Brent Leary

Brent Leary is the host of the Small Business Trends One-on-One interview series, a weekly series featuring key voices in companies large and small. He is co-founder of CRM Essentials LLC, an Atlanta-based CRM advisory firm covering tools and strategies for improving business relationships. Brent is a CRM industry analyst, advisor, author, speaker and award-winning blogger. He is also the chair of CRM Evolution, CRM Magazine's annual industry event.

Rich Rao of Facebook: We’re Looking to Help Small Businesses Do Commerce in a Number of Different Ways

Brent Leary chats with Rich Rao of Facebook to help small businesses transition to doing more business online.

Dec 18, 2020

Dharmesh Shah of HubSpot: I Promised My Wife I Wasn’t Doing Another Startup After Selling My First One, Then I Met Brian

Brent Leary chats with Dharmesh Shah of HubSpot for the latest in his one-on-one interview series.

Dec 11, 2020

Watching Amazon – Is Amazon Really Ready to Deliver to You this Holiday Season?

John Lawson and Brent Leary get together to discuss if Amazon is ready to deliver to you this holiday season.

Dec 4, 2020

Keala Gaines of eBay: Offering Right Payment Options on Right Devices Remove Friction, Improves Customer Experience

Brent Leary interviews Keala Gaines of eBay on the importance of small businesses offering the right payment options to customers.

Nov 27, 2020

Clark Twiddy of Twiddy & Co. – Digitizing Southern Hospitality with Data Science Key to Surviving the Pandemic

Brent Leary talks to Clark Twiddy of Twiddy & Co. about surviving the pandemic and using data science for Southern hospitality.

Nov 20, 2020

Mike Volpe of Lola.com: We Never Thought of Quitting, Even After Losing 97% of Revenue Due to COVID-19

Brent Leary talks to Mike Volpe of Lola.com on not quitting during the pandemic after losing 97% of its revenue.

Nov 13, 2020

Vivek Pandya of Adobe: Smartphones will drive record holiday shopping season while we shelter in place

Brent Leary talks to Vivek Pandya of Adobe on how smartphones will drive the shopping this holiday season.

Nov 6, 2020

Scott Beechuk of Norwest Venture Partners: Lots of Optimization Left in the Digital Buying Experience

Brent Leary interviews Scott Beechuk of Norwest Venture Partners on refining the digital buying experience.

Oct 30, 2020

Adam Blitzer of Salesforce: We probably crammed five years’ worth of digital acceleration into the past five months

Brent Leary is chatting with Adam Blitzer of Salesforce discussing the digital transformation taking place in the past five months.

Oct 23, 2020

Melissa Schneider of GoDaddy: Inspiration, Resiliency and Engaging with New Technology is Helping Drive Business Growth

Brent Leary interviews Melissa Schneider of GoDaddy on the adoption of technology to drive business in the midst of the pandemic.

Oct 16, 2020

Evan Goldberg of Oracle NetSuite: Businesses Today Have to be Prepared for Radical Shifts in Their Supply Chain

Brent Leary discusses how customers are adjusting to the pandemic with Evan Goldberg of Oracle Netsuite.

Oct 9, 2020

Sridhar Vembu of Zoho: Spiritual Economics Goes Beyond ROI, It’s About Balance, Symmetry and Harmony

Brent Leary hosts a Facebook event along with SBT CEO Anita Campbell about the Zoho ecosystem and its philosophy on business.

Oct 2, 2020