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Jerry Maguire Does Digital: The Nathan Bush Story | #101

Season 1, Ep. 101

In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by Nathan Bush, the guy who usually hosts this podcast! As a way of celebrating 100 episodes of Add to Cart, we decided to interview the boss for a change. Nathan is an eCommerce Strategist, Co founder and Director of eCommerce talent agency eSuite and of course host of the Add to Cart podcast. Before all that, he was Group Digital Manager at Super Retail Group and was placed in the Top 50 People in e-commerce four years in a row. In this chat, former guest and friend of Add to Cart, Tom Hintze from Mr Pool Man, takes us down memory lane with Nathan, unpacking where it all began with Super Retail Group and driving it home to Co-founding e-Suite. As always, there are nuggets throughout the conversation of the high fives and the low blows, this time with Nathan’s own spin on it.


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Questions answered:

  • Who would be Add to Cart’s dream guest?
  • Why did you decide to set up an eCommerce talent agency?
  • What’s the most significant mistake you’ve ever made?


This episode was brought to you by…  

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About your host: Tom Hintze from Mr Pool Man


Tom Hintze is Head of eCommerce & Operations at Mr Pool Man and Co-founder of Water TechniX. After following his father into the pools industry, Tom became a licensed E1 pool certifier and qualified pool builder, but since 2013 he has focused his energies on the digital channels of the business. Passionate about exceeding customer expectations, Tom is no stranger to change and thrives on leading teams through the complexities and difficulties of the ever changing eCommerce environment. Tom loves a warehouse and a beer - isn’t that what eCommerce is all about?!


About your co-host: Nathan Bush from eSuite


Nathan Bush is the Co-founder and Director at eCommerce talent agency, eSuite. He has led eCommerce for businesses with revenue $100m+ and has been recognised as one of Australia’s Top 50 People in eCommerce four years in a row. You can contact Nathan on LinkedIn, Twitter or via email.


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