Matt Hesse, UHP
In this milestone 50th episode of the Northwest Arkansas Founders Podcast, host Cameron Clark rides around the UHP (Unlock Human Potential) campus…
The Northwest Arkansas business podcast: Conversations with the founders building Northwest Arkansas
NWA Founders is a Northwest Arkansas business podcast hosted by Cameron Clark and Nick Beyer: long-form conversations with the region's founders, owners and operators. A new episode comes out every other Tuesday.
Rated 5.0 on Apple Podcasts from 23 ratings On NWA Daily's list of the best NWA podcasts
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Andy Murray, Saatchi & Saatchi X
Andy Murray has spent his career at the intersection of entrepreneurship and corporate innovation, and he's done it at the highest levels of both. From riding shotgun in his father's plumbing truck as a kid in Cincinnati, to launching a driveway-sealing business at 16, to spending nine years at Procter & Gamble, to founding what became the shopper marketing industry, to serving as SVP of Marketing at Walmart and Chief Customer Officer at ASDA in the UK, Andy's path has been anything but linear. In this episode of NWA Founders, Andy sits down with Cameron Clark and Nick Beyer to trace that journey, the risks, the mentors, the pivots, and the framework he's developed for driving entrepreneurial thinking inside some of the world's largest companies.
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Jim Smith & Rebecca Hurst, Smith Hurst, PLC
In this episode of the Northwest Arkansas Founders podcast, hosts Cameron Clark and Nick Beyer sit down with Jim Smith and Rebecca Hurst, the…
Sarah Autry, Stephanie Peters and Garrett Peters, Duncan & Stone Paper Co.
This episode of the Northwest Arkansas Founders Podcast features the team behind Duncan & Stone Paper Co., Garrett Peters, Stephanie Peters, and…
Steve Graves, Cornerstone Coaching
Steve Graves joins NWA Founders to talk about his four-decade career coaching CEOs, founders, and business owners through his firm, Cornerstone…
David Harris, David Harris Construction
David Harris is a fifth-generation Rogers, Arkansas native and founder of David Harris Construction, one of Northwest Arkansas's most respected…
Allisha Watkins, Paradox
Allisha Watkins is the founder and CEO of Paradox, a Rogers-native-turned-NWA-entrepreneur who spent 20 years in the corporate CPG world…
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Start with these three
Cameron and Nick picked them.
Leading a family manufacturer, in business since 1949, without letting it drift. Chaplains on staff, clinics for employees, and why culture has to be reinforced every day rather than left to scale on its own.
A broke college student, a secondhand stove, and one of the most productive candle factories in the country. Including the seven years it went the wrong way, and the decision not to sell to private equity.
A single Northwest Arkansas cafe turned into an international specialty coffee company, and what it took to add structure without giving up the quality the whole thing was built on.
Notable moments
All 311 moments- 41:00 Balancing A.I. & OriginalityEp. 43 · Donny Hubbard, Hubbard Clothing Company Watch on YouTube
- 30:00 Building credibility, hiring a team, and learning how to leadEp. 17 · Cameron Magee, avad3 Watch on YouTube
- 33:25 Scaling to six locations: strategy, leadership, and real estateEp. 7 · Sam Russell, The Buttered Biscuit Watch on YouTube
51episodes since Nov 2024
76hours of conversation with 68 founders and operators
889,000words transcribed, every one searchable
5.0Apple Podcasts rating across 23 ratings, as of Oct 31
Named among the best podcasts in Northwest Arkansas by NWA Daily.
How the show is made
Recorded at the business, not in a studio
We record on location, usually at the guest's own business. So far that's 51 episodes, with companies in 8 Northwest Arkansas cities, and about 76 hours in the room with founders and operators.
See where they were recorded- Episodes
- 51
- NWA cities
- 8
- Industries
- 8
- Hours recorded
- 76
Who has been on
The companies behind the conversations
- Saatchi & Saatchi X
- UHP
- Smith Hurst, PLC
- Duncan & Stone Paper Co.
- Cornerstone Coaching
- David Harris Construction
- Paradox
- Blue Ribbon Industries
- Hubbard Clothing Company
- AM Group
- TRS Healthcare
- Teslar Software
- Crisp, Arkade
- AdFury.ai
- Natural Capital
- Chandler Capital Group
- Specialized Real Estate Group
- Givingtons
- Simmons Foods
- Custom Electronics
- KenzKustomz
- Lefler Capital
- Zweig Group
- Cushman & Wakefield | Sage Partners
- + every guest →
By city: Fayetteville founders, Rogers founders, Springdale founders, Bentonville founders, Lowell founders, Gentry founders, Johnson founders, Siloam Springs founders.
Your hosts
Two founders who started a Northwest Arkansas podcast
Cameron Clark (founder, CJC Development) and Nick Beyer (founder, Neat Commercial Cleaning) started NWA Founders in 2024 to inspire entrepreneurship in Northwest Arkansas by highlighting the people building it. The conversations run about ninety minutes and aren't scripted.
About the podcast
The NWA Founders letter
The biggest takeaways, every other Tuesday
The new episode and its biggest takeaways, the big moments worth jumping to, and a short roundup of Northwest Arkansas business. No issue has gone out yet, so if you sign up now, you’ll get the first one.
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Every guest is a founder or operator of a Northwest Arkansas business. Sponsorships are available for the show or a season.
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