We’re bringing together the voices of those reluctant heroes we know that have overcome serious setbacks, both in their business and in their personal lives, an honest look at the unforeseen moments that change us, drawing out the essential lessons that shape our journey. Join us as we chat with Paul about his rebound from multiple setbacks, including the recession, 9/11, and some incredibly difficult personal challenges.

In today's episode of #skucast Joan Landorf, with Axis Promotions shares her story of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, what business looked like before and after 9/11, and its effects on her and her team and the leadership lessons she learned through adversity. Joan also shares with us how the Axis team is responding to the current crisis and how to think beyond the crisis, to a positive future.

To celebrate our fourth anniversary, in today’s episode, Mark Graham, commonsku’s President, and Chief Branding Officer and Bobby Lehew, commonsku's Chief Content Officer, each selects their four favorite episodes and play highlights from each guest.

John Jantsch is the founder of Duct Tape Marketing has been called “the Peter Drucker of small business tactics,” he’s the author of numerous books about sales, marketing, and entrepreneurship and his books have been translated into 14 languages. Sparked by a controversial tweet, John joined us for a great discussion around the efficacy of the product, the 7 phases of the customer’s journey, and the purpose of the intentional entrepreneur.

Today's episode of #skucast features Claudia St. John, author of Transforming Teams: Tips for Improving Collaboration and Building Trust, and founder of Affinity HR Group, a national human resources and management consulting firm specializing in hiring and recruiting, and employee engagement.

Today on #skucast, we sit down with Jamie Mair, founder of Swervepoint, to talk about the decade ahead from the distributor’s perspective.

In this episode, we’re looking at the decade ahead through the lens of the supplier and are joined by David Nicholson, the President of Top 40 supplier PNCA, parent company of Leed’s, Bullet, Trimark, and JournalBooks, and Jonathan Isaacson, President, and CEO of Top 40 supplier The Gem Group, the parent company of Gemline.

In today's episode of #skucast, Mark Graham and Bobby Lehew sit down with Tim Andrews of ASI and Paul Bellantone of PPAI to talk about the topics that have the potential to make the biggest impact on our industry, from consolidation to sustainability, diversity, and much more.

If you didn’t make it to the PPAI Expo this year, you might not know that the Numo booth was the buzz of the show. Thousands of people converged on their booth and, unlike many come-and-go experiences at tradeshows, their guests stayed. Why?

This is the story of the house that Numo built.

In today’s episodeof #skucast, we’re chatting about practical tactics and life-hacks to achieve your vision for personal and business success. Our guest is Kirby Hasseman who just released his new book titled, The Give First Economy and How to Succeed in it.