The Market That Moves America

The Market That Moves America

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The Market That Moves America episodes

  • What It Takes To Be No. 1

    What's it take to disrupt the commoditized world of shipping and logistics? Brad Hollister talks with NCMM's Thomas A. Stewart to get to the bottom of how SwanLeap has become the fastest growing company in America.

    23 min
  • Expertise and Specialization

    Thomas A. Stewart and Catapult Growth Partners' CEO Doug Johnson talk professional services, what it takes to build a brand and what's important when attracting and retaining customers. Tip: Start with knowing what you're good at. 

    23 min
  • Technology and Growth

    Steve Perkins, GrantThornton National Managing Director of Technology, talks with the National Center for the Middle Market about what middle market companies can learn to grow with technology and what to avoid if they want to thrive in the ever-changing sector.

    29 min
  • Efficiency Through Culture

    Signature Consultants has been growing at three times the industry rate and has doubled in size since 2010. Learn their secrets to growth and what drives their culture as EVP Geoff Gray and CCO Mark Nussbaum talk with National Center for the Middle Market Executive Director Thomas A. Stewart.

    24 min
  • Investing in People the Key to Growth?

    The National Center for the Middle Market's report "The DNA of Middle Market Growth" featured three types of growth DNA that lead successful growth in the middle market. One type of growth DNA is the "Investor." Executive Director Tom Stewart talks with Don Daseke, chairman and CEO of Daseke Inc. about the investments he's made to grow from $30 million to $1.5 billion in revenue in just under a decade.

    18 min
  • A Generational Approach to Talent Planning

    Sarah Sladek is a best-selling author and CEO of XYZ University. An expert in how to drive stronger engagement with younger generations, Sladek joins Executive Director Thomas A. Stewart to talk about the difference age makes (or doesn't make) in today's workplace. 

    24 min
  • What's Driving the Craft-Brew Boom?

    National Center for the Middle Market Managing Director Doug Farren sits down with BrewDog USA CEO Tanisha Robinson to talk about how BrewDog has found rapid success in the United States and how others might follow.

    19 min
  • Trade and Tariffs: Agriculture and the Middle Market

    National Center for the Middle Market Executive Director Tom Stewart joins Dr. Ian Sheldon, The Ohio State University Professor and Andersons Chair of Agricultural Marketing, Trade and Policy to talk about how trade and tariffs affect agriculture in Ohio and the United States.

    35 min
  • M&A: Synergy

    Tom Stewart, Executive Director of the National Center for the Middle Market, sits down with Ed Kleinguetl, partner at Grant Thornton, to talk about the importance of cultural synergy when dealing with M&A.

    27 min

About The Market That Moves America

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With the help of industry experts and company leaders, the National Center for the Middle Market offers insights about a critical but often overlooked segment of the US economy – the middle market.…