135: Rupesh Agrawal, CEO & Tom Flierl CCO at Znode
Znode is an eCommerce platform entirely focused on B2B eCommerce. Rupesh Agrawal talks about how there are so many complex scenarios regarding B2B that its not possible for any one platform to tackle all of them. Znode makes tackling such chall...
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Season 7
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Episode 15
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1:03:20

Episode 134: Boris Lokschin, CEO of Spryker (Mastering Complex Commerce)
Boris Lokschin started Spryker out of Germany to assist companies with complex commerce needs. B2B is often much more complicated than B2C and naturally the mission of Spryker to democratize complex commerce led Spryker to became more and more ...
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Season 7
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Episode 14
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1:10:58

Episode 133: Matt Eichner, President at Emporix (Enterprise B2B Processes)
Matt Eichner is the Executive Chairman & President at Emporix, a modern B2B eCommerce platform built for complex processes. Matt Eichner helped build Endeca as an SVP and was a Director at Google for 12 years. He recently joined Emporix in ...
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Season 7
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Episode 13
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54:07

Episode 132: Alex Witcpalek, CEO of Continuum (Solving B2B Returns)
Alex Witcpalek spent his entire career in the B2B space such as SaaS companies like Conexiom that automate B2B ordering processes. Alex started Continuum to solve B2B returns which are often the most expensive order for distributors and manufac...
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Season 7
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Episode 12
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53:04

Episode 131: Dwayne Doshier, Enterprise B2B eCommerce at Shopify
Dwayne Doshier has multiple decades of experience working in eCommerce on both the agency and platform side. He has seen the evolution of eCommerce platforms such as Insite (now Optimizely), Magento, SAP Hybris, and many others. He is now leadi...
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Season 7
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Episode 11
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1:02:51

Episode 130: Evan Klein, CEO of Zaelab (Best In Class B2B eCommerce)
Evan Klein, CEO of Zaelab, joins us to discuss best-in-class Commerce and what the future holds in B2B eCommerce. Zaelab & Trellis merged on November 1st To build a best-in-class digital consultancy for manufacturers and distributors. Zaela...
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Season 7
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Episode 10
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52:54

Episode 129: Dave Malda, Director of Partnerships at Jitterbit
Dave Malda is the director of partnerships at Jitterbit, an iPaaS platform with multiple facets beyond your typical use case. Jitterbit can help with integrations, low-code development of additional software, EDI, and more. We discuss how integ...
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Season 7
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Episode 9
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54:19

Episode 128: Larry Ramponi & Lee Riesterer, CEO & CRO of VIAX.io
Lee Ramponi & Lee Riesterer, CEO & CRO of Viax.io join us to discuss the complexities of B2B commerce and why they started the company. Viax was built because there is a gap in the market where all the complexity builds up. ERP in the b...
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Season 7
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Episode 8
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57:58

Episode 127: Chris Peer, CEO of Sync Show (8 Pillars of B2B Marketing)
Chris Peer is the CEO of Sync Show, a B2B marketing agency focused on manufacturing, transportation and logistics, distribution, and professional services. He follows their successful model, which includes 8 pillars of B2B marketing. We discuss...
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Season 7
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Episode 7
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1:06:45

Episode 126: Chris Baltusnik, E-Commerce Transformation and Operations Leader at Owens Corning
Chris Baltusnik is bringing forward Owens Corning, an enterprise manufacturer with B2B eCommerce that has historically been handling commerce with one-to-one sales reps. He has experience in an eCommerce agency and on both the B2C and B2B manuf...
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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1:11:19

Episode 125: Jay Schneider, Founder of B2B Squared
Jay Schneider has spent over a decade in B2B eCommerce on the operating side, software provider side, and agency business side. Jay is now the founder of B2B Squared, which is focused on helping B2B companies gain traction on their B2B eCommerc...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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1:08:38

Episode 124: Beth Segovia & Kevin Kazenmayer of TradeCentric (B2B Connected Commerce)
We speak with Beth Segovia and Kevin Kazenmayer of TradeCentric on the topic of B2B Connected Commerce. What is Connected Commerce? It means connecting all your commerce channels so that your customers, supplies, and everyone in the supply chai...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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1:07:55

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 discus...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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1:22:17

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 transfo...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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1:09:22

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 eC...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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1:10:30

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...
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Season 6
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Episode 20
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1:06:27

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...
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Season 6
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Episode 19
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1:22:33

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...
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Season 6
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Episode 18
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1:05:25

Episode 117: Timothy Peterson & Isaiah Bollinger On The Future Of B2B eCommerce
Timothy and Isaiah have been doing eCommerce projects for over 30 years combined. After 4 years of running the podcast, we have a pretty good idea of whats coming next for B2B eCommerce. Hear our predictions and ideas about what we believe the ...
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Season 6
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Episode 17
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12:20

Episode 116: Tom Pierce, The Art of ERP implementation: Why It's More Than Just A Science
Tom Pierce is a highly experienced problem solver with a diverse background that includes military service, pastoral ministry, and application software. Tom has a deep background in ERP implementation and has worked on some of the most sophisti...
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Season 6
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Episode 15
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55:16

Episode 115: Vladimir Diakonov & Brandon Briggs (B2B eCommerce Solutions)
Vladimir Diakonov & Brandon Briggs implement B2B eCommerce solutions across Magento and Shopware at IT Delight. We discuss the many challenges of B2B eCommerce such as scaling product data to large data sets, integrations, and marketing. We...
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Season 6
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Episode 14
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56:00
